Primo Rogli recently pointed out to his Jumbo-Visma team that careful consideration needs to be given to balancing Wout Van Aert and his positioning on the Tour de France.
For the past two years, Roglic has been playing as the team's Tour de France master, and Van Alte, a powerful luxury vice-admiral, has been escorting him. Contrary to his wishes, Rogridge went on two trips to the Tour de France that disappointed him. In the 2020 season, his timing stage in the Tour de France S20 was reversed by Tadej Poga ar, losing The Yellow Fir and multiple falls this year deprived him of a chance to compete for the overall result.
After Loglic's early retirement in July, Van Alt won three stages for the team, including: a mountain stage, a time trial and a group sprint. This means that he has the strength to wear a green shirt.
So far, the team's main arrangement for Van Alte has been to assist Roglic, which also overshadows his shine. This year's withdrawal from Roglic gave him a chance, and he showed his edge at the Tour de France. His brilliant performance could lead the team to consider no longer playing as Roglicci's vice-general in the 2022 season, but instead going to the greenshirt scramble as a sprinter.
In an interview with foreign media, Loglic said that the Jumbo team was troubled by the distribution of resources between the two main players.
"Theoretically, we have the possibility of taking both the Yellow Fir and the Green Shirt, and even the polka dot shirt of Sepp Kuss, but the team has to be clear about what our key goals are on the field and then have a tactical plan that takes into account both of us," Roglic said. We have to think carefully about what we can do to do both ends of the game. We need a way to get Van Alt to fight for the green shirts at the same time that I can buy some time. "
Loglic continues to insist that his quest for Tour de France honours is not a bother and that being remembered is more important to him than anything else.
Roglic won a mountain stage when he first competed in the Tour de France in 2017, and by the time of the 2018 Tour de France, he finished fourth overall. In 2019 he gave up the Tour de France to go to the Tour de La Circus and won the Tour de la Circus general. In 2020 he returned to the Tour de France, only to be reversed in the S20 stage and lose The Yellow Fir. This year's multiple falls on the Tour de France also allowed him to withdraw from the competition for the overall result early.
But in the time that followed, Logrich showed his tenacity. After returning to the race, he won the Tour de la Ciudad de la Tour de la Tour de la surreptitiously, becoming the third driver to win the Tour de la Ciudad Des Ciencias. At the same time, he also went to the Olympic Games in the middle of the Tour de France, winning the Olympic time trial championship and being known as the "time trial master".
In an interview with foreign media, Loglic said: "I would love to win the Tour de France, but I don't want to be remembered for not winning the Tour de France. I would prefer that people think that I am a person who works hard for the Tour de France, someone who gives my all in every race, and I hope that in their hearts I am such a person. The Tour de France is not a problem for me, much less a setback, because he has not yet frustrated me. When asked if he was still confident of winning the Tour de France, he said without hesitation: "Yes, I believe that. ”
Roglic was reluctant to talk about his Slovenian compatriot Bogacha, probably because he stole the Tour de France from Roglic. The Emirates team driver stole the Tour de France in 2020 tour roglitch and then dominated almost the entire Tour de France this year. He recently exposed his weakness and elaborated on how to beat him, saying that "there are actually many situations in which he can be defeated."
Roglitsch seemed reluctant to discuss the feasibility of these methods, saying: "That's what he said to the media, do you think I should win him a hundred times or once at the right time?" It depends on how strong you are, after all, Bogacha is not as weak as he says he is. "
Edit: Johnny
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