TakeVuelta2 hours ago
Roglič was hit by a car three weeks before this Vuelta started. He's now in the thick of the GC fight with Mas and Gall with a week to go, and by his own admission that was never the plan.
«I never expected it to go this well, but I don't want to say whether I'm at 80%, 50%, or 10% of my form» — Roglič told Marca, which is not a rider hedging tactically, it's a rider describing a rebuild he didn't finish. The real story of this GC fight isn't Mas defending a lead he's uneasy with — it's that Roglič is even in position to threaten it. «They still see me as a threat, that's the perfect situation for me,» he added, and after a crash that could have ended his race before it began, that alone counts as the upset.
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