Did Roglic learn the lesson of the Tour?

• Farrapona.Marc Soler keeps the honey on his lips

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La Planche de Belles Filles will be forever linked to success and failure, in the most extreme version of both.

To the glory of Tadej Pogacar,

.

57 seconds that were not enough cushion in the time trial, despite the previous dominance of the one in yellow and his powerful squad.

A Tour that was a reward for the daring and a punishment for those who thought they already had it, who did not finish off, who made accounts second up, second down.

These days in La Vuelta a similar rumor flies: Did the one who now wears red learn his lesson then?

Because no one doubts the might of Roglic.

His superiority is evidence that goes beyond his three stage wins.

And it is increasingly clear that, once again, it is accompanied by the most complete equipment, a Jumbo-Visma that does not admit loopholes.

And yet, the one that a priori was marked as the 'queen stage' -after the suspension of the Tourmalet-, the one on Saturday

and its four previous passes in the fearsome Asturian mountain, unleashed suspicions.

Because there was not a threat of attack from the leader with the same time as the second (there was a threat of boycott of Ineos because of the time that the judges subtracted from Richard Carapaz on Friday in Suances, for which he lost the leadership).

Especially when the Ecuadorian himself was orphaned by his Ineos hosts, mainly that huge Andrey Amador who never fails.

The suspicion has only one logical answer, the fear of Angliru this Sunday, a fleeting and devastating stage (109 kilometers without respite).

But not to tickle he tried the Jumbo, which had up to four praetorians covering a conservative Roglic (Jonas Vingegaard, Robert Gesink, George Bennett and Sepp Kuss), who did not even test in the last meters as he likes, which was limited on Saturday to watch without too much emphasis the brave bet of Marc Soler, who at various times was in times of dressing in red.

In the end, the Catalan, ambitious as ever, bit more than a minute in the general classification and there are already three Movistar in the top eight.

Although his penalty was not finishing what would have been his second stage win.

The brilliant

took it from him.

«I find myself with anger because I rushed, in the car they told me that my face was very airy.

It made me long and I couldn't.

I thought I would solve it better ", confessed Soler, ousted in the last meters by the young Frenchman, who warns for Angliru:" Movistar gives a lot to talk about.

We will try.

Roglic keeps calm and smiles.

He pedales his time trial goat at each end of the stage, letting go of his legs and brooding, aware that Tuesday's time trial (33.7 kilometers) ending at the Ézaro viewpoint can also help him.

And that later there is still gunpowder, like the Covatilla.

«It has been a hard day in the mountains, and on Sunday we will have more.

, so it was a good day.

Soler is a very strong runner, he was able to leave, but we didn't panic.

We have shown that we have a very strong team, everyone is doing well and we have done a great job ”, he reflected after the disappointing queen stage, without fireworks or spectacle.

Of pure wear and tear, although the one who has been competing and winning the longest is Roglic himself.

Since August, indefatigable, 10 wins already in his backpack.

But the fact is that not only Carapaz and Movistar's triple trick threaten.

, not making too much noise, are less than a minute behind the overall leader.

“In the end, the race can be decided by the team, and also one on one.

At the moment we are controlling it on our own, so I am happy about it, ”admits Roglic, impassive, cold to despair.

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