Tadej Pogačar, faster than a bus

Kit Nicholson (0:00)

We need to get Ronan to build Johnny a bike.

Johnny (0:02)

No, I'm not doing this. I'm not doing this.

Caley Fretz (0:11)

Welcome back to Spin Cycle, everybody. I'm Caleb Fretz. Today on the show, transfer quotes are being blown out of proportion. Wait, in October? You don't say. Pogačar needs to pass his cycling proficiency, and we're off to the UK for some hill climbs. I was watching a video of that just a little bit ago. Let's get to it.

Welcome to the show, Kit Nicholson. How are you?

Kit Nicholson (0:34)

I'm chilly.

Caley Fretz (0:35)

You're chilly? I think we're all chilly. It's chilly time of year.

We're getting to chilly, chilly.

Yeah, like I said, a little foggy this morning here in Durango, which is unusual. Johnny, welcome to the Weather Podcast. How are you today?

Johnny (0:49)

I'm chilly as well because for one of the first times in my life, age 32, I'm paying my own heating bill. We're fiscally responsible in this household.

Caley Fretz (1:01)

I'm the only one, because I conform to dad stereotype, and I'm the only one that is fiscally responsible about heat or lights or windows being open in the middle of winter.

Johnny (1:12)

Correct.

Caley Fretz (1:12)

I have that in my house. So I just wander around every morning when my family leaves to go to school and work, turning everything off and closing everything every single day.

Speaking of unk behavior, Primoz Roglic is apparently headed to where? The Rockets?

Johnny (1:34)

Who knows at this point?

Caley Fretz (1:36)

Who knows where Primoz Roglic is going?

Do you think he's enjoying this little bit of back and forth, and the press not knowing, and everything that we now know about Primoz Roglic, and the fact that he enjoys a joke, and he enjoys a bit of banter? Do we think he's enjoying us having no idea where he's going? Because he probably knows, right? He's probably decided. Where do you think he's going, Kit?

Kit Nicholson (2:03)

Uh, that's a good question. Not Rockets, not the Rockets.

Caley Fretz (2:08)

No?

Kit Nicholson (2:09)

I think probably. I mean, I like it, and I can see that it makes sense. Because it's a good way to, you know, besides the fact that the ASO kind of hinted that they would, I don't know, you know, it's the ASO. They said, next year, maybe, guys, you'll be good. And Grunewagen, you know, add Roglic to the picture, makes a lot more sense. And I feel like, and the vibe, the vibe feels right, but for Roglic, but yeah, I don't know.

Maybe I'm just overwhelmed by the number of teams his name has been connected to at this point.

Johnny (2:43)

Well, good point. I wouldn't say he necessarily knows where he's going in this late era Roglic. Like he's sort of a fly by the seat of your pants sort of guy. So Lotto Intermarché is supposedly the front runner to sign him. Guess they freed up enough. Are they still?

Kit Nicholson (2:59)

I thought they were now not again.

Johnny (3:01)

Are they not?

Kit Nicholson (3:02)

I thought it was Lotto and then it was Tudor and then it was, I think Lotto have said no now. Anyway, well, there we go. That's exactly how confusing this whole situation is.

Johnny (3:11)

Even for me, oh yeah, that seemed an odd one. Even for me, there's only so much Belgian media I can actually consume before I start to lose my mind. The Vizma thing was like, that was blown out of proportion, I feel.

The Rockets thing was. So a lot of this has been. A lot of this has been.

Caley Fretz (3:26)

The Rockets thing. We are in the city. Guys, let's just call this what it is, which is, Ruglitch's agent is talking to everybody. And then reporters are calling around and saying, hey, have you talked to Ruglitch's agent? Or is just talking to Ruglitch's agent directly and saying, who are you talking to? And we have the full list, right? It has basically no bearing on where he's actually going to end up. This is what agents do. It's their whole job, is to shop around a rider like Primoz Ruglitch.

I personally like the Rockets idea. I think that while having Dylan Grunewagen is kind of important for them ending up at the Tour de France at some point, the ASO still hates sprinters. So finding somebody who fits a different mold for that team would be more likely to get them across the line. That said, I can't imagine they can afford him. Tudor probably can. Lotto Intermarché, the Ruglitch-Houbarts combo package would be fantastic, but also doesn't have a lot of money.