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Their wordsA major lesson that we should take out of this Vuelta is that riders who consistently finish inside the top three of a Grand Tour can never be written off as potential winners.
Their wordsOne major lesson we should take from Roglič's Vuelta second-place finish is that we have yet another reminder that General Classification placings in Grand Tours are increasingly more about clean riding in the "shoulder" disciplines versus performance in major mountain stages.
Their wordsWhen we consider how much time, money, and resources go into squeezing small chunks of time on climbs and time trials, positioning and ensuring you are ahead of splits in the bunch are the cheapest way to gain time in Grand Tours, and ensuring you don't give up free time is quickly becoming table stakes to contesting the overall win.
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