Pretty sure he used 40T
The sram 1x derailleur should have a clutch which makes dropping the chain much harder than without (normal shimano road derailleurs for example)
You don’t need a chain guide on 1x with narrow wide chainrings, it just doesn’t drop in the front. You aren’t shifting.
I actually don’t know how his chain dropped. I have a zillion miles on sram 1x both gravel and MTB doing far crazier stuff than whatever bump Roglic hit, and haven’t dropped a chain.
IDK what to tell you, it’s ALMOST impossible to drop the front of sram 1x.
You’ve dropped your 1x chain ~10 times? Really? Not arguing, just saying WOW.
i’ve dropped my 1x chain once…and for the majority of the time that I was running 1x, I was using an Ultegra RD with no clutch. It happened on one of the climbs in The Rift when another rider came into me from the drive side.
I still can’t wrap my head around how Roglic dropped his chain on what was a pretty innocuous bump…but he clearly did. 
Bad luck will find Roglic no matter what.
Incorrect chain sizing maybe? If the plan was made to use 1x well ahead of time, you’d think they would have got that right though.
Too much power and wore the chain out very prematurely 
He said in his post race videos that he “kicked” the chain off. I don’t see how that’s possible unless he came unclipped and his toe kicked forward but you don’t see that in the video. They are running speedplay so if he was running float he could also have conceivably slapped his heel into the chain hard but I don’t see that either and also I’d expect he’d be running zero float.
I know you’re joking, but as we’ve all been talking about how we never drop chains it has occurred to me many times that we’re not riding 450W most of the time we hit bumps.
I’ve seen it postulates that it may have been a combo of high cadence, low chain tension (low torque, high cadence riding) + bump that made it pop off. Seems plausible to me but I also wonder if he hit the bump badly as well and that caused more of a jolt than it could have if he hit it better?
We’ll see what the commissaires say, but I think Bennet and arguably Groenewagen should both be relegated for their sprints.
Defo Bennet; that wasn’t a deviation, it was a right hand turn on a dead-straight road.
Yup…both got relegated.
Oooof…for a guy who was widely despised following the Jakobsen crash a few years ago, this response from Groenewegen is not the best. (I personally think he was unfairly criticized / punished, but jeez, dude…read the room)
Question for this group where I should post an issue: I have issue I want to post regarding USA Cycling and I want to get the widest audience possible…should i post it here or start a new thread?
What is the issue? This thread is a discussion on pro cycling so if it relates to pro cycling, sure? Your question is somewhat peculiar so it is hard to answer.
Sorry I didn’t want to lay part of it out without developing it a bit further. My initial thoughts were/are:
I want to go from cradel to grave so to speak in all facets how are we set up at home in the USA how do we develop from peewee to pro, fund raise, recruit, with end result being having cyclists not only compete but be the #1 rider on teams world tour teams…A few years ago I looked at USA Wrestling Boxing and Cycling websites cycling was a joke…It’s better now but still inadequate. during the Giro I did a quick perusal when I heard British Cycling has a satellite training center on the European continent Italy I think…Where is ours? Wrestling and boxing have regular international competition cycling is limited and I don’t recall anything on the website about international plans…
I heard that USA MTB is going to move its HQ to Arkansas because the Waltons wanted to support MTB hmmmm okay but why are we splitting USA cycling or are they split or were they ever united? I don’t know where road is based…
Like I is said I’m just my initial investigation but something seems array in Denmark…
I mean we have a hugh pool to draw talent 360million…richest country in the history of mankind at least three of the richest men maybe more in the history of the world…and we can’t figure out how to Recruit, develop, train fundraise and put a competive primarly American team together…
Anyways that was were I want to go but refine a few things and confirm or deny others… what do you think new thread 
Make a new thread. This one is for discussion of professional cycling events and results. Seems you want to discuss how to better develop cycling in the states. Separate topic IMO
Ive just watched the relive, they left it hanging about any relegation, thanks for answering it 
I really hope they start enforcing that rule more… They mostly seem to use it if something happens, but very rarely if there was no crash or no near crash because of it, which just leads to the Sprinters taking the risk and doing these deviations all the time. Sprints and the run in are dangerous enough without that stuff.
Yep agree thanks stay tuned more to follow 
Who wants to overreact with me about how Vingegaard can’t win a Dauphine TT.
I don’t think it actually means much of anything for the TdF since that’s much more about who is strong for all 3 weeks not day 3 of a prep race that he may have come into with a very high load. That said, I feel like Pogi or certainly Remco would have crushed everyone in the same situation.
It’ll be interesting to see how he performs in the upcoming mountain stages. Up to this point it kinda feels like he just wants to stretch his legs pre-tdf as opposed going out to win and dominate.
What this all means… I guess we’ll find out