Itzulia Basque Country 2024, April 1-6

[Escarabajo]

Official neutralization. Strange that they say that riders in front can dispute the stage???? That announcement was the weirdest!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Hope Vine is alright and he can recover quickly. Can't imagine what his wife must be feeling, even more expecting their first born child.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775903328381042834

View: https://twitter.com/TeamEmiratesUAE/status/1775903328381042834?t=9cR65yCXG2A2_Z66sic-zg&s=19

 

[Miha81]

Wtf happened? Just tuned in. At least Roglic seems fine, with a banana and quick thumbs up.

Big crash with favourites involved :/

 

[Mlarsen]

I hope all the riders who crashed will be okay. unfortunately, I don't think Jonas Vingegaard will be 100% ready for the Tour de France, so he probably has to set new goals for the season if he will be ready at all this season. It looked so terrible that crash😥😥😥😥😭😭😭😭😭

 

[Froome]

And not true either, I think Vingegaard was the first to go down. Not that it matters, I share the assessment that the whole peloton entered the corner too fast.

They were too fast on the descent, and they were too slow in the climb.

 

[Unchained]

The first almost slow motion video you see Jonas kicking his legs to get the bike off himself

 

[Tim Cahill]

I think this is the right thing to do, and probably what should've been done on Gran Camino last year with Moscon etc

 

[armchairclimber]

There is no commentary on the Discovery+ feed at the moment. Is it on somewhere else?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

The breakaway fights for the win I guess….

 

[AnotherArmChair]

The breakaway can race for the stage but not the peloton ????
Hmmm

 

[glassmoon]

Any further information on Jonas?

on the stretchers in the ambulace... luckily he was able to move his arms and legs

 

[Samamba]

Official neutralization. Strange that they say that riders in front can dispute the stage???? That announcement was the weirdest!

Not that anyone cares but it's weird to just say "yeah front group you can sprint for the win".

 

[QueenStagiaire]

What the hell, why are they giving the breakaway the stage but neutralising it, that‘s totally random.

 

[Red Rick]

Neutralize times, let break fight for stage is completely fine by me tbh

 

[perico]

Yeah, but none of those riders were as dominant throughout the season and within the races as the top riders have been in the last couple of years.

So? That’s irrelevant to the fact that crap happens and favorites get taken out- and in 2014 Contador and Froome were every bit as dominant that season as anyone this year.

 

[Volderke]

OK, after watching the crash again and again:

1. Landa went into that curve really on the limit.
2. Those on the outside of that curve, at the same speed (the first rider to crash, Remco, Vingegaard,...) had no chance as the curve went down on the outside, making those riders accelerate / having to undergo much greater G-forces in order to hold the curve. Some riders on the outside didn't crash because they braked immediately (not possible for e.g. Evenepoel anymore).
3. riders were crashing independently.
4. Remco was already having his back wheel uncontrolled / slipping before he decided he wouldn't hold it and it was better to go straight and hope for the best crashing in the grass in between rocks and trees.
5. Vingegaard crashed hard against that ditch, and his team mate hit him while on the ground. He really got the biggest blow.

 

[noob]

There is no commentary on the Discovery+ feed at the moment. Is it on somewhere else?

In my small country there is full commentary.

Vine can speak it just said.

 

[Elos Anjos]

I change what I wrote above.

On a closer look you can see different riders crashing independently of each other: likely speed and some leaves are the main causes. Teams, DS and organization could have helped preventing this one.

 

[pastronef]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775903264568901686

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1775903264568901686

 

[glassmoon]

The breakaway can race for the stage but not the peloton ????
Hmmm

yeah... really strange. hopefully they still have at least one ambulance available

 

[Escarabajo]

Not that anyone cares but it's weird to just say "yeah front group you can sprint for the win".

That sounds like a reward for the front riders for not crashing and a punishment for the peloton for crashing!

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Oh man, WTF just happened. Shitty route and crashes, what a debacle the race has become! I've never seen all top GC guys involved in a serious crash like that. And it actually wasn't that difficult place but that concrete cuivert was in the worst possible location.

 

[Unchained]

They were too fast on the descent, and they were too slow in the climb.

When your wheel washes out, you are at the mercy of gravity you are going down..

 

[jono]

That sounds like a reward for the front riders for not crashing and a punishment for the peloton for crashing!

Word trickling out that the peloton did not want to continue racing.

 

[Billie]

What the hell, why are they giving the breakaway the stage but neutralising it, that‘s totally random.

The peloton did not want to race.