2015 Vuelta stage 5: Rota > Alcalá de Guadaíra 167.3km

[PremierAndrew]

Wonder who nicked a few seconds there for GC

 

[BigMac]

Orica strongest team in first week of GT's. Great ride by Caleb.Mighty DEgz can't leave the limbo, hope he can win a stage sooner or later.

 

[TomLPC]

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Wonder who nicked a few seconds there for GC

Looked like Froome in around 20th place then a gap, Pozzovivo in 7th

 

[PremierAndrew]

Looked like Froome and Pozzo gained some seconds on the rest

 

[BigMac]

Rojas 5th and Jempy Drucker 4th.



Seriously tho, Drucker really consistent.

 

[Gigs_98]

Impressive sprint by Ewan, he really surprised me. I think Sagan was a little bit tired after yesterday, because he was suddenly clearly worse than Ewan and Degenkolb.
Btw, were there any time gaps between gc guys?

 

[jsem94]

Pozzovivo 7th. Not bad.

 

[classicomano]

Dumoulin takes the leaders jersey.

 

[Eagle]

Dumoulin in red

 

[Kwibus]

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Dumoulin takes the leaders jersey.

Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh! I don't watch and then he takes red.

 

[l.Harm]

Lots of GC contenders losing some time, not a lot though.


Well, I think they're going to change this later.... looking at the images.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Wow so Orica take the stage win but lose the jersey. Did Froome gain a few seconds?

 

[Eagle]

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Lots of GC contenders losing some time, not a lot though.


Well, I think they're going to change this later.... looking at the images.

They made a lot of changes to time gaps yesterday

 

[TMP402]

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Wow so Orica take the stage win but lose the jersey. Did Froome gain a few seconds?

Around five as things stand.

 

[Escarabajo]

DUMOULIN Tom new leader.

Froome now ahead of Quintana in GC.

 

[Vasilis]

I don't trust the results yet, the last couple of days they have decided to ignore the earlier declared gaps eventually.

 

[TMP402]

If Dumoulin wears red then Froome's time gain must be upheld, no? Otherwise only places 1 and 2 would change which would be unfair on Chaves.

 

[Red Rick]

Where the hell was Bouhanni in that sprint?

 

[JRanton]

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I don't trust the results yet, the last couple of days they have decided to ignore the earlier declared gaps eventually.

Does anyone know why this happens? You don't see it at the Tour, Giro or frankly any other major stage race throughout the year. Only in Spain?

 

[BigMac]

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Where the hell was Bouhanni in that sprint?

Only tuned in after the flamme rouge, but my guess is it was too steep?

 

[Tank Engine]

Impressive sprint by Ewan, he really surprised me. I think Sagan was a little bit tired after yesterday, because he was suddenly clearly worse than Ewan and Degenkolb.

I think Ewan surprised a lot of people, especially after getting dropped a couple of days ago. A very solid sprint from him. Degenkold went too early and Sagan just didn't have it in his legs today

 

[Kwibus]

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Where the hell was Bouhanni in that sprint?

Finished 93rd.

 

[Red Rick]

How steep was it, on the profile it looked like 800m at 4% or something, how the hell are the gaps of 10s everywhere?

 

[ice&fire]

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How steep was it, on the profile it looked like 800m at 4% or something, how the hell are the gaps of 10s everywhere?

It was a stepped hill. The average may be 4% but the ramps were surely at higher gradient.

 

[JRanton]

I think Froome deserves a few seconds given how well he rode in the last 5km. Despite the criticism of his bike handling and tactics he surfed the peloton on his own extremely well there.