Vuelta a España 2022 Vuelta a España Second Rest Day Poll

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Can anyone beat Remco? So far no one, but he’s now heading into uncharted waters. Meanwhile Mas is in second like last year, while Roglic is holding on to third. Poll is in order of GC.

 

[sir fly]

Antidemocratic trend continues...

 

[Netserk]

Antidemocratic trend continues...

I too don't like that you can change your vote.

 

[sir fly]

I too don't like that you can change your vote.

If that's the way you understand democracy...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Missed opportunity to make the final option Other/Vine-o.

Other than that, no reason to change my vote from the previous poll.

 

[Red Rick]

I am ever optimistic about my Nibali pick.

 

[Breh]

MAL is in 7th?

Haven't seen him once

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Votes Roglic last time, Remco this time. It seems he will only lose if the wheels come off. But that has happened to him and others, so we will see.

 

[ice&fire]

Do we really need 10 choices?

MAL is in 7th?

Haven't seen him once

HaiMAL

 

[CyclistAbi]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

 

[carolina]

I'm using Almeida as my Vino option.

 

[spalco]

Btw, one thing I'm happy about other than Remco leading, ist also the impressive performances of Rodriguez and Ayuso - maybe Spain finally does have a legitimate young GT contender again soon (or two).

 

[search]

Btw, one thing I'm happy about other than Remco leading, ist also the impressive performances of Rodriguez and Ayuso - maybe Spain finally does have a legitimate young GT contender again soon (or two).

don't they already have one in Mas, who is 27 and finished 2-5-2 in his last three Vueltas!?

 

[spalco]

don't they already have one in Mas, who is 27 and finished 2-5-2 in his last three Vueltas!?

Honestly I would have guessed Mas to be at least 30 without looking him up. But yeah, make it three then.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Remco is looking really good. But I I'm also getting flashbacks to Yates in the 2018 Giro....
We'll see

 

[Pantani_lives]

It wasn't too early to attack; it might soon be too late for the others. If he has a two minute lead before the next rest day they will start riding for the podium spots. The third week isn't tough. The time trial should be in his advantage. The big challenge will be the Sierra Nevada. Evenepoel still has everything to prove on a long climb on high altitude. However with his current shape and the strong team support this is looking good.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Honestly I would have guessed Mas to be at least 30 without looking him up. But yeah, make it three then.

He only rides as if he is a rider on the decline.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So... Is Evenepoel going to catch Mas in the TT or not? Timegap is 2 minutes between start times. Since leaving QuickStep, Mas has been losing around 2 minutes on TTs of similar length to the stagewinner. Sometimes a bit over, sometimes a bit under 2 minutes.

It's the only stage Evenepoel has recon'd and he trains here a lot. I think Mas is going to be 3 minutes down or more in GC after the TT. I think Roglic will do better but still lose over 30 seconds and become Evenepoel's nearest competitor at around 2½ minutes.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

First week was way better than I expected , so I'll try not to be a hypocrite shitting on the route and the riders again.
Having said that, it's very hard to see opportunities for Remco to lose this without a big time bonk. Even if Roglic miraculously regains his form and starts taking 20-30 seconds here and there, it'll be very tough to gain enough given how soft the third week is. It's a shame that Ineos and Bora's "multiple" leader approach seems to have flopped completely already because these were the teams I'd have hope to try something from further out.
Good thing is that the three spaniards in the top 5 seem happy to attack and make this race interesting and there's still Yates and MAL lurking in striking distance to unleash a sudden nuclear performance that catapults them onto the podium.
Another good thing is that teams overall don't have strength in depth to turn the MTFs into a chuuchuu train so I'm pretty optimistic that Sierra Nevada and others won't be boring.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Remco is looking really good. But I I'm also getting flashbacks to Yates in the 2018 Giro....
We'll see

Entirely different 3rd weeks, though. Also, Yates wasted tons of energy. Evenepoel hasn't up until now (although he could have paced yesterday's effort a bit better)

 

[Lequack]

Rest day is a time to put on your extra tall socks

 

[spalco]

Maybe it's the perspective, but he looks crazy thin.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

Oh really? Thats highly surprising.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

You copy + paste this on every poll thread

 

[topcat]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

Of course. I voted for Vin(cenz)o, Ilmaestro99 voted for Fausto, Taxus voted for Froome and RR voted for Gesink. There are a couple of dedicated threads for specially gifted people like us.