2022 Vuelta a España stage 3: Breda - Breda 194km

[RedheadDane]

Then it should have happened before the creation of the thread. Now it would be more like the Festina scandal with posters dropping out midrace, because they're worried the moderators will find their pre-prepared posts in their trash folders.

Ha! They won't get anything from me. I just pre-prepare my posts in my brain, and post them later. Sometimes.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I tuned in to the ZDF livestream with Florian Nass. Which one has Koppenburg?

Eurosport.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did they forget the depart reel?

They're off now.
Van Den Berg trying to truly do as Cort did, though he has company.

 

[happytramp]

Did they forget the depart reel?

They're off now.
Van Den Berg trying to truly do as Cort did, though he has company.

I wonder how many people are actually going to sit down in front of the TV for 5hrs and watch the whole 197k.

 

[tobydawq]

Not putting graphics with distance and time is really not a good idea.

 

[tobydawq]

This is a dangerous break.

 

[Salvarani]

Has to be one of the most boring starts to a GT in recent times.

 

[tobydawq]

Has to be one of the most boring starts to a GT in recent times.

Since July?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Strange that cycling fans complain about having a boring stage in a grands tour in the first week. As if this one porfessional sport owes them the highest possible amount of mental stimulation and dopamine on a daily basis.

This stage has meaning just as a 200km stage in the dolomites does.

 

[noob]

I tend to not watch the sprint stages, but just switched on the tele.

Rarely is a sprint stage this beautiful :O

Those trees and alleys

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Woods DNF

 

[Samamba]

So first Lotto with Cras now Israel with Woods. Looks like the cycling gods have decided their WT faith. Watch Ewan and Nizzolo crash in Hamburg today.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Since July?

At least with the Vuelta there are other races on. We’re more or less forced to watch the Tour.

 

[Scarponi]

Feel like these grand tour stages had more of the mass crashes when there were 200 riders a few years ago, wonder how much it helped by reducing the size.

 

[Billie]

Strange that cycling fans complain about having a boring stage in a grands tour in the first week. As if this one porfessional sport owes them the highest possible amount of mental stimulation and dopamine on a daily basis.

This stage has meaning just as a 200km stage in the dolomites does.

Indeed.

Imagine the complaining if in the early 2000s GT stages would be broadcasted in full when Cipo would be at the front at 30km/h and nobody dared to attack or ride faster.

 

[RedheadDane]

Today Mads P. should be able to tell Bennett and Van Poppel apart.

 

[BR2]

Indeed.

Imagine the complaining if in the early 2000s GT stages would be broadcasted in full when Cipo would be at the front at 30km/h and nobody dared to attack or ride faster.

I think these stages absolutely have their right to exist and belong to a Grand Tour. I'm not advocating to erase or replace them. But there's no denying they are boring as white paper and it's pretty silly to broadcast them in full, especially with commentators sometimes hyping them up a bit. Also, for me it doesn't make such a big difference, but for many people it does: Why have them on a weekend?

 

[Breh]

You can't really expect commentators to say it's going to be a boring stage.

 

[Breezy1985]

Hahahaha interview guy just asked Nibs for the secret to the voodoo

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I tend to not watch the sprint stages, but just switched on the tele.

Rarely is a sprint stage this beautiful :O

Those trees and alleys

I only just now tuned in with about 60km to go, didn't even check the stage profile beforehand. Once I saw the profile I was about to tune back out but your comment makes me want to hang on with dear life - if nothing else we've always got scenery to look at!

 

[Carols]

Hahahaha interview guy just asked Nibs for the secret to the voodoo

What was his reply?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It's a good thing tomorrow is a rest day, all this scenery-watching over the weekend has been exhausting.

 

[fbjim]

Since July?

no underwhelming incredibly long bridge, 0/10

 

[noob]

The stages to broadcast in full should be the clear breakaway stages imo. Those are the ones where it's exciting to watch.

This is beautiful but I don't get very stimulated as I don't have a thing for any of the present sprinters

But the start of a breakway hilly or mountain stage is oftentimes among the most exciting there is!

 

[RedheadDane]

The stages to broadcast in full should be the clear breakaway stages imo. Those are the ones where it's exciting to watch.

Well, I think my opinions on this are well known. You can not watch race that's being broadcast. You can't watch a race that's not being broadcast.