Vuelta a España 2022 Vuelta a España stage 4(Vitoria-Gastiez-Lagaurdia),152.5 km, Hilly

[perico]

In terms of legs, Mas has not actually been bad. He would've been on the podium at both Tirreno and Itzulia without crashes.

Yeah but the Dauphine crash seemed to have mentally cracked him. I like the guy, but wasn't expecting him to be fighting Roglic this early in the race. It may be that he is one of those riders that performs better after 1 GT (he did just about finish the TdF).

I think rooming with Valverde may be doing him some real good.

 

[perico]

Poor Froomey finished in the same group as Mas...

Luis Mas.

 

[JosefK]

So, an entertaining finale. But I don't think we can read too much into a 1 km climb for the GC contenders. Some guys who looked good might fade later. Some guys who looked just okay might be great later.

 

[Red Rick]

Lol the Strava record on the final climb did not get broken.

Shows how much they were goofing around before they launched.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

So, an entertaining finale. But I don't think we can read too much into a 1 km climb for the GC contenders. Some guys who looked good might fade later. Some guys who looked just okay might be great later.

Exactly… Sierra Nevada alone will be today‘s finale x20…

 

[Oldermanish]

So, an entertaining finale. But I don't think we can read too much into a 1 km climb for the GC contenders. Some guys who looked good might fade later. Some guys who looked just okay might be great later.

I think we can guess that Primoz is OK. He could accelerate to open space at any point in that last km and did a great job, even backing out of boxed space. That there were no time gaps between he and Kuss is BS, though.

 

[Oldermanish]

He was on the front inside the final km, but Alaf wasn't on his wheel so I think he just wasn't sure what to do and sat up.

It was a swirl of riders in the last KM. Primoz had the legs to surf, stop, accelerate and then Mads openned the door for him to take the win. Remco's lucky he got the lead time with all of the gaps.

 

[Rackham]

Just a note on Alaphilippe: Jumbo setting a super fast tempo in the stage accomplished several things, i.e. main one being adding some fatigue to the punchier riders who might be able to beat Roglič on that sort of finish.

Recuperation & accumulated fatigue after a few days of racing has always been Alaphilippe's weakness. Add his condition on top (return from injury + Covid) & voilà, he dropped. He might have paid for his effort on that cat 3 as well when he attempted to get the bonus seconds.

Lol the Strava record on the final climb did not get broken.

Shows how much they were goofing around before they launched.

A glorious Vuelta stomp without a clinic thread bump, such is the power of King Roglič.

 

[Sciatic]

Lol the Strava record on the final climb did not get broken.

Shows how much they were goofing around before they launched.

Cleans

 

[SHAD0W93]

I think we can guess that Primoz is OK. He could accelerate to open space at any point in that last km and did a great job, even backing out of boxed space. That there were no time gaps between he and Kuss is BS, though.

That there was no gap between him and anyone was BS honestly.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Potomac]

I need one of those

 

[Lequack]

Now that image's not gonna make the Rogla amourous fanclub cool down

Here

I need one of those

A Remco?

 

[Samamba]

Someone who can explain why there's 23 teams in the Vuelta and only 22 in the Giro and Tour?

 

[AlfaLum]

Someone who can explain why there's 23 teams in the Vuelta and only 22 in the Giro and Tour?

Vuelta asked the UCI for dispensation to hand out an additional wildcard.

 

[Riek s]

That there was no gap between him and anyone was BS honestly.

Well its the first 1second gap that counts, they were doing high speeds, so can imagine it was always below a second untill the bigger gap between Kuss and Yates.
I think Pedersen was just close enough. But even then if Pedersen would have been to late, it would be 1 second on the group with the others. So it wouldn't make that big of a difference.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

That there was no gap between him and anyone was BS honestly.

B . E . . Q . U . I . E . T

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Primož Roglič for winning the stage in style.

Was a nice stage to watch. Bora and JV keeping the pace high. Likely affecting Alaphilippe the most and some of it was likely directed at Rogla. To test him out. No way for breakaway to make it today. On Puerto de Herrera while Harper still pacing Alaphilippe decided to give it a try. Then the dynamics went up a notch. Rogla isolated but no way anybody is riding away. Descending was not for the faint of heart either. In final climb Rogla was really good today. In regards to positioning and getting through a couple of bottlenecks. Sitting down when he came at front. Beautiful tactics. Sprinter material. Pedersen launching but no match for Rogla stomp. Classy Rogla in Basque. I caught something in the corner of my eye as it was tearing. As for Remco i must hand it to him. When he climbed out of the bucket i thought to myself now he got some balls.

Chapeau!

 

[Samamba]

Vuelta asked the UCI for dispensation to hand out an additional wildcard.

So next year it's just 22 again?

 

[noob]

Here

whew

 

[tobydawq]

Someone who can explain why there's 23 teams in the Vuelta and only 22 in the Giro and Tour?

Spain is less densely populated so there is more room for the riders.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Congratulations to Primož Roglič for winning the stage in style.

Was a nice stage to watch. Bora and JV keeping the pace high. Likely affecting Alaphilippe the most and some of it was likely directed at Rogla. To test him out. No way for breakaway to make it today. On Puerto de Herrera while Harper still pacing Alaphilippe decided to give it a try. Then the dynamics went up a notch. Rogla isolated but no way anybody is riding away. Descending was not for the faint of heart either. In final climb Rogla was really good today. In regards to positioning and getting through a couple of bottlenecks. Sitting down when he came at front. Beautiful tactics. Sprinter material. Pedersen launching but no match for Rogla stomp. Classy Rogla in Basque. I caught something in the corner of my eye as it was tearing. As for Remco i must hand it to him. When he climbed out of the bucket i thought to myself now he got some balls.

Chapeau!

If that was an ice bucket, something tells me he will not have any balls.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

If that was an ice bucket, something tells me he will not have any balls.

He had balls the size of coconuts, which is why he had to shrink them with ice water.

 

[CyclistAbi]

After such hard stage. They still find the energy to arm wrestle. Schoolboy wouldn't have a chance.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Too bad we aren't gonna see more than one tt battle between these two.