Vuelta a España 2022 Vuelta a España stage 5(Irun-Bilbao),187,2 km - Medium Mountains

[Ilmaestro99]

Masnada seemed the only one interested in winning from the chase group in the final 2km

 

[Sciatic]

Masnada seemed the only one interested in winning from the chase group in the final 2km

Yeah, what was that by that group?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

WTF not even a second of GC even at the finish? :O

Came in 5 mins down without any GC action

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

I think the jersey is overrated compared to a stage win. I understand the maillot jaune, but having a stage win on your CV should count more than a red jersey

he's already worn it in 2018 as well.

 

[noob]

Came in 5 mins down without any GC action

Yup my question was rethorical. I just was disappointed.

I guess we'll see GC tomorrow instead

 

[Tim Cahill]

Man what a saaaaad little life Rudy Mollard must lead

 

[noob]

Matxin looked kinda cute :O

 

[proffate]

Given how long Wright was on the front at the end, and still only got passed (barely) by Impey, I'd say everyone was well and truly done, not just playing cat and mouse.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Rog&co +5mins

 

[Tim Cahill]

6th top 10 GC stage for Fred this year

 

[StryderHells]

he's already worn it in 2018 as well.

And he wanted it again, good on him!

 

[StryderHells]

Masnada seemed the only one interested in winning from the chase group in the final 2km

I’m pretty sure Wright wouldn’t of minded the win.

 

[search]

somehow Bakelants took a minute on the peloton. Must have sneaked away somewhere in that finale

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[ontheroad]

It might have killed the chase in behind but from a tactical viewpoint Molard played it perfectly. He took the 2 bonus seconds on the last climb meaning that Wright had to then win the sprint to take the leaders jersey. He knew that he was never going to win the stage in a sprint and he probably still has ambitions to finish high up on GC even when he inevitably loses the leaders jersey. But he has 4 minutes plus on everybody else now on GC.

 

[noob]

Will tomorrow be more of the same thing?

 

[noob]

Loved the Wright interview!

 

[fbjim]

Cat 1 finish tomorrow, I imagine that was already staked out as the first GC day by a lot of teams.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Masnada seemed the only one interested in winning from the chase group in the final 2km

What was the point if all that effort? I thought Quickstep had a team to support Remco and now two stages in a row we’ve seen abject stage hunt failure.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Matxin looked kinda cute :O

Maybe you can get him to read you some bedtime stories.


Guess what JV have in their bottles (wrong answers only)

 

[HelloDolly]

They all lent on Fred Wright to do all the chasing and as he said he could do nothing

The rest besides Jake Stewart were not prepared to chase or hadnt the legs ...people like Impey were expecting others to do the work for him,,none of the others bothered until too late

 

[noob]

Maybe you can get him to read you some bedtime stories.


Guess what JV have in their bottles (wrong answers only)

No please
Someone accidentally put Cofidis drink in a Jumbo bottle...

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Loved the Wright interview!

What did he say?

 

[noob]

What did he say?

He was just lamenting on not getting the red jersey while simultaneously smiling at his misfortune sort of.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Will tomorrow be more of the same thing?

Well, I reckon FDJ will "honour the jersey" and keep the break in check. Roglic will say thank you and take bonus seconds at the end. Rinse and repeat for the rest of the week and no one will do anything because "It's a three week race, gotta balance your efforts, yadda yadda". Then, after next weeks ITT, Roglic will be ahead by 2-3 minutes and everyone will suddenly wake up from hibernation and wonder how could this have happened. But given that this isn't the Giro with ridiculous backload, people will come to the conclusion that they have to settle for second and third and chase each other down endlessly.

Yes, I'm a pessimistic doomer, Roglic might still not feel 100% so I guess there is hope.