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

[Ilmaestro99]

Leave everything you do right now, Ilmaestro. Masnada is in the break.

I'm quite busy today so I only have just seen the breakaway. I am trying not to get excited given Fausto recent form.

Vaii Fausto

 

[Rollthedice]

Soler, better late than never.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Nice prediction! I mentioned 9 names and with 18 riders up the road, I didn't get a single one right. Statistically, that must be pretty hard to achieve!

Well, according to ProCyclingStats, at least Hayter and Pedersen tried to get away.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Hayter's sitting right on the back while Yates is at the front. The torch has been passed.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

On paper fausto is the strongest rider in that move, but again he hasn't been at 100% recently. It's also not looking like they get a huge gap. Will be interesting how things unfold, Soler can be a threat

 

[ontheroad]

Rudi Molard (0:58) and Fred Wright (1:02) are the best placed riders in the GC within the break.

If Wright has an opportunity of getting into red later, Kirby will have a heart seizure on commentary.

 

[Cassirer]

Nice prediction! I mentioned 9 names and with 18 riders up the road, I didn't get a single one right. Statistically, that must be pretty hard to achieve!

I arrive at 39% - so not that hard if that was what you were going for! Otherwise, doesn't bode well...

 

[Potomac]

Soler often entertains, give him that.

 

[Bonimenier]

I can't believe QS is leading the peloton while the best rider of their team (and arguably the best rider in the peloton) is in the break.

 

[JosefK]

Jumbo's chance to offload the red jersey served on a platter ...

 

[sir fly]

Vivero should tell whether this growing gap means a stage for the breakaway.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[JosefK]

In the bag for the breakaway.

Edit: I just killed their chances.

 

[Potomac]

15 teams in the break.

 

[Earns1985]

Will we see GC action later?

There are a lot of potential relais stations up the road, that could be used..

 

[spalco]

Looks like the break got this, but no idea who out of those guys.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Fausto is such an intelligent rider my goodness

 

[search]

in case it matters in the end: if Molard and Wright end up s.t. in GC, Molard takes the jersey based on aggregated placings

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I arrive at 39% - so not that hard if that was what you were going for! Otherwise, doesn't bode well...

Ah, that's actually much more likely than I thought. No medal for me then

 

[red_flanders]

I didn’t realize a 70’s porn star was The reigning World Champoin…

 

[noob]

Ala takes a lot of wind today

 

[sir fly]

The breakaway could've used a more favourable descent.
Not a done deal.

 

[Riek s]

climb seems hard, if GC people would give a pitch, only a few will be left.

 

[noob]

Now the peleton is sharing the pacing between Jumbo, Bora, Ineos and UAE?

 

[noob]

Is UAE trying to catch the break or the peleton?