Vuelta a España 2022 Vuelta a España stage 6(Bilbao > Ascensión al Pico Jano. San Miguel de Aguayo),181,2 km - Mountain

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Delighted for Vine, brilliant ride and a great backstory.

Evenepoel justified the hype today he just needs to prove he can do it over 3 weeks now but he will need his team to up their game as he will be the marked man of the race now after a crushing performance today. Mas was clearly suffering just to hold onto Evenepoels wheel so I don't really get the criticism of him. Possibly just Remco fans who wanted him to pull but I think that might have actually slowed him down.

Roglic looked surprisingly weak and it was a surprise that nobody from the group in behind attacked him to try and take some time off him in the final kilometres.
 
Alpecin has wasted Vine's talents - He should have ridden the Giro or the TDF when you consider Alpecin's paucity of mountain riders - Jumbo was very disappointing when you consider Roglic had no help on the final climb - Bree Vine is a good rider and is not far from WT standard.
 
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Did you read the entire post? I think today is plenty of proof how ridiculous those statements are. Even if he tanks next week.

Why? Today proves nothing with regard to his capability of winning a GT.

Was he extremely strong today? Sure. He was clearly superior to most of the other riders.
Does he appear to be the main favorite to win the race at this point? Sure.

Does that prove that he is capable of sustaining this kind of performance over 3 weeks and win a GT? Absolutely not. It's the first week of a three-week race.
 
Alpecin has wasted Vine's talents - He should have ridden the Giro or the TDF when you consider Alpecin's paucity of mountain riders - Jumbo was very disappointing when you consider Roglic had no help on the final climb - Bree Vine is a good rider and is not far from WT standard.
How are they wasting his talents? It’s only his second season at the pro level and he’s still adapting to a different style of racing in Europe. They are giving him time to develop and getting a Vuelta stage win will do his confidence wonders, the Tour and Giro are high pressure races. I think Alpecin are doing a great job with him.