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

[Netserk]

Fake climb?

No action.

 

[topcat]

Breakaway. Padun. Fdj to pull the peloton and lose time. Fake gc action on the fake climb. The end.
P.S. the race is kinda boring, what it really needs is Remco to drop the hammer. That would get ye to come out of yourselves.

 

[search]

Bizkarra (lives nearby) said the climb before is tough, though, steep, and bad roads on both sides. Often those non-gc teams in the lead tend to keep the gaps too close, so if Groupama does the same, it could still be a GC day, I guess. The tempo in the field should normally be high almost throughout the final ~45k

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

Fake climb?

Fake climb?

It's a descent dressed up like a climb (note the 0 on the bottom right, 12 on the left)

 

[Netserk]

It's fully paved by the way.

 

[Rollthedice]

Breakaway. Padun. Fdj to pull the peloton and lose time. Fake gc action on the fake climb. The end.
P.S. the race is kinda boring, what it really needs is Remco to drop the hammer. That would get ye to come out of yourselves.

Padun and a group of lesser known riders already have 17 seconds to the peloton.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

I'm starting to wonder whether there's only 2 riders in this race.................Yates to give it a dig

Well, three, if you count Van Wilder.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Padun and a group of lesser known riders already have 17 seconds to the peloton.

Ilmaestro would like to know your location.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

182 kms, 4100 vertical meters, MTF, eighth month of the season: I am certain there will be GC action today. Riders dropping.

Hopefully, also riders attacking. Maybe Remco Eventpool will attack? I hope so, because he is entertaining…

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's obviously not the hardest climb in the world, but the fact that the steepest kilometres are at the start could still lead to earlier action than if they had been near the top. Especially if they drill the penultimate climb and get rid of some of the domestiques.

 

[Netserk]

It's obviously not the hardest climb in the world, but the fact that the steepest kilometres are at the start could still lead to earlier action than if they had been near the top. Especially if they drill the penultimate climb and get rid of some of the domestiques.

It's stage 6. We know how this usually unfolds.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Marco Paduni, The old new Remco and Fausto all in one break

 

[Netserk]

Ruben Fernandez (Cofidis)
Mark Padun (EF Education-EasyPost)
Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert)
Nelson Oliveira (Movistar)
Fausto Masnada (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl)
Kaden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco)
Marco Brenner (Team DSM)
Dario Cataldo (Trek-Segafredo)
Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
Xabier Mikel Azparren (Euskaltel-Euskadi)

Bakelants best in GC, +5'02''.

 

[Rollthedice]

Ilmaestro would like to know your location.

Masnada is also in the break. Again.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's stage 6. We know how this usually unfolds.

Sure, I don't expect a lot either, but a "real" climb would not necessarily change the outcome.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's stage 6. We know how this usually unfolds.

This combination of final two climbs with a decent run-in would be a good option for the final third of a Vuelta, though. Could easily come directly after a Machucos or Covadonga MTF too. Sadly, I don't think a non-event today will be conducive to this finish returning any time soon...

 

[Netserk]

Sure, I don't expect a lot either, but a "real" climb would not necessarily change the outcome.

It did in 2019, stage 5.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It did in 2019, stage 5.

Of course, but I didn't claim it couldn't happen or that it had never happened before. A finish like that would most likely create bigger gaps, but you definitely wouldn't see action from 40 km out, though that probably doesn't matter that much on a Thursday stage anyway.

 

[Lequack]

Live ticker until coverage starts:

https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-espana-2022/stage-6/live-report/

 

[YavorD]

It did in 2019, stage 5.

It didn't last year. Granted, it was stage 3 but Picon Blanco isn't a "fake climb", is it?

Today's climb looks too easy. Even the first kilometers aren't that hard . I think the key riders for a potential nice stage are Yates and Lopez. If they decide to try, then it's game on.. If they don't eventual roglstomp at the final.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I have Padun on each way at 70/1, hopefully FDJ don't panic and start to mow the break down as Bakelants is the immediate danger at +5 minutes, rather just keep it at a manageable gap. He can semi-backdoor the red jersey later in the race as well as maybe is in better climbing form than Mollard, although that is a big unknown at the moment and has been for a long time.

*** knows what Kaden Groves is doing in there though.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Padun and a group of lesser known riders already have 17 seconds to the peloton.

'Lesser known riders' when did Padun and Bakelandts drop Roglic, Alaphilippe and Yates at Lombardia???

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Grandissimo Fausto, how can you not love this aggressive and intelligent way of racing?

 

[Anderis]

Masnada is also in the break. Again.

Doesn't bode well for the breakaway to have such a weak rider to ride along with.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Masnada is the worst domestique ever. He's always either 5 meters/minutes behind or in front of his leader.