Remco should drop everyone just to assert authority. What are they going to do, they can't even hold his wheel?
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Yes, they said that they want to target the green jersey. The thing is that as best Bennett will have half of his team to support him with that target. Keldermann, Higuita and Hindley are going for GC. Fabbro, Koch, Mullen and van Poppel are there for domestiques duties to support 4 leaders. (Bennett, Keldermann, Higuita and Hindley)BORA have already made it clear on previous stages that the jersey is a goal for them, and that they are marking Pedersen closely. But if he ends up getting into a decent sized break with a BORA rider in his wheel, they might not want to use the rest of the team to hunt it down with two mountain stages to come.
San Glorio is up there with El Purche as the hardest non-MTF climb in this Vuelta.Does Puerto San Glorio fall into 'joke-climb'?
It would be stunning if anyone tried to go on the giant climb so far out. Plenty of stages in which to grab time without such a long drag to the finish while teams chase you down. You gotta figure Jumbo will have enough guys over the top to chase anyone down. It would be an all or nothing gambit. I don’t see it.A profile that sparks the imagination. It depends on the field. If they are all more or less good for now. Or if Evenepoel would like to have more or others for him to have less. I don't feel it's unreasonable to expect some GC action. If successfully executed likely involving the breakaway.
A profile that sparks the imagination. It depends on the filed. If they are all more or less good for now. Or if Evenepoel would like to have more or others for him to have less. I don't feel it's unreasonable to expect some GC action. If successfully executed likely involving the breakaway.
Vendrame and Jaakko DNS with Covid. Ag2r doesn't seem to be particularly lucky (?) in that regard
Serves as a good transitional stage though. I dont really have a problem with it tbh. Much rather include it then dont, and have a totally flat stage!San Glorio is up there with El Purche as the hardest non-MTF climb in this Vuelta.
Unipublic placing the finish 60km away from the end of the short descent is the joke.
It took ages to have it on the race. It will take ages to have it playing a significant role.
1 | 22 | BATTISTELLA Samuele | 40:35 | ||
2 | 37 | WRIGHT Fred | 21:57 | ||
3 | 51 | HERRADA Jesús | 27:37 | ||
4 | 106 | GOLDSTEIN Omer | 37:57 | ||
5 | 117 | SWEENY Harry | 25:11 | ||
6 | 183 | JANSSENS Jimmy | 59:42 |
Wright versus the bunch actually sounds like an interesting battle.Hmm.. the break is not so strong. Only 6 riders:
1 22 BATTISTELLA Samuele 40:35 2 37 WRIGHT Fred 21:57 3 51 HERRADA Jesús 27:37 4 106 GOLDSTEIN Omer 37:57 5 117 SWEENY Harry 25:11 6 183 JANSSENS Jimmy 59:42
Should be possible to bring those riders back, the question is, who wants to..
As I recall it, it was ridden at a somewhat decent pace in 2014.San Glorio is up there with El Purche as the hardest non-MTF climb in this Vuelta.
Unipublic placing the finish 60km away from the end of the short descent is the joke.
It took ages to have it on the race. It will take ages to have it playing a significant role.
What a rider, clear favorite for Vélo d'OrIn the last 2 stages Masnada moved up from 138th to 68th on GC.
# | Rider | Time | Year | Year |
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1 | BONTEMPI Guido | 10y + 14d | 1981 | 1991 |
2 | PLAZA Rubén | 9y + 360d | 2005 | 2015 |
3 | TAARAMÄE Rein | 9y + 347d | 2011 | 2021 |
4 | MARTIN Dan | 9y + 55d | 2011 | 2020 |
5 | VANDERAERDEN Eric | 9y + 13d | 1983 | 1992 |