37th Vuelta a San Juan Internacional (2.1)

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Winner: Anacona

 

[sir fly]

Hats off to Anacona.
Really strong.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Anacona is the Winner!

 

[del1962]

Winner wins

 

[jaylew]

Wow. Winner super strong. Movistar bossed that stage.

 

[Escarabajo]

Movistar had control of the race.
Race leader now for them.

 

[sir fly]

Not that often QS gets outsmarted.
And overpowered.

 

[kingjr]

Great finish by Anacona. Just overpowered them.

 

[RattaKuningas]

Good finish by Anancona. The other 2 riders drafted behind him so long that I didn't think he was going to be able to win this sprint against them.

 

[JosephK]

Nice to see Winner get the win, too, after pulling the final group of 3 up the course.

 

[DNP-Old]

Osorio 7th, very good.

 

[Koronin]

Movistar finally got the tactics correct. Nice to see. Also congrats to Anacona on a stage win and the leaders jersey.

Must also say nice ride to Montoya to be in the break for so long and still hang on to finish 3rd.

 

[JosephK]

Remco still impressive in pulling the peloton. I wonder if altitude might have been a factor for the QS riders at this stage of the season (i.e., early). In any event, great job by Moviestar.

 

[Escarabajo]

To the initial comments, yes the climb wasn't as hard, and it was for diesel engine type of riders. So it looked on paper like easy for Ala, but at the end you need a good team as well. And here Medellin and Movistar had the numbers.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Re:

I think Evenepoel has a few seconds on Mäder for the Youth Classification.

Not that often QS gets outsmarted.
And overpowered.

Well, if you bring a sprinter, and a guy for the leadout. And you lose a guy with PR disaster...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

GC

 

[WKA311]

Nice performance by Mäder.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Not surprised that Anacona won after his impressive ITT. The contract year phenomenon is real.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Anacona really peaked for this one, didnt he? Now watch him fade into obscurity like he always does.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Re:

Anacona really peaked for this one, didnt he? Now watch him fade into obscurity like he always does.

Won't happen soon. Not with this form and with Colombia 2.1 around the corner. Quintana wants that one, but not sure if he'll have the legs. The competition will be fierce, too.

 

[LesDiablesRouges]

Remco still impressive in pulling the peloton. I wonder if altitude might have been a factor for the QS riders at this stage of the season (i.e., early). In any event, great job by Moviestar.

I think the crosswinds, the lack of gradient, and the missing teammates made for poor conditions for DQS. Too easy to breakaway there’s no way for QS defend against the attacks let alone do it with a 19 year old.

Can see Remco as a ridiculously powerful train puller at the TDF in the future, but he needs to work on an intensive plyometric program to build up his acceleration and explosiveness.

 

[del1962]

Re: Re:

Anacona really peaked for this one, didnt he? Now watch him fade into obscurity like he always does.

Won't happen soon. Not with this form and with Colombia 2.1 around the corner. Quintana wants that one, but not sure if he'll have the legs. The competition will be fierce, too.

Quintana looked strong though, responding with ease

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Impressed with Mäder btw

 

[yaco]

When you are left with a rider in his first race for 15 months and a nineteen year old in his first professional race, then you are pushing *** uphill.

 

[Scarponi]

How does this race get 19 pages and some races in the middle of the year don’t even get threads. South American hard ons here