38th Vuelta a San Juan Internacional (2.1) // 26th of January - 2nd of February 2020

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Break has 1m30s, 128k from the finish.
edit: 1m15s... 105k

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1221509070894575621

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1221509070894575621

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm gonna go out a wild limp, and say that was not the stage Flecha was just reconning.

And I know "a wild limp" is not technically correct English...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Crash in the peloton

 

[Bonimenier]

The commentator said something about bonis the final climb of punta negra, I think. If that's right I believe Evenepoel already took some.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The commentator said something about bonis the final climb of punta negra, I think. If that's right I believe Evenepoel already took some.

Evenepoel was 2nd, behind Paredes, who already took some points when they passed the dam an hour earlier in the breakaway.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Dutch Eurosport commentator is now claiming Evenepoel said he wants to podium in the Giro
#Fakenews

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Major crash in the front of the peloton

 

[Wvv]

1. Hofstetter

Surprising result on a quite dangerous finish.

 

[Koronin]

The crash was outside the 3K mark as well.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hope everyone involved in the crash is okay.

 

[Bonimenier]

What a strange sprint with a surprising winner.
Evenepoel down so I suppose Alaphilippe will be DQS' man for the GC.

 

[Wvv]

Hofstetter or Barbier, not sure yet.

 

[RedheadDane]

Danish commentators are throwing McCabe into the mix, just for the heck of it.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The crash was outside the 3K mark as well.

3.4k
Well, it was closer to the finish than it was in California last year.

 

[Bonimenier]

An interview with Barbier so I think we can be 90% sure he won.

 

[Koronin]

3.4k
Well, it was closer to the finish than it was in California last year.

True it was.

 

[Wvv]

1 Rudy Barbier
2 Manuel Belletti
3 Tomas Contte
4 Juan Molano
5 Alvaro Hodge

6 Peter Sagan
9 Fernando Gaviria

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1221581990681612288

View: https://twitter.com/zikloland/status/1221581990681612288

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

G Martin & McNulty finish with the first bunch.
Alaphilippe dropped in the final 100's meters and loses 14 seconds.
Evenepoel loses 1m16s.
Sevilla loses 1m20s.

The crash was caused by a spectator.

 

[Koronin]

G Martin & McNulty finish with the first bunch.
Alaphilippe dropped in the final 100's meters and loses 14 seconds.
Evenepoel loses 1m16s.
Sevilla loses 1m20s.

The crash was caused by a spectator.

That makes it even worse.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

DQS filed a formal complaint, because the crash was caused by spectators who were too close to the road, and one of them stepped forward. Both Stybar and Van Lerberghe saw what happened, and it can also be seen on footage. The jury will make a decision in roughly 9 hours (noon CET).

DQS hopes other teams will follow their lead since other GC contenders also lost time.

Evenepoel komt goed weg na crash: “Ik weet niet hoe het gebeurd is, maar het valt gelukkig mee”

Oef, dat valt mee. Remco Evenepoel (20) kwam gisteren ten val in de eerste rit van de Ronde van San Juan, maar komt goed weg. Hij liep geen blessures op en zijn dure tijdverlies werd hem kwijtgescholden. Dankzij een klacht van de ploeg. “Ik weet niet hoe het allemaal gebeurd is, maar plots lag...

www.hln.be

 

[Koronin]

This is a case where I don't think anyone would complain if they decided to give the same time to all those affected by this crash.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1221613648147296258

View: https://twitter.com/FXavierVidela/status/1221613648147296258

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

This is a case where I don't think anyone would complain if they decided to give the same time to all those affected by this crash.

Well, there are some things to consider.

First, the rule was made to protect GC riders from timeloss due to crashes caused by others, usually those preparing the sprint or mechanical issues, with not enough distance left to make up for lost time. Whether 3k or 5k, that is not the point of the rule. They needed to agree upon a distance, but the distance as such is not at the center of things. Furthermore, a crash happening at 3.4k caused by spectators, reflects badly upon the organization, since they should do a better job ensuring rider safety to begin with. Also, in this case there was no ulterior motive, like there was in Tour of California, where the crash happened further away, and they ended up giving the group that had previously been dropped (Van Garderen even missed the right turn and went off-course) the same time because they were supposedly held up by the riders still on the ground.