59th Itzulia Basque Country (2.UWT) 8 - 13 April

[Simurgh]

Nice stage. Tired of Kirby laughing at his own bad jokes

 

[Laplaz]

Schachmann's last 3km were impressive

 

[Scarponi]

Pogacar impressive again

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[tobydawq]

Nice stage by Bora, putting a different mann in yellow.

 

[Red Rick]

Buchman cant possibly lose, considering that would require Astana to outmanouvre Bora

 

[RedheadDane]

Man, I love the Basque spectators!

1: Cheering for everyone.
2: Parts ways as the riders approaches.
3: (Most importantly) No running next to the riders!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Astana failed completely (tactically). Well played Bora. No longer just the Sagan team.. on the contrary

 

[sir fly]

Uchs and achs across the line... Man, that was close to Bora Bora.

 

[Scarponi]

Buchmann ahead by 54

 

[Valv.Piti]

A german who is a pure climber. Now thats rare... Congrats!

 

[luckyboy]

I can't remember a team dominating a short race like this

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Astana failed completely (tactically).....

They could still get two podium spots.

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

Buchman cant possibly lose, considering that would require Astana to outmanouvre Bora

Okay, they were stupid, I think we got it.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Smart move by Bora to attack with their No. 2. It's hard to believe his lead kept growing while Astana was chasing.

 

[Laplaz]

Tomorrow will be fun.

 

[Bardamu]

How did he get a lead of 2 minutes in no-time? Astana had riders to spare in the peloton, lol.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

How did he get a lead of 2 minutes in no-time? Astana had riders to spare in the peloton, lol.

Gorka Izagirre <<<<<<< Emanuel Buchmann.

That's how you lose 2 minutes.

They had to sacrifice Fuglsang earlier. But because he's co leader they didnt

 

[SafeBet]

Perfectly played by Bora and a great performance by Buchmann.
Tomorrow could be fun, but this is clearly the team to beat.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

How did he get a lead of 2 minutes in no-time? Astana had riders to spare in the peloton, lol.

Gorka Izagirre <<<<<<< Emanuel Buchmann.

That's how you lose 2 minutes.

They had to sacrifice Fuglsang earlier. But because he's co leader they didnt

They should never have missed that attack with both Fuglsang and Izagirre.

 

[70kmph]

Clever tactics by the Bora

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pogacar great, Lambrecht good, Madouas ok, but i expected more from Gaudu. Hirschi complete offday?
https://www.itzulia.eus/Classification/16/0

EDIT: today Gaudu finished along with Lambrecht. Seems to have lost most of his time yesterday.

 

[Akuryo]

Re: Re:

How did he get a lead of 2 minutes in no-time? Astana had riders to spare in the peloton, lol.

Gorka Izagirre <<<<<<< Emanuel Buchmann.

That's how you lose 2 minutes.

They had to sacrifice Fuglsang earlier. But because he's co leader they didnt

They should never have missed that attack with both Fuglsang and Izagirre.

Yeah, not the smartest move to send up LLS for the third time with Buchmann.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just a shame someone forgot to tell Buchmann that you're technically supposed to take your helmet and glasses off before the interview.

 

[Kazistuta]

Re:

Pogacar great, Lambrecht good, Madouas ok, but i expected more from Gaudu. Hirschi complete offday?
https://www.itzulia.eus/Classification/16/0

EDIT: today Gaudu finished along with Lambrecht. Seems to have lost most of his time yesterday.

According to Groupamas own twitter, Gaudu crashed yesterday.