Vuelta a España 76th La Vuelta ciclista a España 2021 (August 14 - September 5)

[Netserk]

Roglič in maillot rojo through and through?

#Rominger94

 

[topcat]

Winning the vuelta is like kissing your sister. Ok, you got the kiss, but it's still your sister. I'm expecting Padun to fight Roglic for his sister.

 

[CyclistAbi]

#Rominger94

It's settled then.

 

[ice&fire]

#Rominger94

Vélo d'Or as well

 

[CyclistAbi]

Winning the vuelta is like kissing your sister. Ok, you got the kiss, but it's still your sister. I'm expecting Padun to fight Roglic for his sister.

Just checked and i can't find the info if Tony has two sisters or not.

To me it for sure doesn't look like a kiss from a sister. There must be more to it.

 

[Red Rick]

Winning the vuelta is like kissing your sister. Ok, you got the kiss, but it's still your sister. I'm expecting Padun to fight Roglic for his sister.

Petition to make this part of official CN lore??

 

[CyclistAbi]

If it would be that bad then we wouldn't be going on about Rominger 30 years latter.

P.S. Like we likely will be about Roglič 30 years from now.

 

[Red Rick]

If it would be that bad then we wouldn't be going on about Rominger 30 years latter.

P.S. Like we likely will be about Roglič 30 years from now.

Remember he used to be a ski jumper?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Remember he used to be a ski jumper?

But lets not forget a medallist too:

• Junior World Ski Jumping Championships medal
• TT medal on world championships
• TT medal on Olympic games
• Won GT
• Won monument
• ...

As 30 years is a rather long time and a medal is still a medal!

 

[sir fly]

Don't forget Warhol's "15 minutes of fame" is just going to become more actual than ever... as if already isn't.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

LOL at the team presentation with the attendees socially distanced and wearing masks. Come Saturday the riders will be amongst thousands of fans doing the opposite.

 

[RedheadDane]

That DSM guy is not off to a great start; his arm is bandaged already...

 

[Koronin]

Well if nothing else most of the riders on Movistar's Vuelta roster should like the heat.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Lequack]

 

[Netserk]

Unfortunately no golden shoes for Carapaz (yet).

 

[BigCoward]

Unfortunately no golden shoes for Carapaz (yet).

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That bike looks bronze rather than gold, though it may just be the light.

 

[sir fly]

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That bike looks bronze rather than gold, though it may just be the light.

Light bronze

 

[jaylew]

Valverde wasn't exactly very good at TT's until his ban when he took the opportunity to actually learn how to ride them. When he came back from his ban his TTing was inconsistent and now it's back to being poor again. Pre 2010 Valverde was good at climbing, sprinting, biking handling, descending, positioning, but wasn't very good at TTs.

That's just not true. Been following him closely since his Kelme days and when I read that it didn't sound right at all so I had to double check.

He's almost always been a good if not elite tter and was very good from '06 - '10. Results from every itt he raced during that period, the overwhelming majority in high level races:

06 - 2, 2, 14, 7, 9, 5, 4, 3
07 - 1, 2, 5, 1, 5, 9, 32, 46, 17, 1
08 - 1, 16, 3, 1, 22, 34, 5, 3
09 - 3, 2, 3, 12, 2, 4, 9, 13, 7
10 - 31, 2, 13, 2

So, 28 of 39 times he finished inside the top 10 and 23 of 39 were inside the top 5 with 16 podiums. That's not someone who "wasn't very good at TTs"

 

[Savant12]

Would love to see Hugh Carthy take this.

 

[Oliver]

Ineos vs Roglic!

 

[TMJ]

Would love to see Hugh Carthy take this.

Unfortunately the race lacks 15 mountain top finishes at 12-plus% for this to be a reality.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Lequack, are you Barnacle Bill in disguise? Or are you the same person depending on which side of the bed you got out of in the morning?

 

[gregrowlerson]

Winning the vuelta is like kissing your sister. Ok, you got the kiss, but it's still your sister. I'm expecting Padun to fight Roglic for his sister.

Euro Trip.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Just checked and i can't find the info if Tony has two sisters or not.

To me it for sure doesn't look like a kiss from a sister. There must be more to it.

Maybe those two were sisters?