Colombia 2.1 (Feb 12-17)

[Rollthedice]

Sky are chasing Sosa.

 

[Salvarani]

31 km left

 

[Escarabajo]

Crazy racing!!!

 

[Sciatic]

Re:

Dont need gaps or kilometres remaning, but total time man, thats the most important thing.

 

[70kmph]

31 KM remaining

 

[Salvarani]

Gap 55 seconds

 

[sir fly]

South American and European 2000 meters look very different.
It seems that even Alaphilippe thinks he's in the Ardennes.

 

[Rollthedice]

The commentators are awesome.

 

[Rollthedice]

Sosa como una moto.

 

[sir fly]

Motoring, indeed.

 

[hfer07]

the race is on fire!!!! :surprised:

 

[Rollthedice]

Now Bernal attacks, Sky attacking one another and everybody else.

 

[Rollthedice]

If we could only know how much till the finish.

 

[hfer07]

Re:

If we could only know how much till the finish.

approximately 5k to the finish - the summit is around 1 and then a slight decent with ups and downs until the finish line

 

[Rollthedice]

Bernal dissapeared, Superman, Ala and Carapaz chasing, Sosa and Martinez in front. The peloton was pulverized, Froome must be miles away.

 

[tobydawq]

What an absolutely amazing stage!

And apart from no km marker, even the coverage was decent.

 

[sir fly]

No match for Alaphilippe in the sprint.
Crazy racing.
Excellent!

 

[Rollthedice]

Muchacho Julien por favor!

 

[tobydawq]

Superman seemed freakishly strong. He'll probably win the race overall with it all to be decided on tomorrow's MTF.

 

[70kmph]

Nice

 

[del1962]

Re:

Superman seemed freakishly strong. He'll probably win the race overall with it all to be decided on tomorrow's MTF.

Should have made Alaphiippe close the gap, gave him a free rise

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Ala! QS again

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

Superman seemed freakishly strong. He'll probably win the race overall with it all to be decided on tomorrow's MTF.

Should have made Alaphiippe close the gap, gave him a free rise

Definitely, but I think he was too worried they would stay away if he began playing games, and he probably knew that Alaphilippe would win no matter what (as long as they caught them).

 

[Escarabajo]

Yes indeed. Lopez gave Ala a free ride. Tomorrow is a different type of race with the long climb.

 

[hfer07]

I must confess I initially wasn't happy about the parcours, but now that I've watched the last 2 stages - my god- I was sooo wrong!! Those guys racing there are giving everything and making it so exciting to watch. Chapeau to Julian Ala - a truly warrior within the old school French tradition! Also kudos to Sosa & Dani Martinez for the Showdown on the last climb- it was a treat to the eyes & the spectacle.

I can hardly wait for tomorrow's stage