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Seems likely it’ll be someone from a break winning the remaining MTFs
Next year the Vuelta will only have MTF mountain stages. I kid, but if he had been a half decent descender, he would have been practically tied with Roglic now.
Thats just not true. While descending skills mattered, it was mostly just a group going full gas on roads where it was highly favorable to sit in a big group and doing hard turns. Mas would maybe have kept like 15 seconds if he was a great descender, the nature of that stage was always that he needed one or two rivals with him to keep the gap.
Well the team is absolutely terrible, but I'd be disappointed if they didnt even try on Covadonga as well. They have to. Then you take it from there with 2 transitional stages and especially stage 20, Im afraid stage 19 is just Roglic stomping Mas with break up the road and Vuelta practically over
I love to see Mas riding with confidence. I want Roglic to win this one, but I’d love to see Mas win a GT. He is putting in work this Vuelta. No fear. Maybe should have had a bit more even on that one descent. Great to see.
He was showing the initiative today but even the most minor gap was covered by Roglic with ease. O'Connor still has a lead and they need to erase that gap and then some to give Mas hope for the TT and the podium.
Yeah for sure, and Roglic has put time on Mas on mountain stages, not the other way around. But Mas has shouldered the burden of a “boring” reputation even more so than Roglic, and likely while in possession of a less bright talent, so it’s great to see him thrive. I agree he needs to keep pushing to get time on Ben O’Connor. He should not have let him get that time. Based on what we’ve seen, the rightful ranking should be 1. Roglic 2. Mas 3/4. Carapaz / Landa
Next year maybe they can have start times hours earlier, w much, much lower and manageable temperatures.
Movistar and EF shouldn't have let BOC got all that time. Bora didn't care, they know Rogla would take it back and some more.
Two wins in five years riding for Movistar is a rather revealing statistic.
Yes, I was just as frustrated with Movistar that day as we Bora. But he wouldn’t have topped Roglic regardless.
No, Rogla is in another league. But Mas could have had secured another second place by now.
Enric should consider changing his race schedule next season. Avoid the Tour and race the Giro + Vuelta instead. Maybe it would be easier for him to score a GT win instead, Winning over Pog, Vingo and Remco in the Tour would be a remote possibility. Same with CRod, Skjelmose, Ayuso, and et. al.
The thing is that Tadej Merckx wants the Vuelta and Jonas both the Giro and Vuelta.
Previous TT results predict a tight race for second place (in GC) tomorrow. But i wouldn't be surprised if O'Connor suffers from fatigue build up tomorrow.
Mas made a couple of mistakes in this Vuelta, which might prevent him from getting second (namely letting BOC get that gap and not pushing yesterday for maximum time against BOC), but you can’t deny that he should a will to win and aggression that belies his CF forum reputation. Even those two mistakes were tied to a winner’s mentality, IMO, as the moves make no sense for someone targeting the podium but they make more sense for someone trying to beat Primoz (yesterday a little less so).
Regardless, I say bravo Mas and hope he takes second today. BOC has ridden with grit but still does not really deserve a podium unless you think Mas and Carapaz deserve not to be on the podium because they let BOC take the gap. Mas has put time on BOC at nearly every opportunity and ridden as strongly as I can remember, maybe best ever performance for him alongside 2022?
Regardless, I say bravo Mas and hope he takes second today. BOC has ridden with grit but still does not really deserve a podium unless you think Mas and Carapaz deserve not to be on the podium because they let BOC take the gap. Mas has put time on BOC at nearly every opportunity and ridden as strongly as I can remember, maybe best ever performance for him alongside 2022?
Mas had a strong Vuelta. 2nd best climber of the race. But he was soundly beaten in today's TT by Ben O'Conner.
A big what if for Mas with his nearly descent disaster. Would he do better at another team maybe?
After his first runner up finish at the Vuelta behind Roglic, I recall Mas said that he would try to improve on his time-trialing to bridge the gap. Several years later, his TT is still his Achilles heels, either stagnated or deteriorating. During his U23 years, he used to be above average in TT discipline.
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