Itzulia Basque Country 2021, Spain, April 5 - April 10

[topt]

Looks like Pogacar will not wait for for Mcnulty

 

[ice&fire]

It's all over the place. The number of groups is 5 x the number of cameras

 

[SafeBet]

Pogacar working on the flat. Not sure this is a great idea for UAE.

 

[topt]

Looks like Pogacar will not wait for for Mcnulty

oh he did go back

 

[TourOfSardinia]

G a m e O n

 

[Netserk]

Movistar and Astana pulling full gas, Jumbo will join as well. Catastrophe for UAE.

 

[sir fly]

Not the best response from the UAE Team.

 

[Salvarani]

Pog has to sacrifice himself.

Might not even matter.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Tolhoek and Oomen should be pulling, to tire Hirschi and Pogacar even further.

 

[Cinemaniak]

So UAE is pretty much toast.. with 50k to go

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pogacar and McNulty will have to try to close the gap themselves on the next climb, big ask.

 

[ice&fire]

Tolhoek and Oomen should be pulling, to tire Hirschi and Pogacar even further.

Why? There's Movistar lending a hand

 

[Netserk]

Four teams against UAE.

Thursday seems like a tactic masterclass by Jumbo now.

 

[Billie]

tv moto from group 1 is in front and group 2 it's in the back of the group.

game over for UAE

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Why? There's Movistar lending a hand

To maximise the gap - and Tolhoek is at it now - Roglic keeping Oomen in reserve for the climb

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

do they really let pogacar ride to get mcnulty back...

 

[Gigs_98]

Mc Nulty should work for Pogacar. Only way UAE still win this is Pogacar catching the front group solo on the next climb.

 

[BlueRoads]

So UAE lost the race on a descent.

 

[Netserk]

I don't get why Pogacar didn't attack on the ascent to bridge up to the break.

 

[JosefK]

I guess Jumbo may avoid a Knucklehead Award from Pappy Horner today?

 

[SafeBet]

Pogacar and McNulty will have to try to close the gap themselves on the next climb, big ask.

There's now waiting for McNulty at this point. Pogacar needs to drop the watts bomb and get back as much time as he can on Krabelin.

 

[Sciatic]

do they really let pogacar ride to get mcnulty back...

Quite shocked by that—thought they would have Pog stay on Rog’s wheel and other UAE support McNulty

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Mc Nulty should work for Pogacar. Only way UAE still win this is Pogacar catching the front group solo on the next climb.

My thought exactly.. This seems more than game over for uae...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

There's now waiting for McNulty at this point. Pogacar needs to drop the watts bomb and get back as much time as he can on Krabelin.

The odds of Pogacar dropping Roglic after having to bridge back up first are possibly even worse than hoping McNulty gets back on though.

Doesn't matter anyway if the gap goes out to a minute though...

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Quite shocked by that—thought they would have Pog stay on Rog’s wheel and other UAE support McNulty

Majka was leading just before the descent. I assume he could not follow Roglic and he had pog and mcnulty in the wheel...