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

[ice&fire]

What a gift!

 

[Red Rick]

That has to be a hugging DQ right

 

[Ripper]

Why is Gaudu doing all the work...

He's gonna be getting the knuckleheads comment. He does not need to be pulling so much, the stage is huge for him.

 

[Vasilis]

Roglic wants to look nice after beating Mäder

 

[Red Rick]

Frans Maassen 300IQ 4d chess Grandmaster confirmed

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Not sure I've ever seen a stage race of this quality where one team ends up finishing first and second on GC.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Bala!

 

[Red Rick]

Commentators now praising short stages

Big oops

 

[Gigs_98]

That was great. Chapeau to Roglic, chapeau to Gaudu. Brilliant racing and something I wish to see more often.

 

[HelloDolly]

Bahrain non Victorious should have worked for Pello

 

[Alexandre B.]

Ok I guess he has a free win xD

He freely worked for Roglic's GC on Arrate. Fair share of the work, fair share of the honours.

 

[SafeBet]

Just an amazing stage overall.
Gaudu, Roglic, Carthy, Pog, everybody! 100% from the start and never look back.

I love this sport.

 

[Gigs_98]

Commentators now praising short stages

Big oops

"We should totally try this at the tdf" you mean like they have ever since 2011 with practically no success?

 

[sir fly]

This would've been a spectacular warmup for tomorrow, but...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bahrain non Victorious should have worked for Pello

Why? It wouldn't have improved Bilbao's GC standing.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

If they win 1-2, it's luck. If they don't, it's a strategic blunder...

 

[Vasilis]

He freely worked for Roglic's GC on Arrate. Fair share of the work, fair share of the honours.

Yes ok, but in the end he wasn't contested. Good deal.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

"We should totally try this at the tdf" you mean like they have ever since 2011 with practically no success?

Otoh we never see proper mid-mountain stages at the Tour. So by extent also no good short mid-mountain stages.

 

[johnymax]

Team Jumbo Visma best tacticians in the World!

 

[RedheadDane]

Obvious deal between Roglic and Gaudu was obvious.

Hey, @Alexandre B. aren't you happy to know that France now has more wins in all than Denmark has WT wins?

 

[Bolder]

That worked out as well as possible for JV, and about as badly as possible for UAE. Although I also think Pogacar was a little bit below his best.

 

[Carols]

TJV takes All the jerseys and the win and second Horner can eat his hat! Rogla is a Monster and has lead the world ranking for 2+ years now for a reason. He knows how to Win and can lose with graciousness.
Chapeau TJV!

 

[Red Rick]

"We should totally try this at the tdf" you mean like they have ever since 2011 with practically no success?

ASO should gice Harvard course in data misinterpretation

 

[Red Rick]

LR podcast gonna be lit

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Luthor]

Roglic wants to look nice after beating Mäder

Roglic gifts wins if the other rider gives him a hand. I said that when the Mader debacle happened and was confirmed today.