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

[Lequack]

they will DQ mcnulty

That would be the most unpopular move.

 

[saganftw]

and now they will ban freile and aranburu for hugging

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[tobydawq]

and now they will ban freile and aranburu for hugging

No that's only a recommendation. But McNulty should be in danger.

 

[sir fly]

Entertaining rolling over the hill but not much gain in it.

We'll see how far Astana can get from here.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think Van Wilder 15th, Vansevenant a few places back, around 20th.

 

[Sciatic]

and now they will ban freile and aranburu for hugging

That was a nice moment—real joy there

 

[Lequack]

Well since UCi is now banning everyone:

Kyle Murphy disqualified from GP Indurain for 'accidentally' dropping a gel wrapper

Rally Cycling director feels his rider was an easy target for UCI to enforce new littering rules

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

Loving the Movistar tactics. I wonder if they'll have a top10 finisher today.

It turns out they did have one ... Nice win for Aranburu.

 

[JosefK]

Great stage. Good omen for coming days. Roglic rode smart. Pogi stole 4 seconds--another good sign for racing this week.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Landa beating Higuita and Valverde in a sprint, be afraid, be very afraid!

 

[70kmph]

Aranburu does the Wilhelm scream

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[Bolder]

I thought Roglic was hoping to force Astana to take the jersey but the rest of the leaders group got frisky on the final climb...

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Interesting final 20 km. Glad that Poga attacked and the race was on. Roglic and McNulty also on the attack a few km later. One section of the descent was dangerous but they covered it without problems. Aramburu timed his attack well, when peleton caught top guys. Congrats on a good solo victory. Pog stole 4 seconds at the finish - not much but in this race seconds will decide, not minutes.

 

[johnymax]

Great stage. Astana using their superiority in number like it's supposed to be done. On the other hand, TJV was nowhere to be seen. Congrats to Aranburu for a fantastic win.

 

[Fernandez]

Zorionak Aramburu

 

[yaco]

I am surprised that one or two riders didn't go with Aranburu, especially seeing his attack was telegraphed.

 

[JosefK]

Jumbo not the strongest team, clearly. Or maybe saving something for later in the week?

 

[ice&fire]

Landa beating Higuita and Valverde in a sprint, be afraid, be very afraid!

Landa will repeat his Tirreno performance. He'll be doing things in the background that nobody sees and then show up on the podium.

 

[JosefK]

Landa will repeat his Tirreno performance. He'll be doing things in the background that nobody sees and then show up on the podium.

His time trial was pretty good, by Landa standards.

 

[tobydawq]

Landa will repeat his Tirreno performance. He'll be doing things in the background that nobody sees and then show up on the podium.

Like being in a 30 km attack that was caught with 1k to go?

 

[tobydawq]

Landa will obviously win the Giro.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Landa will obviously win the Giro.

Remco would have won the Giro, oh wait...

 

[SafeBet]

Mollema surprisingly bad both yesterday and today. I guess we'll see him in a break soon (if he's not ill).