Itzulia Basque Country 2022 April 4-9

[Red Rick]

The breakaway guys were probably being mean to him.

Pello Bilbao experiencing the aura of Sepp Kuss.

 

[Red Rick]

Marc Soler hoping Jumbo forgets he exists.

 

[Lequack]

The breakaway guys were probably being mean to him.

They probably heard him singing

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggxfZlheUHU&feature=emb_title

 

[Peyroteo94]

So I guess kuss will be nowhere to be found tomorrow.

 

[ice&fire]

Kuss asked Jumbo if he was allowed to attack because the peloton is coming through his hometown Durango today...

Race etiquette is that he needs to ask permission to the peloton and tell them he's only meeting friends and relatives.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Marc Soler hoping Jumbo forgets he exists.

And that Movistar don't apply the Richard Carapaz strategy to him.

 

[Rackham]

Marc Soler hoping Jumbo forgets he exists.

According to PCS, it looks like Pello Bilbao is hoping everyone forgets he exists.

He's stalking the breakaway group 22 seconds behind them.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Goossens and Vader DNFed, the former means Intermarché are out of the race entirely.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Not the other way round? You're starting to slack...

Well let's be honest. Even as a big Masnada fan and someone who sees his true talent, Remco would be ahead of him after the first stage ITT. Fausto time trial is he's weakness.

So then Rmeco have the gc position. He can rest more in stages 2 to 4 because Fausto could lead out JA like he lead out Bagioli (for 4km!!!) in the volta Catalunya.

Fausto is a gracious guy, he likes to see his teammate succeed like his own success.

And alaphilippe would win stages 3 and 4.

Fausto is a racer, an attacker, an entertainer. In stages 5 and 6 he would be in the attack. Let's say he follow the move from Bilbao. He is now a threat to take the race lead. Remco can rest in the pelootn again.

If fausto isn't brought back he drops bilbao, wins the stage and the gc.

If Fausto is brought back remco is fresh like a daisy. Boom he hits the front with Alaphilippe and Vervecke. Drops roglic and vingegaard who are tired from working all day.

It's a no brainer. Jumbo could learn from this.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kuss dropped/called back from the breakaway?

Edit: sitting 30 seconds back with Samitier so probably dropped. If so, Jumbo could well be down to Vingegaard and Roglic very early tomorrow.

 

[Bonimenier]

Best place ever to dive in a ditch

 

[noob]

 

[MrTea1976]

Good grab of the barrier.

 

[perico]

And that Movistar don't apply the Richard Carapaz strategy to him.

I think Soler left on good terms, at least in Soler's world.

 

[perico]

Lucas Hamilton is damn lucky.

 

[Lequack]

Lucas Hamilton goes over the barrier

 

[perico]

Lucas Hamilton goes over the barrier

That bike... Not to belittle how bad that likely hurt, but That could have been horrific.

 

[SafeBet]

Wow that was scary.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

You have to worry how far Hamilton would have fallen had he not partially broken his fall with that barrier grab.

 

[noob]

First he nearly broke his neck when falling over the barrier and then thankfully he didn't follow his bike. Really freaky lucky twice! :O

 

[Tim Cahill]

What the *** are those idiots doing

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

WTF are they doing.

 

[glassmoon]

lol

 

[Eclipse]

Is Bilbao still lurking or was he just slowly heading back earlier rather than sitting up completely?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Elisonde looks ready to get dropped.

EDIT: lol, dropped