Itzulia Basque Country 2022 April 4-9

[ppanther92]

TDF apparently.

So its Martinez/Yates/Thomas there (since Carapaz -> Giro and Bernal out)? Might indeed be the best of the three in the end.

 

[glassmoon]

What on earth happened to V and V?

They failed spectacularly

 

[ice&fire]

Hahaha Cycling 101 by Rodriguez. That was one hell of a stupid performance by Soler.

did Eurosport just cut off the images of V + V crash?

They switched to show the stage winner crossing the finish line. What a lame excuse.

 

[Extinction]

That was interesting.

 

[Ancalagon]

In every race... with peaks of form lasting 3 months... At least in the past you could enjoy preparation races and flemish classics without the July freaks. Not possible anymore.

Wow, Roglic went from an invincible cyborg, to declining rider, in the span of 4 days. What a fall.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ineos' best tactic against Pogacar should be to send all their Spanish/South American riders and just see what happens.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

They were overtaking him just before they crashed so I doubt it. Anyways a positive sign. Don't think he'll be able to hold on to that yellow jersey tomorrow but he's definitely in for a realy good result.

Considering Martinez did 0 pulls in the chase, and Evenepoel doing the most work, that was rather encouraging regardless.

 

[Netserk]

What we got to see:

 

[noob]

Rogla losing the jersey laughing and saying everthing went as it should today. I think he's happy he's getting some extra sleep tonight

 

[Extinction]

Wow, Roglic went from an invincible cyborg, to declining rider, in the span of 4 days. What a fall.

He said he is missing some strength. Remco has "suddenly" shown himself to be a real contender at the top.

 

[Escarabajo]

I had my suspicions about Roglic since last year, but seeing how good he went in the Vuelta kind of confused me. But now I am doubtful about attaining his Tour triumph. He Is just one more in the big crowd of riders. It is Pogacar and like 15 riders 2 steps below.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Vingegaard wheelsuck and then not attacked. Rabofail

 

[Extinction]

It could be that Roglic stomps everyone tomorrow, but based on today's performance that seems unlikely.

 

[Escarabajo]

Rogla losing the jersey laughing and saying everthing went as it should today. I think he's happy he's getting some extra sleep tonight

Sure that was planned!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What we got to see:

Is Vinge smiling?

 

[TomBonnen2005]

He said he is missing some strength. Remco has "suddenly" shown himself to be a real contender at the top.

Nothing changed today, Evenepoel got lucky no one accelerated on the highest gradients. Tomorrow will be completely different with the last 4km climb. Martinez Vlasov Vingegaard are now the main favorites.

 

[Escarabajo]

For the people that think that Roglic was faking it, it is like saying that Contador was faking it. It is not in their DNA. They had to be up front all the time and trying to win. If Contador was at the back he was bad. Period. Same with Roglic.

 

[jonan92]

Pello Bilbao and Ion Izagirre also have some chances

 

[Extinction]

Nothing changed today, Evenepoel got lucky no one accelerated on the highest gradients. Tomorrow will be completely different with the last 4km climb. Martinez Vlasov Martinez are now the main favorites.

I don't doubt that tomorrow will be completely different, however, when Remco accellerated Roglic did not have an answer. It doesn't matter where, because Roglic has no excuse not to respond with "present!" If he did not, it's because he didn't have the legs, which is otherwise proven by him not finishing with Yates in the end.

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

So its Martinez/Yates/Thomas there (since Carapaz -> Giro and Bernal out)? Might indeed be the best of the three in the end.

That is the likely plan. Three outsiders who, if they hit form & don't fall off, could be dangerous in the GC. Don't see them challenging Pog but could certainly be top 5. I doubt we'll see Ineos try to control the race like they did in the past, but instead they'll maybe try something more random to influence the race.

 

[noob]

Sure that was planned!

He does play the vuelta like that at times. I wouldn't rule it out that he loses it on purpose to get more sleep.

 

[titan31]

For the people that think that Roglic was faking it, it is like saying that Contador was faking it. It is not in their DNA. They had to be up front all the time and trying to win. If Contador was at the back he was bad. Period. Same with Roglic.

I dunno. He could have been leaving Vingegaard ride his own race and be here in support of him more than anything else. It's ok to try and spread success around the team too as he'll need Vingegaard to bury himself to challenge Pog at the Tour.

 

[Extinction]

Martinez if he doesn't have a bad day wins this.

 

[Netserk]

Ineos has the depth to both have riders up ahead in the break tomorrow and the team to break it apart in the bunch. I can well imagine Yates pulling from the bottom of Krabelin for Martinez.

 

[Escarabajo]

He does play the vuelta like that at times. I wouldn't rule it out that he loses it on purpose to get more sleep.

Maybe. He is such a nice guy. But I don't think so.