Itzulia Basque Country 2022 April 4-9

[CyclistAbi]

What happened to Woods? Yesterday's stage was perfect for him. Not in shape after some sickness?

Remco?

 

[Eclipse]

According to the wiki:

Not Sepp enough.

Sepp enough.

Genetically he's well known to be part ibex - not sure if Wiki has this recorded accurately

 

[Samamba]

What happened to Woods? Yesterday's stage was perfect for him. Not in shape after some sickness?

He is riding for Israel so that means he got sick 17 times.

 

[Samamba]

Looks like Vlasov doesn't have anyone in front anymore

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I just noticed that last categorized climbs are closer and closer to the finish line as the race goes by:
stage 2 - 30 km
stage 3 - 24 km
stage 4 - 20 km
stage 5 - 13 km
stage 6 - 2 km
Every day the chance of Roglstomp increases. Vivero is really nasty for 1 kilometer (15%), and Urruztimendi (2 km@11%) is just a bit earlier so today it can get interesting as well.

 

[Red Rick]

Absolute peak Sepp Kuss content here

 

[noob]

This road omg! Insane really!

 

[TomBonnen2005]

Why the hell was Alaf working to keep Evenepoel in front of the group at the bottom of the climb? It should be the opposite. Evenepoel already has a terrible face, and slowing down the peloton won't change the result on the last climb.... Is Roglic playing the same game than yesterday? Ineos definitively has to test his legs.

 

[jonan92]

I would not be happy if I prepared a stage with opportunities to attack and the riders made it boring by riding easy

 

[Red Rick]

Did they even do 6W/kg on that climbin the peloton

 

[JosefK]

A day for the break? If no one attacks Jumbo, I think the break will take the stage.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Can't remember an Itzulia with racing as defensive as this. Third day in a row where the bunch has just been lackadaisical.

 

[Samamba]

This stage might be over. Break will have more than 3 minutes before the foot of last climb. Peloton doesn't seem interested today with even harder stages tmrw and Saturday coming up.

 

[jonan92]

This stage might be over. Break will have more than 3 minutes before the foot of last climb. Peloton doesn't seem interested today with even harder stages tmrw and Saturday coming up.

They won't even try those days, too afraid of Jumbo it seems

 

[Samamba]

They won't even try those days, too afraid of Jumbo it seems

Hard to not try on the last stage. Have you seen the profile?

You're correct that everyone is scared tho.

 

[jonan92]

I have, I am from the Basque Country, but if they do they will wait til the end, the climb of Arrate

 

[Valv.Piti]

Missed yesterdays stage and wanna watch it, previously I watched those races on tizcycling.

https://tiz-cycling.io/video/tour-of-the-basque-country-2022-stage-3-full-stage/

Do you also get the playback error? And if so, what do?

 

[Faserr]

The bunch is doing interval training. Hard before the climb, easy at the climb.

 

[JosefK]

Missed yesterdays stage and wanna watch it, previously I watched those races on tizcycling.

https://tiz-cycling.io/video/tour-of-the-basque-country-2022-stage-3-full-stage/

Do you also get the playback error? And if so, what do?

Usually there are several numbers near the bottom of the playback site (options for playback). Sometimes the link numbered 2 or 3 works better than the first one.

 

[SHAD0W93]

"Sepp Kuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist who is currently suspended indefinitely for bringing the sport into disrepute. He previously "raced" for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Jakobsen#Career

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Remember when Lafay was a random, disappointing Giro stage winner? Certainly proven his quality since.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Dear big GC names, what's the point of going to a bike race without wanting to race? Sincerely, every cycling fan.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ah, there we go.

Now can another team than Ineos join in please? Same problem yesterday.

 

[Samamba]

Congrats Lafay. Strong ride even though the main guys aren't trying at all.

 

[JosefK]

In the bag for Lafay?