Itzulia Basque Country 2023 (April 3-8)

[Samu Cuenca]

Strong performance from Valter, and Vingegaard finished it off, but it looked like he should have started his attack a little later.

Higuita will have to go crazy in the next days.

 

[DNP-Old]

Sobrero taking the path many want Ganna to take.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Ilmaestro99]

LANDA PUT TIME TO MAS what are these time gaps. ?

 

[Danskebjerge]

Skjelmose caused the crash, right?

 

[jaylew]

Bike leaning against the barriers cut off Higuita and caused he and others to stop. What was it even doing there?

Edit: apparently it was a Shimano neutral service bike. Why would you place one of those on a 20% grade a couple hundred meters from the finish?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Sobrero taking the path many want Ganna to take.

Well, he and Pippo's sister are a couple...
He was really good in hilly one day races as an u23 rider.

 

[HelloDolly]

what was that guy doing standing in the middle of all the riders ...

 

[Rackham]

That B.S. incident at the end ruined the race.

Vingegaard uphill crash incoming

Close, just those behind him getting wiped out uphill.

 

[Gratemans]

Skjelmose caused the crash, right?

I thought it was Juanpe

 

[Ilmaestro99]

That B.S. incident at the end ruined the race

Yes, Landa had to stop pedalling for 4 second and lost to Vingegàrd by 2 second , you do the maths

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[theyoungest]

Strong performance from Valter, and Vingegaard finished it off, but it looked like he should have started his attack a little later.

If ever there was a well timed attack, it was this one, since otherwise he probably wouldn't have beaten the stronger rider on the day, Mikel Landa.

 

[HelloDolly]

Landa is just a blip away from wining his home race for the first time...I have joined the Landa hype very late in the day

 

[Danskebjerge]

I thought it was Juanpe

Okay. He should be relegated - it was very obvious. But maybe the organizers take a different approach when it's uphill and there is so much time until they cross the finish line.

 

[glassmoon]

lol wtf was that shimano dude doing there ))

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If ever there was a well timed attack, it was this one, since otherwise he probably wouldn't have beaten the stronger rider on the day, Mikel Landa.

He was definitely the fastest, but I still think Vingegaard lost speed at the end because he started too early.

lol wtf was that shimano dude doing there ))

I don't know, but it looks like he was without fault.

 

[Extinction]

If ever there was a well timed attack, it was this one, since otherwise he probably wouldn't have beaten the stronger rider on the day, Mikel Landa.

I agree, if Landa would not have been too far back when Vingo took the front, he may well have overhauled the Dane.

 

[yaco]

Vingegaard undoubtedly went too early and he suffered in the last 150 metres.

 

[glassmoon]

He was definitely the fastest, but I still think Vingegaard lost speed at the end because he started too early.



I don't know, but it looks like he was without fault.

yeah... it does seem that the comedy stuff started few meters in front of those spare bikes already

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Jumbo can and should just try to strangle this race from here on out. Nothing happening for GC on the next two stages would mean the only rider who can flip the GC on the final day in a sprint of the best climbers is Landa, who would have to finish at least second with Vingegaard at least two places down, which, let's be real, isn't happening. Someone had better have an ace up his sleeve, because this is definitely in danger of being the worst Itzulia in a very long time.

 

[Extinction]

Vingegaard undoubtedly went too early and he suffered in the last 150 metres.

Yet he was helped by that boneheaded swerve by Lopez.

 

[search]

he even had time to have another look at that nice, orange baloon

 

[Red Rick]

Vingegaard undoubtedly went too early and he suffered in the last 150 metres.

Sprinter: "I launch on flat road at 200m. If I go at 205m it's too early"

Vingegaard: "I launced at 300m on 20% the last 2 times, and it was too early. I'm gonna launch from 320 this time"

 

[Bolder]

Can't really draw any conclusions from this, except that it reinforces the need to be at the front when things get sketchy. Which Vingo was.

Was it that Higuita was heading for the barriers but the neutral bike/service guy seemed to block his path and he swerved. Hard to say from the footage.

I would assume that the riders were told he would be there. Maybe to avoid a repeat of Froome running uphill in his cleats?