Itzulia Basque Country 2024, April 1-6

[hayneplane]

23 riders up the road with over 2 minutes advantage but no really dangerous riders have got in there. Only Brandon Rivera at under 2 minutes deficit in the GC but UAE and Bora have riders up the road to bridge to and Visma/Jayco/DSM all have 3 riders in the break.

 

[search]

pretty dangerous break. Will be a long day for Trek.

Rivera +1:21
de la Cruz +2:11
L. Hamilton +2:14
Chaves +2:29
Vader +2:41

+Kruijswijk, Kuss, Mühlberger, Sobrero, Shaw, Juul-Jensen, Schmid, Mollema, G. Izagirre, Arrieta, Bax, Sütterlin, Taaramäe, Doubey, Combaud, Onley, Tusveld, Janssens

 

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pretty dangerous break. Will be a long day for Trek.

Rivera +1:21
de la Cruz +2:11
L. Hamilton +2:14
Chaves +2:29
Vader +2:41

+Kruijswijk, Kuss, Mühlberger, Sobrero, Shaw, Juul-Jensen, Schmid, Mollema, G. Izagirre, Arrieta, Bax, Sütterlin, Taaramäe, Doubey, Combaud, Onley, Tusveld, Janssens

Nightmare for Trek!

 

[Peyroteo94]

UAE has this race in the bag after seeing this break

 

[Extinction]

I said the organization needs to do what they can...

Riders are as much to blame for crashes, as they are though. My only question and point with the post.

Feel free to bang on about the organization, which I have not even refuted holds a responsibility to do what they can. Doesnt mean the riders themselves arent at fault when crashing for riding too fast and dangerous. They gotta adjust sometimes as well and not think it is "safe" to ride at full speed on a stretch where the road is a bit worse than it is in other parts. Reading the road and curves has a lot to do with being a cyclist. Something that is trained from the very beginning.

Everyone makes mistakes, on both parts, but putting most of the blame to either side is not productive and doesnt move the needle at all.

At this point, I think both the riders and organizations need to step up (as I have said before), even if that's probably not gonna happen. The riders take too many risks, while the organizations haven't kept up with the times. There needs to be a new survellience of courses and riders need to have that information available in real time, also because they have become enslaved to tech support, whereas riders in the "pre-industrial" era had better instincts and were thus more adept at sensing the dangers.

 

[Salvarani]

At this point, I think both the riders and organizations need to step up (as I have said before), even if that's probably not gonna happen. The riders take too many risks, while the organizations haven't kept up with the times. There needs to be a new survellience of courses and riders need to have that information available in real time, also because they have become enslaved to tech support, whereas riders in the "pre-industrial" era had better instincts and were better at sensing the dangers.

Ok, cool.

 

[Salvarani]

UAE has this race in the bag after seeing this break

Yeah, it would be tough for Trek and the start of the stage is probably the worst scenario for them. They just gotta hope Skjelmose is the strongest in the race and somehow be able to get through it for them.

 

[Netserk]

The smart play for Trek is to keep a cool head and make sure your best helpers won't be used until after Krabelin. Other teams will also have to control the break, and early attacks are not threatening if the break is too far up ahead.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Why is Kirby obsessing about HIndley when Schachmann is in 2nd ?

 

[Netserk]

I'm honestly surprised no other team went hard in the peloton.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Why is Kirby going obsessing about HIndley when Schachmann is in 2nd ?

Because Schachmann‘s climbing ability is wildly overrated on here today.
I’d assume that Bora might send Hindley on the attack at some point while Schachmann tries to glue himself to Skjelmose‘s wheel and beat him in the sprint.

 

[Squire]

UAE has this race in the bag after seeing this break

I'd argue that this break is about as favourable as Lidl-Trek could have hoped for.

 

[Netserk]

Big daddy Vader to win it all today

I fear twitter will demand that Kruijswijk works for Kuss.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Yet again the Brian Smithy story of "My role in getting him a contact or advancing his career"

 

[hfgon1]

What happened to Vader? Caught by peloton...

 

[Potomac]

What happened to Vader? Caught by peloton...

same question...wtf?

 

[Potomac]

Devil is dead, Long live the Troll?

 

[Salvarani]

Why is Kirby obsessing about HIndley when Schachmann is in 2nd ?

Hindley first language is English.

 

[Potomac]

Has Kirby really given up on Hayter for today?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Big daddy Vader to win it all today

It's time! It's time! It's VADER TIME!

Oh wait, seems like the day has gone rather like his WWF tenure. Forget that.

 

[Potomac]

Put Lidl back on front...sheesh

 

[Salvarani]

Le Cerf attacks!

 

[Netserk]

I'm surprised Lidl doesn't snail pace it here.

 

[Squire]

Getting the popcorn ready!

 

[Netserk]

Soler is not in a particularly dangerous position. He probably won't get up to the break in the valley.