Itzulia Basque Country 2024, April 1-6

[Earns1985]

I know sarcasm isn't always easy to catch on the internet, but...

Well without the information about the speed, one could interpret the first sentence as serious news..

 

[Offline]

Race goes on.. Today I see Del Toro and McNulty attack Skjelmose. Skjelmose defend good but Ayuso wins in the sprint.

Or ....... UAE tactical *** up

 

[jmdirt]

no rider mentioned anything about the road surface in the descent being slippery.

Several riders mentioned a 'bumpy' road.

 

[search]

Race goes on.. Today I see Del Toro and McNulty attack Skjelmose. Skjelmose defend good but Ayuso wins in the sprint.

Or ....... UAE tactical *** up

Ayuso's crash was pretty hard, and yesterday it didn't sound like he'd expect much. Skjelmose may not be at 100% as well.

 

[Brullnux]

No break yet, good to see them taking it easy after yesterday!


11m
Average race speed so far: 54.231 km/h.
(55.18 km covered in 01:01:03).

(a bit of downhill in there)

Well well well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions

 

[Landeirovic]

Mcnulty for gc! But keep youre eyes on mister Soler!

 

[Danskebjerge]

Several riders mentioned a 'bumpy' road.

That's true. But I think the riders often mention something about the characteristics of the road when asked about the reasons for a crash. Hermans said that he didn't regard the turn as dangerous, but that the riders tend to push the limits. To me, it makes sense given that Evenepoel was in the front. He's a limit pusher.

 

[saunaking]

But what value does winning a stage have when the field was neutralized behind? Zero

Tell that to the rider on a small team and his agent. Its not that much different than a lot of breakaway wins where the field doesn't chase all that hard.

 

[Samamba]

Crash Landa and out....

according to someone on Twitter who's there.

 

[saunaking]

@Libertine Seguros I can't quote your message since it's just quoted messages. So I'll tag you here.

That yellow barrier says it's a corner. Says nothing about slowing down because the road, the tarmac, is dangerous. So as a rider you see that yellow sign, you think alright I have to slow a bit down because the corner is quite sharp. And then suddenly your wheel moves underneath you because of bumps.

That barrier doesn't indicate or is interpreted as the tarmac is dangerous.

So apparently Jonas already knew this corner was dangerous and had contacted Safe Cycling. So why did he take such great risks on the descent despite his knowledge?
Why didn't he communicate this to his fellow pros?
He has big status in the peloton. This was nowhere near the finish or any important part of the race.

The riders sometimes self-neutralize already, why not yesterday.

Its an unfortunate racing incident.

 

[Tim Cahill]

So apparently Jonas already knew this corner was dangerous and had contacted Safe Cycling. So why did he take such great risks on the descent despite his knowledge?
Why didn't he communicate this to his fellow pros?
He has big status in the peloton. This was nowhere near the finish or any important part of the race.

The riders sometimes self-neutralize already, why not yesterday.

Its an unfortunate racing incident.

It says he contacted them 6 months ago too when the route was only announced a month or so back?

Instead of contacting the race organisers and riders he contacted 'Safecycling' a for-profit organisation with 900 instagram followers who make their money selling race apparatus to organisers.

Not adding up

 

[search]

Crash Landa and out....

according to someone on Twitter who's there.

confirmed on the ticker now. Landa abandoned

 

[Tim Cahill]

Del Toro and Kuss attack

No news or updates on PCS about Landa yet, hopefully not true

Edit: Oh for *** sake

 

[Samu Cuenca]

For frog's sake!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Gelders, Landa, Serrano abandon, wtf is going on

 

[Brullnux]

Crash Landa and out....

according to someone on Twitter who's there.

Weren't they going uphill?!

Edit: I see it was at the foot of the climb. Crazy.

 

[Extinction]

It's like the peloton has gone mad.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Why had a break not gone 90k into a midweek medium mountain Basque stage with little to no gc implications

 

[search]

looks like it was a bad crash for Landa as well. EiTB is just showing pictures of him on a stretcher, off to hospital in an ambulance.

 

[roundabout]

Why had a break not gone 90k into a midweek medium mountain Basque stage with little to no gc implications

GC close and obvious favorites no longer in the race so it is an open race now perhaps?

As in a chance to get some time before tomorrow

 

[Rob5091]

GC Kuss is back! (the non-chocolate variant)

 

[AnotherArmChair]

WTTTTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

what !!!

Landaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Rob5091]

looks like it was a bad crash for Landa as well. EiTB is just showing pictures of him on a stretcher, off to hospital in an ambulance.

oof ... hope it's better then it sounds.

 

[Rackham]

Holy sh*t if Landa crashed.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Ffs what's the point