O Gran Camiño 2022 (February 24-27)

[Velolover2]

Woods has never won a stage race? Now is the chance!

 

[Netserk]

Now we are down to Woods in a Movistar sandwich.

 

[Salvarani]

Hope Padun can win this stage.

 

[Netserk]

Hmm, when Valverde only wants Sosa to pull, the damage should be somewhat limited.

 

[Netserk]

More riders get back to the group and Cepeda attacks.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

All Valverde needs to do is stay on Woods' wheel all the way, makes sense for Movistar to knock off the pace a bit.

 

[Netserk]

All Valverde needs to do is stay on Woods' wheel all the way, makes sense for Movistar to knock off the pace a bit.

If Fuglsang is so weak that he'll drop like a stone again, sure. (But I did forget for a moment that he is teammate with Woods now)

 

[Red Rick]

Come on guys I asked for Movistar tactics

 

[Netserk]

Nice terrain and roads today. Seems Valverde won the intermediate sprint. EDIT: Confirmed, 3'' gained over Woods.

 

[Red Rick]

Woods waiting for the easy part of the climb to attack

 

[Netserk]

If Woods can gain 10'' today, I think he'd be able to defend it tomorrow.

 

[ice&fire]

This is the Movistar tactics we were expecting. Drop Fulgsang in the penultimate climb and let him lead in the last one.

 

[Netserk]

Yeah, Woods is not getting rid of them. Should have drilled the bottom harder with Fuglsang.

Probably the perfect play today by Movistar.

 

[Salvarani]

Cmon Padun!

 

[Salvarani]

Valverde!

Second win of the season!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Igor Arrieta is the real deal guys

 

[will-10]

Igor Arrieta is the real deal guys

Calling his signing with Movistar as the most predictable 2022 transfer

 

[ice&fire]

Calling his signing with Movistar as the most predictable 2022 transfer

Movistar dropped his father from the DS staff at the end of last year, so I'm not sure the son's signing is a done deal.

 

[Mayomaniac]

After today Valverde is looking like the big gc favourite.
Signs of life from Padun, hopefully I won't regret not picking him for my cq ranking game team.

 

[JosefK]

Valverde!

Second win of the season!

Horner at home, fuming with envy.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Movistar dropped his father from the DS staff at the end of last year, so I'm not sure the son's signing is a done deal.

Yea, though that might help explain why they put him in KP rather than up to the main team. They may wind up regretting it.

 

[tobydawq]

Lachlan Morton has somehow managed to put himself at 17 minutes behind the second-slowest rider on GC.

I really can't see the point of having him on the team, but then again, even if I'm young, I'm certainly not modern...

 

[RedheadDane]

Yea, though that might help explain why they put him in KP rather than up to the main team. They may wind up regretting it.

What "main team"? Can't be Movistar, as the two teams frequently race against each other.

 

[ice&fire]

Valverde stage results so far have been 3rd, 2nd and 1st respectively. We're in for a singularity tomorrow.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

What "main team"? Can't be Movistar, as the two teams frequently race against each other.

It is Movistar. The teams are cousins at the organisatorial level rather than brothers or parent/child hence why they're allowed to race in the same races, but Kern Pharma have links to Lizarte which is Abarcá's official feeder at the amateur/U23 level.

Similar to how Orbea functioned as a feeder for Euskaltel but both teams would appear in the same races on the domestic calendar about a decade ago. Of their current lineup, Roger Adrià, Sérgio Araiz, Igor Arrieta, Urko Berrade, Iván Cobo, Kiko Galván, Jordi López, Martí Marquez, Pau Miquel, Iván Moreno and José Félix Parra came from Lizarte, while Jaime Castrillo and Hector Carretero both come down from Movistar.

It's like, this is the staging post for riders who've outgrown Lizarte but they don't want to pick up for Movistar... at least yet. They do still cherry-pick Caja Rural's riders and all, but they have to maintain the relationship with them as an external team which is to all intents and purposes a rival.