Ruta del Sol - Vuelta Ciclista a Andalucía 2021 (May 18-22)

[RedheadDane]

Finally.

But it was Mads' teammate who won the "sprint".

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I don't see today's finish as more cramped than the frequently visited murito at Valdepeñas de Jaén.
The narrowest point inside the fortress comes after they've been climbing for a while, with the last section on cobbles. I'm sure Guillén is going to send Escartín on a visit there.

It isn't. PRC had initially introduced the idea of a Fortaleza de la Mota climb back in 2013 because the Valdepeñas de Jaén stage working made it plausible.

I think that considering there's room further down the climb for all the team cars etc. there should be no problem there. Velefique is more cramped for sure.

 

[ice&fire]

Serrano and Lopez set a furious pace and blow up the race in the penultimate climb.

MAL alone with Carlos Rodriguez, and Carretero still up the road in what remains of the break.

Tolhoek with MAL and C.Rodríguez

 

[ice&fire]

MAL's group gets up to Carretero

 

[SafeBet]

Carlos Rodriguez cracked pretty hard.

 

[ice&fire]

Carlos Rodriguez cracked pretty hard.

The lad is only 20yo and not Remco level

 

[ice&fire]

Easy MAL win

 

[SafeBet]

Almost unfair against this competition. First win in Movistar jersey for Superman.

 

[hfer07]

Great win for Aquaman Lopez - hope he gets better luck , less crashed & and more results with Movistar

 

[Escarabajo]

Great win for Aquaman Lopez - hope he gets better luck , less crashed & and more results with Movistar

When did they change the status? when was that?

 

[RedheadDane]

I know it's probably just because I'm Danish (and generally weird) that I notice this, but seriously, PCS, quite rude to just delete Gregaard from the GC like that!

15	16	▲1	CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA		3:09
17	7	▼10	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar Team		3:50

15	1	Jefferson Cepeda		Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 03:09​
16	1	Jonas Gregaard		Astana-Premier Tech	+ 03:13​
17	10	Gonzalo Serrano		Movistar Team	+ 03:50​

 

[BlueRoads]

And... the bullying of Hodeg continues. Great route for a sprinter. "Oh, you won't do the Giro because we got Evenepoel, Almeida and Masnada for GC, but look, you can do the Ruta del Sol, doesn't that sound nice and sunny?"
(Okay, it was probably more like "Shut up, you didn't get any results, here's Andalucia, go there.")

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And... the bullying of Hodeg continues. Great route for a sprinter. "Oh, you won't do the Giro because we got Evenepoel, Almeida and Masnada for GC, but look, you can do the Ruta del Sol, doesn't that sound nice and sunny?"
(Okay, it was probably more like "Shut up, you didn't get any results, here's Andalucia, go there.")

At least he's doing than birthday boy Mark Cavendish who didn't finish yesterday, which means that Hodeg should be there chosen man for today.

Jay Vine has had an even worse time in Andalucia. He succumbed to the heat on stage 1, then crashed on stage 2 and ended up with a hole in his left leg, but he still managed finished the stage before being taken to hospital. There he got an allergic reaction to the stuff they gave him, resulting in a rash on his body and a swollen face. He is fortunately back home/on his way home to Girona now.

 

[Wvv]

At least he's doing than birthday boy Mark Cavendish who didn't finish yesterday, which means that Hodeg should be there chosen man for today.

Jay Vine has had an even worse time in Andalucia. He succumbed to the heat on stage 1, then crashed on stage 2 and ended up with a hole in his left leg, but he still managed finished the stage before being taken to hospital. There he got an allergic reaction to the stuff they gave him, resulting in a rash on his body and a swollen face. He is fortunately back home/on his way home to Girona now.

Talking about being unfortunate

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Talking about being unfortunate

Yeah, at least he began his pro career with a good performance in Turkey, casue this would have been a pretty bad debut.

 

[ice&fire]

It's a shame we won't get to see a sprint of Cavendish vs Greipel where someone else wins

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kristoff got blocked, but that was still a pretty good final punch from Greipel.

 

[Bonimenier]

Greipel in the form of his life!

 

[BlueRoads]

Happy for Greipel... but 1-2 the other way around would have been better...

Hodeg was even pretty fast in the end... but so bad positioned.

 

[ice&fire]

That looked easier than I expected from Greipel

 

[jaylew]

Who'd have thought the Gorilla and Cav would each pick up multiple wins this year?

 

[RedheadDane]

Spoiler: Cross-reference to other race (Burgos):

So... today is the day when Danish former World Champions finish third in Spain?

Nice to see Greipel won.

 

[yaco]

What a finish on stage 5 of Andalucia - Stannard was going to win the stage when Impey veered out and took out both riders 25 metres from the finish line - Stannard was giving it to Impey who was prone on the ground - Feel sorry for Stannard who has been battling to take his first win as a professional.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

...and apparently Carlton Kirby appeared to be blaming Stannard for not looking where he was going. Smith says it's just a racing incident, it probably was but Impey should know better than that at his experience level. Supermán 4th in the sprint for the line and Koronin is going to be mighty confused as it appears a guy who has never finished a GT outside the top 10 might be positioned higher than 4th in the food chain at Movistar.

 

[SantiBotero]

What a finish on stage 5 of Andalucia - Stannard was going to win the stage when Impey veered out and took out both riders 25 metres from the finish line - Stannard was giving it to Impey who was prone on the ground - Feel sorry for Stannard who has been battling to take his first win as a professional.

Cannot blame Stannard; Impey just took him out.