Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2020, Spain, February 5 - February 9

[Salvarani]

Hope Foss is okay.

 

[sir fly]

Pogačar winning the way you'd expect Valverde to do so...
Not exactly tough as I've expected, but a proper selection was made over the line.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Dan Martin was disappointing, normally that’s his kind of climb.

 

[Lequack]

Dan Martin was disappointing, normally that’s his kind of climb.

He finished in 4th, I don't think it's a bad result at all.

 

[Alexandre B.]

He finished in 4th, I don't think it's a bad result at all.

It’s okay, but I think he didn’t make a good impression when Moscon attacked.

 

[Bonimenier]

Don't forget that Pogacar reached the age where he is at the top of his abilities, while Valverde still has some years of improvement ahead. Future looking bright for him.

 

[Lequack]

Hope Foss is okay.

 

[Wvv]

GVA decent finish among the climbers

 

[Lequack]

If anyone knows Spanish

 

[Koronin]

I read it on Movistar's website with their translation. He said he didn't know the finish (only seen it on TV). That he shouldn't have following Moscon when he went and that the headwind was stronger than he thought it was. Basically he says he screwed up.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The true meaning of the word "spectacles".

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

That’s a very impressive win, He beat Valverde, Teuns, Martin on a puncheur’s finish. The club of riders who have done that consists almost entirely of high level puncheurs. Of course it’s early season so form is very uneven, but Valverde at least is never in truly bad form.

 

[Lequack]

Breakaway has about 3 minutes on the peloton led by QS

 

[sir fly]

Tighter than the day before yesterday, but when he took off he took it.
A bit disorganized lead-outs.

 

[Cinemaniak]

Look extremely happy with that win.

 

[Lequack]

One more for Groenewegen. And Mohoric in 3rd, quite a surprise.

 

[Wvv]

Good for Jakobsen's morale this sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

Groenewegen camouflaging himself as a Bahrain rider... Or maybe I'm just stupid, and didn't think to look at the helmet...

 

[Lequack]

Groenewegen camouflaging himself as a Bahrain rider... Or maybe I'm just stupid, and didn't think to look at the helmet...

He switched yellow for orange as the combined leader or something of the sort.

Also apparently Jack Haig is now the overall leader, even though there are 7 riders on same time as him, for example Pogacar and Valverde. Apparently they wanted to add in bonus seconds in this race but then decided not to.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

That was much better than stage 1 for Jakobsen even though both were lost. Here he was actually quite close in speed

 

[Screecher]

Jakobsen may have been closer to beating him but don't forget that Groenewegen crashed.

 

[Lequack]

Street cat never die

 

[LesDiablesRouges]

1st race i've seen live this season and Carlton Kirby has thoroughly pissed me off already

He’s atrocious. He has no business calling races.

 

[hayneplane]

Looking forward to the final climb tomorrow. Profile makes it look like a classic Spanish steep brute.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Good for Jakobsen's morale this sprint.

Yeah that time Groenewegen beat him through timing not by going markedly faster. In fact Jakobsen was closing when they were both in the wind at the end. Still though I’d say winning again wasn’t bad for Groenewegen’s morale either.

Top quality Dutch sprinters are like busses, wait ages and then two come along at once.

I don’t have much to justify this beyond their ages and a hunch, but I expect Jakobsen to end up even faster than Grnwgn. Obviously Dylan currently has the edge, but Fabio has been exceptionally fast very young.