Volta ao Algarve 2022 (February 16-20)

[houtdffan]

Someone is going to need to do a "Miguel Contador" from the 2015 Giro TT (which is the reason we no longer have proper ITTs any more) to have a chance to beat Evenepoel here

 

[Mayomaniac]

If Reis is in the same kind of shape he was last year when he almost beat Asgreen in the TT he'll leave many bigger names behind him. Sadly no Moreira and Carvalho, but W52 bring a strong team with Jose Neves, Antunes and Ze Goncalves, who is back in Portugal.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Truck parked in a downhill, 1+1 lane road, in the bend.

 

[SafeBet]

Big crash. Molano looks in pain and hasn't got back on his bike yet.

 

[Samamba]

Wait i thought this was going to be a boring bunch sprint, i tune in and there's 40 guys left. What happened?

 

[SafeBet]

Wait i thought this was going to be a boring bunch sprint, i tune in and there's 40 guys left. What happened?

Big crash splitting the peloton right before Alpecin and a few other teams decided to up the pace in some cross wind sections.

 

[Samamba]

Big crash splitting the peloton right before Alpecin and a few other teams decided to up the pace in some cross wind sections.

Anyone important missing the split?

 

[SafeBet]

Anyone important missing the split?

I'm not sure.
Think I've spotted Remco, Higuita, Dani Martinez, McNulty, Foss, Geraint Thomas in the front group.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

More crashes here than in a Tour sprint stage...

 

[SafeBet]

Another crash splitting the bunch after a regrouping had occured. Barguil was among the ones down.

 

[Samamba]

Think Barguil is the only GC rider who got caught up.

 

[Samamba]

Whats up with the motor pacing in this early season. Every goddamn race so far

 

[SafeBet]

Quite impressed by the work of Lührs today.
He was good in Murcia as well.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Deceuninck are ridiculous.

 

[SafeBet]

I don't know who the Trek rider was and what he was trying to achieve, but the speed at which he came to the front while Politt and others were struggling to close the gap was quite something.

 

[RedheadDane]

Surely, that was not a bunch sprint.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Baroncini bombing around really complicated things, that leadout looked like it seriously hurt, Lampaert(?) was on the front so early

He had some pace but had completely mistimed what I assumed was a late dart as he hit a roundabout straight away.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

One of these days Quickstep will let the wheel go and Remco will win what was meant to be a sprint stage.

 

[sir fly]

Steppers in full swing.

 

[Salvarani]

Remco pulls are so hard it tires every one out, because the guys on his wheel are barely holding on. Theres no advantage being on his wheel. You have to pull just as hard just to be able to stay on his wheel. Some power the guy has, and his low position on the bike just leaves the rider behind exposed.

 

[armchairclimber]

Baroncini's pace was impressive. His intelligence less so.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Evenepoel has finished in the top-10 in two-thirds of the stages Jakobsen has won this year.

 

[TomBonnen2005]

One of these days Quickstep will let the wheel go and Remco will win what was meant to be a sprint stage.

When you see the gap created by Remco and the face of Lampaert in his wheel you can clearly question the team strategy to "risk a sprint" when Remco seems to be able to pull a "Vinokourov on les Champs Elysées" at each sprint stage...

 

[RedheadDane]

Baroncini's pace was impressive. His intelligence less so.

To quote the commentator: If you're going to take a flyer, don't do it when there's a roundabout.

 

[Salvarani]

Remco still had to close the gap after his work was done. Super strong today, but the work he had to do might have cost some energy after the lead-out just to hold the group together.