Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2022 (March 21-27)

[carolina]

Fantastic!

 

[Salvarani]

lol

?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Can someone explain me the Nairoman tactics please

Why wait for a sprint with Almida?

 

[JosefK]

Almeida is a pit bull.

 

[will-10]

Enjoyed that. Was aTaull Boi

 

[Samamba]

My post was from before he got dropped. I didn't say he was good, quite the opposite. I'm questioning the team tactics to do all the work so early on the climb so that they 1/ effectively isolated him 2/ drove the pace when he wasn't good enough.

It's also less than a month after his Covid break.

He would end on the same position with 1 or 2 extra teammates in that big group. He didn't have superlegs but looks like he paced himself pretty well. Definitely not a bad performance after like you said his covid infection.

 

[postmanhat]

Has Ciccone finished yet. Disappeared completely in that last 3K.

 

[Salvarani]

The last stretch to the finish was gravel?

 

[Samamba]

This was straight up impressive from Almeida. Deserved winner after all that work.

 

[JosefK]

Can someone explain me the Nairoman tactics please

Why wait for a sprint with Almida?

Nairo wanted to have the legs, but didn't quite.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Traeen is outclimbing 20 guys he shouldn't be outclimbing. Might just be really good today.

Træen legend.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The last stretch to the finish was gravel?

The organization hoped to attract Evenepoel, but no dice.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Carols]

Chapeau Almeida on the stage win. Really set up for fight between Quintana and Almeida now on GC. Should be good .

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I love Quintana but he doesn't deserve to win this race really. Elbow flicking Almida and waiting for a sprint. Lol

 

[JosefK]

Ayuso impressive. 19 years old.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

21st win from UAE in this season. Nearly all of these wins came from non-sprinting races. 21 wins of high and highest quality.

That is really impressive. Now, it cannot get any better for them. They have Pogacar, the best rider in the world, and they are now the best team in the world.

Gianetti and Matxin will like this very, very much…

 

[AlfaLum]

Can someone explain me the Nairoman tactics please

Why wait for a sprint with Almida?

Higuita even more stupid. Not riding with Quintana first to let Almeida come back. And then completely messing up the sprint by moving up too late…

 

[Põhja Konn]

Can someone explain me the Nairoman tactics please

Why wait for a sprint with Almida?

When Quintana rides like this, it's a clear sign he is at his limit. He couldn't even sustain an attack from just one kilometer out. When he does have the legs, he usually attacks from much further out. We have seen enough of him to know that attacking or lack thereof is mostly down to legs and not attitude.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ayuso impressive. 19 years old.

Finished in a group with a Giro and Olympic champion, a Giro runner-up, the reigning Avenir champion and the runner-up, and a Vuelta mountains classification winner who has five GT top-15s, 13 seconds down on the winner, and yet it almost feels disappointing after his ride yesterday.

 

[RedheadDane]

Has Ciccone finished yet. Disappeared completely in that last 3K.

35th.
3:47 after.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Finished in a group with a Giro and Olympic champion, a Giro runner-up, the reigning Avenir champion and the runner-up, and a Vuelta mountains classification winner who has five GT top-15s, 13 seconds down on the winner, and yet it almost feels disappointing after his ride yesterday.

Ajuso is overrated

 

[SafeBet]

Ajuso is overrated

But Ayuso isn't.

 

[RedheadDane]

But Ayuso isn't.

And that is exactly why I didn't even notice the "Fulgsang" misspelling.

Not because Ayuso isn't overrated, but because Ilmaestro misspels names constantly.

 

[tobydawq]

And that is exactly why I didn't even notice the "Fulgsang" misspelling.

Not because Ayuso isn't overrated, but because Ilmaestro misspels names constantly.

*Ilmaestro99
*misspells