Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2024 (March 18-24)

[Screecher]

I looked at the motorbike incident and i don't think Pogacar lost more than 5 ish seconds there.

 

[JosefK]

Pogi put the Tsar Bomba back in the garage today and replaced it with a smaller tactical nuke. Job done.

 

[Lequack]

Egan Bernal: "I didn't expect it, I'm just happy and very motivated. Pogacar is on another level, I managed my effort. Landa helped me a lot, I thank him, we worked well . I have to keep my feet on the ground, there is still a lot of work to do."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1771569757101211835

View: https://twitter.com/LeGruppetto/status/1771569757101211835

 

[Brullnux]

Gaps are mammoth, like a mid-2010s GT

Fortunato in 10th!!! Good result!!!

It's been a GT style week, this stage was fantastically designed. Well done kuss, a more entertaining race designer than cyclist.

 

[dobrien]

No. Kuss got a bit of a David Arroyo wake up call as to what it's like to be treated seriously as a GC rider that he'll need to learn from, but Blobloblo came in with Thomas another 2 minutes back beyond that.

Sepp finding out it's definitely a hell of a lot more fun being the best mountain domestique in the world as opposed to just another run of the mill GC hopeful. The Vuelta was a nice anomaly in his career but unless the Giro shows us differently he'll be back doing what he does best in very short order.

It's the Peter Principle at work, just on a bike. Not the first guy this has happened to and won't be the last.

 

[Escarabajo]

Bernal :" Landa really helped me alot ..I should thank him... Still alot of work for me to do"

Landa really is the Mother Theresa of cycling it seems

Bernal is nice because he helped a lot in the last climb. I guess they both were in a win-win situation.

 

[Escarabajo]

Bernal down for Basque and Romandie, not sure about his volume tbh, 27 race-days already and we are in March, he's got to run out of steam at some point.

I think He is back to Colombia. In his podcast they were already mentioning that he has had many race days. So I assume that if He podiums here it will be job done and recuperate in Colombia @ 2800 m.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Unless he leaves dead bodies in his wake, Pogacar's effort is considered a "bad performance" on the cyclingnews forums.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Will Teddy pay for his effort tomorrow? Will Landismo crush him on this dizzying, endless loop? Time will tell, stay tuned for more emotions tomorrow!

 

[AnotherArmChair]

The problem for me is that we are going to see a repeat of this at the Giro from Pog ...miles ahead of everyone

And then we go to the Tour and in the second part of the race it will be the same from Vingegaard

No real GT race this year until the Vuelta

 

[Salvarani]

Unless he leaves dead bodies in his wake, Pogacar's effort is considered a "bad performance" on the cyclingnews forums.

Just by some people obviously.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The problem for me is that we are going to see a repeat of thsi at the Giro from Pog ...miles ahead of everyone

And then we go to the Tour and in the second part of the race it will be the same from Vingegaard

No really GT race this year until the Vuelta

Yes, this could be the case. Pogi will likely crush Giro rivals in the first week already and win zillion stages while Vingo will be super strong at the Tour (probably too strong for Pogi with Giro in his legs).

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Just by some people obviously.

Yes, Vingegollum fans are big mad.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Man, Oithebrucks took a beating, is he sick?

 

[Salvarani]

Man, Oithebrucks took a beating, is he sick?

Needs altitude and getting the proper weight right. Bad tactics from DS today as well.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Needs altitude and getting the proper weight right. Bad tactics from DS today as well.

And rounder wheels, a better TT bike and better food apps.

 

[Bolder]

Outside of Pogacar, some unexpected names in the top 10. Really happy to see landa and Bernal looking good.

 

[Lequack]

Outside of Pogacar, some unexpected names in the top 10. Really happy to see landa and Bernal looking good.

Like Chris Harper, formerly Vingegaard.

 

[Froome]

Not gonna lie, when Pog took off on San Isidre I expected a bigger gap to Landa at the end.

He did a good perfomance, but nothing extraordinary. He did better than this in the last years, during spring.

Pog fans acting like they never saw pogi doing this in the past. And, he did a good perfomance, no Vingegaard fan said he did a bad perfomance.

 

[hayneplane]

Bernal is nice because he helped a lot in the last climb. I guess they both were in a win-win situation.

It was ideal for both that Landa was far enough ahead of Bernal pre-stage that he didn’t have to fear Bernal dropping him at the end and leapfrogging him on GC so they had just as much incentive as each other to push on and cooperate strongly.

 

[Froome]

Same, Vingegaard not worried about a thing seeing this performance. 3 peat is on the horizon.

What's the difference between the perfomance of today and carpegna 2021 on TA? It's the "same" Pogacar.

 

[Oldermanish]

No. Kuss got a bit of a David Arroyo wake up call as to what it's like to be treated seriously as a GC rider that he'll need to learn from, but Blobloblo came in with Thomas another 2 minutes back beyond that.

I think Kuss had a pretty good idea what it'd be like starting the season more slowly than last year. It's not an unexpected consequence of doing 3 complete GTs, either. IMO the other teams won't treat him any differently than in previous years other than not giving him massive slack in a front group.

 

[Oldermanish]

He did a good perfomance, but nothing extraordinary. He did better than this in the last years, during spring.

Pog fans acting like they never saw pogi doing this in the past. And, he did a good perfomance, no Vingegaard fan said he did a bad perfomance.

Except your "nothing extraordinary" and "Pog fans acting like they never saw pogi doing this in the past"
Do you really think most fans don't put this in an early season context? A few dullards diss Jonas in his first and successful early season race and it's worth comment?

 

[hayneplane]

@Logic-is-your-friend any word on Van Wilder. We have seen him suffer more than most in the cold which explains his firm in the early stages of the race but he has looked way off the pace and DNF today. Presumably sickness to be so bad but the cold factor makes it questionable as to him ever sustaining a strong Giro GC in his career.

 

[AmRacer]

He did a good perfomance, but nothing extraordinary. He did better than this in the last years, during spring.

Pog fans acting like they never saw pogi doing this in the past. And, he did a good perfomance, no Vingegaard fan said he did a bad perfomance.

When a rider does something the rider has done before, we should not cheer.