Vuelta 2017 stage 19 Caso (Parque de Redes) - Gijón 149.7 km

[Baldinger]

Oh, save some for tomorrow, Conti.

 

[StephenC2020]

Meintjies with5 riders behind him in the GC group. Do you think he knows they're there?

 

[Puccini]

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

Bertie wasting energy for tomorrow I'm afraid...

If you are riding rationally this attack was probably not worth it. But Contador knows himself that he isn't riding this Vuelta rationally :lol:

 

[Pantani_lives]

Re:

As far as GT stage wins goes, this was a rather low standard by De Gendt standards.

You mean because it's not on the Ventoux or the Stelvio?

 

[Ataraxus]

Berto want podium more than stage win.

 

[jsem94]

Everyone is working to catch Contador. Sad, but understandable.

 

[Escarabajo]

I can see it was not worth the effort.

 

[Forever The Best]

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Berto want podium more than stage win.

Yes, cause he was attacking for the podium rather than GC or stage win all these days

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

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Berto want podium more than stage win.

By riding like this he will get neither.

 

[Red Rick]

I sincerely apologize for my compatriot

 

[gmedina]

i would love to see teams reduced to like 6 riders.

 

[Rollthedice]

Another useless waste of watts from Contador, but it seems that he has a lot, maybe even for tomorrow.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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I can see it was not worth the effort.

Yeah, a waste of energy. He might regret this tomorrow.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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Meintjies with5 riders behind him in the GC group. Do you think he knows they're there?

ROFL

 

[dfromdub]

He just did it for the fans

 

[TourOfSardinia]

From hero to zero
just about sums up
this years GTs

 

[benzwire]

All the effort for little or no gain, but damn it's fun to watch. Gonna miss Contador.

 

[Rollthedice]

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I can see it was not worth the effort.

Yeah, a waste of energy. He might regret this tomorrow.

No, he has a never ending supply of watts this last week.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Vuelta 2017 stage 19 Caso (Parque de Redes) - Gijón 149.

I get that Sky is chasing, but do they really have to use their whole team? Use one rider to control the gap and Sunweb will du the rest anyway. Not saying this is completely unreasonable, but it's just a little bit sad to watch.

 

[Forever The Best]

C'mon moto drivers, motorpace Contador.

 

[Alexandre B.]

De Gendt was often meaningless in numerous breakaways this year. I have to say this was likely to be another meaningless breakaway performance.

But chapeau for his opportunism.

 

[Forever The Best]

Sad and embarrassing to see Sunweb working so hard.
In situations like this, you always let the leader and his team chase.

 

[jsem94]

Damnit.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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i would love to see teams reduced to like 6 riders.

Then you might as well not have teams at all..... and most teams will consist completely of all-rounders (Poels/Kwiat types), because there is no longer room for specialists.