Vuelta 2018 Stage 1: Málaga 8 km ITT

[Red Rick]

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Rohan Dennis will win this Vuelta.

He will finish 25th and call it a process

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

GC:
Kwiat
Kelderman, J, Izaguirre +16
Bala +18
Mollema +21
S.Yates, Kruijswijk +23
Zakarin, Quintana +24
Majka +28
MAL +29
Aru +33
Nibali, A.Yates, Pinot +34
Benett +36
Uran, de la cruz+39
Porte(?)+45
Meintjes+51

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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GC:
Kwiat
Kelderman, J, Izaguirre +16
Bala +18
Mollema +21
S.Yates, Kruijswijk +23
Zakarin, Quintana +24
Majka +28
MAL +29
Aru +33
Nibali, A.Yates, Pinot +34
Benett +36
Uran, de la cruz+39
Porte(?)+45
Meintjes+51

Thanks.
Why that's dissapointing? Kwiatek never wins GT stage, but of course he deserved it :sad: .

 

[May0maniac]

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GC:
Kwiat
Kelderman, J, Izaguirre +16
Bala +18
Mollema +21
S.Yates, Kruijswijk +23
Zakarin, Quintana +24
Majka +28
MAL +29
Aru +33
Nibali, A.Yates, Pinot +34
Benett +36
Uran, de la cruz+39
Porte(?)+45
Meintjes+51

Buchmann is also +23

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

GC riders

1 Dennis
2 Kwiatkowski +6s
3 Izagirre J. +22s
4 Kelderman s.t
5 Valverde +24s
6 Izagirre G. st
7 Geoghegan s.t
8 Mollema +25s
9 Buchmann +29s
10 Kruijswijk s.t
11 Yates S. s.t
12 Quintana +30s
13 Zakarin s.t
14 Mas +34s
15 Majka s.t
16 Lopez +35s
17 D.Martin +38s
18 Aru +39s
19 Pinot +40s
20 Yates A. S.t
21 Nibali s.t
22 Bennett +42s
23 Porte +51s
24 Henao s.t.
25 Meintjes +57s
26 Woods +59s
27 Kuss +1m17

 

[HelloDolly]

I expected more from de la Cruz.....hasn't he won TTs before and is usually good

Also Uran time is nor good fro a man wanting to win

Porte & Nibali will not come to life until final week

 

[DanielSong39]

Rohan Dennis will drop out after the second time trial.

 

[Koronin]

Not a good time for Uran.

If we go by the TTs Bala is at least on decent form to start the la Vuelta. Nibali is not on very good form and well Porte is sick. Also good to see Izagirre put in a good TT.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Nibali clearly was only 39.99s down, not the full 40s goddamnit

Actually it's a decent time given the circumstances. If he survives tomorrow he might start having ideas.

 

[HelloDolly]

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Nibali clearly was only 39.99s down, not the full 40s goddamnit

Actually it's a decent time given the circumstances. If he survives tomorrow he might start having ideas.

Getting ideas ??

You mean chiseling his voodoo doll of Nairo ???

 

[Rollthedice]

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Nibali clearly was only 39.99s down, not the full 40s goddamnit

Actually it's a decent time given the circumstances. If he survives tomorrow he might start having ideas.

Getting ideas ??

You mean chiseling his voodoo doll of Nairo ???

No, just thinking about hanging on more and more until the missing watts return.

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Dennis - did the biz!
LRP still suffering, Kwia? WTF?! Yates (S) & Nairo only 1 second between them, Nibs, Pinot, MAL etc much as expected.

Onto some proper racing!

 

[May0maniac]

So Rohan joins the club of having a stage win an holding the leaders jersey in all 3 gts.

 

[klintE]

Keldermanin very nice shape, could improve his 4th from last year but absence of Sam Oomen might be a bad omen. Weakest GC team.

 

[Red Rick]

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Keldermanin very nice shape, could improve his 4th from last year but absence of Sam Oomen might be a bad omen. Weakest GC team.

He has Geschke. And unless he leads on the last mountain stage it will barely matter as no stage will open up before the final 5km of the final climb.

 

[klintE]

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Keldermanin very nice shape, could improve his 4th from last year but absence of Sam Oomen might be a bad omen. Weakest GC team.

He has Geschke. And unless he leads on the last mountain stage it will barely matter as no stage will open up before the final 5km of the final climb.

I'm not sure if I can believe you here. Some MT stages are beggin for wise team tactics

 

[tobydawq]

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Great to see Nibali result.

I'm not sure how to understand this.

Are you happy that his breaking his back in the Tour prevents him from going well in the Vuelta because he has never been at Sky, or are you happy that he didn't do too badly considering his breaking his back in the Tour and suddenly showing a bit of compassion for someone never associated with Sky?

 

[Lequack]

Aru: "Good TT, in line with my expectations. The most important aspect is having had good sensations while racing."

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Great to see Nibali result.

I'm not sure how to understand this.

Are you happy that his breaking his back in the Tour prevents him from going well in the Vuelta because he has never been at Sky, or are you happy that he didn't do too badly considering his breaking his back in the Tour and suddenly showing a bit of compassion for someone never associated with Sky?

I completely changed my attitude to Nibali since July'2018, the same with Dumo. Both of them comitted some silly remarks about Froome's WADA/UCI decision, one of them thought he had won Giro, another one - Vuelta.
That's why I hope Nibali will be nowhere during this Vuelta and WCRR.

 

[starlord]

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GC riders

1 Dennis
2 Kwiatkowski +6s
3 Izagirre J. +22s
4 Kelderman s.t
5 Valverde +24s
6 Izagirre G. st
7 Geoghegan s.t
8 Mollema +25s
9 Buchmann +29s
10 Kruijswijk s.t
11 Yates S. s.t
12 Quintana +30s
13 Zakarin s.t
14 Mas +34s
15 Majka s.t
16 Lopez +35s
17 D.Martin +38s
18 Aru +39s
19 Pinot +40s
20 Yates A. S.t
21 Nibali s.t
22 Bennett +42s
23 Porte +51s
24 Henao s.t.
25 Meintjes +57s
26 Woods +59s
27 Kuss +1m17

Formolo +53s

 

[tobydawq]

Summary of who might be contenders for the GC (the least restrictive you'll find):

1: Dennis - leader
2: Kwiato +6
9: Izzy 1 +22
10: Kelderman +22
11: Teuns +22
14: Amador +23
16: Valverde +24
17: Izzy 2 +24
18: Tao Geoghegan Hart +24
20: Mollema +27
25: Buchmann +29
27: De Plus +29
28: Kruijswijk +29
30: Simon Yates +29
33: Bilbao +30
34: Quintana +30
35: Zakarin +30
38: Sivakov +31
40: Mas +34
41: Majka +34
43: Roche +35
44: Supermán +35
52: Brambilla +38
56: Geniez +38
57: Martin +38
59: Aru +39
62: Molard +40
63: Pinot +40
64: Adam Yates +40
65: Nibali +40
71: Bennett +42
73: Rolland +42
74: Monfort +42
80: Urán +45
81: de la Cruz +45
86: Haig +47
88: Carapaz +48
97: Porte +51
98: Henao +51
100: Antón +51
103: Formolo +53
106: Lambrecht +54
110: Kudus +55
113: Meintjes +57
122: Woods +59
130: Boswell +1:02
169: Kuss +1:17
174: Hirt +1:34

Awful for Richie, de la Cruz and EF, very good for Movistar, surprisingly good for Martin, Mollema and Buchmann.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see Dekker already did this.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Great to see Nibali result.

I'm not sure how to understand this.

Are you happy that his breaking his back in the Tour prevents him from going well in the Vuelta because he has never been at Sky, or are you happy that he didn't do too badly considering his breaking his back in the Tour and suddenly showing a bit of compassion for someone never associated with Sky?

I completely changed my attitude to Nibali since July'2018, the same with Dumo. Both of them comitted some silly remarks about Froome's WADA/UCI decision, one of them thought he had won Giro, another one - Vuelta.
That's why I hope Nibali will be nowhere during this Vuelta and WCRR.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

@tobydawq
Yes, I'm also glad because it was the first time I was asked about my attitude to Nibali/Dumo, and was able to explain it.
So really thank you.

 

[glassmoon]

So Aru is happy with +49 at 8k? I know it's on the tt winner but still...

 

[Lequack]

What's with Uran and his straight jacket?