Vuelta 2018 Stage 10:Salamanca - Bermillo de Sayagor 177 km

[Lequack]

Viviani to win again?

 

[tobydawq]

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Valverde KOG. Strange priorities...

KOG?

King of the Gorge as people talked about before For some reason he felt he needed the three points on top.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Viviani too good, also clever keeping Sagan boxed in.

Quickstep cannot stop winning.

 

[fuiers]

Quick-Step played it so perfectly again. Well done Viviani.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Ah. I didn't catch that.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

HTC Leadout

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Vuelta 2018 Stage 10:Salamanca - Bermillo de Sayagor 177

That leadout was just too good. Not that Sagan looked stronger anyway, but my grandmother could have won with that leadout.
At least nice to see Pöstlberger pöstlbergering again

 

[DNP-Old]

Soto 4th!

 

[Flamin]

The best lead out by far and the best sprinter by far in one and the same team. Well that's interesting.

 

[glassmoon]

were Wilco's troubles inside the 3k zone?

 

[Lequack]

Viviani is outsaganing Sagan.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

 

[Rollthedice]

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were Wilco's troubles inside the 3k zone?

He appeared relaxed and was alone so I think so.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Viviani very strong indeed. The steppers factor in full motion.

 

[tobydawq]

It's not so difficult winning when you have a leadout, are allowed to block both sides of the road with yourself and your fading leadout man so nobody else even has the chance to sprint in time...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

It would almost have been embarrassing if Viviani hadn't won there

 

[Keram]

Third second place in fourth consecutive stages. It is becoming too annoying. Sagans sprint seemed meh. Or Viviani too good that Sagan loooked mediocre.

 

[Flamin]

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It's not so difficult winning when you have a leadout, are allowed to block both sides of the road with yourself and your fading leadout man so nobody else even has the chance to sprint in time...

Ehm, are you saying this wasn't a regular sprint (or that it shouldn't be considered as one)?

 

[tobydawq]

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It's not so difficult winning when you have a leadout, are allowed to block both sides of the road with yourself and your fading leadout man so nobody else even has the chance to sprint in time...

Ehm, are you saying this wasn't a regular sprint (or that it shouldn't be considered as one)?

It just struck me that they're basically filling the whole road, and yes, I think it was a bit of a dirty trick, though unfortunately within the rules.

And if Sagan had done the same I wouldn't have batted an eyelid, so it's not to be taken too seriously. I was just a bit annoyed that we didn't get to see whether Sagan would have been competitive because he had to stop pedaling when Viviani traveled across the road.

 

[movingtarget]

Nothing wrong with the sprint. He just beat Sagan out of the blocks and took his line. If Sagan had reacted slightly quicker Viviani would have had to have gone on the other side. Sagan was balked but it was a clean sprint.

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Viviani is gonna win CQ ranking. What a mad lad.

 

[DNP-Old]

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Viviani is gonna win CQ ranking. What a mad lad.

This is his last race of the season.

 

[tobydawq]

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Nothing wrong with the sprint. He just beat Sagan out of the blocks and took his line. If Sagan had reacted slightly quicker Viviani would have had to have gone on the other side. Sagan was balked but it was a clean sprint.

Well, he had positioned himself to the left of Viviani's wheel because they were in the right-hand side of the road, and when he launches his sprint he of course tries to go to the left but Viviani just goes all the way over there.

It doesn't seem particularly crazy because the sprint was extremely strung-out - but if there had been another cluster of sprinters diagonally to the left behind Viviani, he would just have swerved them all.

I don't know, I'm just annoyed.

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

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Viviani is gonna win CQ ranking. What a mad lad.

This is his last race of the season.

Oh man Sagan vs Valverde should be interesting though

 

[tobydawq]

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Viviani is gonna win CQ ranking. What a mad lad.

This is his last race of the season.

Oh man Sagan vs Valverde should be interesting though

Sagan isn't gonna get many more points for the rest of the year, Valverde can get more than a thousand still. I would expect it to be a procession.