Vuelta 2018 stage 15:Ribera del Arriba - Lagos de Covadonga

[Laplaz]

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This one is for MAL!

So hard to be MAL fan....., after last Giro and yesterday's stage.

So true, unfortunately.

 

[Laplaz]

Nevertheless, MAL still on the top of the bookies of today's stage.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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This one is for MAL!

So hard to be MAL fan....., after last Giro and yesterday's stage.

So true, unfortunately.

Yes, please MAL, show us you have the balls to fight and attack!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Honestly I think La Huesera is too late to attack even. Especially seeing as Yates is more explosive. Quintana needs to wear him down. If Yates only has to follow one attack before the climb gets easier, what good is it?

Anyone know where Quintana attacked in 2016?

As far as I can remember, it was Contador who attacked and I think that was just before Huesera or maybe at Huesera.

At La Huesera it was.

And it depends on what Quintana wants, if he should attack earlier or not. La Huesera is not too late to attack if his aim is to win 30-40 seconds. The steep steep gradients don't stop entirely after La Huesera, but there's not going to be a stretch of 800m with constant double digit gradients after La Huesera, so the first attack at least has to be made there.

 

[Red Rick]

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Honestly I think La Huesera is too late to attack even. Especially seeing as Yates is more explosive. Quintana needs to wear him down. If Yates only has to follow one attack before the climb gets easier, what good is it?

Anyone know where Quintana attacked in 2016?

As far as I can remember, it was Contador who attacked and I think that was just before Huesera or maybe at Huesera.

I thought Quintana attacked and Contador just tried to follow until he could see heaven's gates. Contador lost like 1'30 on the easy part of Lagos.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

i had to see it again.. great stage(16)..
Contador went in the hard part(6.5km) and Quintana followed. Froome distanced with `only˜ Kennagh+Lopez..
Scaroni joined but faded with Contador.. Froome came back yo-yo style by him self and brought Bala all the way..
Quintana +-20 gc group, Contador +1'07...

Quintana will ride everybody off his wheel again.. maybe with MAL, after all the adversaries are not the same caliber...

 

[klintE]

Kwiato, Geniez, Mollema, Bookwalter, Clarke, Castroviejo, Henao in break

 

[wirral]

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Kwiato, Geniez, Mollema, Bookwalter, Clarke, Castroviejo, Henao in break

and no more.

 

[klintE]

hard pace, sprinters already dropped

 

[Escarabajo]

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Kwiato, Geniez, Mollema, Bookwalter, Clarke, Castroviejo, Henao in break

I didn't know Castroviejo was in the race.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Kwiato, Geniez, Mollema, Bookwalter, Clarke, Castroviejo, Henao in break

Where did you get it? In PL Eurosport I have Nadal..

 

[klintE]

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Kwiato, Geniez, Mollema, Bookwalter, Clarke, Castroviejo, Henao in break

and no more.

Yes, it was canceled bcause King wasn't there

 

[Red Rick]

From the CN live commentary

"One gets the impression that a third of the peloton wants to be in the break, another third wants to prevent a break from forming, and the final third just wishes there were no mountains."

Lol

 

[wirral]

Danny Van Poppel??

 

[spalco]

Anyone got a stream already or you all just checking livetickers?

 

[Red Rick]

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Anyone got a stream already or you all just checking livetickers?

Guess it's mostly livetickers. From what I see most streams start at 15.00 CET, so in an hour and 5 minutes

 

[ice&fire]

Molema vs King all over again

Ivan Garcia Cortina (Bahrain-Merida), Nicolas Roche (BMC Racing Team), Imanol Erviti (Movistar), Ben King (Dimension Data), Pierre Rolland (Education First-Drapac), George Bennett, Danny Van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky), Bauke Mollema, Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo), Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) and Nick Schultz (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) have covered 43.5km in the first hour, with the Alsto de Santo Emiliano.
Last gap: 3'08''

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

F..ing USopen tennis

 

[tobydawq]

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F..ing USopen tennis

They don't transmit signal yet. Nobody can see it. It has nothing to do with prioritising tennis over cycling. Complain to the ASO if you must.

 

[ice&fire]

Spanish TV starts at 14:45CET, so you know who to blame
Hopefully we'll see the first ascent to Mirador del Fito

 

[Red Rick]

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F..ing USopen tennis

Triggered

But yeah I hate replays too when there's live action. But I'm not sure anyone's broadcasting now

 

[Keram]

Bennet is the main "threat" and he is 10 minutes so this one should go to the break. Also impressed with Van Poppel. Especially when sprinters were dropped.

 

[Anderis]

So judging by how the things have been going so far this Vuelta, it looks like the finishing order today will be:
1. King
2. Mollema

 

[Red Rick]

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Bennet is the main "threat" and he is 10 minutes so this one should go to the break. Also impressed with Van Poppel. Especially when sprinters were dropped.

Guessing Van Poppel will empty himself for Bennet

 

[Velolover2]

I hope the riders have learned their lesson.You can't just underestimate King and let him slip away. *cough* Rolland *cough* Mollema.. Then you will never see him again.