Vuelta 2018 stage 16:Santillana del Mar - Torrelavega 32km

[GuyIncognito]

Dennis wins. No more climbing after intermediate 2

 

[Rollthedice]

Krush still crushing.

 

[SafeBet]

Mas gaining on Kruijswijk in the second part.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Krush still crushing.

Not Krushing as much anymore, though. Let's see what Valverde and Yates will do.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Valverde not having a great TT, damn.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Dennis wins. No more climbing after intermediate 2

Actually, it's on the hilly part of the course, that Dennis has smashed everyone

 

[Red Rick]

Valverde blowing up?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

The comparison times by spanish TV have been pretty unreliable, but now have Yates taking time on Piti

 

[spalco]

Re:

Hoped that would be better from Kruijswijk.

Yeah, me too. He could still take a minute+ from most of his competitors though.

 

[Rollthedice]

Yates better than Valverde.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

LOL

 

[Pricey_sky]

Either Valverde has blown or the time gaps to him and Yates are wrong.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

Dennis wins. No more climbing after intermediate 2

Actually, it's on the hilly part of the course, that Dennis has smashed everyone

That's compared to the earlier times of TT specialists. The guys on the road now are climbers

 

[Velolover2]

Kruijswijk will be 3rd after today's stage.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

Valverde blowing up?

Seems like it, unfortunately...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

Dennis wins. No more climbing after intermediate 2

Actually, it's on the hilly part of the course, that Dennis has smashed everyone

That's compared to the earlier times of TT specialists. The guys on the road now are climbers

No... The hilly part of the course is from 1st to 2nd check, and Dennis is by far the fastest on that stretch

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Re: Re:

Valverde blowing up?

Seems like it, unfortunately...

I wouldn't trust the live time comparisons, have been dodgy compared to actual intermediates so far

 

[woodburn]

Valverde will be stronger on the final part compared to Yates?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

MAL
male
1.43

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

Dennis wins. No more climbing after intermediate 2

Actually, it's on the hilly part of the course, that Dennis has smashed everyone

That's compared to the earlier times of TT specialists. The guys on the road now are climbers

No... The hilly part of the course is from 1st to 2nd check, and Dennis is by far the fastest on that stretch

You don't understand. The part that favors Dennis is from the 2nd check onward because there's no climbing. If he's ahead after the 2nd check, he's going to win because if these climbers couldn't beat him until the 2nd check they won't beat him at the finish.

Hence my first post.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Miguel Angel Slopez

 

[Velolover2]

Valverde not doing well.

 

[woodburn]

Re:

MAL
male
1.43

He and Quintana are going to have to attack often and early. Maybe they can work together. On second thought, probably not.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Valverde has lost loads of time to Mas in the middle section

 

[LaFlorecita]

Go Go Go Enric