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

[Valv.Piti]

Valverde went very fast in the beginning, but it seems he quickly realised after 5-10 km that he has a mediocre day. Meh, and Yates doing well.

 

[Velolover2]

Yates is doing very very well.

 

[woodburn]

Valverde really struggled in second part.

 

[Vroome.exe]

Enric top3 in GC?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Great effort from Yates.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

That's really amazing!

 

[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

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.

I fully understand. And I don't think that's particularly favourable to Dennis, since Dennis has been the fastest no matter the terrain.

 

[Velolover2]

Mas is super-impressive.

 

[sir fly]

Mitchelton read the course well, the middle part makes the difference, it seems.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Grande Grande Grande Enric!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Enric top3 in GC?

No, Kruijswijk is even faster

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Mas looks quickest of the GC guys - SK went out hard but didn't gain any time in sector 2

Scratch that, strong finish!

 

[spalco]

Not perfectly timed by Mas, lost a bit of steam in the end.

 

[SafeBet]

Epic ride by Mas. Chapeau.

 

[Carols]

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

Good Ride young Enric Mas!

 

[del1962]

Re:

Kruijswijk will be 3rd after today's stage.

Not much ahead of Mas Time

 

[burning]

Mas is really impressive, did not expect him to be one of the best in the GC bunch

 

[Valv.Piti]

Joey Whokopf?

 

[Rollthedice]

QS school of TT.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

Joey Whokopf?

American TT champion

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

But Valverde was supposed to beat Yates by 30 seconds? If not Valverde fanboy horde here I don't think anyone would care, but what can you do when they constantly overhype him to death

 

[luckyboy]

Didn't expect this from Mas, even if I put him in my Velogames team. He's getting better and better.

 

[Valv.Piti]

QS probably having the best setup, explains why De Plus and Asgreen also went super fast. No matter what it was a great ride by Enric!

 

[Carols]

Crushweak Good Ride!

 

[fuiers]

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

I mean what perfect example again for the forum. Read some of the post saying that he and he are gonna gain and them are gonna loose time. I mean I am so new to the cycling world but this just shows that never judge a book by its cover.