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

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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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

+1

 

[GuyIncognito]

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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.

Time trials are notoriously unpredictable as they rely so much on having a good day and getting your warmup perfect. I've learned not to make predictions

 

[spalco]

Hm, not total disaster for Quintana, but he can't be happy with that.

 

[Carols]

Nairo totally tanking....... Sad

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Not particularly awful for Lopez and Quintana - Valverde seems to be the fail vs ability

 

[del1962]

Lopez might be behind Mas on GC

 

[Red Rick]

I wonder how Superman feels about past tactical decisions right now

 

[woodburn]

For others to win, Yates going to have to third week Giro Yates when he faltered after an impressive time trial there.

 

[sir fly]

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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!

Fast rolling team, in general. Training with those engines certainly helps.
Excellent result.

 

[luckyboy]

Quintana really lost it in the first 10km. Not bad after that in comparison to Kruijswijk.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Kruijswijk is less than 20s from 2nd overall

 

[Valv.Piti]

Valverde mediocre today, I had expected him to top-5 after I realised how rolling it was and it looked good in the start.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Yates lost quite a lot in the end, hopefully he totally emptied himself like in the Giro TT

 

[ClassicomanoLuigi]

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Green Bullet was a blank, nothing accomplished vs Yates on GC
Quintana drops further back

 

[jaylew]

No real surprises here except SK. And maybe Mas.

 

[del1962]

Not a massive difference between Yates and Valverde

Krushweak and Mas biggest gains

 

[perico]

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Dennis obviously. But I hope Kwiatkowski isn't too badly injured. He can top 3 it.

Worst stage for Mas who has been flying in this Vuelta. Out of the top 10 riders in GC, he is the worst time trialist.

Can I bump this again? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Laplaz]

Yates with a good TT, expect for the last part.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Simon, I love you, you should join Team Sky as soon as possible!

 

[GuyIncognito]

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No real surprises here except SK.

Yep. Will be interesting to see if this was just a good day or if he's trending upwards

 

[spalco]

Pretty brutal TT today, there will be many sad faces in the team buses.

 

[Red Rick]

CancellAru is dead

 

[Pricey_sky]

Yates faded a little in the last part, but still a very good day for him looking at the results of others. Only 2 guys within 75s of him on GC now.

 

[burning]

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CancellAru is dead

Cant tt when there is no car to draft

 

[Escarabajo]

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No real surprises here except SK.

This.

Looks like the majority was spot on with the predictions except for SK.

Expected better fro Lopez. Which means Astana will make it a hard race this week I hope!