Vuelta 2018 stage 18:Ejea de los Caballeros - Lleida 186.1k

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Re: Vuelta 2018 stage 18:Ejea de los Caballeros - Lleida 186

Was hoping the lesser known of the two breakaway would win but still congrats to Wallays
 
Jun 25, 2015
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Wow. That's about 1 in 100 occurrence. How many times have we seen the breakaway blow it in the last 200 meters. Sagan's going to be annoyed to say the least.
 
Jul 2, 2011
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Flamin said:
Wallays wins, lol.

Congrats to him and as well to Sport Vlaanderen Baloise, one more rider from their team who learned the metier with them...
 
Feb 1, 2011
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Who would have bet on that break making it with 100, 80, 50, 30km to go?

You really never know.
 
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Velolover2 said:
Sagan might have found a way to beat the pure sprinters. The 300 metres sprint.

It did remind me of the Degenkolb sprint from a few years ago. There was a crash I believe with something like 700m to go, and he had no choice but to throttle up the whole time.
 
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I thought I saw Valverde in fourth wheel around 1km out but then he didn't try to contest for bonus time ? Maybe he figured it's not worth the risk, and maybe he was right, that was unusual
 
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Very strange that the peloton missed this opportunity today. What was the biggest time gap to the break? Not more than 3:30 minutes I think.