Vuelta 2018 Stage 2:Marbella – Caminito del Rey 163.5 km

[Red Rick]

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Bala owned Kwia there.

Kwiatkowski owned himself

 

[Salvarani]

MAL will loose 15s or something

Safest bet you could make...

Even think it might have been a couple of seconds more

 

[Carols]

Bala, my Bala. Ever green and ever dangerous .

 

[DFA123]

What dominance by Valverde. Good to see him not just relying on the sprint to win as well. Looks in great form.

 

[Eclipse]

This was designed for Valverde.

 

[rlntlssly]

Re: Re:

Bala owned Kwia there.

Kwiatkowski owned himself

For someone with the bike smarts of Kwiatkowski, that... wasn't great.

 

[Salvarani]

Valverde valverding

 

[sir fly]

Congrats to Valverde. The finish by his measure, but Sky and Kwiatko made it more selective than expected.
It's going to be interesting to see who's going to be who's choice for the GC after today's speeding.

 

[krakenKE]

Smart finish by Valverde. This was not for Sagan even if he had stayed in the group.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

What to say, congratulations to Valverde.

 

[DFA123]

Re: Re:

Bala owned Kwia there.

Kwiatkowski owned himself

For someone with the bike smarts of Kwiatkowski, that... wasn't great.

Nah, he had to try to gap Valverde before the final steep 100m. No way he could come round him on that final steep corner.

 

[Flamin]

Very very impressive from De Plus.

Sky's blistering pace actually benefited Valverde more than Kwiatkowski I guess.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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What dominance by Valverde. Good to see him not just relying on the sprint to win as well. Looks in great form.

Reminded me of LBL 2015, when Moreno was up front and Valverde had to close the gap alone before the last left hand turn in Ans. Still won the sprint

 

[Alexandre B.]

The race already lost many "contenders".

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

Bala owned Kwia there.

Kwiatkowski owned himself

Yeah. I guess he thought Bala would be tired after he bridged them over to De Plus. He was wrong...

 

[DFA123]

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What dominance by Valverde. Good to see him not just relying on the sprint to win as well. Looks in great form.

Reminded me of LBL 2015, when Moreno was up front and Valverde had to close the gap alone before the last left hand turn in Ans. Still won the sprint

Yeah, good call, was very similar the way he took control. I guess the competition is weaker here and obviously its a lot easier race than LBL, but still - promising signs regarding his form.

 

[hfer07]

Flawless victory by Don Alejandro.

 

[DNP-Old]

Nairo looks good, Superman still awful.

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

What dominance by Valverde. Good to see him not just relying on the sprint to win as well. Looks in great form.

Reminded me of LBL 2015, when Moreno was up front and Valverde had to close the gap alone before the last left hand turn in Ans. Still won the sprint

That was awesome. I was sure he'd left it too late.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Interesting that Yates was unable to compete here.

 

[Salvarani]

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Nairo looks good, Superman still awful.

He is always bad on those short climbs at the end of the stage like that

 

[DFA123]

Imagine how much better the Tour de France would be if they had a stage like this in the first few days. Thinning out the GC pretenders immediately, while providing entertainment right from the start.

 

[JosephK]

Kwiatkowski has this Vuelta in the bag. Race is for 2nd. :lol:

 

[DNP-Old]

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Nairo looks good, Superman still awful.

He is always bad on those short climbs at the end of the stage like that

Hence ''still''.