Vuelta 2018 Stage 9:Talavera to La Covatilla 200.8 km

[TourOfSardinia]

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If Mollema doesn't win this...

He'll lose the TG from TGBM

 

[wirral]

I love it when Captain Kelly flies the plane without a co-pilot.

 

[HelloDolly]

Contador and JAF piece was funny ...stealing bananas , rent a crowd and Berties winking at JAF struggling on the climb

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Contador and JAF piece was funny ...stealing bananas , rent a crowd and Berties winking at JAF struggling on the climb

Berto's starting to look like Flecha physically - he seemed to be struggling just as much

 

[Salvarani]

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I think the break wins this one. If the other GC teams expect Movistar to control the break they'll let it go as they are always conservative when it comes to those things. If no one in the GC goes early, then I'd expect Yates to go close to the finish and the only GC rider who can handle Yates' acceleration and do anything with it is Valverde. This is also likely to be the worst stage of this Vuelta for Valverde.

Why is Valverde ill-suited? Undulating terrain leading up to the final climb. It's not a true multi-mountain stage.

Valverde sprinted yesterday. He will pay the toll today.

Cmon. Just no.

If he drops it wont be because he sprinted yesterday. The others will simply just be better if he drops.

All the stages so far has taken its toll on everybody.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

ChooChoo

 

[Rollthedice]

Mas and King attacked the break. Mollema doesn't care.

 

[WheelofGear]

The cobbled showdown..

 

[spalco]

Really cool route through that town.

 

[Climbing]

Wonderful passage.

 

[Rollthedice]

Candelario is awesome.

 

[Squire]

Teuns is gonna win this.

 

[Salvarani]

Astana pushing pretty hard on the cobbles

 

[dgodave]

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Really cool route through that town.

Yes! Bike racing.... a real-world sport.

 

[perico]

Enric looks good.

 

[damian13ster]

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Teuns is gonna win this.

Do you guys have a stream? The one I had has dissapeared :/

 

[Salvarani]

Crash

Edit: It was Sivakov

 

[ice&fire]

King opening a good gap

 

[Pirazziattacks]

What is it with Russians and crashing?

 

[Rollthedice]

Mollema doesn't have it.

Edit. Spoke too soon.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Mollema doesn't have it.

Hmmmm....

 

[Alexandre B.]

Bauke Mollema likes to challenge himself.

 

[Pharazon]

this is the climb that in 2011 Froome put every one in the gutter and split the peloton into a million pieces right?

 

[Salvarani]

Mollema just waited on the last climb instead of going too soon

 

[Rollthedice]

Pernsteiner like Pozzo.