Vuelta 2019, Stage 20: Arenas de San Pedro - Plataforma de Gredos > 190.4 km

[d-s3]

Will anybody steal bonus seconds from Valverde?

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Imagine if Quintana loses the podium for 2 seconds...

Winning only for champions, anything less is for losers.

 

[Red Rick]

LMAO ROGLIC DROPPED

 

[Zoophonic]

Well done Primoz Roglic. Really stoked for him after his disappointment at the Giro.

 

[Simurgh]

Roglic dropped! But many days too late for his rivals

 

[Poursuivant]

Today’s the day for Tadej’s day.

 

[Velolover2]

Pog vs. Bernal in the Tour? Or Giro?

 

[Red Rick]

Soler riding for that top 10 spot lol.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Pogacar takes white end 3rd spot on the podium.

 

[Singularitarian]

pogacissimo!

 

[Red Rick]

I've never heard Sporza commentator be so overjoyed with a non-Belgium win.

 

[Carols]

Congrats Primoz Roglic!!!! Vuelta Winner!!! Chapeau Pogacar, 3 stages, white and a podium at 20 years old!

 

[Gigs_98]

What an absolutely brilliant ride by Pogacar. I missed most of the stage but it seems like it was pretty good. 40 kilometer solos by gc contenders are rather rare.
All in all this final week really gave me the giro 2015 vibes of not really a close race but good racing throughout

 

[bajbar]

Roglic dropped! But many days too late for his rivals

Well, he didn't really need to kill himself there

 

[Unchained]

That was a crazy good race!!

 

[SafeBet]

Ride of the Vuelta today for Pogi.
Third stage win, gets on the final podium and the white jersey as a bonus.

What a year for the youngsters. We'll remember it for a long time.

 

[Valv.Piti]

What an absolutely brilliant ride by Pogacar. I missed most of the stage but it seems like it was pretty good. 40 kilometer solos by gc contenders are rather rare.
All in all this final week really gave me the giro 2015 vibes of not really a close race but good racing throughout

Overall, its definitely the best GT since Giro 2015 for me. Lots of great stages and lack of boring sprinter stage, there were basically only two on stage 3 and 4.

Great GT with some great performances.

 

[Velolover2]

Quintana on the doomed 4th place.

I feel a little bad for him. He doesn't get enough credit for animating the races.

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar really made this stage and provided the final GC battle. It seemed neither Movistar nor Lopez had the legs to put any time into each other.

 

[Red Rick]

I don't know boys, it's all downhill from here for Pogacar in the rest of the Vuelta. Time for him to DNF and rest up.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Year of the Young Brigade

 

[skippo12]

Level of competition was really mediocre this year. Not comparable to the Valverde-Contador-Froome-Purito years.
No one could challenge Roglic and I don´t think that he had a different/worse shape in the Giro. Quintana is done. Valverde still good but not a contender for the win in a GT. Pogacar is to young.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Quintana on the doomed 4th place.

I feel a little bad for him. He doesn't get enough credit for animating the races.

Well, I dont really feel bad for him tbh. I think him getting that time really hampered Valverde's chances of stage win these last few days in the mountain. Unfortunate cause it was obvious after the rest day that he ONCE AGAIN simply turned into a pretty mediocre climber.

 

[Lequack]

Level of competition was really mediocre this year. Not comparable to the Valverde-Contador-Froome-Purito years.
No one could challenge Roglic and I don´t think that he had a different/worse shape in the Giro. Quintana is done. Valverde still good but not a contender for the win in a GT. Pogacar is to young.

How do you think Dumoulin or Geraint would have fared?

 

[Jungle Cycle]

those precious sec of the TTT will be missed for Rogla..
i mean Pogacar..