Vuelta a España 2019 stage 1: Torrevieja (TTT) 13,4 km

[DFA123]

So Wiggo suggesting a tourist spilling a bottle of water across the route was the cause of the Jumbo crash.

There speaks a man with terrible bike handling skills. A bit of water ffs.

 

[tobydawq]

173	NEILSON POWLESS	138	TEAM JUMBO - VISMA	00H 19' 13''	+ 00H 04' 22''	-	-
174	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	134	TEAM JUMBO - VISMA	00H 19' 13''	+ 00H 04' 22''	-	-
175	SEPP KUSS	136	TEAM JUMBO - VISMA	00H 19' 37''	+ 00H 04' 46''

Something ain't right here.

What do you mean?

 

[Jagartrott]

Apparently, there were quite some riders that crashed. DQS would've won it without the Jumbo car, I think.

 

[DNP-Old]

What do you mean?

We saw Powless and Hofstede get taken over by Quick-Step inside the last kilometer. How the hell was Kuss, who basically dropped on the starting podium, only 20 something seconds slower, when we saw him get taken over miles before that?

 

[Carols]

MAL looks good in Red

 

[tobydawq]

We saw Powless and Hofstede get taken over by Quick-Step inside the last kilometer. How the hell was Kuss, who basically dropped on the starting podium, only 20 something seconds slower, when we saw him get taken over miles before that?

Oh, I didn't pay attention to when he was overtaken. Maybe he drafted a bit behind the Deceuninck car?

 

[ice&fire]

We saw Powless and Hofstede get taken over by Quick-Step inside the last kilometer. How the hell was Kuss, who basically dropped on the starting podium, only 20 something seconds slower, when we saw him get taken over miles before that?

Kuss overshoot a corner, was left behind and has made an ITT. Powless and Hofstede just soft pedalled after the crash. Nothing weird here.

 

[Red Rick]

More proof of how ****ing amazing team time trials in stage races are

 

[Anderis]

On Polish Eurosport they said that Kuss had a mechanical very early in the stage. I don't know if they had reliable info but they said it.

 

[tobydawq]

More proof of how ****ing amazing team time trials in stage races are

Crashes can happen in any stage, they are not a valid argument against TTTs, if you ask me.

 

[JosephK]

On Polish Eurosport they said that Kuss had a mechanical very early in the stage. I don't know if they had reliable info but they said it.

The only thing good for Sepp about the mechanical is he was spared the crash later on.

 

[HelloDolly]

Anyone know what the time bonuses are tomorrow

 

[RedheadDane]

Also… Euskadi-Murias might need to get their car fixed...

 

[search]

Anyone know what the time bonuses are tomorrow

10-6-4 at the finish, 3-2-1 at the intermediate sprint, same for every stage

 

[Northerner]

The Jumbo riders who hit the deck were Roglic, Powless, Hofstede and ? Kruijswijk?

 

[DFA123]

Crashes can happen in any stage, they are not a valid argument against TTTs, if you ask me.

I think technical TTTs like this are awesome. Puts a premium on skills like teamwork and bike handling, and more explosive efforts out of corners. Really different skills to other kinds of stages.

And it sets up the GC picture far better than a few dull flat stages.

 

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[Jagartrott]

On Polish Eurosport they said that Kuss had a mechanical very early in the stage. I don't know if they had reliable info but they said it.

I saw one Jumbo rider checking his bike for a long time when he was going on the starting ramp.

 

[Koronin]

Any live feeds working in USA? Fubo and NBC are showing the whole Vuelta, but NOT the prologue - what the f***?

NBCSports and the Olympic Channel have it taped delayed at different times. Olympic Channel it's on a 4 est. NBCsports I think it's in the middle of the night.

 

[DFA123]

Nice bit of satire base on what happened in the Tour Stop the race for some water on the road?

 

[RedheadDane]

Would that even have been possible? Stopping the race...

 

[Lequack]

Would that even have been possible? Stopping the race...

There must be some measures to take in such cases. What if it would have been glass instead of water or something. Not sure how they neutralize the TTT with times so close though.

 

[Koronin]

Also… Euskadi-Murias might need to get their car fixed...

Here's the picture of the car:

 

[Eyeballs Out]

The Jumbo riders who hit the deck were Roglic, Powless, Hofstede and ? Kruijswijk?

Yes, SK was the rider who went over the bars into banner but it looked a soft landing

 

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