Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2019 stage 10: Jurançon-Pau > 36.2km ITT

[Lequack]

 

[hfer07]

Roglic already cooling down with the cool look while Quintanita is struggling to cross the line....

 

[Escarabajo]

Quintana and MAL should never be gc contenders. Every gt should have at least 40 km of time trials ans these dudes can even be decent. Change your focus and try to win the polka dot

Please not this again.
Whether they are or not GC contenders depends on the other riders not them.

 

[Red Rick]

No

Great argument

 

[70kmph]

Quintana +3min

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Soler 8th good ride.

 

[cineteq]

MAL should get a penalty for that lol

He deserves a penalty. That was blatant

 

[Gigs_98]

not so subtle as he was changing position to draft him; should be a penalty

The word sublte might have been sarcastic

 

[huangho]

Roglic on the roller while NQ still on route... Epic!!

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Solid drafting effort there from Lopez. Great TT by his standards though, and probably shows that Roglic wasn't out of this world. Not that he needed to be.

Quintana and MAL should never be gc contenders. Every gt should have at least 40 km of time trials ans these dudes can even be decent. Change your focus and try to win the polka dot

Did you enjoy watching Wiggo and Froome annihilate everyone in 2012? I didn't.

 

[hfer07]

oh that's right - Roglic became a father recently !!! Congrats!!

 

[topt]

No

yes

 

[LaFlorecita]

Final top-3 prediction: Roglic, Lopez, Pogacar

 

[Asero831]

10 seconds penalty to Lopez coming...

 

[Lequack]

I'm more surprised that Lopez was only 20 seconds slower than Valverde. I was sure the difference between them would be more. I guess I was expecting Valverde to be close to +1min than +1:40.

 

[Bolder]

I dunno, as a fan of good racing I think this will create space for more attacks on Roglic. Even if Quintana looked bad in the ITT, he looked fine in the climbing stages and maybe even a touch stronger than Roglic.

Pogacar probably lost 30 seconds or so by going out too fast, but he's clearly in the podium hunt now too.

 

[SafeBet]

Seems like the helicopter pilot wasn't Italian this time.

 

[Lequack]

 

[King Boonen]

Worried Pogacar wasted energy there, GTs are marathons, not sprints.

GC anyone?

Edit: Thanks Lequack!

 

[huangho]

NQ blew up +3:06
MAL not too bad +2:00
Bala just OK +1:38
Poga impressive +1:29
Roglic... No words!!

Ambush coming soon

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar still would need to make almost a minute to on the podium though, either on Valverde or Lopez.

 

[SafeBet]

I'm more surprised that Lopez was only 20 seconds slower than Valverde. I was sure the difference between them would be more. I guess I was expecting Valverde to be close to +1min than +1:40.

Superman rode a very good time trial by his standards. He measured his effort well and wasn't easy to catch for Roglic in the end. I need to check the numbers but he was very close to Valverde and Pogacar times in the flat section, perhaps even faster.

 

[hfer07]

wow....
Roglic just smoked them out

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

some what depressing, sob!

 

[Lequack]

oh that's right - Roglic became a father recently !!! Congrats!!

His wife and baby waiting at the finish