Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2019 stage 11: Saint Palais - Urdax-Dantxarinea > 180km

[RedheadDane]

he didn't specify it, but I guess he was talking about those stages he has a potential chance to win

You don't think Navarro could make a daring escape in Madrid?

 

[RedheadDane]

Madrazo been dropped for good this time, or will he pop up again like the little polka-dotted beachball he is?

 

[Lequack]

Tony Martin is real machine, he's been in the front for like forever now, over climbs and everything.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tony Martin is real machine, he's been in the front for like forever now, over climbs and everything.

No wonder he snail-paced yesterday in the ITT

 

[JosephK]

Iturria in a brave gambit to steal the stage. Now 44 seconds over a small and not well-organized chasing group with 17.5 km to go.

 

[Scarponi]

He will be caught

 

[Scarponi]

Bad camera angle, looks okay

 

[Wvv]

Exciting final, nice and well-deserved victory for Iturria and Euskadi!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

He will be caught

Not so.

 

[Flamin]

Haha what the hell was that.

Try explain that to someone who doesn't regularly follow cycling.

 

[RedheadDane]

That was *** brilliant!

(My cheeks hurt…)

 

[Carols]

First time pro win; chapeau Iturria !

 

[JosephK]

Iturria plays the panache card . . . well played, sir. Chapeau.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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[search]

You don't think Navarro could make a daring escape in Madrid?

Thinking about it, I don't see a single stage he "potentially could win", tbh ;D

 

[yaco]

That was dumb by Howson in the last 1.2km - He had to work with Ghebreigzarbier when they were 40 metres behind Iturria and they fight out the stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

Thinking about it, I don't see a single stage he "potentially could win", tbh ;D

Ye of little faith!

 

[movingtarget]

Strong win by Iturria helped by stop and start riding in the chase group.

 

[ciranda]

Haha what the hell was that.

Try explain that to someone who doesn't regularly follow cycling.

Strongest guy got to the line first. Last 60km were raced hard. The riders who attacked early on paid later, Craddock less so than Izagirre and Aranburu. Strong move at the right time. The others tried hard but were too exhausted to catch Iturria even in the final when they were very close. Normal result I think.

 

[Northerner]

Were Bidard and Lastra spent or playing the game - from Lastra's finish I think the latter. Case of the chase group preferring that none of them won rather than pulling someone else to the line.

 

[sir fly]

So the witch-hunt failed... A nice victory on home turf for Iturria and his team.
Pulled the move at the right place and had enough to hold on. Once they closed to single-digit seconds and failed to catch him, discord in the group was inevitable.
Congrats.

 

[jmdirt]

I love it when a break succeeds!

 

[Flamin]

Strongest guy got to the line first. Last 60km were raced hard. The riders who attacked early on paid later, Craddock less so than Izagirre and Aranburu. Strong move at the right time. The others tried hard but were too exhausted to catch Iturria even in the final when they were very close. Normal result I think.

The others tried hard? In the final 15km the chasing group literally didn't collaborate for longer than 30 seconds without someone skipping turns, staring at each other etc.

If they did, they would have caught Iturria whenever they wanted. Obviously it's common dynamics in cycling for a chasing group to not work together optimally but this was quite a baffling example of stubbornness. Interesting to watch nevertheless, but probably difficult to understand for someone who doesn't watch cycling very often.

 

[Finn84]

Now we need just Caja Rural to take a stage somewhere.