Vuelta a España 2019 stage 12: Navarra - Bilbao > 171.4 km

[Pricey_sky]

Gilbert holds on despite bleeding some time on the run in.

 

[Gigs_98]

Aaand movi did nothing. I wonder why

Uhm...soler is currently setting up valverde's sprint for 20th place?

 

[Carols]

PhilGil!!! Chapeau!

 

[Red Rick]

Even in the break, Rojas gets 4th

 

[sir fly]

Mad racing.
Chapeau, Phil!
Looking good for the World's.

Not an easy they for the GC contenders either.
Tomorrow a stage for them.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Spectacular descending by the Spanish duo. That was close!

 

[Gigs_98]

That was surprisingly close for phil. He looked completely done after the climb

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC dull

 

[luckyboy]

Would've been good to see Aranburu or Barceló win. Never mind..

 

[RedheadDane]

One day, Aranburu. One day, you're gonna get it!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I'm very impressed by Hagen, still sitting in 6th, and largely overlooked

 

[Carols]

Roglic loses team on final climb Doesn't bode well for tomorrow!

Great finale today. I wonder if anyone but MAL attacked Roglic.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Roglic loses team on final climb Doesn't bode well for tomorrow!

Great finale today. I wonder if anyone but MAL attacked Roglic.

Or they have been told to take it easy, because the last climb was such a short one, and he could take care of himself

 

[King Boonen]

Roglic loses team on final climb Doesn't bode well for tomorrow!

Great finale today. I wonder if anyone but MAL attacked Roglic.

Doubt it, group was too big and you'd just get caught coming to the line. Good way to waste energy.

 

[Carols]

Or they have been told to take it easy, because the last climb was such a short one, and he could take care of himself

I hope

 

[skidmark]

Even in the break, Rojas gets 4th

I noticed that, it's been awhile! Made me nostalgic.

 

[Lequack]

Tomorrow's MTF.
PS: It's hard.

 

[Gigs_98]

Or they have been told to take it easy, because the last climb was such a short one, and he could take care of himself

I don't know, JV was in front of the peloton right from where I started to watch and their riders seemed to set a pretty high pace. You don't do that just to deliberately drop back at the only point of the stage where something could have happened in the first place.

 

[huangho]

Machucos and Acebo will tell us the truth about GC, today the pace was hard, tomorrow we'll have 7 climbs and the finish line @Machucos, it's not an easy stage to control and I believe all contenders have to waste energy attacking and defending.

Gotta love the full stage on sunday!!

 

[Gigs_98]

Tomorrow's MTF.
PS: It's hard.

Los Machucos is one of those crazily irregular climbs these sort of profiles just don't do justice.

 

[Lequack]

Los Machucos is one of those crazily irregular climbs these sort of profiles just don't do justice.

Here is a more accurate one

 

[Carols]

Phil on the podium. Is that a roll of quarters or are you happy to see me

 

[Lequack]

Phil on the podium. Is that a roll of quarters or are you happy to see me

Doesn't leave much to the imagination
I guess he was really happy to win.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think Roglic and Lopez look quite a bit alike.