Vuelta a España 2019 stage 17: Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara > 219.6 km

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Haha, Quintana to podium.

 

[Scarponi]

5.28 gap

 

[King Boonen]

Oh, c'mon. Why would that be a reportable offense? It's not wishing physical harm on a rider like hoping for a crash. That's going too far.

I didn't say it was actionable, I just wanted to see the post in questions and it's an easy way to do it.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Just got in Nice surprise by Nairo.

 

[huangho]

NQ @2:24 on a "transition" stage

 

[Singularitarian]

looks like Astana was pulling so long as a sprinting train for MAL

 

[huangho]

1. Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
2. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) a 2’24”
3. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) a 2’48”
4. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) a 3’42”
5. Miguel Ángel López (Astana Pro Team) a 3’59”
6. Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) a 5’05”

 

[huangho]

Not a chance for him to get the podium, but it was pretty nice to see him in a break working as he did today... Good-old-days Quintana

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Gilbert says on some sections, they rode 75 km/h on flat roads. He can't remember ever going so fast in his career.

 

[SafeBet]

Edet is ninjaing his way out of the top10 today.

 

[jaylew]

Ok, I missed almost the entire stage but I'm really struggling to understand why Astana wouldn't force Pogacar and Roglic to chase. They could have tired them out for tomorrow's stage and Lopez would have a better chance of finishing on the podium by tiring out Pogacar over Nairo. And he wants the young rider's jersey as well. I just don't get it.

 

[Breezy1985]

1. Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
2. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) a 2’24”
3. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) a 2’48”
4. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) a 3’42”
5. Miguel Ángel López (Astana Pro Team) a 3’59”
6. Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) a 5’05”

So do Movi ride for Nairo now ?

Also what did Astana gain from pulling the red and white jerseys along MAL looking like another rider happy to live of GC placings

 

[Singularitarian]

1. Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
2. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) a 2’24”
3. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) a 2’48”

Nairo could have been below 1:30 if Movi did not pull that B-movie trick

 

[Zoophonic]

Call out for James Knox as well. Nice to see his efforts today rewarded with a solid Top Ten on classification.

 

[Noddy97]

I didn't see the stage but it seems is rabofail all over again

 

[repre]

So do Movi ride for Nairo now ?

Also what did Astana gain from pulling the red and white jerseys along MAL looking like another rider happy to live of GC placings

No, they will try their hardest to drop him tomorrow.

 

[Blanco]

Again, I don't buy this. Jumbo were on the edge and Movi took a minute out of the break that Jumbo wasn't going to bring back themselves.

Jumbo, UAE and Astana would work till the end, without Movistar move. The gap to Quintana would be smaller that way, not to mention that there was a possibility to hurt Roglic, but Astana either didn't saw it, or didn't wanted to take advantage of it.

 

[Blanco]

Nairo could have been below 1:30 if Movi did not pull that B-movie trick

No, he would be +3.00

 

[Singularitarian]

Breezy1985 said:
So do Movi ride for Nairo now ?

Also what did Astana gain from pulling the red and white jerseys along MAL looking like another rider happy to live of GC placings

No, they will try their hardest to drop him tomorrow.

unless Nairito "the MoviBreaker" goes to a break again tomorrow and then do a crazy long range solo

 

[King Boonen]

Jumbo, UAE and Astana would work till the end, without Movistar move. The gap to Quintana would be smaller that way, not to mention that there was a possibility to hurt Roglic, but Astana either didn't saw it, or didn't wanted to take advantage of it.

They would work to the end no matter what, Movi just gave them a hand in the chase. Quintana's GC gap would have been under 2minutes.

 

[Blanco]

Not a chance for him to get the podium, but it was pretty nice to see him in a break working as he did today... Good-old-days Quintana

He has a chance alright.

 

[Escarabajo]

Movistar did Ok. It was cycling 101. They did something similar to Sky 3 years ago when Froome was chasing behind. Disrupt the chase. The proof of that is that the Movistar was at the front pulling as well. The problem was Astana. They could have lost the chance to podium today by giving a free ride to Roglic and especially to Pogacar. They killed themselves for practically no gain.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Astana, the new Movistar.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What a stage.. damn. That was the best thing i've seen since ever

 

[Escarabajo]

Is there a collective stupidity award?
We can give it to Astana.
Quintana has no chance. No chance at all. Lopez should just focus on 1 person, Pogacar. He can handle the other in the process. But now his team is tired.