Vuelta a España 2019 stage 18: Communidad de Madrid. Colmenar Viejo -Becerril de la Sierra > 177.5 km

[Lequack]

Quintana the classics rider/sprinter is holding on very good.
PS: He took his radio off.

 

[Bolder]

From 60 km out...we'll see...

 

[Cinemaniak]

What's next for Kuss? Riding the TdF next year, or leading the team at the smaller races?

 

[Singularitarian]

Sepp "The Savior" Kuss holding the gap quite well... while Powless pulling the break (apparently not knowing what's going on behind... for a minute, now at the back)

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Hagen still in there, amazing.

 

[Red Rick]

Soler still there is probably the death of MAL in the next hour

 

[Red Rick]

Majka attacking

 

[ice&fire]

The death of MAL can be Roglic leading the descent

 

[Bolder]

Why is Oliviera not dropping back to help?

 

[Tigerion]

Soler and Kuss the team mates behind?

 

[ice&fire]

Why is Oliviera not dropping back to help?

Because he might be more helpful at the end of the descent

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Soler waiting for Quintana - oh dear, this doesn't fit the narrative

 

[carton]

Why is Oliviera not dropping back to help?

Because Movi goes for the big boy toys.

And just as I say that they prove me wrong. Movi, you're breaking my heart, you're shaking my confidence daily.

 

[Descender]

I never understood how in Spain you can have a dry patch of land that looks like a full-blown desert, and 100 meters away you have a dense forest.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I never understood how in Spain you can have a dry patch of land that looks like a full-blown desert, and 100 meters away you have a dense forest.

Trees have roots that reach the water table
where as the grasses etc don't.

 

[Noddy97]

Lolstar protecting their second place... I'm waiting for those who criticized astana yesterday...

 

[glassmoon]

Sepp, my boi, watcha doin in front? Let the Movi comedians do the work ffs.

 

[SafeBet]

Great descent by Higuita, he gained time on every group behind.

 

[Escarabajo]

Hope Movistar does not make the same mistake that Astana did yesterday!

 

[Scarponi]

Lolstar protecting their second place... I'm waiting for those who criticized astana yesterday...

Astana deserve it

 

[Singularitarian]

Higuita winning Rastafarian sprint

 

[Descender]

Trees have roots that reach the water table
where as the grasses etc don't.

But usually grasslands and bushlands are intermediate areas before deserts.

 

[King Boonen]

Lopez almost pulled back?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Lopez move is already a bust.

He will be caught soon, and then the Movistar captains start attacking and dropping him

Such an early move, was only going to work, if Lopez had 2-3 teammates out in front.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Fuglsang burying himself, to get Izagirre back to the favorites group.