Vuelta a España 2019 stage 19: Ávila - Toledo > 165.2 km

[Strawberry_Jams]

The bunch isn't split up by crosswinds... This is just dirty tactics.

No, but it would have been. I'm not saying its right. Its just awkward

 

[Salvarani]

Anybody who whines it is a race, cant just stop

Unfortunate but some times bad luck is what makes you lose.

 

[Cinemaniak]

I love cycling

Me too, but I can't have any sympathy for these Movistar-clowns.

 

[sir fly]

Anybody care to elaborate on what happened? I'm not watching.
Perhaps I am the new Gigs.

A crash just before exposed roads.
At the moment the pace wasn't picked up yet, but soon after Movi stepped up and there you go.
Controversy in making.

 

[Red Rick]

Nah guys.

We must finally appreciate the great champion that is Alejandro Valverde for he is riding for the win and showing 2nd place isnt enough

 

[Salvarani]

Cmon, now they are waiting?

Thats b***

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nah guys.

We must finally appreciate the great champion that is Alejandro Valverde for he is riding for the win and showing 2nd place isnt enough

Only when he doesn't have to take actual risks I suppose...

 

[perico]

Phil Liggett “Movistar just read twitter and it’s smoking.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Movistar sitting up

 

[Singularitarian]

movi giving up

 

[repre]

Nah guys.

We must finally appreciate the great champion that is Alejandro Valverde for he is riding for the win and showing 2nd place isnt enough

It is enough apparently.

 

[glassmoon]

So apparently Movi got bossed?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Damn. I would love for Movistar to keep riding. Makes for a great race.

 

[Parrulo]

Damn. I would love for Movistar to keep riding. Makes for a great race.

A race is a race. They should have kept riding

 

[ice&fire]

Those who planned to switch on with 20km to go won't miss anything

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Fraile having a few "words" with Valverde

 

[Pantani_lives]

Tony Martin abandons.

 

[glassmoon]

Tony Martin abandons.

Damn

 

[Bushman]

Shane Archbold. Incredible hair-do!

That’s amazing

 

[Lequack]

Tony Martin abandons.

Crap. He was fundemental to Jumbo this Vuelta, I was really lookign forward to him finishing it up with the team.

 

[Salvarani]

Excitement killed instantly smh

 

[entre nous]

How a writer would title this MS manoeuvre: "15 minutes of soul searching of an old man"?

 

[Bolder]

Damn. I would love for Movistar to keep riding. Makes for a great race.

There would have been a fistfight at the finish line, and rightly so. You don't attack the jersey on a flat stage after a crash, and honestly even in the mountains it would be hard to justify.

 

[Lequack]

Video of the crash

https://twitter.com/x/status/1172511079802515456

View: https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1172511079802515456

https://twitter.com/x/status/1172515580651409410

View: https://twitter.com/ciclismortve/status/1172515580651409410

 

[glassmoon]

lol Wiggo... what a clown