Vuelta a España 2019 stage 3: Ibi. Ciudad del Juguete > Alicante 188 km

[sir fly]

De Gendt didn't make Madrazo's life any easier.
Some tired sprinters' legs close to the season's end.

 

[KZD]

Jakobsen, Walscheid and Gaviria dropped on the climb.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Oh well, damp squib it is then

 

[Cinemaniak]

Why wouldn't DQS bring Hodeg to the Vuelta? He's the main guy that has beaten Bennett lately in a pure sprint

 

[Vroome.exe]

Why wouldn't DQS bring Hodeg to the Vuelta? He's the main guy that has beaten Bennett lately in a pure sprint

Jakobsen is much faster than Hodeg, so I don't see how Hodeg is the main guy.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Why wouldn't DQS bring Hodeg to the Vuelta? He's the main guy that has beaten Bennett lately in a pure sprint

There’s pretty much no stage in this race that Hodeg would be likely to finish in the lead group.

 

[sir fly]

Wonder how bad are Gaviria's injuries.
Doesn't look so bad although been dropped.

He won't bridge, it seems.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

If the other sprinters don’t get back, Bennett owes De Gendt a drink.

 

[luckyboy]

Gaviria must be hurting from the crash. What a sad year for him.

 

[Noddy97]

gaviria is showing that he is nothing without quickstep

 

[happytramp]

Maybe they should sign him back.

 

[KZD]

Higuita 3 second bonus, Roglic one.

 

[Cinemaniak]

Jumbo-Visma isn't exactly taking it easy, this Vuelta...

 

[sir fly]

Pretty convincing.
Congrats.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Bennett cares not for lead outs - he just wins by himself

 

[TourOfSardinia]

no surprise today then

 

[Noddy97]

bennett 1/5 is done

 

[Red Rick]

Sagan is really the worst sprinter on his team

 

[Noddy97]

It's so lame to see degenkolb these days. That crash didn't ruin his career but he isn't even close to his best level

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

All too easy for Bennett there.

 

[Sestriere]

Terrible sprint. Everybody all over the place, cutting off opponents. Very unfair, we are lucky there wasn't a huge pile-up. Hardly anyone could actually put together an unobstructed sprint. Oh, and Walscheid can't position himself at all. From 3rd to 15th in one corner.
Not that any of this had any effect on the winner...

 

[Flamin]

There’s pretty much no stage in this race that Hodeg would be likely to finish in the lead group.

What suggests that he is a worse climber than Jakobsen?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Sagan is really the worst sprinter on his team

Well, yeah. Bennett and Ackermann are going to be getting 25 or so wins between them this year.

 

[tobydawq]

What suggests that he is a worse climber than Jakobsen?

The fact that he rides uphill more slowly than him.

 

[Flamin]

The fact that he rides uphill more slowly than him.

Cool. Any useful examples of that?

I'd probably pick Jakobsen over Hodeg as well, because the latter is a bit more irregular at this point, not because he's a worse climber.