Vuelta a España 2019 stage 7: Onda > Mas de la Costa 183.2km

[DFA123]

Great ride by all of the Big Four. Roglic looking the most impressive for me right now.

 

[tobydawq]

Valverde rides to sprint

Not to win GTs

WTF?

 

[Rollthedice]

Roglic the big winner with that TT coming up after the weekend.

He was the winner before the Vuelta started, just confirming he is on his way.

 

[Escarabajo]

Finally, Movistar with good tactics and delivering!

 

[JosephK]

Valverde was Valverdeing. Roglic very strong. MAL and Quintana right there. There's your top 4 in GC (maybe Pogacar with time trial?) barring crashes or injury.

 

[Pricey_sky]

He was the winner before the Vuelta started, just confirming he is on his way.

Hope you are right.

 

[DFA123]

He was the winner before the Vuelta started, just confirming he is on his way.

He was the winner of the Giro before that started as well.

 

[Big Doopie]

LOL!

i guess all the crap he's done has truly altered his physiognomy forever.

 

[carton]

Enjoyed that one. Nice little teaser for the mountains to come.

 

[POLI]

Hello everybody.
New here, but a life-long cycling fan, although I do not ride a road bike. I love mountain biking.

Movistar is fighting for stages, which is sad, as they are unable to fight for the GC. This is not a team, but a band.
Of which I am happy about, because of the long history of bad economic and political facts linked to them and its previous companies.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

GC

 

[Escarabajo]

He was the winner of the Giro before that started as well.

He was the winner of the Giro on day 1. Then it confirmed it on the TT. Oh well!

 

[JosephK]

This Vuelta is already a success for Valverde (and Quintana, with his stage win).

 

[Rollthedice]

He was the winner of the Giro before that started as well.

To those who forgot Nibali was riding. Nobody thought about Carapaz.

 

[sir fly]

What have they done with the real Nairoman?
Valverde looks very solid. Congrats.
Superman good despite unfavourable terrain.
Roglic according to expectations.
Aru coming back.
MS duo will be interesting to watch.

Good murito entertainment.

 

[hfer07]

Don Alejandro = imperious. Superb work by Nairito.

at this point, this is Roglic's vuelta to lose...

 

[Escarabajo]

I am more shock of Quintana's performance than of Roglic!

 

[Blanco]

Valverde rides to sprint

Not to win GTs

Nah, he just loves to win, day in day out!

 

[Carols]

He was the winner before the Vuelta started, just confirming he is on his way.

Its Not over until it's over! Long way to go.....

 

[Rollthedice]

I am more shock of Quintana's performance than of Roglic!

True. Mistery man from Boyaca.

 

[Gigs_98]

Great ride by all of the Big Four. Roglic looking the most impressive for me right now.

Agree with your post but I find it almost sad that those four riders are the big four of this race. I just really cannot get excited about this gc field

 

[Scarponi]

Perfect plan executed by Movistar for once. Quintana proving people wrong, He got the raw stick at the tour., obvoiusly he and Valverde has sorted it out.

 

[Cinemaniak]

Superman good despite unfavourable terrain.

Unfavourable terrain? Lopez doesn't like climbing?

 

[Scarponi]

Agree with your post but I find it almost sad that those four riders are the big four of this race. I just really cannot get excited about this gc field

Who else could really make it exciting though?
Thomas LOL Carapez (one off?) time trialling boredom Dumolin?

GC riding is pretty piss poor in 2019. Semi average riders are winning GTs

 

[Cance > TheRest]

What have they done with the real Nairoman?
Valverde looks very solid. Congrats.
Superman good despite unfavourable terrain.
Roglic according to expectations.
Aru coming back.
MS duo will be interesting to watch.

Good murito entertainment.

I think the climb today is a little bit too hard and long to be categorized as non-Lopez terrain. He should be worried that Roglic beat him.

About Nieve and Chaves, I suppose it will be interesting how they change plans for this Vuelta, because surely their below-par performances today have not made them more interesting in the GC battle, quite the contrary.