Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2020: Rest day 1 talk/poll

[BlueRoads]

Someone asked for pictures of hair cuts for the first rest day. Here's a picture from rest day 1 press conference for Movistar's 3 leaders.

They should really work with Alpecin. All of them with more hair than I remember.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Someone asked for pictures of hair cuts for the first rest day. Here's a picture from rest day 1 press conference for Movistar's 3 leaders.

You can tell by their outfits, that Mas is the protected rider.

It looks like a parent-teacher conference.

 

[Fernandez]

How many of his victories would trade Valverde to have normal hair?

 

[Anderis]

Not that I insist he is going to win but such a weird choice to leave Carthy out of the poll when he is sitting 2nd in GC and has outclimbed every other GC contender on the last mountain finish.

 

[Eclipse]

Someone asked for pictures of hair cuts for the first rest day. Here's a picture from rest day 1 press conference for Movistar's 3 leaders.

There aren't too many riders I think are flattered by a helmet but...

 

[Koronin]

Soler has more hair, than Mas and Valverde combined.

LOL, you're right he does. Even funnier is he's a year older than Mas.

Valverde has more hair than he had 15 years ago.

Not quite. This is Alejandro 15 years ago. Since then it just appears to depend.

 

[Jamaican Jerk Chicken]

Sheesh he looks like a young andre rieu on that picture

 

[LeChuck]

It would be better if all the top riders actually stayed in this race past the first half imo... Let's not have another GT where the top two never even made a top 10 before

I agree, but Thomas and Yates were already out by the 1st rest day though, so it's not related with TGH not considered in the mix at that point. He just did not look that good in the beginning of the race and became better as the race went on

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

How many of his victories would trade Valverde to have normal hair?

It's Mas that has a problem. He only has 4 pro wins, and 2 of them aren't worth a hair on my head.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

It's Mas that has a problem. He only has 4 pro wins, and 2 of them aren't worth a hair on my head.

Well, that answers the question. Mas would trade 2 of his victories so that Valverde could have normal hair.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Considering the age of the previous 2 GT winners, I'm going Mas.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Strange that Carthy is not in the poll, not expecting him to win but he is second in the gc, and deserves to be second.

For my vote, if the Giro is anything to go by the winner will be some random British Ineos domestique who has already lost time, such as (checks startlist...) that guy Chris Froome

 

[will-10]

Richie has looked great, but it's 2020 so Soler probably wins.

 

[Lequack]

Strange that Carthy is not in the poll, not expecting him to win but he is second in the gc, and deserves to be second.

For my vote, if the Giro is anything to go by the winner will be some random British Ineos domestique who has already lost time, such as (checks startlist...) that guy Chris Froome

I forgot to add him when creating the poll and then was to embarrassed to add him later.

 

[Lequack]

No positive coronavirus tests on first rest day, good news.

"After having been tested preceding the official start in Irun as well as upon their arrival on La Vuelta as a part of the “race bubble”, riders and staff involved in the race were tested a 3rd time during the 1st rest day. The objective of the screening campaign is to guarantee the health of the race for the riders and accredited personnel in the face of the novel coronavirus.
Overall, each of the 684 tests carried out returned negative results.
The organisers of La Vuelta and the UCI would like to thank all of the teams and riders for their collaboration and for the vigilance that they have shown and will continue to show up until the finish in Madrid."

Joint Unipublic-UCI statement concerning the testing campaign carried out on the first rest day of la Vuelta 2020

www.uci.org