Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 11 (Villaviciosa › Alto de La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo 170km)

[klintE]

Gaudu easy

 

[Krokro]

Pathetic GC riders, I'm done with GT

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Soler power might not be the future after all.

The Gaudu scream > The Wilhelm scream.

 

[lenric]

Boring

 

[Eclipse]

Pathetic.

Well done to Gaudu for winning and Soler for trying

 

[spalco]

That was *** terrible.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Disappointed but not really surprised. Good ride from Gaudu and Soler though.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

If every stage finished 200m earlier, Carthy would be far closer on GC.

 

[Lequack]

It was predictable that a GC fight would not happen today with Angliru tomorrow.

 

[Red Rick]

Great job by Soler taking the absolute least possible out of a good situation

 

[hrotha]

What an awful stage.

I see Roglič and Jumbo learned precisely nothing from the Tour fiasco.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Look at how relaxed Kuss was at the end. What a complete waste. Jumbo's main tactic appears to be "scare everybody from attacking by having Kuss in reserve" but then they're pinned to the level of their third best rider which means the entire GC mix can ride in comfortably, and they just look bereft of any idea how to do anything else.

 

[Unchained]

Great finish!! Sepp Kuss is a mutant..if looking relaxed wins races his trophy shelf is going to be full.. Jumbo looks stacked coming up the grade everyone just spinning like a coffee ride.. I really didn't expect that from Sunweb.

 

[TomLPC]

Kirby saying there's a decent chance of it shitting it down tomorrow.

Hopefully there's another rain jacket fiasco.

 

[Fernandez]

Shity stage. Three factors killed the action: the hardness of the stage, the power of Jumbo and the Angliru tomorrow

 

[Alexandre B.]

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Great finish!! Sepp Kuss is a mutant..if looking relaxed wins races his trophy shelf is going to be full.. Jumbo looks stacked coming up the grade everyone just spinning like a coffee ride.. I really didn't expect that from Sunweb.

Nah, why would he look stressed, when he only bothers to try on a few select stages, and in half of those Jumbo give him the day off?

 

[Red Rick]

What an awful stage.

I see Roglič and Jumbo learned precisely nothing from the Tour fiasco.

This might make sense of Roglic got criticism continuously for not attacking on stages where he got soundly beaten anyway.

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic was just giving a powerpoint presentation on how to not give a 1s time gap away

 

[KZD]

What an awful stage.

I see Roglič and Jumbo learned precisely nothing from the Tour fiasco.

Carapaz is not Pogačar and he already won three stages in this Vuelta and with such a hard stage tomorrow there wasn't a strong reason to do more

 

[klintE]

There are 3 things absolutely certain in this world: death, taxes and useless Movistar tactics

 

[Eyeballs Out]

2011 had an easier version of this stage and Angliru the next day but there was at least some GC action then (Cobo gained some time)

 

[hrotha]

Carapaz is not Pogačar and he already won three stages in this Vuelta and with such a hard stage tomorrow there wasn't a strong reason to do more

Sure, there is never a reason until suddenly there is.
And Pogačar wasn't Pogačar either until he pulled a Pogačar.

 

[Lequack]

Look at how relaxed Kuss was at the end. What a complete waste. Jumbo's main tactic appears to be "scare everybody from attacking by having Kuss in reserve" but then they're pinned to the level of their third best rider which means the entire GC mix can ride in comfortably, and they just look bereft of any idea how to do anything else.

I do agree they could've tried something, especially with Carapaz being isolated. You never know when you might need more advantage, as seen in the Tour.

 

[SafeBet]

There are 3 things absolutely certain in this world: death, taxes and useless Movistar tactics

It was the only GC team that came to race today.