Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 12 (Pola de Laviana > Alto de l'Angliru, 109.4 km)

[Lequack]

Wladimir Belli said 43'23" on ES Italia.

So number 4 on the time standings:

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

looks like Mas is trying to copy valverde's hair

nobody chooses Valverde’s hair, Valverde’s hair chooses them

 

[Forever The Best]

I'm pretty sure they're all terrible apart from Roglic who's one of the best in the world on the parcours they're given.

Carapaz did decently in San Marino ITT in Giro. And Mas did decently in Planches des Belles Filles ITT too. But yes, Roglic should take big time in all unless he's massively fatigued/has a bad day.

 

[Red Rick]

The top 7 were extremely evenly matched. Roglic was probably the worst but being the 7th best climber on that sort of mtf sounds a lot worse than it actually went for Roglic.

Shades of 2018 Zoncolan.

 

[JosefK]

Without Kuss, Roglic probably loses a minute today.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

If Carapaz only gains 10 seconds on Angliru then how will he take back much more than that after the TT?

It's likely he can't. Rogla has it in the bag, today he only had to defend himself and he did it quite nicely.

 

[Descender]

All-in Carthy.

You can thank me later.

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[roundabout]

oh hey, just 5 jumbos in the top 18 of the stage again, despite 2 of them working and then having no reason to ride hard after their work was done

 

[jnormanroach]

43:28 climbing time for Hugh Carthy

 

[Red Rick]

Carapaz did decently in San Marino ITT in Giro. And Mas did decently in Planches des Belles Filles ITT too. But yes, Roglic should take big time in all unless he's massively fatigued/has a bad day.

I honestly don't consider Mas for the GC win anymore.

But for Carapaz I'd been specifically looking for the intermediate splits of the San Marino ITT, because I'm pretty sure Roglic put over a minute into Carapaz on the flat first 20km. Carapaz got 3rd on the KOM that stage (should've a glaringly red signal he was flying) and he still lost 1'55 to Roglic.

 

[JosefK]

WTF?

43' 28"? That would be almost as fast as Chris Horner in 2013.

 

[Lequack]

Without Kuss, Roglic probably loses a minute today.

It seemed he had trouble spinning the gears in some places, so I wonder why they didnt put on an easier gear on his bike.

 

[Red Rick]

43:28 climbing time for Hugh Carthy

That time is so unbelievably 2011.

 

[ngent41]

That time is so unbelievably 2011.

does that mean hugh carthy is gonna win the next 4 tours?

 

[LaFlorecita]

oh hey, just 5 jumbos in the top 18 of the stage again, despite being 2 of them working and then having no reason to ride hard after their work was done

Bennett got dropped so early but then seemed to fight with all his power to finish as close to the front group as possible. Strange.

 

[perico]

Mas still has a gap, but he’s a better TTer than Carapaz, but Richard will put in a solid ride on Tuesday. Mas should put a minute at least into Dan Martin unless Martin rides the TT of his life. Carthy hasn’t been great in TTs, he put in a very good TT in the first one at the Giro last year.

I expect Roglic to have a cushion over the rest of them after Tuesday though.

I love La Vuelta. Great stage.

 

[Forever The Best]

So it is ITT in stage 13 vs La Covatilla in stage 17 for the win. Stage 16 doesn't seem hard enough for a GC action.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Carthy. It's incredible how inefficient his climbing style was but he still won at the end. Carapaz tried but it wasn't enough to put more time into Roglic, who limited his losses and is one step closer to winning the Vuelta. There is only one more dangerous climb and a TT on tuesday, when he should put over a minute into Carapaz.

Without Kuss, Roglic probably loses a minute today.

I don't think so. On such big gradients holding wheel doesn't help physically, every rider has to overcome gradient by himself. It's easier mentally ofc. Maybe he would have lost 15-20 seconds more.

 

[JosefK]

It seemed he had trouble spinning the gears in some places, so I wonder why they didnt put on an easier gear on his bike.

This is Jumbo, after all.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

That time is so unbelievably 2011.

Nibali "I've still got the best numbers" did 43:35 in 2013. Perhaps the stage was very different? Still, today was fairly short (if loaded).

 

[Anybody_but..]

What happened?

Was trying the same as Nibali, with the same result.
Trying to show muscles having no muscles.

 

[ngent41]

This is Jumbo, after all.

they've already got it installed on his TT bike

 

[Bolder]

It seemed he had trouble spinning the gears in some places, so I wonder why they didnt put on an easier gear on his bike.

I agree, but he’s not a cadence climber like Martin or Froome. I’d have been riding a 34 in the back. Or even a 44...

 

[Koronin]

The overall is between Roglic and Carapaz. However there are still 3 riders capable of getting that last podium spot.

 

[titan31]

I honestly don't consider Mas for the GC win anymore.

But for Carapaz I'd been specifically looking for the intermediate splits of the San Marino ITT, because I'm pretty sure Roglic put over a minute into Carapaz on the flat first 20km. Carapaz got 3rd on the KOM that stage (should've a glaringly red signal he was flying) and he still lost 1'55 to Roglic.

I could see Mas putting in a decent bit of time on Carapaz, Carthy and Martin in the TT. Roglic will put in a chunk on all 4.

However Mas is the only one with a strong team around him that those stages after Tuesday, they could do something