Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 13 (Muros > Mirador de Ézaro 33.7 km ITT)

[Red Rick]

Might take me a day or so to unclench my bum hole

 

[benzwire]

That would have been Barta's best day ever, I feel bad for him.

 

[Lequack]

 

[richwallone]

4th stage win for Roglic in this Vuelta!!!

 

[Bolder]

I take back what I said about Roglic. Helluva ride. Bummed for Barta, though.

I kind of like these gimmicky TTs, certainly much better than a flat one, where you don't even need to watch to know what's happening.

 

[titan31]

Can't see either Ineos or EF having the ability to attack Jumbo over the next 3 days, and Roglic will take time on them if it comes down to a sprint.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Looks like Carapaz started too fast. Roglic paced himself really well, but looking at the gaps you'd hve to call it another T below the expectations in the 3rd week.

Especially given it's only stage 13 this time.

 

[bob.a.feet]

and +44 for Carthy iirc

why tf is the final week so weak? It would have been such an amazing fight for the win in Madrid

I kind of like it. With the GC still open, stages that might otherwise have been a bit meh will be raced aggressively.

I'm not so sure Carapaz can take back 40s on just stage 17 alone so he'll have to try on the other stages. Stage 16 looks like it could be one to watch.

 

[saganftw]

bizzare TT when carapaz holds relatively well on flat, but fades on the climb...it does look like angliru was just too steep for roglic, but the condition is there

 

[SafeBet]

I don't think this is over. Not even close.
I actually expect Chris Froome to pull a Dennis in one of the next stages.

 

[Red Rick]

Especially given it's only stage 13 this time.

It's like stage 80 of the Vuelta that should've been.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

4th stage win for Roglic in this Vuelta!!!

But Evenepoel would've matched that on stage 3.

Roglic is the clear favourite, but sh*t may happen in the coming days.

 

[Red Rick]

I don't think this is over. Not even close.
I actually expect Chris Froome to pull a Dennis in one of the next stages.

We will bring the snow to La Covatilla ourselves.

 

[Fernandez]

Lastras (Movistar DS) said they will try something in the next stages

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Did Grosschartner get even 1 second of TV time?

 

[Red Rick]

Lastras (Movistar DS) said they will try something in the next stages

Did they lose the team GC lead?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

But Evenepoel would've matched that on stage 3.

Roglic is the clear favourite, but sh*t may happen in the coming days.

What a silly thing to say. If Evenepoel were here, Roglic would have won 0 stages by now, and Evenepoel would have matched that before the start.

 

[Bolder]

As far as I'm concerned we can just jump to the Covatilla climb. I keep looking at the profile and thinking that Martin, at least, will attack early. Why not? As for the rest, I think JV can control anything that Ineos throws at them, tbh, and Roglic might have this in the ... bag.

 

[Leinster]

and +44 for Carthy iirc

why tf is the final week so weak? It would have been such an amazing fight for the win in Madrid

There's no sprint stages in the final week, so they'd be set for an ambush. Except the leader has comfortably the strongest team, and the next strongest, Movistar, are now 3.23 off the lead and nearly 2 minutes off the podium.

 

[Red Rick]

Looks like Carapaz started too fast. Roglic paced himself really well, but looking at the gaps you'd hve to call it another T below the expectations in the 3rd week.

I'd say it's 20% Roglic underperforming and 80% Carapaz/Carthy overperforming.

Mas got crushed by Roglic a lot harder than in the Tour.

 

[johnymax]

No Pogacar here though. His performance wasn't all that different from the Tour.

I agree. I think both of his performances are similar. Not amazing but not bad. A good performance nonetheless. He saved the day in the end considering at 25km he was practically s.t. with Carthy, only 18s ahead of Carapaz and for the stage win didn't look good either.

I'm gutted for Barta though. If Rogla came in 2nd at s.t. wouldn't be bad either.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

In light of Angliru (Roglic lost <30s), Vuelta should be over, no?

 

[Red Rick]

What a silly thing to say. If Evenepoel were here, Roglic would have won 0 stages by now, and Evenepoel would have matched that before the start.

Would make 30km solos on those short uphill finish cause he has 0 punch.

 

[Red Rick]

I agree. I think both of his performances are similar. Not amazing but not bad. A good performance nonetheless. He saved the day in the end considering at 25km he was practically s.t. with Carthy, only 18s ahead of Carapaz and for the stage win didn't look good either.

I'm gutted for Barta though. If Rogla came in 2nd at s.t. wouldn't be bad either.

Arguably it might be down to lack of practice in ITT or something like that rather than third weekism.

 

[Eclipse]

I kind of like these gimmicky TTs, certainly much better than a flat one, where you don't even need to watch to know what's happening.

Yeah, it was quite a bit more engaging than the usual imo and the jarring split made it a bit more tense (who was going to smash the finale vs fail)

bizzare TT when carapaz holds relatively well on flat, but fades on the climb...it does look like angliru was just too steep for roglic, but the condition is there

I think he probably just went a bit too deep on the flat, might have flown up the climb on another day but traded +30s going into it. Always hard to know the right plan when there's more calculations than just distance