I think Roglic and Carthy probably took a little bit of gass off in teh few minutes before the bike switch. Carapaz was gaining time for a minute there.
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It's the opposite situation from Sunday. Back then Carapaz took red, but with less time than hoped. Today Roglic took red, but with less time than hoped.
Martin did better than expected. Mas disappointed with a slower time than Soler. Carthy is the revelation of this Vuelta. Poels will get his second op Top 10.
Martin did better than expected. Mas disappointed with a slower time than Soler. Carthy is the revelation of this Vuelta. Poels will get his second op Top 10.
Weren't the 3 cancelled Dutch stages awarded to Remco, because everyone knows he would've won them anyway? Even if he didn't actually even start the Vuelta
Probably, but I suppose 40s is within the distance that a bad crack at peak fatigue could deliver even riding on Kuss's shoulders.
I still think we'll see an attempted ambush as well
Remco is the moral winner of the Giro. He shouldn't be awarded wins in other concurrent races.
Vuelta isn't over, there is plenty of cold & rain this week. Especially in Covatilla. Roglic should try to gain more time on sprints.
Barta lost the stage on... the bike change.
I think Movistar maybe the king makers of this race
They wont be happy with Mas position and they are theonly team that can take it to TJV
Carapaz may benefit ...but either way he is going to have to do something before Saturday as is Carthy if they want to win
Also Dan Martin needs to do something to get on that podium
They wont be happy with Mas position and they are theonly team that can take it to TJV
Carapaz may benefit ...but either way he is going to have to do something before Saturday as is Carthy if they want to win
Also Dan Martin needs to do something to get on that podium
Still more drama in this stage... Movistar just have to be different...
View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1323665525101203458?s=21
View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1323665525101203458?s=21
Only way Roglic can lose now is a total collapse. It can always happen but it hardly looks likely.
Gesink, Vingegaard, Bennett, Kuss will have it all under control on Covatilla.
Gesink, Vingegaard, Bennett, Kuss will have it all under control on Covatilla.
Except Mas didn't look better than Carthy/Carapaz, he might lose even more time. Movistar would probably go for stage wins especially for Valverde. Valverde with 2/3 other guys to help him wouldn't surprise me.
Expectations (at least my expectations): Roglic to gain a lot of time on his nearest rivals on the flat, consolidate or lose a little on the climb, win comfortably (in GC, not stage win).
Reality: Roglic gained very little on the flat but gained more time on the climb, win comfortably after all (in GC, stage win was very close).
First intermediate times were very weird, finish times actually not that much (apart from an impressive Dan Martin and rather disappointing Enric Mas).
Reality: Roglic gained very little on the flat but gained more time on the climb, win comfortably after all (in GC, stage win was very close).
First intermediate times were very weird, finish times actually not that much (apart from an impressive Dan Martin and rather disappointing Enric Mas).
I guess his disappointing ITT performance was punishment enough... They didn’t want to deduct anymore seconds from him...
Mas bike change looked like he forgot that he has to change bikes so they improvised, otherwise what would be the point of changing bike in a steep corner of all places where your mechanic cant even get a good push off...as we saw with roglic the whole point of that designated pit stop was that it was flatter and jumbo mechanic did a good running push
No, the wind on stage 1 would have blown him back to Belgium anyway.
We don't know yet the punishment, it was kind of a joke my post. But I don't expect anything harsh really. Probably 10 seconds penalty. Not sure what the regulations say.
I guess they tried to keep inertia for as long as possible
I'm not sure of the actual advantage considering the extra time needed to get the bike from the car rack.
I'd say Roglič won it. Barta's bike change was average, Roglič's was excellent. They've learned something from the Tour mistakes. Good to see.
Barta lost the stage on... the bike change.
The regulations say that they can change bike from the car at any point of the race with a push no longer than 5s. It's the push duration what may cost them a punishment, not the bike change.
You are right about every stage being unpredictable right now (especially that it's Vuelta), but one mountain stage in the 3rd week is just not enough.
I remember when Vuelta did this one year, I believe it was the year Cobo "won" it. The toughest challenge in the final week was Pena Cabarga ffs..
that would make sense if all Movistar riders did it at that corner, but they showed Valverde doing the bike change within the area...it was just Mas
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