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

[Samu Cuenca]

Barta lost the stage on... the bike change.

If they weren't about to before the stage Movistar Will definitely sign him now.

 

[solo80k]

I think the race is widely open so far. 1 minute difference between Roglic and Carthy/Carapaz is fully possible on last MTF.

 

[Rollthedice]

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.

They had it under control in the bus heading for the first stage. Roglic is the second best Slovenian Grand Tour rider, this means he is head and shoulders above any GT contender at the moment.

 

[Billie]

Still more drama in this stage... Movistar just have to be different...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1323665525101203458

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1323665525101203458?s=21

It was from the team car. That is always allowed. You can always change bike form the team car. If someone had a flat halfway up the climb he had to walk back down to change bikes?

 

[johnymax]

Split times from 2nd time check to the finish:

La Vuelta ciclista a España 2020 Stage 13 (ITT) results

La Vuelta ciclista a España 2020 Stage 13 (ITT) from Muros to Mirador de Ãzaro was won by Primož RogliÄ before Will Barta and Nelson Oliveira. Primož RogliÄ was leading the general classification.

www.procyclingstats.com

Dan Martin was excellent. He probably was the fastest on the climb or close 2nd to Roglič.

 

[Leinster]

Split times from 2nd time check to the finish:

La Vuelta ciclista a España 2020 Stage 13 (ITT) results

La Vuelta ciclista a España 2020 Stage 13 (ITT) from Muros to Mirador de Ãzaro was won by Primož RogliÄ before Will Barta and Nelson Oliveira. Primož RogliÄ was leading the general classification.

www.procyclingstats.com

Dan Martin was excellent. He probably was the fastest on the climb or close 2nd to Roglič.

ES showed a graphic where he was 16s slower than Roglic on the climb, iirc.

I think it’s Martin’s best ever result in a GT ITT, and might even be his best in a WT race.

 

[Red Rick]

ES showed a graphic where he was 16s slower than Roglic on the climb, iirc.

I think it’s Martin’s best ever result in a GT ITT, and might even be his best in a WT race.

Remember that silly climbing prologue in the 2016 Dauphine?

 

[Oldermanish]

It was from the team car. That is always allowed. You can always change bike form the team car. If someone had a flat halfway up the climb he had to walk back down to change bikes?

They should have had one sitting there, too.

 

[Oldermanish]

But Evenepoel would've matched that on stage 3.

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

Yeah, Remco is killing it now....keep an eye on Froome, though. They may be equals next season.

 

[Leinster]

Remember that silly climbing prologue in the 2016 Dauphine?

Oh wow, yeah.

I know we give other races a hard time sometimes. But that “prologue” was such a completely Dauphiné thing to do.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah, Remco is killing it now....keep an eye on Froome, though. They may be equals next season.

Aren't they already equals? One isn't racing, and the other is Remco.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Just checking in. Did Ganna win this thing??

 

[Ulle97]

Just checking in. Did Ganna win this thing??

He isn't in the Vuelta...... Roglic won.

 

[Oldermanish]

Just checking in. Did Ganna win this thing??

He could have if Remco soft pedaled and let him take it.

 

[Red Rick]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1323681086992453634

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1323681086992453634

 

[Krzysztof_O]

When Roglic had only 20 seconds over Carapaz after majority of the TT I thought the difference between them would be surprisingly small. However Primoz rode great uphill (opposite to the TdF TT) and added substantially to his advantage there. Congrats on his 4th stage victory. Domination? No way, he's just dozens of seconds ahead of his two rivals. Who knows, Carthy may shock us on Covatilla.

 

[Red Rick]

La Covatilla would need to produce bigger gaps than the Angliru, against a very, very strong defensive team.

 

[batalyaw]

Obviously roglic has done the first part keeping his strength, I think he is wrong in interpreting that he lost the Tour because of that ... I think it was the pressure of the references he received about Pogacar.

 

[Ramira]

La Covatilla would need to produce bigger gaps than the Angliru, against a very, very strong defensive team.

I think the problem for both Carapaz and Carthy is that JV is so much stronger. Which will make it very hard to take the time required. Even if Carapaz wins the stage and Roglic isn't top 5 he'd still need 29 seconds (or 28 not sure on the tenths).

I think if they want to win they might have to work together. I think leaving it to La Covatilla would put Roglic in a very strong position. But the next 3 days are probably not hard enough to break open the race. But maybe if they work together they can put JV under pressure somehow.

I guess it might help that Martin is about a minute back on both of them. And Movistar might try something as well, which will only help since Mas is too far behind to threaten their podium.

All that being said, I think Roglic should be heavily favoured at this point.

 

[Red Rick]

Obviously roglic has done the first part keeping his strength, I think he is wrong in interpreting that he lost the Tour because of that ... I think it was the pressure of the references he received about Pogacar.

That made him worse, but I don't think he would've saved that Tour without that. Don't think it would've made a full minute differences

 

[broppo]

rain expected for Covatilla on saturday, let the carnage begin! Froome to drop all jumbobots and then carapaz finishing the job!

 

[Red Rick]

Not sure where the 'rain is enough' thing comes from.

It's about the damn jackets.

 

[Rackham]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1323681086992453634

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1323681086992453634

Which confirms the fact Roglic is the best climber in this Vuelta, bar l'Angliru. I'd say for Jumbo the greatest danger comes from the stages where the usual "disasters" can happen, such as crosswind chaos initiated by Movistar, flat tyres at the wrong time & crashes. Because I just can't see Carapaz or Carthy dropping Roglic on Saturday's ascent finish.

This is just not hard enough:

Jumbo can set the tempo hard in those higher gradients & then the final part is no worse than the Alto de Moncalvillo (which Roglic won).

In any case, this has been a really exciting Vuelta, even Roglic winning the time trial for 1 second is epic. What's not to love? i.e. who wants total domination by one guy when we get such memorable (& dare I say human) performances? Good stuff.

 

[Fernandez]

Movistar (Lastras) explained they changed the bike after the change zone because the zone was on the start of the climb and at that point you arrived with speed from the flat part. So that way they thought was better to use that impulse and change after the zone.
They said is perfectly legal.

 

[gavia88]

Well, the final climb Saturday is clearly not a monster and probably doesn't deserve the category especial Unipublic is giving it. But a decent 1st category it is. And already produced some decent racing (not always, especially when covatilla is in the beginning of the Vuelta). On a first glance the stage is not to hard neither. But it's the whole day up and down. And it's the end of a grand tour, even Sestiere easy side produced some gaps And with the 3th and 2nd category just before the final climb, if they race those climb as it is one big final climb and they reduced the peloton before the last 7 steep kilometers till an elite group, 30 seconds is not impossible.

Furthermore, especially Thursday (very long) and Friday (well, not that difficult) maybe the teams from Movistar, EF and Ineos can try to split the field. You never know. Last year Roglic missed an echolon in the final week as well.

But, sure Roglic is in a very good position for now.