Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 17 (Sequeros > Alto de la Covatilla , 178.2 km)

[saganftw]

heres whats gonna happen, froome with carapaz attack, kuss pulls a finger out of his nose and bridges the gap, thats it, thanks for watching

 

[Eclipse]

When Eurosports coverage began at 11 I wasn't expecting 20 mins of rainy summit footage, jaunty guitar mixes and slo mo stage winners and losers

e: ok apparently no coverage due to weather until 11.45 gmt

 

[ice&fire]

Airplanes relaying the TV signal are late because of weather conditions at the start of the stage

 

[Carols]

Sigh, getting up at 5AM to watch highlights and fog/clouds isn't optimal. I hear there will be pictures soon?

 

[Billie]

images

 

[SafeBet]

I can't see sh*t but the weather doesn't look very good.

 

[Carols]

Images, they are stomping it!

 

[Carols]

Giant move off the front 30 riders?

 

[Eclipse]

Yay pictures and an absolutely giant break

 

[Carols]

Trek, Bahrain, Cofidis....commercial LOL

 

[ice&fire]

Half UAE in the break including De La Cruz. Matxin is up to something.

 

[Eclipse]

Fair play to UAE actually doing something as a team even if they can't do much meaningful (barring something absurd).

 

[Red Rick]

If Jumbo really don't like this break they can just drill this next climb and catch or shatter the breakaway.

 

[BlueRoads]

UAE trolling Jumbo? De la Cruz to win this race today.

 

[Netserk]

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1		5	HOFSTEDE Lennard	+1:58:12
2		18	CAVAGNA Rémi	+2:51:06
3		21	DE LA CRUZ David	+9:29
4		22	COSTA Rui	+1:39:44
5		24	HENAO Sergio	+14:42
6		27	OLIVEIRA Ivo	+3:10:50
7		31	LÓPEZ Juan Pedro	+1:36:58
8		43	DONOVAN Mark	+1:58:58
9		46	STORER Michael	+1:43:35
10		48	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	+2:05:47
11		54	FRAILE Omar	+2:19:26
12		55	IZAGIRRE Ion	+1:12:47
13		61	ACKERMANN Pascal	+3:41:46
14		67	SCHWARZMANN Michael	+3:38:46
15		84	SCHULTZ Nick	+1:01:29
16		86	SMITH Dion	+2:35:37
17		92	ARMIRAIL Bruno	+1:01:49
18		94	GAUDU David	+10:51
19		106	VAN DEN BERG Julius	+3:43:47
20		117	WRIGHT Alfred	+3:05:45
21		124	GODON Dorian	+1:41:35
22		143	DEWULF Stan	+2:47:29
23		147	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	+3:06:17
24		151	MARTIN Guillaume	+15:40
25		154	HERRADA José	+51:12
26		155	LAFAY Victor	+2:51:48
27		162	DE BOD Stefan	+2:57:15
28		168	MÄDER Gino	+46:13
29		172	ARCAS Jorge	+2:34:50
30		173	ERVITI Imanol	+1:43:53
31		175	OLIVEIRA Nelson	+1:28:33
32		201	LASTRA Jonathan	+2:21:21
33		204	BAGÜES Aritz	+3:07:53
34		215	MOLENAAR Alex	+3:56:02

Jumbo should let this break get 5 minutes ASAP.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bad news for Martin, that Gaudu, Henao and De La Cruz are all in the break.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Wrong Movistar riders in the break. The team classification is still in the balance and they can't get a single climber in there?

 

[Eclipse]

Movistar should be riding to make something happen for Mas, but you'd not at all be surprised to see them take up the place to protect Valverde's top 10 and the team classification at this point lol

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Wonder if we'll see Ineos drill some descents and just try see if they can shake any JV guys in the conditions

 

[Kaptain Kool]

I joke (a little) about the team classification. But those would be ideal riders to help in the valleys/rolling terrain if Mas is going to do something early.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Lotto has a view to a kill, cause Stan is hungry like Dewulf. A shame that the wild Duran Durango boy isn't in the group.

 

[Cannavaro]

Movistar should be riding to make something happen for Mas, but you'd not at all be surprised to see them take up the place to protect Valverde's top 10 and the team classification at this point lol

The best thing I can see happening for Mas today is a stage victory. This stage is to easy for big changes. If he is lucky, he can overtake Martin. But is a fourth place so much better than a fifth place, when you have been second before?

 

[tobydawq]

This is going to be a long day of the de la Cruz descending horror show, isn't it?

 

[ice&fire]

Movistar won't shake the race until the penultimate climb

 

[Red Rick]

This is going to be a long day of the de la Cruz descending horror show, isn't it?

Is he a bad descender?

 

[tobydawq]

Is he a bad descender?

Is that a serious question?

He always gets dropped on almost every descent.