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

[red_flanders]

Whew! Feel good that Roglič didn’t tank another GT. GREAT attack by Carapaz!

 

[Savant12]

Roglic clearly beatable in the last week.

 

[Simurgh]

Spanish comentators mad at Movistar

Movistar always gives you some reason to dislike them, even when you don't want to.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Lotto laughing at Movistar tactics.

 

[Escarabajo]

Roglic thanking his teammates from Movistar!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So what we learnt:

• Racing is better when Sepp Kuss is removed from it (again).
• Sepp Kuss isn't actually as comfortable as he looks when he's sitting there doing sweet FA and scaring everybody out of attacking
• Jumbo are capable of winning despite their tactics, not because of them.

 

[Jagartrott]

Totally clueless riding by Ineos and Movistar several times during this Vuelta. How is it possible Ineos didn't have anyone in the break today?

 

[huangho]

This is a normal movistar move, but they forgot that carapaz signed to Ineos this 2020...

 

[Mayomaniac]

Spanish comentators mad at Movistar

Payback time for Unzue?
Carapaz lost it because of his team being too weak and his team bringing back the breakaway so that Roglic could get bonus seconds on a few stages. If Sosa was at his best it probably would have been a different race...

 

[titan31]

Movistar meh ... clearly bad feeling towards Carapaz.

Could just be 4th too. We don't know where Martin was and how much was he struggling tbf

 

[Red Rick]

#Roglicahouldhaveattacked

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Carapaz needed to try it from 3 or 4 km out

 

[Billie]

Totally clueless riding by Ineos and Movistar several times during this Vuelta. How is it possible Ineos didn't have anyone in the break today?

Doesn't help that they brought only 3 WT riders, a thriatlete and some fodder to this race

 

[HelloDolly]

So Roglic was the best climber in this race??? .....rubbish

Carapaz,Carthy and Kuss were better

Ineos were useless today

Should have had a rider in the break like Amador or Van Baarle

Froome goto improve his form but Carapaz deserved a better team

 

[roundabout]

So Roglic was the best climber in this race??? .....rubbish

Carapaz,Carthy and Kuss were better

Ineos were useless today

Should have had a rider in the break like Amador or Van Baarle

Froome goto improve his form but Carapaz deserved a better team

Kuss? lol, no.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This is a normal movistar move, but they forgot that carapaz signed to Ineos this 2020...

Or it might be that this was a move because the Carapaz transfer and Ineos' poaching of riders developed in Egüés really angered a lot of Abarcá loyalists, and so the guys in the car, especially if they were Abarcá lifers like Txente and Lastras, might have instructed them to help Rogla chase Carapaz out of spite.

 

[sir fly]

Brilliant ride by Gaudu.
Chapeau!

Should've Carapaz and Carthy ridden together against Rogla (from further out), maybe they'd have made up the deficit.
Defender outpowered Grenadiers this way.

Not a bad action at the end.

 

[titan31]

So what we learnt:

• Racing is better when Sepp Kuss is removed from it (again).
• Sepp Kuss isn't actually as comfortable as he looks when he's sitting there doing sweet FA and scaring everybody out of attacking
• Jumbo are capable of winning despite their tactics, not because of them.

Kuss looked bad today imo. Considering how he usually looks, his face was very read and he was breathing out of his mouth, and was doing it quite early that climb.

 

[red_flanders]

So what we learnt:

• Racing is better when Sepp Kuss is removed from it (again).
• Sepp Kuss isn't actually as comfortable as he looks when he's sitting there doing sweet FA and scaring everybody out of attacking
• Jumbo are capable of winning despite their tactics, not because of them.

I don’t know, Kuss looked in trouble today for quite a while, unlike most other times. He wasn’t comfortable today, but he looked bad. Most other days he’s been imperiously strong.

 

[BlueRoads]

I'm a bit heartbroken. Richie

 

[ice&fire]

This is a normal movistar move, but they forgot that carapaz signed to Ineos this 2020...

Actually they've made the move because they haven't forgotten

 

[Asero831]

I know Soler and Carapaz are friends. Perhaps mental lapse on Soler's part to deny his friend an opportunity to eat out the time deficit

 

[topt]

Roglic clearly beatable in the last week.

guess not

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kuss looked bad today imo. Considering how he usually looks, his face was very read and he was breathing out of his mouth, and was doing it quite early that climb.

Might have been even more satisfying than Sagan throwing a temper tantrum about his declassification in the Tour.

 

[tobydawq]

So what we learnt:

• Racing is better when Sepp Kuss is removed from it (again).
• Sepp Kuss isn't actually as comfortable as he looks when he's sitting there doing sweet FA and scaring everybody out of attacking
• Jumbo are capable of winning despite their tactics, not because of them.

It was pretty dumb that Jumbo played train in that headwind today. It nearly cost them the race and they had no need to do it.