Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 3 (Lodosa - La Laguna Negra-Vinuesa, 166.1 km)

[YavorD]

I don't think it's hard enough for a break to not succeed. There's nothing for sprinter teams to chase for (unlike Friday, when Bora and Quickstep will be working for Ackerman and Bennett), but there's no benefit whatsoever to Jumbo to chase down any attacks.

The only problem for JV is that with 2 hard-ish mountain stages done and dusted, there isn't a classics rider or a sprinter within 5 minutes of the lead who they could just allow to go up the road and borrow the jersey until the Tourmalet. Anyone still in the top 25 is still a theoretical, potential threat.

Speaking of Tourmalet, will it happen? You know..French people already robbed us the great stage profile in Saturday.

 

[Valv.Piti]

View: https://youtu.be/5xQKJ_5zYEI

This is the last time Vuelta visited Soria. Look out a young Valverde killing it at the sprint.

Whan a humiliation, insane sprint

 

[roundabout]

Is this exactly the same finale?
In the profile above it seems to have a steep section at the end. In that video they were flying in the last 500 meters.

There is a province of Soria where the finish is for stage 3 and a city of Soria where the finish was in 2004

 

[DanielSong39]

Will the Froome cam make a third straight appearance? Or is it getting old by now?

 

[movingtarget]

Feels odd to be be watching two grand tours at the same time. Will be glad when the Giro is over so I can lock into the Vuelta.

 

[saganftw]

ahh 2004, when a 24 years old cyclist was still considered young...by today standards he would be in the middle of his prime

 

[Descender]

Will the Froome cam make a third straight appearance? Or is it getting old by now?

"Moto 4, live Froome the back of the peloton"

 

[johnymax]

ahh 2004, when a 24 years old cyclist was still considered young...by today standards he would be in the middle of his prime

To be honest nowadays you also have riders who are considered young at that age. Tao is 25 and Hindley is 24 for example. They are both considered young riders still.

 

[Bolder]

The main question is will there be ponies on the final climb to help a late attacker? I fell like Soler must have whistled instructions as he went by yesterday.

There could be small gaps on the last ramp, but I suspect a break will take the win. Froome FTW! (actually, I'd love to see him and TD in a break)

 

[johnymax]

Mohorič DNS because of the crash yesterday

 

[fuiers]

Mohorič DNS because of the crash yesterday

Goddam it. I was really hoping to see him race.

 

[SafeBet]

Pinot DNS, according to Daniel Friebe.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Meh Pinot

 

[Krokro]

What is wrong with Pinot again? Was he involved in a fall?

 

[richwallone]

What is wrong with Pinot again? Was he involved in a fall?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1319232389013524489

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1319232389013524489

 

[Krokro]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1319232389013524489

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1319232389013524489

Ffs this freaking TDF. They better start thinking sending him in another race. Demare would've been a way better choice to shine in the TDF for Groupama this year!

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I get the impression there are even less riders than usual that have come to this race in any kind of physical or mental shape. Also it seems to be only those who did the Tour who are competitive

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, there has been a very compressed calendar with very little time for recovery. Riders have gone from an extended period of no racing to several major races in a short period of time so form fluctuations are a lot wilder than we might ordinarily expect.

 

[Rackham]

I get the impression there are even less riders than usual that have come to this race in any kind of physical or mental shape. Also it seems to be only those who did the Tour who are competitive

I get the impression some riders still believe the Vuelta can be a fun little ride with the teammates or a training exercise to get their form back. Honestly, when I read comments from Pinot before the race (i.e. "I want to rediscover the joy of riding etc" or words to that effect), or Guillaume Martin this morning who expressed surprise at the "violence" of the pace on day one, I believe those guys didn't mentally prepare themselves for what the Vuelta really is these days, aka a hard as hell bike race with constant action & stress from minute one.

It's not a race for cyclotouristes.

 

[Red Rick]

Pinot crashing and injuring himself on day 1 of the Tour amd then finishing has to be the most infuriating decision of 2020 cycling

 

[Red Rick]

Underwhelming break. I assume Jumbo are chasing?

 

[ice&fire]

Pinot needs to follow Bardet and look for a non-French team

 

[RedheadDane]

Donovan much better at dealing with his jacket than his teammates in Italy.

 

[Scarponi]

Niki Terpstra in a break on a MTF finish in a brutal Vuelta. Yep it’s 2020

 

[perico]

McLovin!!!