Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2021: Stage 1 (Burgos - Burgos, 7.1 km / Prologue)

[Lequack]

Must be cold in Spain, they're both wearing thick jackets

 

[Red Rick]

Was that Tratnik with whom Roglic was talking? Sure looked like Santambrogio.

Paying respects to his countries ITT champion

 

[Lequack]

Also no golden helmet for Roglic.
Update: It is gold, I was mistaken.

 

[Red Rick]

Bardet might top 10.

 

[tobydawq]

WTF Bardet!?

 

[roundabout]

Bardet doin pretty good.

 

[Red Rick]

DSM: Can't keep any young talent to save their life, but can make Bardet look like adequate TTer

 

[Rollthedice]

Roglic looks almost too relaxed

Nothing can impress somebody who won so much, crashed so hard and almost got to visit Nibali's trophy cabinet.

 

[Mayomaniac]

DSM: Can't keep any young talent to save their life, but can make Bardet look like adequate TTer

Tbf, Bardet openly said that he just didn't like training on his TT bike when he rode for AG2R, you need a team like DSM that forces him to do it.

 

[memyselfandI]

I just realised and getting awfully worried right now as I look those broadcast cable lines covered with wooden planks, the ones riders keep hopping over after finish line.

What if Roglic will have same problems as he had in Tokyo, if he forgets to shut his engines down after finishline. If he hits that plankline just full gas and crashes out? Winning opener and entering podium seremonies taped up like Johnny Hoogerland, in tears heading home then??

Can't watch it!

 

[roundabout]

To be fair, there was only like 4km which were not good for Bardet. And he lost 3 s/km to Aranburu once the downhill ended.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Also, Bagioli is the new Killer di Spoltore!

 

[Warhawk]

DSM: Can't keep any young talent to save their life, but can make Bardet look like adequate TTer

Maybe if they told him if he won he'd be allowed to adjust his own seat height.

 

[BlueRoads]

Probably best tt in Bardet's life...?

 

[Lequack]

Bernal really going for that Michael Jackson look

https://twitter.com/x/status/1426616006437449734

View: https://twitter.com/lavuelta/status/1426616006437449734?s=20

 

[RedheadDane]

Aaah... Mas....
You're my man for the CQ game!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Great climb from Rogla, but the question is what level of risk does he want to take on the descent, Aranburu has taken time from almost everybody on that. You'd back Rogla, but he has the whole three weeks to think about.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's not going to be Primidaz Roglic today.

Oh, I spoke too soon

 

[roundabout]

Roglic should hold the gap from here to the finish no probem

 

[roundabout]

Bernal was not good

 

[Red Rick]

ROGLSTOMP mother****

 

[Carols]

ROGLASTOMP!

 

[sir fly]

The Olympic champion had to prove the value.
Would've been a bit underwhelming otherwise.

 

[70kmph]

Roga, easy

 

[RedheadDane]

He Roglstomped!