Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2021: Stage 13 (Belmez - Villanueva de la Serena, 203.7 km)

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1431282268467761157

View: https://twitter.com/lavuelta/status/1431282268467761157

 

[Rackham]

The day Lefevere realized he doesn't even need sprinters to win stages, just a train.

 

[gunara]

Wolfpack strikes

This is a result of a grand tour sprint stage, seriously

 

[movingtarget]

The commentators and myself were thankful for the Spanish architecture, nature shots and the occasional flurries of activity in the feed zones.........I think at one point I had a siesta........

 

[burning]

This is a result of a grand tour sprint stage, seriously

Vuelta a España 2017 Stage 13 results

Vuelta a España 2017 Stage 13 from Coín to Tomares was won by Matteo Trentin before Gianni Moscon and Søren Kragh Andersen. Chris Froome was leading the general classification.

www.procyclingstats.com

This top 10 has way more noted sprinters like Nibali, Froome, Kelderman, Contador, and Roche, in this literal order.

 

[titan31]

It's a good thing that FDJ have Gaudu by the way, the rest of team has been completely and utterly useless most of the year.

Bit harsh on Kung, and I'd say Valters days in pink were probably the highlight of their year

 

[Berflamand]

Putting Cerny in the sprint train instead of having him work all day at the front of the peloton was a brilliant move. He singlehandedly dropped the entire peloton in the closing kilometres.

Beast mode.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Jakobsen still in the green - wooooo!

 

[yaco]

was this confirmed on SBS or so? Matthews didn't say anthing about it at the start (but also wasn't specifically asked)

I watch the Eurosport coverage - I don't post scuttlebut from the TV coverage - After watching the messy final, with Mezgec looking around in the last 500 metres it appears my info was wrong.

 

[roundabout]

Vuelta a España 2017 Stage 13 results

Vuelta a España 2017 Stage 13 from Coín to Tomares was won by Matteo Trentin before Gianni Moscon and Søren Kragh Andersen. Chris Froome was leading the general classification.

www.procyclingstats.com

This top 10 has way more noted sprinters like Nibali, Froome, Kelderman, Contador, and Roche, in this literal order.

The 2017 sprinter field was also pretty shallow, but that was a bumpy strongman finish which made the lack of depth look worse

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Vuelta a España 2017 Stage 13 results

Vuelta a España 2017 Stage 13 from Coín to Tomares was won by Matteo Trentin before Gianni Moscon and Søren Kragh Andersen. Chris Froome was leading the general classification.

www.procyclingstats.com

This top 10 has way more noted sprinters like Nibali, Froome, Kelderman, Contador, and Roche, in this literal order.

That stage had a punchy climb just before the finish line that killed a lot of sprinters. Today was a case of lots of teams and sprinters being well off the pace, there will be some difficult conversations and self-reflections to have tonight for them.

 

[burning]

The 2017 sprinter field was also pretty shallow, but that was a bumpy strongman finish which made the lack of depth look worse

That stage had a punchy climb just before the finish line that killed a lot of sprinters. Today was a case of lots of teams and sprinters being well off the pace, there will be some difficult conversations and self-reflections to have tonight for them.

I actually forgot the small climb before the finish. However, the sprinter field in 2017 had 0 top sprinters as well

 

[RedheadDane]

So, Jakobsen just didn't have the legs.

 

[Danskebjerge]

If Cort had won today - with Jakobsen having bad sprinter legs -, he could have been a threat for the green jersey, I think. It was a slight uphill sprint, good for Cort.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

So, Jakobsen just didn't have the legs.

My commentator told me he had a flat. Your commentator's version may vary.

 

[burning]

If Cort had won today - with Jakobsen having bad sprinter legs -, he could have been a threat for the green jersey, I think. It was a slight uphill sprint, good for Cort.

Cort was probably completely dead due to the last 2 days, he finished outside of the top 100 today.

 

[yaco]

But with a different rider.

 

[RedheadDane]

My commentator told me he had a flat. Your commentator's version may vary.

His (Jakobsen's) own word in an interview.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

The day Lefevere realized he doesn't even need sprinters to win stages, just a train.

Haha. Think of the wages that would save.

 

[gunara]

I actually forgot the small climb before the finish. However, the sprinter field in 2017 had 0 top sprinters as well

Yeah, compared to 2017, this edition sprint is probably less random, without Trentin anyone who's not too seriously spent from climbing could have won any flat stage. Now there are at least more teams with (misguided) intentions

 

[JosefK]

Orla's outfits are nice on Eurosport pre-race. Oh, was there a stage today?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The amount of times he crashed this year, I think he is good till retirement

Hey, Geraint Thomas won a Grand Tour, if he can manage it then any bike handler can.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Wow, Bernal put time into all his rivals today. It's the start of his epic come back in the race. Primoz is shaking in his boots ahead of mountainous weekend.

 

[Finn84]

Funny thing in common between mentioned 2017 stage and the one in today is that Omar Fraile is DNS/DNF.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Did Trentin inherit from Nizzolo the curse of Italians always sprinting to second place?