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

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Florian Sénéchal for taking the stage win.

They proved that if they work together they can drop Fabio Jakobsen. Good to see they took the sensible approach at the B point. Tomorrow i guess the fun starts.

 

[Sciatic]

Lol this looked really bad on him.
He didn't have the legs to follow wheels of Matteo. This was what caused him the win.

What should Fabio do？Stop and wait for Fabio at 60km/h when all his teammates were leading out Matteo？This is an absolute joke.

Even first class sprinters won't blame his lead out man when it was himself who lost position.

Will be waiting for a Fabio apology or an angry Patrick Lefevere.

BTW so happy for Floran. So many years working for others. He should be one of the stars in coming PR.

Yeah, aside from the sour grapes and lack of support for a teammate, what he said doesn’t even make sense in the last 500 meters of a bunch sprint.. It was the front guy in the train that was outpacing Jacobson, and (in Jacobson’s mind) , needed to slow down. And if Senechal had immediately noticed him going out the back and waited for him, there’s no way they would win in that scenario.

 

[Red Rick]

What was he complaining about? that he should have slowed down after his leader lost the wheel?

"If you don't look behind you you're not a lead out man"

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I would assume it's an in-joke or something, otherwise, you know, Cav and Greipel had a falling-out that lasted several years over less.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I would assume it's an in-joke or something, otherwise, you know, Cav and Greipel had a falling-out that lasted several years over less.

Too be fair they had a lot more bad blood then from the 08 Giro stage. They are a lot more civil with each other now and always one of the first to congratulate the other.

 

[gregrowlerson]

That really says a lot about this sprint field.

Even The Shark now regrets his decision to skip the Vuelta.

 

[yaco]

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.

Except, Bernal dropping the wheel caused the split in the last 3km's - GC teams can ruin sprint finishes.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats FS!

 

[RedheadDane]

I would assume it's an in-joke or something, otherwise, you know, Cav and Greipel had a falling-out that lasted several years over less.

Interestingly, his tone-of-voice seemed neither angry, nor joking. Just - I assume - the sort of tone-of-voice you'd have after riding for 200+ Ks in 40+ degrees Celsius.

But here's the reason why I'm pretty sure Jakobsen wasn't actually angry:

Vuelta a España: Fabio Jakobsen says he didn’t have the legs to sprint on stage 13 | Cycling Weekly

Weirdly enough, this article doesn't include the part of the interview where Jakobsen basically said that if you as the sprinter feel like you don't have the legs to sprint, then you have to let your teammate try. From what I recall - watching the interview - he was basically saying that it would have looking really stupid if he'd insisted on sprinting, only for Trentin to beat him.
Also, what an insane luxury-situation to be in! I think for most other teams, even if the sprinter didn't have the legs to win, he'd have to go anyway because he'd still be his team's best chance at any sort of placing.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

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.

But there’s no sprints this weekend!..

 

[Red Rick]

Interestingly, his tone-of-voice seemed neither angry, nor joking. Just - I assume - the sort of tone-of-voice you'd have after riding for 200+ Ks in 40+ degrees Celsius.

But here's the reason why I'm pretty sure Jakobsen wasn't actually angry:

Vuelta a España: Fabio Jakobsen says he didn’t have the legs to sprint on stage 13 | Cycling Weekly

Weirdly enough, this article doesn't include the part of the interview where Jakobsen basically said that if you as the sprinter feel like you don't have the legs to sprint, then you have to let your teammate try. From what I recall - watching the interview - he was basically saying that it would have looking really stupid if he'd insisted on sprinting, only for Trentin to beat him.
Also, what an insane luxury-situation to be in! I think for most other teams, even if the sprinter didn't have the legs to win, he'd have to go anyway because he'd still be his team's best chance at any sort of placing.

I think overall he has a point that the leadout should know if their sprinter is on the wheel. I guess he was also a bit disappointed in himself, but even for neutral or constructive feedback the timing and optics are just really poor.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think overall he has a point that the leadout should know if their sprinter is on the wheel. I guess he was also a bit disappointed in himself, but even for neutral or constructive feedback the timing and optics are just really poor.

The timing was "right after the stage, when there had been no time to stop and reflect."

 

[Danskebjerge]

I think overall he has a point that the leadout should know if their sprinter is on the wheel. I guess he was also a bit disappointed in himself, but even for neutral or constructive feedback the timing and optics are just really poor.

It was a strange comment, yes. Maybe he didn't notice that it was being recorded?

Anyway, it does happen quite often that a leadout stops when their sprinter has lost positions. So maybe it's a question of being loyal to the sprinter, like when a GC guy falls behind and the team tries to pull him back (although it's hopeless, like with Carthy).

Personally, I think it was the right decision to continue since there was a gap.