Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2021: Stage 17 (Unquera - Lagos de Covadonga, 185.8 km)

[Devil's Elbow]

Gap no longer falling since Poels took over.

 

[roundabout]

Caruso gone, no way Poels would be able to keep the gap

 

[Lequack]

Roglic looks very stupid now

He has no choice but to stick with it now.

 

[Red Rick]

Secretly, Sepp Kuss is the strongest man in the race he just doesn't get to show it.

 

[Wvv]

Eiking would've rejoined the group Martin without the crash. De Tier was behind him on the downhill and just losing touch now with 10 km to go. Shame.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Meintjens needs his top 11 trust

 

[Tim Cahill]

Martin's teammate did an excellent job chasing Roglic and Bernal down.

Sure could do with one now.

 

[Netserk]

If Bernal had been on his own, Bahrain would still have chased and Rogla would be far less exposed. Risky, even if it pays off. We'll see tomorrow the true cost of this move.

 

[Red Rick]

I like this stage

It's those tiny little descents on top of Covadonga right?

 

[saunaking]

Roglic looks very stupid now

nope

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Guillaume Martin is now saving energy, so he can go out in the break tomorrow and secure the podium.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Poels turning into Heras in his prime here, has been pacing for ages, kept the gap steady already at the last climb.

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic and Bernal making the 2021 Tour look like that of 2014.

 

[Fantastico]

Poels turning into Heras in his prime here, has been pacing for ages, kept the gap steady already at the last climb.

For me it seems like they're losing time every time Poels hits the front.

 

[ontheroad]

They've only lost a handful of seconds since the climb began.

 

[Samamba]

What is the value of uci points? The team isn't gonna be demoted are they?

Wanty, Lotto Soudal and Qhebeka are the 3 teams outside of the necessary top 18 (important after 2022)

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Uuh Martin

 

[SafeBet]

Best climbing performance in Champoussin's pro career. Wasn't expecting this after watching him struggle on big climbs for the whole season. Nice surprise.

 

[roundabout]

Guillaume Martin is now saving energy, so he can go in the break tomorrow and secure the podium.

He is a fighter, but I think that is also the effect of his crash yesterday. He said he was very sore

 

[Fantastico]

Eiking would've rejoined the group Martin without the crash. De Tier was behind him on the downhill and just losing touch now with 10 km to go. Shame.

Verona would have been back as well for Movistar.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Meintjens needs his top 11 trust

I understand allowing him to do his thing, but letting domestiques join his group instead of trying to help Eiking is stupid.

 

[titan31]

If Bernal had been on his own, Bahrain would still have chased and Rogla would be far less exposed. Risky, even if it pays off. We'll see tomorrow the true cost of this move.

I disagree. They'd have looked at Jumbo and asked them to chase so all Roglic would have done is helped burn up his own teammates there.

 

[perico]

Where is Padun?

 

[roundabout]

Time to release Mäder

 

[Scarponi]

Bernal struggling ?

 

[Aimar16]

nope

He will probably win this stage with that dumb attack. But he would have been able to win this with much less effort. Jumbo had 4 domestiques among the chasers