Wtf...everybody was riding against the race direction after the finish. Because there's no room for team caravans at the top. Blame the organisers
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Bernal giving a classy interview... he was just enjoying himself through all the struggles and he congratulated Roglic for having better legs today.
Bernal looked better than Roglic on the second last climb but when Roglic fully committed to the pace making Bernal started to struggle after already doing so much work.
LOL. Roglic trying to discourage the contenders!!!!!!Roglic could say hello to all the finishers
It happens often that riders go downhill again, but not that nummer one does it when knowing that there are riders coming in fast shortly after him. I've never seen it.
Same as Movistar, who were following Bahrain!
Simply epic! Congrats to Roglic on his greatest victory and also congrats to Bernal on a fantastic long-range attack!
When I saw Ineos pushing hard on Colleda Llomena and recalled Bernal's recent interview I felt big things are about to happen. Bernal's attack was brutal and only Roglic followed. They gained 45 seconds pretty quickly, it was a very intense effort from both guys, some distance above anaerobic threshold. They gained even more on the wet descent (Bernal misjudged one curve but fortunately nothing happened to him, some guys from the chasing group fell down including the leader) and increasing the gap to 1'30''. Primoz initially only followed the wheel but started helping Bernal when the road got flatter. They initially increased the gap to over 2' but started losing it before Covadonga (it came back to 1'30''). This flat part was very difficult for the duo. Especially for Egan, who is smaller and generates less watts. He went too deep for his capacities and payed for it on the Covadonga. I feel sorry for him, he was definitely a hero and made the race today and I wanted him to reach the podium. Primoz didn't accelerate hard, it was the Colombian who couldn't maintain the pace. From then on Roglic was closing on most epic victory in his life in a dramatic scenery of rainy and cloudy mountains. Chapeau bas!
When I saw Ineos pushing hard on Colleda Llomena and recalled Bernal's recent interview I felt big things are about to happen. Bernal's attack was brutal and only Roglic followed. They gained 45 seconds pretty quickly, it was a very intense effort from both guys, some distance above anaerobic threshold. They gained even more on the wet descent (Bernal misjudged one curve but fortunately nothing happened to him, some guys from the chasing group fell down including the leader) and increasing the gap to 1'30''. Primoz initially only followed the wheel but started helping Bernal when the road got flatter. They initially increased the gap to over 2' but started losing it before Covadonga (it came back to 1'30''). This flat part was very difficult for the duo. Especially for Egan, who is smaller and generates less watts. He went too deep for his capacities and payed for it on the Covadonga. I feel sorry for him, he was definitely a hero and made the race today and I wanted him to reach the podium. Primoz didn't accelerate hard, it was the Colombian who couldn't maintain the pace. From then on Roglic was closing on most epic victory in his life in a dramatic scenery of rainy and cloudy mountains. Chapeau bas!
I think the problem here is just Roglic starting to go down to soon. He should've been made to wait until at least first 10 riders behind him (all those who were likely to sprint for the line) have passed.
I agree. If anyone is to "blame" it's Bahrain, who preferred to save Mäder for a potential Top 10 GC + Team Classification instead of starting a full-out chase when it was still possible. But in the end Haig didn't look great either, so maybe they were also right not to even try, and risk to end up with nothing instead.
Well I saw Bernal a minute later go down the same way. They were riding for 4+ hours in the rain. They have to go change as quickly as possible.
The 2012 side of the Mortirolo probably also, that one was nasty. Maybe San Pellegrino in Alpe?
And Mortirolo is debatable I think. There are also a few others which I think are in a similar region of difficulty like Agnello, Angliru, Fauniera, Großglockner (the northern side was ridden in the Giro once, ages ago) or Blockhaus all the way to the top, but I don't think any of those is "clearly" harder. Togehter with the Angliru it's definitely one of the two hardest climbs in the history of the Vuelta.
They shoud have been faster to the line then
Like I said I saw Bernal and the others going the same way later, disrupting the ones who sprinted for places around 30th for the stage. Why do people search for problems when there's none...
I'm honestly not as high on Angliru anymore, because it's effectively like 6km
It really bothers me on a day like this that when Rogla got the red jersey on the podium, he just appeared already wearing it. It's much cooler when we actually see the rider getting the jersey on.
I think where Movistar had it wrong is not having Lopez following Bernal and Roglic. They missed the free ride there. I can understand why Mas didn't go there but Lopez should have tried to go there. After that it was just a waiting game for them.
But isn't this what Movistar normally do, save Valverde for a potential top 10 in GC and Team classification. That must have been the problem for Movistar today, they still think Valverde is in the race.
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