Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2021: Stage 2 (Caleruega - Burgos, 166.7 km)

[ice&fire]

Okay, compared to Norway and Belgium, the landscape here is rather dull...

Most of the land is used for growing cereals and the harvest was done more than a month ago.

 

[ice&fire]

Sprint for the narrow road incoming

 

[southwards]

If there's one thing the Vuelta has taught me, it's that Spain consists almost exclusively of three things: scorched plains, misty mountains, and tourist development.

The Vuelta Is by far the least scenic of the GT's. Asturias, Galiza and the Basque country are very beautiful, though, and there is always a nice medieval town.

 

[Bolder]

If there's one thing the Vuelta has taught me, it's that Spain consists almost exclusively of three things: scorched plains, misty mountains, and tourist development.

You forgot industriel scale greenhouses.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Just tuned in.
Normally I'm careful about using the word, im fact this is the first time: Borefest.
For the early starters amongst the viewers I certainly hope there's been more excitement than this

 

[BlueRoads]

Oh if only there was rain in Spain...

and not just in the Basque country...

 

[hayneplane]

It should be illegal for race organisers to schedule such a dull travesty of a parcours on a weekend stage.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Just tuned in.
Normally I'm careful about using the word, im fact this is the first time: Borefest.
For the early starters amongst the viewers I certainly hope there's been more excitement than this

There are only 27km to go, I get the feeling nobody is watching this stage because there are so few posts in this thread.

Where is everybody?

 

[BlueRoads]

There are only 27km to go, I get the feeling nobody is watching this stage because there are so few posts in this thread.

Where is everybody?

I just tuned in and I guess some others will come now as well.

 

[BlueRoads]

Cofidis, really... someone said it's the kit, but honestly they all look the same, all small, all with the same riding style... I find it so hard to identify their riders.

 

[southwards]

This is a very boring stage, the peloton keeps a breakaway of unimportant riders on a tight leash of 1 minutes. It reminds me of those early stages of the tour in the 90's, crossing uninteresting places like this as well.

That's after all the result of a settled GC, unlike the carnage of the tour's early stages.

 

[Carols]

There are only 27km to go, I get the feeling nobody is watching this stage because there are so few posts in this thread.

Where is everybody?

Doing other things while it plays in the background. Otherwise I'd have fallen asleep by now......

 

[Carols]

Sprint point excitement!

 

[RedheadDane]

There are only 27km to go, I get the feeling nobody is watching this stage because there are so few posts in this thread.

Where is everybody?

Not really much happening to write about...

 

[Sciatic]

Doing other things while it plays in the background. Otherwise I'd have fallen asleep by now......

Same here, reading news with sound on so I can hear ( by volume/excitement in announcers’ voices) if anything interesting is happening. Although the French announcers get quite animated talking with each other, so I ‘ll pop over only to find they’re talking about a race from years ago

 

[BlueRoads]

I didn't expect Jakobsen to contest the intermediate.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I didn't expect Jakobsen to contest the intermediate.

Equally surprising that none of the other sprinters bothered.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Not really much happening to write about...

I'm sitting at the edge of my seat for these remaining 12km...

If at least the scenery was nicer. But that topic has already been discussed in this thread, so it's back to not having much to write about.

 

[sir fly]

Kelly sounds really enthusiastic...

 

[Carols]

Aranburu takes 2nd in the sprint and takes Green from Roglic. I doubt Primoz cares

 

[SHAD0W93]

I didn't expect Jakobsen to contest the intermediate.

Going for the points classification.

 

[RedheadDane]

Aranburu takes 2nd in the sprint and takes Green from Roglic. I doubt Primoz cares

Question is; will Aranburu still "have it" after the stage?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Poor Bora.

 

[Sciatic]

That is NOT what I wanted to see to enliven things

 

[RedheadDane]

Bad crash...