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

[Escarabajo]

TV commentators report A.Yates has lost time.

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That is strange because Yates and Yates are the best at positioning!

 

[Carols]

Aah, from what I understood, there are so many points on offer on the line, that the guy who won would (almost) certainly get green.
And according to PCS is is indeed Philipsen who takes it.

Yeah I deleted my post as soon as I fond out the commentator was wrong

 

[titan31]

I updated the post. It was Valverde. None crashed, but he lost about 24 seconds

Valverde is down as 40th so he didn't.

Guys I can see that have lost time are Yates, Padun, Vanhoucke, Schachmann and Hamilton.

Carthy, De La Cruz and Majka too

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah I deleted my post as soon as I fond out the commentator was wrong

Maybe they didn't get the memo about the rule-change in the point-competition.

 

[Samamba]

Carthy lost 40 seconds.
Majka and De la Cruz 1'11

 

[Sciatic]

Jakobsen lost probably because he went for the intermediate sprint. But good win for Philipsen

I thought DSQ came to the front too early, and then other teams swept past coming towards the line. Also, Jakobson had to step pedaling for a beat before he could around the guy in front of him. Given how close he was at the finish, that might have been the difference right there.

 

[perico]

Valverde is down as 40th so he didn't.

Guys I can see that have lost time are Yates, Padun, Vanhoucke, Schachmann and Hamilton.

He caught up. Watching the crash , the two Movistar riders stayed in front while two others were forced to slow down.

 

[JosefK]

Bad day for some GC guys on a day when nothing was supposed to happen.

 

[Carols]

LOL empty bottle again today! Vuelta Fail!

 

[Netserk]

TV commentators report A.Yates has lost time.

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Provisionally:
+0'31'' Yates
+0'38'' Haig
+0'38'' Carthy
+0'38'' Padun

 

[RedheadDane]

LOL empty bottle again today! Vuelta Fail!

What?

 

[gunara]

Few things beat Vuelta flat stages, the field, the scenery, the placement. Dreariness. Random things sometimes happen, give them some surprise bumps, more random things happen.

 

[staubsauger]

My god, German commentary so bad from start to finish... starting with "DQS riders are done" (because Vansevenant is riding like he always does) to "Philipsen disappointed he didn't win" when the camera was on him all the time after the finish.

Really don't understand how Eurosport decided to let Leinauer commentate a grand tour, when Migels in fact is doing Tour of Denmark!

 

[JosefK]

Provisionally:
+0'31'' Yates
+0'38'' Haig
+0'38'' Carthy
+0'38'' Padun

The 3km rule won't save anyone today, unfortunately.

 

[RedheadDane]

Really don't understand how Eurosport decided to let Leinauer commentate a grand tour, when Migels in fact is doing Tour of Denmark!

Not anymore!

 

[Carols]

What?

They give them an empty champagne bottle on the podium. Go Figure, I can't.

 

[yaco]

You can see why Bike Exchange is having a poor year - They continue to have Mezgec leading out Matthews in flat sprints in which Matthews struggles to hold Mezgec's wheel.

 

[RedheadDane]

They give them an empty champagne battle on the podium. Go Figure, I can't.

Can you post a video? Danish TV goes straight to the post-race studio.

Maybe it's some kind of prank... seeing how confused the riders get.

 

[Wvv]

Fun fact:
Alpecin-Fenix wins the second stage and also the first mass sprint in every grand tour this season.
Merlier did it in the Giro, he and Van der Poel did it in the Tour, Philipsen today in the Vuelta.

 

[Rackham]

Roglic: "Sitting 100 places back with 4km to go? Why not eh"

Scary stuff.

And because this is Primoz Roglic, no surprise the replay showed it happened almost in front of him & he had to swerve. The man is a magnet for unlikely disaster scenarios & has zero regard for the health of his fans.

 

[RedheadDane]

& has zero regard for the health of his fans.

What about his own health?

 

[Rackham]

What about his own health?

He was a ski jumper.

That answers that question.

In all seriousness I'm just happy he avoided the trouble. Onwards & upwards now (literally tomorrow where we'll see what's what versus Bernal, Carapaz & Landa).

 

[SHAD0W93]

Tbf, give him Morkov and he wins today so since Philipsen was the next best at the Tour anyway, that means he'd have won at the Tour

Tbf he would have won the one perfect leadout stage Quickstep had. I don’t think he’s winning surfing AF’s wheel and coming from 8 riders back or chasing down his own leadout train.

 

[RedheadDane]

He was a ski jumper.

That answers that question.

In all seriousness I'm just happy he avoided the trouble. Onwards & upwards now (literally tomorrow where we'll see what's what versus Bernal, Carapaz & Landa).

But no matter what, I'm sure it won't have any effect on your health.

 

[BlueRoads]

Pidcock taking it very easy at the end.