Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2021: Stage 3 (Santo Domingo de Silos - Picón Blanco, 202.8 km)

[Highlander]

I looked at the official results and Carapaz had a 20 second penalty. Did anyone see what it was for?

 

[Scarponi]

Taaramae being the only one outside of the big 4 to hold on in the TDF 2012, with that form he should kill this but alas

Thought so

 

[Faserr]

Movistar is looking now like the strongest team, with 3 (or at least 2) real GC threats.

Yeah, but it was funny that they were already chasing each other at the end.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Headwind or not, you have Roglic isolated and multiple teams with multiple riders and apart from Yates no one really attempts anything? Movistar and Bahrain basically arrive with 3 riders each, surely you let atleast MLA or Mas attack once to try the water, especially with Mas apparently looking the strongest today.
Padun with great Ullrich as Riis domestique impressions, looking around every 5 seconds unsure what to do. De la Cruz more at the front of the Peleton on a final climb than any of Pogacars UAE teammates at the whole tour.
Only thing worse than how the climb was ridden was the coverage at the end but that was kinda expected.

 

[Rackham]

Did Rogla fall asleep? Not that I blame him.

Strong head wind & looked quite "comfortable" following the other favorites. He said before the stage he'd be happy to just climb with the favorites group & accomplished exactly that. Beyond all the online jokes about "roglstomping" everyone, I'm really relieved to see that Tour crash is now in the past & it didn't impact his climbing abilities because in the Tour & Olympics he got dropped on far lesser climbs than today.

I'd have hated to have another Pinot situation. So it's good news. But the teammates are another matter (I hope some of them soft pedalled to save some energy).

 

[gunara]

Movistar is looking now like the strongest team, with 3 (or at least 2) real GC threats.

The only trident headache left? Not sure about Bahrain though, Padun and Caruso may still look suspicious

 

[Breezy1985]

It's really weird watching this Vuelta and realizing that the white jersey is not just being nursed by no.2 on GC

 

[Pinot's goat]

Wind ruined that but we still found out a lot, Mas finally delivering a month late.

 

[Breezy1985]

Movistar is looking now like the strongest team, with 3 (or at least 2) real GC threats.

That's just what they want you to think

 

[Billie]

Dombro and Elissonde are youngsters themselves.

They used to have many duels against one another in the U23 along with Aru

 

[Põhja Konn]

Magnificent win for Taaramäe. Didn't really dare to hope before he was still there with only Dombro and Elisssonde left and started to attack those two. For several years, his career seemed to be fading away towards inevitable retirement sooner rather than later. The Indian summer he's having this year is all the more special and enjoyable for it.

His infamous misjudgement of Xorret del Cati is one of the most vivid and enduring memories from my early days as a cycling fan, so its really nice to have something more positive to place beside it. (I wasn't able to watch the stage to Farrapona he also won ).

 

[BlueRoads]

Magnificent win for Taaramäe. Didn't really dare to hope before he was still there with only Dombro and Elisssonde left and started to attack those two. For several years, his career seemed to be fading away towards inevitable retirement sooner rather than later. The Indian summer he's having this year is all the more special and enjoyable for it.

His infamous misjudgement of Xorret del Cati is one of the most vivid and enduring memories from my early days as a cycling fan, so its really nice to have something more positive to place beside it. (I wasn't able to watch the stage to Farrapona he also won ).

It really is the year of comebacks...

 

[movingtarget]

Nice win by Taaramae. Elissonde always finds one or two better than him in these situations. Little action from the GC contenders, Valverde always looks livelier in the Vuelta.

 

[carolina]

TDF in Sepp Kuss's legs. Same for Carapaz.

And the rest?

I understand if they don't want to expend too much energy, but at least leave one guy with Roglic, just in case something happens, like a mechanical or a puncture.

 

[BlueRoads]

And the rest?

I understand if they don't want to expend too much energy, but at least leave one guy with Roglic, just in case something happens, like a mechanical or a puncture.

I don't think they rested. I think they couldn't do better.

 

[Carols]

I don't think they rested. I think they couldn't do better.

Me Too! Good thing they gave away the Rojo because the team looks vulnerable.

 

[Nick2413]

I don't think they rested. I think they couldn't do better.

It’s a bit surprising either way but it’s hard to imagine Kuss couldn’t hang with that large group. Will be interesting to see how things shape up but Ineos in particular is looking lackluster with Bernal and Carapaz showing weakness.

 

[gunara]

They used to have many duels against one another in the U23 along with Aru

While beating a Russian comeback kid

 

[tobydawq]

Dombro and Elissonde are youngsters themselves.

No, they're both old.

 

[tobydawq]

I will, begrudingly, accept that riders over 35 are old no matter how old I get.
Also, Taaramäe is old, coz he's older than me!

You're old too so that much is true.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Overweight Padun was dragging the peleton in the head wind and killed a few attacks. If Primoz doesn't get at least a 5 minute gap by the third week he will be crying at the end.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Overweight Padun was dragging the peleton in the head wind and killed a few attacks. If Primoz doesn't get at least a 5 minute gap by the third week he will be crying at the end.

You mean he'll go full Santi Perez in the 3rd week?

 

[tobydawq]

Shocking performance by Óscar Cabedo who was at the front end for a long time and even put in an attack. He has never shown a level anywhere near that before.

If the name Cabedo rings a bell, he had a brother, Víctor, who was also a professional rider and rode for Euskaltel in 2012 but as a neopro he lost his life in a collision with a vehicle during a training ride.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Movistar clearly started their attacks too late. They missed the lead in the teams classification by 22 seconds.

Not a great result for my CCC team with Carthy being slightly off the pace and both Cabedo, Carr and Cepeda beating Caruso.

Apart from Carapaz no one lost too much time. Roglic is still very much the favourite, but there is some firepower around him, who could challenge him, if his team and/or him isn't as strong as expected.

 

[Escarabajo]

So Movistar the team to beat?
It is actually good for the race.
Could not read that much from the race other than everyone not named Movistar suffered a lot.