Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2021: Stage 5 (Tarancón - Albacete, 184.4 km)

[bNator]

Hmm am I missing something? How is that bike up?

I'm not sure if you're joking or not... But just in case you aren't - google "invisible bike stand". Invented specifically for the purpose of taking shots like this one...

 

[Red Rick]

Looks like an unofficial rest day today?

 

[King Boonen]

I'm not sure if you're joking or not... But just in case you aren't - google "invisible bike stand". Invented specifically for the purpose of taking shots like this one...

Also, you can just get the camera set up someone holds the bike up by the rear wheel, you count down and then they let go, you snap several photos and they grab the bike before it falls.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Just tuned in with 49km to go, it looks like they just rode through some kind of an industrial area. I see the scenery isn't getting any better, and judging by the number of posts in this thread neither is this stage. I won't even ask where everybody is this time.

 

[JosefK]

Wind picking up.

 

[Netserk]

Just tuned in with 49km to go, it looks like they just rode through some kind of an industrial area. I see the scenery isn't getting any better, and judging by the number of posts in this thread neither is this stage. I won't even ask where everybody is this time.

It's worth checking in once in a while to see how close they are to the point (~31 km to go) where echelons might happen (if we are lucky).

 

[roundabout]

definitely crosswind

 

[Sciatic]

So Rein got a full bottle instead of an empty one?

 

[sir fly]

I'd say the flag on the campervan's telling the owner's a Belgian.

 

[ice&fire]

definitely crosswind

Now we need someone interested in the game

 

[sir fly]

Anybody else finding the term "wind farm" a bit weird?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Anybody else finding the term "wind farm" a bit weird?

It's not too bad, it's short and to the point. They could always call it "the wind gathering place" or some such, I think wind farm rolls off the tongue better.

 

[ice&fire]

LOL, the break of three made an echelon and got reduced to two. Meanwhile, the peloton in doing nothing.

 

[sir fly]

It's not too bad, it's short and succinct. They could always call it "the wind gathering place" or some such, I think wind farm rolls off the tongue better.

I'm not sure the wind's suitable for farming.

 

[Red Rick]

Lmao all sitting there not trying.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I'm not sure the wind's suitable for farming.

I haven't really given it any thought, but during a stage such as this any thoughts are bound to pop up I suppose.

What are the riders thinking right about now, I wonder...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Lmao all sitting there not trying.

That was an almost breakaway...

 

[sir fly]

I haven't really given it any thought, but during a stage such as this any thoughts are bound to pop up I suppose.

What are the riders thinking right about now, I wonder...

Thinking: "Wind fart!"

 

[sir fly]

Don Quixote the only one missing...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Thinking: "Wind fart!"

Speaking of wind, did you see that windmill they just rode by? I thought it was a lovely windmill.

 

[yaco]

You need things to go right when you have a prologue and three flat sprints in the first five stages.

 

[sir fly]

Speaking of wind, did you see that windmill they just rode by? I thought it was a lovely windmill.

Sure I did... look at the post above.

 

[Leinster]

That is an impressively long, straight road.

 

[Sciatic]

Speaking of wind, did you see that windmill they just rode by? I thought it was a lovely windmill.

Indeed it was, and not enough wind )to turn the blades there ) either! (Yeah, I know it’s probably not an operational mill).

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pretty nervous racing, but the wind just isn't good enough for echelons.