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

[titan31]

New GC leader then. Wonder is Ellisonde in there or is going back to Roglic

 

[Netserk]

A shame there wasn't a car to pace Taaramae back.

 

[Billie]

Why is there no team car with Rein?

 

[Leinster]

New GC leader then. Wonder is Ellisonde in there or is going back to Roglic

There's Trek riders in the front group, so I suspect Kenny is in there.


If anyone was going to look at the parcours and say "this is the day Elissonde takes over in red"...

 

[Leinster]

A shame there wasn't a car to pace Taaramae back.

It looks like they've called a barrage?

Which seems utterly stupid and random, but "thees ees bike raceeeng, senor."

 

[RedheadDane]

This... Taaramäe down thing... is not good for my CQ game aspirations...

 

[Billie]

It looks like they've called a barrage?

Which seems utterly stupid and random, but "thees ees bike raceeeng, senor."

No barrage. The cars are behind the peloton. His teamcar should've brought him to the back of the cars..

 

[Netserk]

TV production as horrible as in the Giro.

 

[Wvv]

Very convincing sprint win for Philipsen!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Does Kirby even know what he's saying during a sprint?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Mighty sprint, no chance for anyone else this time.

 

[titan31]

Does Kirby even know what he's saying during a sprint?

Apparently it was a surprise that Philipsen won according to him.

 

[sir fly]

Looked Philipsen's all the way to me.
No match today.

 

[Red Rick]

Luckily there weren't more crashes today because the UCI so wisely banned the supertuck.

 

[Leinster]

No barrage. The cars are behind the peloton. His teamcar should've brought him to the back of the cars..

I'm sure if they had that option, they would've done it. I'm less sure if they would have had time to get him back, though.

Fair play to him fighting all the way to the line, even when it was long gone.

 

[Netserk]

Jakobsen could only sprint for less than 100 m.

 

[JosefK]

Elon Musk with another stage win!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Apparently it was a surprise that Philipsen won according to him.

It did come across that way. And Demaré started his sprint too early, while in he reality he never actually started it at all.

 

[titan31]

Don't know why Kirby keeps on saying we had surprises. Outside of Matthews, the top 3/5/10 is about as expected as it can possibly get.

 

[Cagalitroso]

It looks like they've called a barrage?

Which seems utterly stupid and random, but "thees ees bike raceeeng, senor."

señor

I mean, if you are going to mock an accent (is this allowed here overall or just for selected nationalities?) at least do it well, mister

 

[Tricycle Rider]

This... Taaramäe down thing... is not good for my CQ game aspirations...

Hopefully his dog won't take it too badly, this is such a bummer. Such bad luck.

 

[Netserk]

señor

I mean, if you are going to mock an accent (is this allowed here overall or just for selected nationalities?) at least do it well, mister

If we're all equals, there's no harm in mocking and teasing each other.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Strong leadout by Alpecin. Philipsen finished it perfectly to the line

Jakobsen missed Senechal there. He had to start in *** position and no chance there. Impressive he got 2nd really

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Aru still there 12th in GC

 

[Leinster]

señor

I mean, if you are going to mock an accent (is this allowed here overall or just for selected nationalities?) at least do it well, mister

It was a play on "zees ees un bike race" that we get in France.

My racist anglo keyboard doesn't do accents.