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

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mighty sprint, no chance for anyone else this time.

well. I think Jakobsen could have challenged, if he could've started his sprint earlier than 90 meters to go. But yeah

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Elon Musk with another stage win!

Is BlueRoads not here for this?

 

[JosefK]

Is BlueRoads not here for this?

I was trying to troll her a little. I'll admit that Jasper is a handsome dude.

 

[Leinster]

Taaramae gets the KOM jersey as consolation, I guess. Hopefully he can pick up some points on Friday and hang on for a while.

 

[RedheadDane]

Würtz bleeding from the ear... hopefully not actually from the ear. I'm not a doctor, but bleeding from the ear doesn't sound healthy.

 

[Sciatic]

French Eurosport doing a detailed analysis of the crash: it looked like Bernal BARELY managed to stay clear of the crash , as riders next to him went down he steered around them.

 

[sir fly]

French Eurosport doing a detailed analysis of the crash: it looked like Bernal BARELY managed to stay clear of the crash , as riders next to him went down he steered around them.

Just bearable...

 

[tobydawq]

Würtz bleeding from the ear... hopefully not actually from the ear. I'm not a doctor, but bleeding from the ear doesn't sound healthy.

It's a symptom of an ear wound.

 

[glassmoon]

GC over for Bardet then.

sad... but he wouldn't be a factor anyways... still a bummer though

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

sad... but he wouldn't be a factor anyways... still a bummer though

DSM forbid him to go to the olympics and other stuff and now they have nothing. And Bardet has nothing more importantly. Well played DSM. Dumpster fire team

 

[Bolder]

Bardet crashed out of contention in the Tour last year on a flat stage also.

 

[Leinster]

Bardet crashed out of contention in the Tour last year on a flat stage also.

You mean on a stage with 7 climbs of cat 3 or higher, that finished at 1600m elevation?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulation to Jasper Philipsen for taking the stage win.

As for bowling competition. Sad to see cyclist like Romain Bardet ending up like that. It could just as easily be Roglič or Bernal or somebody else in this group of favourites. And before the GC race would even start we would again be made to watch another irregular GT. To me this is not what GT racing is all about.