Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2021: Stage 6 (Requena - Montaña de Cullera, 158.3 km)

[Red Rick]

Lopez or Mas probably need to find another 3 mins on Roglic to actually have a chance come that TT (and that's assuming he doesn't get any time on other stages). Unless Roglic blows (and imo he looks the strongest ATM) I'm not sure either can do that without one of them burying themselves for the other.

It's just really early for big sweeping statements like this. It depends on how form develops over 3 weeks. Especially on Gamoniteiru gaps should be in the minutes. I would consider Covadonga the bellwether for that, not a 2km hill top 2 weeks before.

He could, but he also might not. His level on TTs is wildly diverging and it's not a given he will flunk as badly as he did on La Planche des Belles Filles.

Yeah the general decent Lopez ITT would probably be slightly under 2 minutes, which is still a lot. But MALs inconsistency is his bigger problem still. He doesn't turn his climbing into 2 minutes of advantage.

 

[Netserk]

He could, but he also might not. His level on TTs is wildly diverging and it's not a given he will flunk as badly as he did on La Planche des Belles Filles.

He even showed in the Giro that it is unbounded.

 

[davidsonduke]

Anyone know what happened to Jay Vine? He was with the leaders on the final climb, looking good, and he finished over 9 minutes back, if I read the results correctly. That is quite the blow-up.

 

[Lequack]

"I looked back with 150 metres to go and I could see him coming,” Cort said of the advancing Roglič.

 

[Red Rick]

"I looked back with 150 metres to go and I could see him coming,” Cort said of the advancing Roglič.

I think to some degree all the corners on the climb saved Cort.

 

[Lequack]

Some more pics

 

[tobydawq]

I think to some degree all the corners on the climb saved Cort.

Definitely.

But they were breathing down his neck with more than a kilometre to go and Roglic beat Pogacar's time from last year on the climb, so Cort still rode incredibly well to finish that one off.

 

[tobydawq]

Anyone know what happened to Jay Vine? He was with the leaders on the final climb, looking good, and he finished over 9 minutes back, if I read the results correctly. That is quite the blow-up.

Of course he was not with the leaders on the final climb...

 

[Andy262]

Just watched on catchup. What a great finish. Chapeau Cort....

One of those times I'm so glad I never looked at the result first!

 

[Danskebjerge]

"I looked back with 150 metres to go and I could see him coming,” Cort said of the advancing Roglič.

Cort was saved by the bends shortly before the finish. It would be very difficult to get around him within the last 100 meters.

 

[Red Rick]

Definitely.

But they were breathing down his neck with more than a kilometre to go and Roglic beat Pogacar's time from last year on the climb, so Cort still rode incredibly well to finish that one off.

Absolutely. Monster time by Cort all things considered, even with a tailwind from what I saw.

 

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Of course he was not with the leaders on the final climb...

yeah, it was Bayer up there, I think. But he exploded fairly quickly.

Vine crashed on one of the early stages and his DS said that his hand was "pretty bad". But the way I understood, he never intended to go for GC anyway. I guess we will see him up the road later on.

 

[Scarponi]

The way Roglic saddled past Mathews barely
Looking like he was trying , 50m earlier and it’s a different story but Cort went all
In and it was a well deserved victory

 

[Lequack]

 

[tobydawq]

It was pretty cool that all you could see in the background was cliffs and the ocean (and some Slovenian trying for a stage win).

 

[titan31]

Anyone know what happened to Jay Vine? He was with the leaders on the final climb, looking good, and he finished over 9 minutes back, if I read the results correctly. That is quite the blow-up.

Pretty certain that was Bayer and he clearly went way too deep to follow Narvaez and Carapaz

 

[titan31]

It's just really early for big sweeping statements like this. It depends on how form develops over 3 weeks. Especially on Gamoniteiru gaps should be in the minutes. I would consider Covadonga the bellwether for that, not a 2km hill top 2 weeks before.

Yeah the general decent Lopez ITT would probably be slightly under 2 minutes, which is still a lot. But MALs inconsistency is his bigger problem still. He doesn't turn his climbing into 2 minutes of advantage.

Ya, it easy but there isn't a huge amount of stages for the non TTists to make up time on Roglic and if you can't distance him, he beats you for bonus seconds. Movi, Bahrain and Ineos need to throw the kitchen sink at him on the stages that are there. Stage 9 will tell a lot I'd say and hopefully it's more fitting for attacks than Picon Blanco was. Waiting until 17 and 18 is a mistake when the 3 of those teams are currently stronger than Jumbo.

 

[Lequack]

Movitsar three amigos strategy working wonders

 

[Escarabajo]

Do Movistar plan to ride the Vuelta in block or do they actually have a plan?

By the way the other day I was watching the Olympics men 200 meters finals and after watching the results all I could think of is of Movistar. Oh well, I hope they do something with that firepower.

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Rider	Team	UCI	Time
1	2	▲1	ROGLIČ Primož	Team Jumbo-Visma	20	21:04:49
2	4	▲2	MAS Enric	Movistar Team		0:25
3	5	▲2	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Movistar Team		0:36
4	6	▲2	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team		0:41
5	8	▲3	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers

 

[Danskebjerge]

The more I watch those last 100 meters, the more I'm convinced that it was Cort's abilities as a sprinter that gave him the stage win. He looks back, sees Roglic approaching, and then stands up and sprints to the finish line. I think most other riders would not have been able to do this after such an extreme effort on the climb and earlier on the stage.

 

[tobydawq]

Oh, sure, let's criticise Movistar for being 2-4 on GC after six days because Movistar are always stupid and going for secondary placings

 

[Lequack]

So who will Roglic hand over the red jersey to tomorrow? Surely the breakaway know that Jumbo is not going to chase them.

 

[hayneplane]

Mas is riding by far his best ever Grand Tour. First time he has been right in the mix in week 1 and not having to come through the pack with his recovery and stamina attributes to the fore as his key weapons.

If he still has the usual 3 week staying power then a podium looks extremely likely.

 

[Red Rick]

Oh, sure, let's criticise Movistar for being 2-4 on GC after six days because Movistar are always stupid and going for secondary placings

Lopez chasing down Mas was funny though.

But nothing funny today. They even correctly didn't bring back Cort so Roglic could stomp him.

 

[SafeBet]

So who will Roglic hand over the red jersey to tomorrow? Surely the breakaway know that Jumbo is not going to chase them.

Calmejane? A bit too close in GC but I don't think any team would worry even if he gets a 5 minutes gap.