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

[Samamba]

Caruso lost 5 minutes. Bahrain in shambles after today. So strong on paper, but their best rider is Landa and he isn't in superform (yet).

 

[Pinot's goat]

Caruso lost 5 minutes. Bahrain in shambles after today. So strong on paper, but their best rider is Landa and he isn't in superform (yet).

Vuelta needed to be 1 week later for Landa to be in the right form, hopefully he goes better on the longer climbs.

 

[titan31]

Caruso lost 5 minutes. Bahrain in shambles after today. So strong on paper, but their best rider is Landa and he isn't in superform (yet).

Ya, Padun, Poels and Mader all lost a minute. Haig was up towards Landas position though.

 

[JosefK]

Ya, Padun, Poels and Mader all lost a minute. Haig was up towards Landas position though.

Padun busy unruffling feathers.

 

[roundabout]

Bahrain should go for it tomorrow. No point in waiting til they ship more time.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Movi 2nd 3rd 4th, such a shame Mark Soler isn't here to get into a doomed breakaway against team orders.

 

[MrTea1976]

What the *** has Adam Blythe come as.

He looks like he's presenting a Bonny Baby contest at the local Haven Holidays

A Love Island contestant!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Nice finale. Didn't think Cort would hang on, impressive effort.

Roglic could have probably gone a little earlier but managed to gain time on everyone anyway.

Bagioli is improving. Might be a contender for FW next year.

Bagioli is the new Di Luca

 

[tobydawq]

So... only one day in red for the youngster. Though, Roglic is also a youngster.

*Oldster

 

[Netserk]

If I could, I would sport the same moustache as Cort. Goes well with blonde hair and a short haircut.

 

[tobydawq]

Lindeman lost two minutes in 600 metres.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lindeman lost two minutes in 600 metres.

To be fair, he got hit by a con-cort!

 

[Red Rick]

Lindeman lost two minutes in 600 metres.

I mean you just stop trying and save all that energy to go in the breakaway tomorrow

 

[Pinot's goat]

Bahrain should go for it tomorrow. No point in waiting til they ship more time.

Surely they have to wait until Landa finds more form, just stage hunt with the rest until that happens.

 

[roundabout]

Surely they have to wait until Landa finds more form, just stage hunt with the rest until that happens.

Yeah, I meant it more in the Caruso/Poels/Mäder/Padun going in a break and trying to pull themselves back up the GC than blowing the race up for Landa

 

[Sciatic]

Good grief! Movistar in 2nd, 3rd and 4th in GC

Taking the Team classification seriously this year then.

The Blue Armada is lurking, ready to strike!

Yes, I know for some people it would be “are lurking” instead of “is”.

 

[johnymax]

It's still early, but Movistar looks to be the biggest challenger to Roglič (with Bernal) ATM. Mas looks good, but I don't believe in him. Lopez looks more scary to me to be honest. He is the only rider in the world that has dropped a top form healthy Roglič on a climb multuple times in the past. Not Pogačar, not Bernal or anyone else, Superman is that guy.

 

[gunara]

Movi 2nd 3rd 4th, such a shame Mark Soler isn't here to get into a doomed breakaway against team orders.

If they weren't Movistar (also if Roglic was Froome or some less loved guy), we'd be talking about more hopeful or interesting upcoming scenarios than that.

And yes, Cort look cool, even for this century.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Carthy finishes 2'50 down. Even his teammates left him. That's a big blow for him

Yeah, and that was even after being saved by his teammates who helped him back to the peloton. When has it ever payed off to help a favourite back once he has shown obvious signs of weakness? I can't think of examples (only when it's been crashes).

 

[Leinster]

Watching it back, it's amazing how they didn't catch Cort. From about 1.5k to 1k, he's like about 5 seconds in front and then they all just looked at each other and he rode away enough to hang on. Any bit of a dig earlier and he gets caught.

Well yeah, but whoever stuck their head up to be the guy to do that, would get caught and passed. To catch Cort needed a team to have numbers in the finale, working in unison with a common goal, and someone to make a selfless effort, to set up one rider with a strong finishing kick.

And I can't think who that team might be. Did any team finish with, say, 3 riders in the top 10?

 

[Red Rick]

It's still early, but Movistar looks to be the biggest challenger to Roglič (with Bernal) ATM. Mas looks good, but I don't believe in him. Lopez looks more scary to me to be honest. He is the only rider in the world that has dropped a top form healthy Roglič on a climb multuple times in the past. Not Pogačar, not Bernal or anyone else, Superman is that guy.

MAL is so inconsistent though.

The worry is Rogls team, I think they looked kinda weak even on the flat today.

Tomorrow could be problems, although I don't think it's all that hard tomorrow.

 

[Unchained]

This finishing hill,like many here are saying was a real but check..riders giving back 20-45 seconds in @1.5 kilometers!!
organization left w some difficult circumstances,final few kilometres through what looked like alfalfa fields and the farm roads were narrow so cameras and caravan couldn't get by that easy..and in the final climb road was skinny w a large police van taking up 25% of the road thanks to a schitty parking job..motorcycle officiating and camera bikes have been in a dangerous looking mix through half dozen stages..I hope nobody gets crashed out from a collision with a support car or motorcycle..
Few things for sure if the TT was 2,3 times longer everything would look different for Roglic..I loved that Movistar got on the front to bring it back..fruitless..and Carapaz trying to jump was awesome..again fruitless but exciting..

 

[Leinster]

Yeah, and that was even after being saved by his teammates who helped him back to the peloton. When has it ever payed off to help a favourite back once he has shown obvious signs of weakness? I can't think of examples (only when it's been crashes).

Tbf, if this was a usual crosswinds stage with a bunch sprint finish in the middle of town, then once he was back on Carthy rolls in with the peloton, goes for a massage, tries to recover ahead of the next stage, and lives to fight another day.

 

[Carols]

And I can't think who that team might be. Did any team finish with, say, 3 riders in the top 10?

Yes Movi - 5th, 8th and 9th. They went to early.

 

[Fantastico]

And I can't think who that team might be. Did any team finish with, say, 3 riders in the top 10?

For Movistar it wouldn't have made sense to use Mas or Lopez to make a selfless effort for Valverde. First of all, he did not seem to have anything left today. Secondly, they can't afford to lose any time in GC with either Mas or Lopez.