Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2022, stage 10: Elche - Alicante, 30.9k (ITT)

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Sector 2 seems to be the fastest going by average speeds at the intermediates. Sector 3 the slowest.

 

[JosefK]

another 2 riders out with Covid (José Herrada and Harry Sweeny) . that makes 5 since stage 9?

Sam Bennet also out, reason unknown

They're dropping like flies!

 

[ontheroad]

Cavagna has been like a machine so far in this Vuelta for QS.

 

[sir fly]

They're dropping like flies!

Flying like drops!

 

[Berflamand]

Cavagna setting the marks for Remco with very strong splits at T1 and T2 (55km/h +).

Pedersen six seconds slower at T1.

 

[tobydawq]

Not difficult to guess: Protocols.

Of course I knew what was meant. I was just wondering how on Earth one could think that was the way to go with that word.

Maybe that was mean.

 

[Volderke]

Cavagna with a 55.3K/hr average at the second intermediate. So 54K/hr is very realistic.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Remco to be under 34 minutes

 

[dazaau]

Of course I knew what was meant. I was just wondering how on Earth one could think that was the way to go with that word.

Maybe that was mean.

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[ontheroad]

Sam Bennett out with Covid too. It could be Evenepoels biggest opponent.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Sam Bennett out with Covid too. It could be Evenepoels biggest opponent.

Bennett?

(I'm kidding)

 

[search]

Sam Bennet also out, reason unknown

Covid, according to Mullen.

Bennett has a daily blog on the Irish Independent. Here's what he said today:

"My Bora-Hansgrohe team have a fully kitted kitchen truck to eat in every night. Last night though, because of the transfer, we dined at the hotel buffet with three other teams and while a lot of the population have almost forgotten about Covid by now, as a professional sportsperson, it’s always in the back of your mind.

The whole peloton had antigen tests today and you’re only ever one wrong result away from being out of the race. One of the hard things about Covid is people recognising me in the green jersey, looking for autographs and photos. [...]

While I’ve no problem with photos, I don’t really want to sign autographs because of Covid. You could have 10 or 20 people with different pens and tops and jerseys and books and while I don’t know the transmissions rates from handling stuff like that, it just feels safer not doing it.

Sometimes people are standing there for a long time and might even have something Irish with them so I feel s**tty not doing it but if I get Covid I’m out of the race.

After a year plagued with injury and illness, I spent a long time trying to get my career back on track. Tara was pregnant for some of that so it was pretty stressful at times and wasn’t fair on her either.

When I eventually got some semblance of fitness back, I still completely gave up my social life for months before this Vuelta. I’m sorry if I’ve let anyone down but, after all of that, I can’t afford to catch Covid now."

So that didn't last long, unfortunately. But maybe, during the past two years, someone could have told him that taking selfies with fans is actually more risky than using their pen.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Thank god Cavagna took the day off.

 

[red_flanders]

Dosen’t appear Cavagna soft-pedaled it.

 

[tobydawq]

Sam Bennett out with Covid too. It could be Evenepoels biggest opponent.

This is getting ridiculous.

 

[search]

Thank god Cavagna took the day off.

did he ever say he would, though? Usually there's always one team mate going full out to give information on the conditions and so on

 

[Valv.Piti]

I had no idea Bob Jungels was riding this race..

 

[Casper96]

So that didn't last long, unfortunately. But maybe, during the past two years, someone could have told him that taking selfies with fans is actually more risky than using their pen.

No kidding. It's like the woman at the grocery store checkout line who refused to touch my reusable grocery bags yesterday (they charge for grocery bags here) because "we don't know where they've been." She was literally taking more of a risk talking to me than touching the bags, but whatever. I mean, I do keep my grocery bags in a bin with all of my used positive Covid tests from the last two and a half years, but don't we all?

 

[Lequack]

 

[Valv.Piti]

Thank god Cavagna took the day off.

Rest day yesterday, flat stage tomorrow. All good, you cannot be a tyran if you want your riders to ride your heart out for you, and Cavagna aint a no-name. Kinda like Wout van Aert in the Tour which was on a much larger scale obviously.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

did he ever say he would, though? Usually there's always one team mate going full out to give information on the conditions and so on

Rest day yesterday, flat stage tomorrow. All good, you cannot be a tyran if you want your riders to ride your heart out for you, and Cavagna aint a no-name. Kinda like Wout van Aert in the Tour which was on a much larger scale obviously.

I have no issues with it, but apparently the team gave orders to everyone but Remco to take it easy. I would also like Van Wilder to go all out, but he already stated he wouldn't.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Dennis 4.5s slower than Cavagna at T1.

 

[Potomac]

Let's go Brandon!

 

[ontheroad]

Look at all the Vuelta stages so far and Cavagna is the QS rider taking way longer pulls than any of his team mates. He has been like Van Aert (to a lesser extent) without the individualism.

 

[Potomac]

Craddock looking....wait for it....MARVELous