Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2022, stage 12: Salobreña - Peñas Blancas. Estepona, 192.7k

[Devil's Elbow]

I have no idea what Jumbo and Movistar are expecting to achieve with having their third-best domestiques pull for a bit.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Looking back, good think Vervaeke is back. What happened to that guy that closed in on Pogacar in Lombardy :/

He had Mono during the spring, that's what happened.

How much of a draft do you even get from Fabbro? Seems like the others get more of a draft from riding behind Wilco than he gets from riding behind Fabbro...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He had Mono during the spring, that's what happened.

How much of a draft do you even get from Fabbro? Seems like the others get more of a draft from riding behind Wilco than he gets from riding behind Fabbro...

Especially since he's almost riding next to him.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Movistar on the front flirting with the idea of drilling it

If it was Ineos, Carapaz, MAL, or Quintana they would have.

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

Curse of Kirby.

 

[postmanhat]

Don't think I've ever been as disinterested in a GT by stage 12 as I am now. The GC decided in the first half of the race barring major weakness from Evenepoel in the second half, no competition whatsoever for the minor classifications, Covid picking away at the field, two riders dominating the MTFs for stages and GC respectively when the route offers no scope for action outside of the MTFs. Assuming the GC battle doesn't come back to life, this will probably go down as the worst GT in a decade for me, even the Giro was better...

This is going the way of the Giro in terms of being Covid affected and endless breakaway stages, but in retrospect, the giro was awful. One excellent stage (Superga), and then that one at the end where Hindley attacked for the final 3K or so. The rest were instantly forgettable for me. This race has already had one excellent stage (six), and four was pretty decent. Still plenty of kilometres left for it to be much better spectacle?

 

[noob]

Why does Jumbo pace when Rogla is positioned so far behind Remco et al. I don't get it :O

 

[Samamba]

Ayuso is struggling.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is going the way of the Giro in terms of being Covid affected and endless breakaway stages, but in retrospect, the giro was awful. One excellent stage (Superga), and then that one at the end where Hindley attacked for the final 3K or so. The rest were instantly forgettable for me. This race has already had one excellent stage (six), and four was pretty decent. Still plenty of kilometres left for it to be much better spectacle?

Very generous to put Pico Jano on par with Superga, imo - the latter was a significantly better stage. Obviously it was well above the Giro MTFs though.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Especially since he's almost riding next to him.

It's Wilco, so at some point his front wheel will probably cross Fabbro's rear wheel, making both of them crash...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Looking back, good think Vervaeke is back. What happened to that guy that closed in on Pogacar in Lombardy :/

Mononucleosis sadly

 

[TourOfSardinia]

QS back in charge

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Jonas' Twingegaard dropped.

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

What was the point of Jumbo's pace setting?

 

[Big Doopie]

jumbo isolated rog

 

[ontheroad]

Break now down to nine, its going to be a straight up gun fight of the strongest.

 

[ice&fire]

Jumbo loses Oomen and Harper while QS still has two riders to support Remco. That's worthy of a Movistar award of team tactics.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Break now down to ten, its going to be a straight up gun fight of the strongest.

The problem is that Vine has a sniper rifle while everyone else has a water gun.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Jumbo burned their domestiques without really reducing the Peleton nor gaining time on Fabbro - very random.

 

[RedheadDane]

How much of a draft do you even get from Fabbro? Seems like the others get more of a draft from riding behind Wilco than he gets from riding behind Fabbro...

How about yesterday?
At the front of the peloton: Fabbro.
Right behind him: Durbridge.

 

[Valv.Piti]

They are trying, but they simply dont have enough firepower, Jumbo and Movistar that is. Being isolated here means very little for Roglic anyways.

 

[BR2]

Fabbro

 

[Potomac]

Who is in the control booth deciding which images to show?

 

[houtdffan]

why would the idiot director cut to the breakaway when an attack occurs from the GC group?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Jumbo burned their domestiques without really reducing the Peleton nor gaining time on Fabbro - very random.

Shows that they aren't that strong and that Fabbro has ridden himself into good shape during this Vuelta.