Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2022, stage 15: Martos - Sierra Nevada. Alto Hoya de la Mora. Monachil, 152.6k

[Filippo_3467]

Remco is just too good for the rest. Can't see where he can loose time in the last week.

 

[houtdffan]

Not good enough, Rog

 

[Didinho]

Ayuso with his signature last km

 

[sir fly]

Superb effort from Arensman.
Great ride.

Pretty suspenseful pursuit all over the mountain

 

[Salvarani]

Roglic gained 15 seconds and made Remco work for almost the whole climb. A big effort from Remco who can hold his head high, but he will have to defend himself even more next week. He is still the favorite to win this.

If he didnt have the best legs today, that was still a good outcome for Roglic.

 

[Red Rick]

Mas - 21 seconds + 6 - Roglic - 21 seconds - Evenepoel. Bit underwhelming for a queen stage, both Mas and Roglic were too scared to lose today.

I think Roglic just didn't feel good.

 

[noob]

Did Soler help his teammates? I didn't see it anyway

 

[KZD]

Signs of more to come in 3rd week

Signs of what exactly?

 

[Riek s]

Remco still one of the strongest climber of the Vuelta. Did the biggest part alone. Think only Lopez was stronger.
Mas just followed wheels (Remco should have tried to follow hom directly).
Arensman also very very strong. Probably saved a few wats for picking a normal speed at the beginning and the previous climb. Amazing ride from him.

We will end up with half of the top10 on the white jersey list as well.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

I wonder will Ayuso and Pogacar get on if they're in the same GT. Could be the best 1-2 punch ever or could be Contador/Lance cold war 2.0

 

[Lorzenz08]

Roglic getting there, seconds by seconds

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I think Roglic just didn't feel good.

Perhaps, but if you can take 15 seconds in the final kilometre you could have attacked at least a bit earlier.

 

[Carols]

Mas - 21 seconds + 6 - Roglic - 21 seconds - Evenepoel. Bit underwhelming for a queen stage, both Mas and Roglic were too scared to lose today.

Rogla didn't have the legs....10 days on the bike after barely recovering from 2 fractured vertebrae isn't exactly the best preparation!

 

[ontheroad]

It’s possible that Roglic wasn’t feeling great otherwise why leave it so late.

He allowed a small gap to momentarily open earlier down the climb and looked as though he might be distanced but then benefitted from the Remco pacesetting and got into a rhythm.
Eveneopel looks to be weakening but when he looks at the last week stage profiles he’ll be delighted this evening. Other than Stage 20 I don’t see where Evenepoel could be distanced now and the gap is more than enough.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Ayuso overtook Remco at the end? Mad fight and despite all the memes, I think he and Almeida did well working together and getting rid of Rodriguez.

 

[movingtarget]

Great win for Arensman. Roglic and Mas not damaging Remco too much. Thought Remco defended well. Vine racking up more KOM points.

 

[Bonimenier]

Imagine riding this negative in the queen stage as a 3 time and defending winner of the race.

 

[Riek s]

Ok, that's alright, not too bad for remco.

I'm baffled by roglic, if he still had that in him, why wait so long and not crush remco completely?

Because he can't, he was profitting on the less steep sections, did a massive sprint and barely made time.

 

[ice&fire]

Roglic getting there, seconds by seconds

At this rate he's going to need a 4th week of racing

 

[perico]

Remco still one of the strongest climber of the Vuelta. Did the biggest part alone. Think only Lopez was stronger.
Mas just followed wheels (Remco should have tried to follow hom directly).
Arensman also very very strong. Probably saved a few wats for picking a normal speed at the beginning and the previous climb. Amazing ride from him.

We will end up with half of the top10 on the white jersey list as well.

Mas just followed wheels? He was on the front a good deal, especially over the last two KM. Before that, everytime he went to the front Superman attacked him.

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

Arensman is a nice pick up for Ineos.

 

[Panda Claws]

Perhaps Evenepoel began fading just a little which prompted Roglic to attack.

 

[Rackham]

I think Roglic just didn't feel good.

15 seconds is 15 seconds.

It might not satisfy the people who're always quick to draw conclusions but there's still one week left. All I note is Rog has started to take time off Evenepoel now so we still do have a race here.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Roglic finishes like a truck anyway but he looked quite fresh and had more in the tank. Really bizarre why he didn't go sooner. Maybe he thought Remco would just blow himself up. Could have had the GC gap below a minute if he just threw caution to the wind. Really lacks that killer bite like Pog

 

[ontheroad]

Evenepoel needs to learn when he can't rely on brute force. Still not a disaster but he should be limiting his losses better.

I think he done a pretty good job of that in the last 2 days.