Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2022, stage 19: Talavera de la Reina - Talavera de la Reina, 138.3 km

[sir fly]

No. Floyd wouldn't have blown the whistle in that case.

A matter of dramaturgy.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Blood test while in Italy.

Almost as bad of a decision as Pedersen not riding Worlds this year then I'd say.

 

[RedheadDane]

Since the Danes are doing so bad this year they need a stage win after all

You have a problem with Danes winning races?

 

[Sciatic]

Whoa, there was some graffiti near the top of the tower thing.

 

[ice&fire]

That was close!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ridiculous finish on a bend makes Pedersen's life easy.

 

[noob]

You have a problem with Danes winning races?

Nope

 

[Netserk]

Cort did it better.

 

[BR2]

Lol, close but so easyand natural for Pedersen.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Ah Fred. It'll hopefully come soon.

 

[Bolder]

Pedersen and Trek deserved that win.

 

[DNP-Old]

Really, really weird display from every team bar Trek and some GC sides.

 

[Stringer Bell]

What an embarrassing stage that was

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Perfect leadout by Scotson and Tiberi.

 

[Red Rick]

Mads Pedersen?

Good post Hog

 

[Stringer Bell]

Ah Fred. It'll hopefully come soon.

He deserves nothing - if he thinks he can outsprint Pedersen then he hasn’t be paying attention this Vuelta

 

[Tim Cahill]

What the *** is Superman doing getting 9th

 

[noob]

The best part of this stage is gonna be Wright interview

 

[roundabout]

Pedersen and Trek deserved that win.

Yep, but at the same time it did not seem that there was much interest from the others to make things harder for them

 

[Sciatic]

Superman top 10 there? What was he doing

 

[SHAD0W93]

What the *** is Superman doing getting 9th

Hopefully not preparing for his patented stage 20 performance.

 

[RedheadDane]

Perfect leadout by Scotson and Tiberi.

If Pedersen plays bottle-fetcher tomorrow, he might actually let Tiberi have a bottle without teasing him.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

What the *** is Superman doing getting 9th

Proving what a weak sprint field this is.

 

[yaco]

The final needed a 1km climb at around 5% in the last 6 or 7kms to allow for a late breakaway to shake up the race.

 

[Big Doopie]

What an embarrassing stage that was

oh give it a break.

when you put a hard stage before another hard stage, the GCers conserve energy anyway. better to have this type of stage that will sap energy and make tomorrow even more volatile.

yesterday was likely the most exciting stage of the entire Vuelta. tomorrow could be even better.

or do you really prefer an MTF with 18% gradients in the last 2 kms so that GCers dare absolutely nothing until that point? At which time one of them roglafies everyone else by a few seconds and a bonus. Woot! Woot! Sooooo exciting! Never seen that before! (drenched in sarcasm)

yesterday was the best type of racing. tomorrow likely will be even better.