Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 1: Barcelona - Barcelona (14.8k / TTT)

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Why does Evenepoel insist on making it so difficult to like him.

Watch his press conference pre Vuelta and he is funny and humble and very frank. And full of honest respect and admiration for Pog, Rog, Vingo and VDP. Almost impossible not to like.

He’s a competitor. Judging him on a hot second after racing in pitch darkness is just silly.

It isn’t about the rain. He rightly says it’s stupid to delay start until the freakin evening. And in the interview he made total sense. Can u deny it. Storm at night means they are basically racing in utter darkness.

The change in light was drastic.
 
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I guess the rain really helped to make it much darker than it would be normally. But you are right, they should have thought about that.
Yes of course, but you know there's a possibility of rain. Its the easiest thing in the world to just do it 1 hour earlier.

This is absolutely NOT something that you can defend no matter how you look at it IMO.

Movistar just got robbed.
 
your leader:

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He won every GT stage he’s ridden.
 
Compare and contrast his words with Thomas who is a gentleman
I honestly didn't know Thomas started exactly the same time (and thus darkness) as Evenepoel. Is Evenepoel already signed by Ineos?

SQS finished at 20.31, that's sunset time. The extra 15-20 minutes Ineos had before sunset, makes a massive difference in terms of daylight.
Look it up. https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/spain/barcelona
 
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