Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 11: Lerma - La Laguna Negra, 163.2k

[SHAD0W93]

For a minute I couldn’t find Almeida and was worried that he ended up losing time some how on this finish.

 

[RedheadDane]

He probably rode around in circles, like RhD believes he's done a lot of this year.

I feel pretty certain he's done so. You don't become Team Pursuit World Champion without riding around in circles.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Ha ha, a Cofidis fan getting removed from the finish area by security as Herrada was approaching the line. You could have thought he was a member of the team.

 

[glassmoon]

Was it Herrada's father who got tackled by policeman in the finish?

 

[Cagalitroso]

So the creature from the black lagoon was actually Remco

 

[pelotonIQ]

He's learning. He was sprinting because no one told him that bonus seconds were already taken. Bravo Remco!

They were trying to do Roglic dirty by blocking up after Remcos sprint. Really bizarre finish.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I feel pretty certain he's done so. You don't become Team Pursuit World Champion without riding around in circles.

No, you don't, and I'm sure Norman, Lund, Bévort, Larsen and Rodenberg will all agree.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Herrada now also leads the mountain classification. Cofidis' main goal of the season

Because this was a cat. 1 for absolutely no reason (yes, it's a MTF, but there are two harder MTFs that are cat. 2s). Sucks for Sepulveda to lose it because of that, although he doesn't exactly look like defending the jersey right now.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Ineos still racing like it's 2018 will always bring a smile to my face

 

[Berniece]

Wait, the barriers were blown over by the helicopter, right?

Yes, we can't have a stage where the amateurism of organisation isn't shown blatantly

 

[RedheadDane]

No, you don't, and I'm sure Norman, Lund, Bévort, Larsen and Rodenberg will all agree.

I never said he was the only one circulating around.

 

[noob]

For a minute I couldn’t find Almeida and was worried that he ended up losing time some how on this finish.

His full name really is more than full 🤣

 

[Danskebjerge]

Wait, the barriers were blown over by the helicopter, right?

No, in fact by Andreas Kron who had eaten too much cabbage for lunch.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Wait, the barriers were blown over by the helicopter, right?

At least the helicopter didn’t blow the barriers into the riders hard enough to cause an abandon, unlike at the 2020 Giro. Crazy that two out of three GTs have made the same mistake in the span of less than three years.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Wait, the barriers were blown over by the helicopter, right?

either that or a poltergeist or disgruntled forum member.

 

[search]

Because this was a cat. 1 for absolutely no reason (yes, it's a MTF, but there are two harder MTFs that are cat. 2s). Sucks for Sepulveda to lose it because of that, although he doesn't exactly look like defending the jersey right now.

yeah, since the crash Sepulveda has only been visible when going out the back early. Doesn't seem to be at his best anymore.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Was it Herrada's father who got tackled by policeman in the finish?

^

 

[HelloDolly]

Remco : Maybe they were too excited today and in the end they listened to me ...

This about blocking the road -

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I never said he was the only one circulating around.

No, but why would he ride a lot on the track, if he's not actually doing any track races?
He's just said to TV2 that he's only focusing on the road at the moment (he also knows he's not good enough to make the pursuit team anyway).

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Remco : Maybe they were too excited today and in the end they listened to me ...

This about blocking the road ??

Yes, Remco blocked the road to prevent attacks today. El Patron can do anything and they obey him.

 

[RedheadDane]

No, but why would he ride a lot on the track, if he's not actually doing any track races?

I was certain he'd been part of the TP team this year...

 

[movingtarget]

Apparently there's too many trees around this area for them to race to the line.

Might be the shadows...............

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was certain he'd been part of the TP team this year...

I know you don't care much about cycling history, but I still expected you to be able to remember what happened a month back.

I guess age must have caught up with you

 

[RedheadDane]

I know you don't care much about cycling history, but I still expected you to be able to remember what happened a month back.

I guess age must have caught up with you

I just know that Denmark won! Not exactly who were riding (never cared much about track cycling).

 

[Valv.Piti]

As I said yesterday, a pointless MTF.

You were right, but this was worse than the most pessimistic take on the stage IMO. Only watch the last 5 km really, but come on man, that was a Sunday ride.

Oh well. Another snoozefest tomorrow, and then finally the real race will start.