Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 12: Ólvega - Zaragoza, 150.6k

[Danskebjerge]

I’ve taken a look a today’s stage three times now since the start, and every time there was riders taking a pee.

 

[Berflamand]

These exposed and rather small roads would have made for excellent echelon action if only the wind wanted to cooperate.

 

[Rob5091]

It's going to be 30C over the weekend according to the weather report so it's going to be tough. Shame the stages are so crazy short.

 

[madthebad]

Late to the party here... What are Vingebot and KussTheCook cooking in this Vuelta?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Late to the party here... What are Vingebot and KussTheCook cooking in this Vuelta?

It's very hot and dry at the moment - hopefully...

 

[Rob5091]

The peloton are going to have a problem not catching the 2 guys up front soon.

 

[Potomac]

Just tuning in, looks like the break had zero chance today.

 

[Red Rick]

Jetse Bol with the memest attack of the year

 

[Tricycle Rider]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTcb_33-DiI

 

[Sciatic]

Fun and games at the back of the peloton

 

[Berniece]

Maybe GC will sprint for bonus seconds

 

[Danskebjerge]

How often have we seen a succesful attempt to beat the sprinter trains on the final kilometers this year (like Ekimov and Skibby back in the days)? I miss that scenario a lot. So rare in modern cycling.

 

[Berniece]

How often have we seen a succesful attempt to beat the sprinter trains on the final kilometers this year (like Ekimov and Skibby back in the days)? I miss that scenario a lot. So rare in modern cycling.

This late out? It has been a while that I can remember in a big race. I can remember Cancellara doing it in the TDF, but there are probably more recent examples.

 

[Berniece]

Roglic took another 4s back

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That was an unreasonable amount of effort for an intermediate sprint on the part of multiple teams.

 

[Volderke]

Very clever from Roglic, and a fail by SQS

All of this sprinting for bonus seconds (Remco, Vingegaard, Roglic) could quickly become irrelevant after Friday's stage, but for now, Remco opened the challenge and JV happily returned the favour.

 

[Red Rick]

Groves gifting Evenepoel 6s earlier but beating Rog now.

Welcome to my ****list

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I think all three of the big teams are getting these intermediate sprints wrong.
Soudal are putting in too much effort.
Jumbo are putting in too much effort.
UAE could have Molano join in to get in the way of Soudal and Jumbo at zero expense to their GC ambitions, but aren't.

 

[Red Rick]

I think all three of the big teams are getting these intermediate sprints wrong.
Soudal are putting in too much effort.
Jumbo are putting in too much effort.
UAE could have Molano join in to get in the way of Soudal and Jumbo at zero expense to their GC ambitions, but aren't.

I don't think it's wrong to go for them when it's 6-4-2 at all

 

[Sciatic]

That was an unreasonable amount of effort for an intermediate sprint on the part of multiple teams.

Yeah, I wondered what EF was doing hammering away next to Alpecin, but on the other hand it’s not like that have to save energy for (other than their climber whose name I’ve temporarily forgotten).

 

[Lexman]

Very clever from Roglic, and a fail by SQS

All of this sprinting for bonus seconds (Remco, Vingegaard, Roglic) could quickly become irrelevant after Friday's stage, but for now, Remco opened the challenge and JV happily returned the favour.

fail by Pedersen...

 

[Volderke]

The only way Remco can redeem himself is by sprinting for the win in Zaragoza.

 

[Berniece]

I don't think it's wrong to go for them when it's 6-4-2 at all

I find it weird because that means JV and SQS are assuming Evenepoel/Roglic are equals in the mountains and finish together. Which could be the case, but that will be quite boring, knowing Evenepoel will just diesel his way up.

 

[Netserk]

I find it weird because that means JV and SQS are assuming Evenepoel/Roglic are equals in the mountains and finish together. Which could be the case, but that will be quite boring, knowing Evenepoel will just diesel his way up.

No. It's about not having to attack, thus making it easier to do so.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I don't think it's wrong to go for them when it's 6-4-2 at all

Yeah, unlike the Tour you don‘t need to pretend you‘re all sciency and have calculated that it‘s not worth it.