Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 15: Pamplona - Lekunberri, 158.3k

[Netserk]

Seems like Evenepoel avoided taking any points in the intermediate.

 

[Salvarani]

Costa gonna win this, aint he?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Van der Poel is not in the race.

Its probably 40 years from now he will tell this story, everyone knows details wont matter as much When talking about something that happened long time ago - the story is better this way.

 

[ManicJack]

Seems like Evenepoel avoided taking any points in the intermediate.

Politics of the peloton. I won't take the points if you don't chase me.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I'm sure he would point out the same for Pidcock.

Probably not (in the context of a road race), but I have no problem calling Rui Costa the World Champion.

 

[Samamba]

Maybe it wasn't the smartest idea from Remco to do 90% of the work after all

Costa can actually win this if he hangs on.

 

[Scarponi]

Its probably 40 years from now he will tell this story, everyone knows details wont matter as much When talking about something that happened long time ago - the story is better this way.

It’s the most pathetic thing I’ve ever heard

 

[CyclistAbi]

If Remco doesn't win today then it will be worst stage for him than yesterday.

 

[AmRacer]

Is Remco tired?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

It’s the most pathetic thing I’ve ever heard

Wow you cant have heard much.

 

[Red Rick]

Rui Costa is doing Rui Costa things

 

[Devil's Elbow]

If Remco doesn't win today then it will be worst stage for him than yesterday.

Finishing first is better than not finishing first. Thanks for the groundbreaking insight.

 

[Salvarani]

Remco will reel them back and drop them just before the top, solo win.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I still think he was very, very lucky to have the chance to go for GC at the Tour in 2018 and even luckier that Froome's case meant that he did Giro-Tour back to back meaning Thomas didn't go in as secondary leader but as co-leader, which gave him the chance to win.

It swing in roundabout, in 2019 he was unlucky that bernal broke his collarbone and missed the giro

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Is Remco tired?

It could seem so. It will be hard for him to win this.

 

[DNP-Old]

If Remco doesn't win today then it will be worst stage for him than yesterday.

A stage you do not win is worse than a stage you win. What a revelation.

 

[Samamba]

Remco will reel them back and drop them just before the top, solo win.

The last km of the climb is almost flat

I think it's done

 

[DNP-Old]

I swear, people will still be pulling Costa to a victory even when he's 6 feet under.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Remco is smoked.
Well done Costa and Buitrago!

 

[DNP-Old]

How is it actually, humanly possible for Costa to still be pulling these stunts successfully?

 

[saunaking]

So glad Kamna missed out here
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[HelloDolly]

The forum will explode if Rui Costa wins this

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It swing in roundabout, in 2019 he was unlucky that bernal broke his collarbone and missed the giro

That 2019 Tour is too hard to say, because the entire reason Bernal was given the time he was was the expectation that going then would mean he would tire on Tignes, and other riders in the GC mix were preserving some energy for it. I know that racing was already harder than it might otherwise have been because of Alaphilippe having been dropped. Tactically it was a very good position for Thomas, but because of when the annulment happened it's hard to either say or really understand what form people were in that day and what might have transpired had the stage gone ahead in full as planned. It's like picking 2003 Beloki in the Doping Draft game. It was supposedly the best Beloki, but he crashed out before we would have the chance to say for sure whether or not that was the case.

 

[nightowl]

Poor Buitrago, Costa isn’t going to give you a pull no matter how hard you try

 

[Didinho]

Could be a good sprint with these 2. Buitrago not slow.

Remco won’t do it today. 30sec to much. Looks empty.