Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 17: Ribadesella/Ribadeseya - Altu de l’Angliru, 124.4k

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Were on page 7, yet still time before this stage has even started.
Question is, will we reach page 8 before "Vuelta is over, Remco did it" comments?

 

[RedheadDane]

Question is, will we reach page 8 before "Vuelta is over, Remco did it" comments?

Yes.

 

[Salvarani]

Remco is bigger than la vuelta

One boy, one race.

 

[Salvarani]

Giro all over again.

It was a good time in the end.

 

[Ricco']

Jonas to win and wait for Kuss with a birthday cake on the line, singing Happy Birthday.

How long does it take to reach "happy birthday, dear Sepp" in danish?

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Yes.

I have to immediately throw out my old ball frame and look around for a new one.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

15 years from now we'll be seeing AI riders created in a factory with metal endoskeletons & synthetic skin.

Dope controls will involve using magnets to detect them.

I think this would actually make an interesting and spooky sci-fi movie, we need Samu Cuenca and LS to write the script.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I can't see anyone but Jonas sealing it today. Maybe some breakaway. I am happy to be wrong. Please make me wrong 🤕

No.

J/k, but I do think you are right. I have my Monopoly money on Vingo today, but who knows what Rogla and Sepp will do. And then there's Remco - I don't think he will win this stage, but it's definitely interesting to see just how far he will push or adjust his endeavors.

Whatever happens I'm so excited about this stage - hopefully Peacock won't switch to commercial at the most crucial of times!

 

[svit]

Who is the King of Denmark?

Based on the pre-Vuelta interviews where Grischa said Roglic is their king I think the Kuss is now Hamlet and Vinge is Claudius... Or is Kuss the King of Denmark and we will see Roglic taking the revenge on Vinge ...

 

[Gargamel35]

Who is the King of Denmark?

Based on the pre-Vuelta interviews where Grischa said Roglic is their king I think the Kuss is now Hamlet and Vinge is Claudius... Or is Kuss the King of Denmark and we will see Roglic taking the revenge on Vinge ...

You don't kill a king in secret. You kill him before everybody so they can watch him die.

 

[Earns1985]

No live pics of the first km today?

 

[Rackham]

Damn, Evenepoel attacking already. I was hoping he'd save his bullets for later in the stage (launching on Cordal maybe).

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Evenepoel up the road, surprise

 

[Ilmaestro99]

How dare remco attack the race leader sep kuss? Doesn't he know that sep is supposed to win?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

When does the broadcast start?

 

[Netserk]

Who is the King of Denmark?

 

[Nick2413]

When does the broadcast start?

24 min from now on GCN

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Good chance for other riders that are aiming for breakaway win (Bardet, Buitrago etc) to let Remco and the small group dangle at 10-25s for the next 20 km and then try to force a new break either without Remco or with a slightly more tired Remco.

….and they’re caught

 

[Rackham]

Good chance for other riders that are aiming for breakaway win (Bardet, Buitrago etc) to let Remco and the small group dangle at 10-25s for the next 20 km and then try to force a new break either without Remco or with a slightly more tired Remco.

If there was ever a stage where energy preservation is essential, it's this one. Unless a break gets a big lead, Evenepoel should save himself a little for what's coming later.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Good chance for other riders that are aiming for breakaway win (Bardet, Buitrago etc) to let Remco and the small group dangle at 10-25s for the next 20 km and then try to force a new break either without Remco or with a slightly more tired Remco.

This is another short stage, so you need to be getting up the road in time to build enough of a time gap. From Cordal onwards, the gap will only be going one way, so you need a pretty big one too. In other words, there might not be enough time to let Evenepoel dangle at any point.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

15 years from now we'll be seeing AI riders created in a factory with metal endoskeletons & synthetic skin.

Dope controls will involve using magnets to detect them.

That's why Skeletor is thriving now - no controls yet.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

24 min from now on GCN

But the first 30 minutes of the transmission will probably be dedicated to wonderful studio banter and interesting views on what happened yesterday.
And interviews.

edit: and countless ad nauseum takes on just how incredibly hard the Angliru is. "Man I am happy I'm not riding anymore, today would've been pure hell" and on and on.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Countdown till coverage commences (this is the second stage of this Vuelta where it feels like it's New Year's Eve) - at Peacock it's another 27 mins.

 

[Samamba]

Crash at the front of the bunch
14:24
Riders from Bahrain Victorious, UAE Team Emirates, Burgos-BH and Ineos Grenadiers are involved.

 

[Salvarani]

Why is this stage also so short?