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

[Tricycle Rider]

Remco high-fiving Cattaneo for job well done, Remco is on his own now

 

[Lexman]

hm understandebly Cattaneo is done but means a lot of work to do for Remco... alone on the last two climbs...

 

[Volderke]

Whenever I see a team like Jumbo pulling / controlling the peloton like absolute bosses, I always think about that trainer that once said:
you get much stronger if you are pulling, and you aren't getting any stronger if you are following wheels.

I wonder if controlling the peloton by the strongest team is, in a way, something of a self-fulfilling prophecy...?

 

[Volderke]

Remco will get the KOM points, raise his hands, fistpump his chest and soft-pedal to the finish.

 

[pelotonIQ]

Going solo. Remcos favorite discipline, lovely to see.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Aside from Remco, Cattaneo has carried this quickstep team on his back this vuelta. Huge performance

 

[Grayguard]

Did I just hear Vingegaard make a joke???

Søren Reedtz: Remco asked 10 times the last time, whether he would be allowed to go on the attack. Now he lost more time, will you let him up the road?

Vingegaard: Well, now I'm 2nd in the KOM classification, so of course not.

Leaving out what said after, almost makes this seem like intentional misinformation.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Evenepoel needs what would arguably be the most impressive ride of his career to pull this one off. 2:50 for (almost) all of Cordal and Angliru, solo, having had to do lots of pulling already, is impossible for many a good climber.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Gesink, what a workhorse

 

[Vroome.exe]

JV domestiques are not gonna gain time on Remco on this climb. He will probably have around 3min at the start of Angliru, could be doable, depending on how much energy he has left.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is the graphic calling Soler - on his own - "Group Soler"?

 

[Volderke]

Evenepoel needs what would arguably be the most impressive ride of his career to pull this one off. 2:50 for (almost) all of Cordal and Angliru, solo, having had to do lots of pulling already, is impossible for many a good climber.

He should (and maybe even could) get another 30s on Cordal, and don't loose anything in the descent.
But JV still have Valter, Tratnik, Kelderman,... until the steep part of Angliru, where Vingegaard can take 2 minutes back just by being more fresh, not even by his intrinsic climbing advantage.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Remco will get the KOM points, raise his hands, fistpump his chest and soft-pedal to the finish.

Maybe remco will get the KOM points, celebrate with Gorilla gestures, drop back to the peloton and then attack again on angliru against the gc contenders and win and do more Gorilla gestures.

 

[Gigs_98]

German commentators are basically acting like this is a done deal for Evenepoel. I'm not entirely sure I agree but it's honestly insane this is even a reasonable opinion about a solo rider with two climbs, one of which is the Angliru, still to come.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Lol Bahrain

 

[tobydawq]

Leaving out what said after, almost makes this seem like intentional misinformation.

From me (and if so, how?) or from Vingegaard?

 

[Lexman]

lol Landa letting his team ride

 

[Volderke]

Maybe remco will get the KOM points, celebrate with Gorilla gestures, drop back to the peloton and then attack again on angliru against the gc contenders and win and do more Gorilla gestures.

I'm betting the house of some other forum members (who don't value their houses anyway) that this will never, ever happen.

 

[Tim Cahill]

There's like an hour of riding left, it will depend on how quickly Jumbo expend their domestiques.

I expect some earlier than usual looking around on Angliru as nobody really knows what move to make.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Landa asks his guys to ride

 

[saunaking]

Remco will get the KOM points, raise his hands, fistpump his chest and soft-pedal to the finish.

"I had a bad day in this race, but now I can be proud of winning some stages and wearing
this beautiful jersey that shows who was the best climber"

"oh and check my strava - look at all the KOMs"

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If he pulls this off, it it will almost be up there with Nieve's win on Cotobello.
But now Bahrain wants to Jumbo's dirty work.

 

[Aimar16]

Landa wants to show Remco who will be the alpha male

 

[Netserk]

Finally a proper pace in the peloton.

 

[Rob5091]

Bahrain! Yes someone ffs!