Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 19: La Bañeza - Íscar, 177.1k

[Tricycle Rider]

Groves for the win, and if not I'll take Bernal.

 

[saunaking]

Remco will destroy some out of contract Venezuelan pro conti riders and inexperienced u23s by 5 minutes, and point to his hat when he wins to remind us how smart he is

while GC 5-10 ride around making sure Lenny Martinez doesnt jump them haha

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Some riders, at this point, might just want to secure a contract for next season.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw

 

[Gigs_98]

Wanna impress me Remco? I have a suggestion where you should do your next raid.

 

[movingtarget]

Remco to attack in the feed zone and win by 8 minutes otherwise Groves if he can get a clear run at the line unlike his last few sprints.

 

[topcat]

Groves has lost the two previous sprints so it's hardly like nobody else has a shot. At the very least, UAE should help them out (Novak, Fisher-Black and Soler could all be committed to the chase depending on how strong the break is) given that Molano has been almost as good this Vuelta and, you know, won the most recent sprint.

Groves or Remco, so.

 

[Berflamand]

Alpecin must do everything in their power to have Groves sprint for the win (either keep it together or put him in the breakaway) because if he doesn't and Remco goes loco tomorrow there's actually a real possibility he might lose the green jersey after all.

(Okay, the risk is still quite small with the sprint stage on sunday but one badly timed mechanical could ruin it all so better to be safe already today)

 

[Rob5091]

Shame the wind is not blowing today - could have been very interesting. The final could be a real dangerous messy affair with tired & bored GC teams & sprint teams going kerb to kerb and full gas. If no one goes down, it will be a small miracle.
Groves is the obvious pick for the win, but he's been busy getting green jersey points so maybe someone else can ride the Alpercin train for the win. Will anyone bother with going in the break? Caja Rural & Burgos have possibly just one last chance to show themselves - 2 man break!

 

[Eyeballs Out]

This should really be a large breakaway - maybe with Groves in it. Since we last had a bunch sprint, Groves has lost his lead out guy and Quickstep are now stage hunting

 

[KZD]

Breakaway or bunch sprint, I think Groves will be in the mix. Would also likely Ganna to give it a try. Regarding Remco, I think he will save his power for tomorrow's stage after two breakaway days.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

exciting stage, will Roglic attack Kuss on the flat?

 

[search]

Regarding Remco, I think he will save his power for tomorrow's stage after two breakaway days.

that's what he said, at least. Tomorrow he wants to win from the favourites' group

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Curious about the final 2K straight part.
That part can be graded with covers, grates, old surface, a little up and down, parked cars and where it can turn out that a perfect 2km 30 meter wide road is actually worse in terms of safety compared to a 2km straight road with few challenges, so it will be harder to sit in the front.
Think I'll just dive into it on GPS/street view before I set today's manager team...oops, I guess it's too late. But 8 mountain riders will probably do, especially if it is 2km very falsely flat

*edit*
Found it. Not that hairy.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

exciting stage, will Roglic attack Kuss on the flat?

His deeply resigned face of yesterday surrealistics says 'no'.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Remco will destroy some out of contract Venezuelan pro conti riders and inexperienced u23s by 5 minutes, and point to his hat when he wins to remind us how smart he is

Oh and I thought he pointet that he remembered his helmet. Which, ofcourse, also is a wise thing to do.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Burgos not even in the breakaway today. Just like in 2020, 2021 and 2022, they have been a waste of space.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I want my good old Vuelta back - the one from the first ten days. Neutralized stage finishes, the organizers messing things up, Vingegaard telling the other teams to stop attacking, and Evenepoel crashing into crowds while celebrating.

 

[Rob5091]

Yep, double so big break then I thought - 4 men and best on GC is nearly 3 hours down. Now we wait for the intermediate sprint.

Edit - Question/topic for today - If Kuss has a puncture 5 km from the finish should the peloton stop and wait or just his team?

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Yep, double so big break then I thought - 4 men and best on GC is nearly 3 hours down. Now we wait for the intermediate sprint.

I'm devastated that I'm not within broadcasting signal to closely follow those explosive actions going on as you describe.

 

[Rob5091]

I'm devastated that I'm not within broadcasting signal to closely follow those explosive actions going on as you describe.

Well the good news is Alpecin are already, according to the official website, on the front and keeping up the speed so they'll be no dilly-dallying today. Infact they've already taken 30 seconds off the breaks lead, so the brakes might be applied.
Edit - and UAE are helping and the break has now lost 1 minute. This does not bode well for the break!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Burgos not even in the breakaway today. Just like in 2020, 2021 and 2022, they have been a waste of space.

Pelayo Mayo rode a pretty good stage yesterday, to be fair. If only he had been in the breakaway instead. Caja Rural have not been better in the third week, but they obviously also suffered quite a lot from losing both Aular and Cepeda.

 

[Potomac]

Yes, let's get this over with quickly.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Alpecin are going to catch the break prematurely at their current pace. As always, the lack of good rouleurs means breakaways practically never stay away on flat stages at the Vuelta specifically.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Very good stage. Very good Guillén. We very much need sprinters to stay in the race because they add lots of value to bike races

 

[Rob5091]

The guys in the peloton are giving the 4 guys in the break 90 seconds and that's about it, until the intermediate sprint, I guess.