Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 5: Morella - Burriana, 186.2k

[RobertCrawley]

Someday, perhaps, the Vuelta tv folks will give us accurate meters to the finish.

 

[Netserk]

Nice, clean sprint. Good with the corner at 700 m to go.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Nice 3rd place for Van Gestel, I guess

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Chapeau Groves! That was kinda close

 

[RobertCrawley]

Nice, clean sprint. Good with the corner at 700 m to go.

Yep. Beautiful.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The stage was so exciting I forgot to turn it on before it finished.

 

[Sciatic]

If Ganna launched slightly earlier before Groves got up to full speed he might have had a shot. Or not

 

[SafeBet]

Pippo is winning a sprint before the end of the Vuelta.

 

[Nick2413]

Ganna the fastest but had to make up too much ground.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Remco should have given the bunch sprint a go. More bonus seconds

 

[JosefK]

Huge Roglic victory, today. ... No crashes.

 

[kingjr]

Such a shame that Thijssen got Covid

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice, clean sprint. Good with the corner at 700 m to go.

I'll have to take your word for it in regard to the distance left, for some reason Peacock has not been showing how many meters there are left to race. It's quite mind-boggling.

 

[Gigs_98]

Rare to see a sprint where it's so obvious the 2nd placed rider was stronger than the winner. Ganna spent more time in the wind, came from further back and had a higher speed throughout the process of the sprint. The Alpecin leadout masterclass struck again.

On another note, was I supposed to know Ganna can do that?

 

[Rob5091]

6 seconds won't decide this race and there aren't exactly many of these sprints in flat stages that won't go to the break so it won't accumulate either. People are overreacting.

It was just funny. But as Thomas said once, if you're getting something for free why not take it?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Such a shame that Thijssen got Covid

Wouldn't have mattered today, the Intermarché train was derailed by the crash.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Rare to see a sprint where it's so obvious the 2nd placed rider was stronger than the winner. Ganna spent more time in the wind, came from further back and had a higher speed throughout the process of the sprint. The Alpecin leadout masterclass struck again.

On another note, was I supposed to know Ganna can do that?

Would have been Ganna's second sprint win of the summer after Wallonie, so arguably yes.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Rare to see a sprint where it's so obvious the 2nd placed rider was stronger than the winner. Ganna spent more time in the wind, came from further back and had a higher speed throughout the process of the sprint. The Alpecin leadout masterclass struck again.

On another note, was I supposed to know Ganna can do that?

He won in Wallonie last month, so it wasn‘t completely out of the blue.

 

[tobydawq]

Molano must have crashed in the 3.1 to go crash. And MVDB was completely out of position. Slim pickings.

A GT stage podium on a stage ending with a bunch sprint including Ganna and Van Gestel was not something I would have picked before the season.

 

[Netserk]

Two independent crashes at the roundabout:

 

[Izzyeviel]

Bad news for Dunbar & Jayco - good news I suppose for Zana & others who'll be free to go for stages.

WHY DID YOU POST THIS???

 

[search]

Molano must have crashed in the 3.1 to go crash. And MVDB was completely out of position.

same as in every flat bunch sprint so far in his career. Just not his cup of tea, by the look of it.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Two independent crashes at the roundabout:

Maybe they scaled down to 400 milliliters of olive oil.

 

[ontheroad]

Good win for Groves but Ganna looked very strong. Van Gestel had time to get a head butt in and still finish third.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ganna lmao.

If not every single team tries to be in the break on Friday...

Well, if Arensman and Thomas don't improve tomorrow, Ineos will probably start controlling the flat stages for Ganna at this rate...