Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 8: Dénia - Xorret de Catí, 165.0k

[QueenStagiaire]

Congrats to Roglic, but good to see Remco back in form. JV tried to make the race hard but they were nowhere to be seen when it mattered.

3 in a group of 8 plus stage win= nowhere to be seen

 

[Didinho]

Remco again too early for the sprint. Still a good second and looked strong again.
Jumbo and UAE against Mas and Remco.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Evenepoel strong enough to prevent any fireworks, but not strong enough to create any separation. Jumbo get the stage and the red jersey, so they'll be happy, but no time gaps between anybody important really. Bit of a letdown after Javalambre.

The main thing now will be how Jumbo manage the red jersey being on a rider who wasn't expected pre-race, will it be like Astana '08 with Leipheimer and Contador, or will it be like Sky '11 with Froome and Wiggins, where in the end the time lost by Froome working in the red jersey on La Manzaneda (of all climbs, the one that barely averaged over 5%!!!) cost them the GC win (for eight years at least).

 

[Scarponi]

Congrats to Roglic, but good to see Remco back in form. JV tried to make the race hard but they were nowhere to be seen when it mattered.

It’s a bit of a nothing stage, they got what they wanted.

 

[KZD]

Roglič wheelsucking this in to a stage win. Remco doing well nonetheless, Ayuso also good.

 

[Andre]

Way to go Remco!!! Strongest today

 

[Lequack]

Roglic over the moon, good to see him in this mood

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697997756495749304

View: https://twitter.com/lavuelta/status/1697997756495749304

 

[Gigs_98]

Chapeau Roglic. Remco did what he had to do today, but man, beating Jumbo will be close to impossible once they have to ride proper mountain stages.

 

[Winnen]

Roglic seemed happy to win the stage. He is usually more composed.

 

[Big Doopie]

Rog can never be described as exciting. That is for sure.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Vingo suprisingly tame

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic actually celebrating just to show Remco how to do it without going down.

 

[JosefK]

Fun stage. A little something to celebrate for both the Remco and Jumbo camps, and UAE also.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

So Jonas lost 12 seconds to Roglic and 8 to Remco.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Good day for Ayuso, no time lost on a Murito. Big mountain Axuso to strike on stage 13 & 14!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Quite fascinating that we have 2 teams that both have 3 of the 8 strongest riders. It’s not going to be easy for Remco and Mas to avoid being tactically outplayed.

Mas rides for Movistar. He could get tactically outplayed in a straight fight if he had the stronger legs.

Lastras, Roelandts and Sciandri are their decent DSes. None of them are at the Vuelta.

 

[Lequack]

Way to go Remco!!! Strongest today

This is what he does best and how he wins races. Just a strong pace and ride people off the wheel, or at least prevent attacks, like today. If he didn't go all out either Kuss would go away or they would do a 1-2 with Vinge and Roglic. So as along as he has the power to do this he should do good.

 

[Berniece]

3 in a group of 8 plus stage win= nowhere to be seen

Yeah because they couldn’t do anything. They took control the whole stage, and then when they should have gone for it the only thing they could do was sit in the wheel

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Mas rides for Movistar. He could get tactically outplayed in a straight fight if he had the stronger legs.

Lastras, Roelandts and Sciandri are their decent DSes. None of them are at the Vuelta.

You would think Movistar would send their best DSes to their home Grand Tour, but sadly not..

 

[iBanesto]

So much dirt on Roglic's nose in the interview.

 

[Lequack]

GC

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Yeah because they couldn’t do anything. They took control the whole stage, and then when they should have gone for it the only thing they could do was sit in the wheel

Yes, but nowhere to be seen just sounds like you‘re blind.

 

[iBanesto]

Roglic surprisingly not his usual stoic self.

Must be for Netflix...

 

[Andy schleck]

Way to go Remco!!! Strongest today

Remco strongest today?😂 the level of this vuelta is low compared to the tour, even soler was in the group of favorites.

 

[Lexman]

Roglic over the moon, good to see him in this mood

after wheelsucking for numerous km whil in numerical majority...