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

[Volderke]

Evenepoel mechanical?

 

[Salvarani]

Everybody must stop. El Patron has a mechanical.

 

[Didinho]

Everybody must stop. El Patron has a mechanical.

El Patron is pacing the peloton.

 

[Volderke]

Everybody must stop. El Patron has a mechanical.

Jumbo is already duly drafting the man-to-beat. They were probably taking selfies / salivating by the thought of Remco behind their car.

 

[Salvarani]

El Patron is pacing the peloton.

Nah, thats chief.

 

[Andy schleck]

Nah, thats chief.

The tribal chief is pacing the peloton.

 

[Volderke]

Poor Gesink has to do all the pulling? Not even another Jumbo is already thrown in the mix?

 

[Ripper]

Poor Gesink has to do all the pulling? Not even another Jumbo is already thrown in the mix?

Dumbo only needs Gesink ATM. Dumbo strong, other teams inferior ...

 

[Netserk]

Van Baarle giving poor Bobby a hand.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

DNF Latour

 

[Tim Cahill]

A balancing act of not having much to the peloton but also not wanting to start that climb with Caruso.

 

[KZD]

Gap falling to less than 2:30 now. If the trend continues, the breakaway is going to get caught.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I fear the Vuelta is over today.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Sunflowers, lots and lots of them!

 

[Samamba]

Gap falling to less than 2:30 now. If the trend continues, the breakaway is going to get caught.

Its been pretty obvious all day that Jumbo wants the stage. And front group was too big to get organized.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1697890196782489844

View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1697890196782489844

 

[Potomac]

That's good to hear about Arensman.

 

[noob]

I may be dumb, but why didn't they just let the break go today?! Not that I mind a GC stage, I just don't understand the reasons they go for GC every single day 😁 Who are they trying to put pressure on? I'm so not used to all this GC action 😁

 

[Netserk]

It makes sense to use Kelderman in this phase, he is clearly affected by his crashes. Tratnik and Valter will have the shift on the lower slopes of Catí.

 

[Netserk]

I may be dumb, but why didn't they just let the break go today?! Not that I mind a GC stage, I just don't understand the reasons they go for GC every single day 😁 Who are they trying to put pressure on? I'm so not used to all this GC action 😁

They feel good and want a hard race. Then you just might as well win.

 

[Berniece]

I may be dumb, but why didn't they just let the break go today?! Not that I mind a GC stage, I just don't understand the reasons they go for GC every single day 😁 Who are they trying to put pressure on?

JV is testing all other competitors. Trying to make the stage as hard as possible and see who can follow when Vingegaard and Roglic attack at the last climb.

Basically the same tactic they do at the TDF. Keep making the race hard. With the assumption that Vingegaard/Roglic are best.

 

[Netserk]

Now the full Jumbo team at the front, FdJ no longer in between them.

 

[Sciatic]

I may be dumb, but why didn't they just let the break go today?! Not that I mind a GC stage, I just don't understand the reasons they go for GC every single day 😁 Who are they trying to put pressure on? I'm so not used to all this GC action 😁

I thought the objective is to make the stage harder which make doing damage on the final climb possible? And pick up some bonus seconds while they’re at it! But I didn’t get on the morning Jumbo strategy meeting, so it be can assume I’m just guessing.

Ed. Berniece beat me to it and said it better

 

[Salvarani]

Now the full Jumbo team at the front, FdJ no longer in between them.

They are definitely going for it.

 

[Potomac]

This last climb had better be worth the wait.