Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 11: Padrón - Padrón, 166.4k

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You think Strong can survive 3km at 9% against proper climbers? Only chance I see is if he's in a sneaky group that leaves the likes of Dunbar behind. But sounds unlikely that Strong will be there and not Bennett/Riccitello.
the climb is probably too long for him, but I don't think by much, in these conditions. Problem with Bennett and Riccitello is that they will be there, but lose out against guys like Narvaez or McNulty anyway.

edit: but Strong is already dropped anyway now :D
 
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George Bennett getting up from his rocking chair to hit some kids with his walking stick and jump onto the podium of a Grand Tour. I said what this race needs from here is increasingly more random and absurd riders launching a GT tilt, tomorrow Rémy Rochas gets back 20 minutes and puts himself to red with a daring gambit.

This is the 'Martin s*ithouses himself into the top 10' stage at least, I completely forgot he was here.
 
George Bennett getting up from his rocking chair to hit some kids with his walking stick and jump onto the podium of a Grand Tour. I said what this race needs from here is increasingly more random and absurd riders launching a GT tilt, tomorrow Rémy Rochas gets back 20 minutes and puts himself to red with a daring gambit.

This is the 'Martin s*ithouses himself into the top 10' stage at least, I completely forgot he was here.
There are several of the smaller teams thinking they should have tried to support so-and-so to stay within 10 minutes, cause they could have jumped back into the top ten in one of these “here, take 5 minutes for free” breaks.
 
Israel should have sent Frigo ahead with Meurisse, they had the numbers and the riders to gain a tactical advantage rather than dragging Narváez et al. to the foot of the final climb.

The better of the two back-to-back mid-mountain stages. Sure, the climbs don't chain together as well, but the gradients and the proximity of the final climb to the finish line more than make up for it.
They could have chained together very well and are placed perfectly for a finish in Santiago de Compostela.
 
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