Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 15: Infiesto - Cuitu Negru, 142.9k

[noob]

I thought today was rest day. Thank goodness I turned the TV on :O

 

[Tim Cahill]

Teamcar draft should be banned for strategic gearing changes

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Should you be allowed to draft the cars for planned bike changes? I know there isn‘t a rule but maybe there should be.

 

[carolina]

I thought today was rest day. Thank goodness I turned the TV on :O

Today is sunday lol

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Hand it to T-Rex taking charge today. We can bang a gong for them.

I'm not sure whether Lecerf has been able to contribute much: it's mainly been the 20th Century Boys.

 

[glassmoon]

Most probably money penalty only

should be at least 30s though... he didn't have a mechanical or crash

 

[Gargamel35]

Cry me a river.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Difficult one for Sivakov, go for the stage or time

 

[Ricco']

It should be time for road cycling to have same rules as MTB. Same bike they start should be the same bike they finish the stage. Or at least same gearing.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Hand it to T-Rex taking charge today. We can bang a gong for them.

They should send a message to Oomen for some co-operation: they should Telegram Sam.

(ok I'll stop now)

 

[E_F_]

We can bang a gong for them.

Can we also gang a bong?

 

[Potomac]

It should be time for road cycling to have same rules as MTB. Same bike they start should be the same bike they finish the stage. Or at least same gearing.

But what if you took a team mate's bike?

 

[Sciatic]

should be at least 30s though... he didn't have a mechanical or crash

1st they’d have to prove he didn’t have a mechanical. I don’t mean what we think we know, I mean what the team would say.

 

[Ricco']

But what if you took a team mate's bike?

Race incident. Accept the time of the repair (of a flat tire, broken transmission, etc.) or accept a time penalty if there is a bike switch (30 seconds/1 minute/etc.).

It would be ridiculous if each and every other rider now stopped to get a bike with a different gear.

 

[glassmoon]

It should be time for road cycling to have same rules as MTB. Same bike they start should be the same bike they finish the stage. Or at least same gearing.

I'm fine with a planned bike change... just don't allow them to get drafted back via cars. It's plain cheating

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I thought today was rest day. Thank goodness I turned the TV on :O

I keep getting amazed by your devoted commitment to stay a noob even after 3 years on here
Rest days are never on a Sunday (well apart from the 2022 Giro Donne, that is).

 

[search]

Gall and Lipowitz dropped according to PCS

looks like Gall never made it back? Can't see him in the peloton

 

[Gargamel35]

But what if you took a team mate's bike?

It all depends who does it. Roglič? Nooo, penalty, booooo. Some other beloved guy? Yeaaah, he's so cunning and cool.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Cry me a river.

I've got a version of it by Joe Cocker, but I don't think T Rex ever covered it.

 

[E_F_]

Gotta recharge the batteries somehow!

 

[Gargamel35]

I'm fine with a planned bike change... just don't allow them to get drafted back via cars. It's plain cheating

Everybody are doing it. Sticky bottles also.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Teamcar draft should be banned for strategic gearing changes

Agreed, that's an asterisk next to this Vuelta if Roglic wins. We're not going to count it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They should send a message to Oomen for some co-operation: they should Telegram Sam.

(ok I'll stop now)

I think Fireman Sam could be more helpful at the moment.

 

[noob]

Today is sunday lol

I know. Eurosport schedule tricked me showing vuelta on top instead of bottom so I thought there were no cycling today. But then I went to this forum and put on the TV still

 

[Cassirer]

Soudal pacing looks fast, but they are not getting closer to sivakov (If gps works)