Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 16: Luanco - Lagos de Covadonga, 181.3k

[JosefK]

O'Connor at the line!

 

[E_F_]

What is the flag someone is waving at the finish with a yellow cross on a blue field? Asturia?

Yep!

 

[Netserk]

 

[Scarponi]

Love these buildings built into mountains and caves Europe does so well

 

[Fantastico]

What is the flag someone is waving at the finish with a yellow cross on a blue field? Asturia?

Yes

 

[perico]

No more complaining about Mas being boring or never doing anything. He has been aggressive the entire race.

 

[Rob5091]

Shake of the head from O'Connor over the line, but he did better then a lot expected. Still in red but only 5 seconds on Roglic.

 

[noob]

I want to go there, it looks so cool!

 

[Brullnux]

O'Connor still has a (slim) chance at a podium

 

[E_F_]

Skjelmose takes about a third of the gap to white.

 

[Rackham]

Well there you go. O'Connor's lead has gone. Now Mas & Carapaz have to keep on attacking him though.

 

[Gratemans]

Looks like Roglic deliberately avoided taking red today. It could have easily been a minute and a half plus. The disrespect shown to O'Connor in this race by Carapaz, Mas and Roglic has been bizarre.

My god some people really are searching for something to get upset about. The group was just being careful making sure they didn't crash on that wet section with some downhills.

 

[Sciatic]

One more day for BOC

Or perhaps several more. Attacks will have to come from Mas or Carapaz to take time. Roglic has no need to take more time unless there are some easy bonus seconds involved.

 

[AmRacer]

Mas trying to get time back on BOC, Rogla just following. There's an ITT coming...

 

[jmdirt]

Great fight BO!

 

[E_F_]

It's such a weird climb.

Gaps would literally be bigger if they put the finish lower

Yeah would really only work as a PdBF-style GC opening salvo

 

[yaco]

Engelhardt is an odd one, by the way. With his skillset, he should get way more good results than he does.

Should be better in 2025 as his off-season preparation for 2024 was far from ideal.

 

[noob]

Omg Soler looking like he has no idea who he is and where and why he's sitting in this chair 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😻

 

[YavorD]

One more day for BOC

I guess 3 more days😀

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's such a weird climb.

Gaps would literally be bigger if they put the finish lower

I don't think moving the finish away from Ercina has helped either, with the final kilometre being mostly downhill now.

 

[noob]

Soler has kids?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Netserk]

Covadonga <3

My favourite Spanish climb, mythical!

 

[JosefK]

Christian van de Velde commenting that Roglic didn't have the legs, today. It didn't look that way to me. He covered everything quite calmly. Also, that was a sketchy final few kilometers with the rain. Not a day to push one's luck.

 

[Brullnux]

Soler has kids?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

He's thirty!

 

[Potomac]

Leave O'Connor in red by seconds and then take it away on the final time trial.