Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, Stage 2, Cascais-Ourém, 194k

[ice&fire]

As expected, close but no cigar for WVA

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Too easy for Groves.

Crash was inevitable in that run-in, too many curves on a downhill false flat.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Groves!

 

[Lequack]

Why did they put such a fast an dangerous descent so close to the finish, when they know a big peloton will descend this.

Congrats to the organizers for getting their crash in the finale.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van Eetvelt and Vlasov 5th and 8th, this truly is a hall of shame sprint field.

 

[Unchained]

I hope Tarling didn't snap his collar bone....

 

[Tim Cahill]

This might be the most Vuelta top-10 of all time, messageboard posters 100 years now will see it and wonder how on earth things transpired to give us this;

1	GROVES Kaden	Alpecin - Deceuninck	180	80	2″	5:12:55
2	VAN AERT Wout	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	130	50		,,
3	STRONG Corbin	Israel - Premier Tech	95	35		,,
4	MIQUEL Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	80	25		,,
5	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Dstny	60	18		,,
6	BITTNER Pavel	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	45	15		,,
7	ABERASTURI Jon	Euskaltel - Euskadi	40	12		,,
8	VLASOV Aleksandr	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	35	10		,,
9	RIVERA Brandon Smith	INEOS Grenadiers	30	8		,,
10	BARONCINI Filippo	UAE Team Emirates	25	6		,

 

[RedheadDane]

This might be the most Vuelta top-10 of all time, messageboard posters 100 years now will see it and wonder how on earth things transpired to give us this;

Messageboard posters - which will probably be on some sort of VR - won't remember any of those riders.

 

[Unchained]

Tarling rolling ok..

 

[scribers]

Is she riding the Vuelta?

Let them proclaim their passion to the world be it here or there.

 

[search]

5 Euskaltels in Top 25 to secure the daily team award!

 

[KZD]

It ended up being an easy win for Groves.

Van Aert started his sprint a bit too early which is understandable as he was also thinking in getting the red jersey which he did.

Hope the riders that crashed are ok.

 

[Unchained]

5 Euskaltels in Top 25 to secure the daily team award!

Also a Kern rider in the mix!!

 

[scribers]

To quote a certain other forum member here

"Worthless flat stage"

The peloton couldn’t even will the break to ride away

 

[Rob5091]

WvA in red tomorrow after a good try for the win, but Groves too good - chapeau! Lenny VE is now a sprinter?! Jeez, this could get amusing!

 

[Rob5091]

It's literally gonna be the SD Worx disaster that's gonna lose them the Tour

Threads merging here, or have I entered some kind of alternative universe?

 

[AnotherArmChair]

So WVA 2nd again !

where are all the top sprinters ? all those guys who didn't win a stage at the Tour

Love the Vuelta and its long shadows ..so late summer

 

[Unchained]

Wout will let Sepp Kuss wear red jersey on the team bus and at the hotel because he is a nice guy

 

[Rob5091]

Dylan van Baarle a DNF - Visma's year does not get any better.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I noticed a lot of forum experts in the first page who correctly predicted that Belgian Pozzato would come second. Nice to see

 

[Andre]

Van Aert right on schedule...third place and second place. Well at least he has the red jersey

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Dylan van Baarle is a thief.

 

[Oldermanish]

Oh my god a horrific looking crash, think that Astana(?) guy misjudged the corner big time

And yet he didn't find a way to take out Roglic? Seems like a total Astana fail.
Hope Tarling is all good. He still has the World TT to win.

 

[Oldermanish]

Dylan van Baarle a DNF - Visma's year does not get any better.

It's the curse of the Bambino on a cycling level.

 

[Lequack]

Who bathes better?