Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 20: Villarcayo - Picón Blanco, 172.0k

[Oldermanish]

He wasn’t going after the win, he could have dropped these guys far down the climb.

Winning the final TT and the Red Jersey could be more important. He also might not have wanted to be the culprit denying O'Connor's position on the podium. Make the other guys earn it and they'll ride the race of Truth tomorrow to see what's what. Still some drama to be had.

 

[tobydawq]

UCI should encourage stake holders that under 25 wonderkids should race 1 GT per season, or race the Giro + Vuelta. Racing in the Giro + Tour or Tour + Vuelta is physically taxing.

Maybe that should be none of UCI's business.

 

[nightowl]

Well that was certainly one of the queen stages of all time

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Fair play to enric mas. A true champion rides only for the win. Once he realised it was out of reach, he humbly worked for the real star of the veulta Ben oconnor to keep his second place

 

[Sciatic]

Well that was certainly one of the queen stages of all time

Don’t know why today’s stage is considered the queen stage just because it has more total climbs or total elevation—I thought stage to Granada was a more fitting queen stage, though hardly like we would want.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Fair play to enric mas. A true champion rides only for the win. Once he realised it was out of reach, he humbly worked for the real star of the veulta Ben oconnor to keep his second place

He‘s finished 2nd in the Vuelta three times already, maybe he just couldn‘t take it anymore.

 

[saunaking]

UCI should encourage stake holders that under 25 wonderkids should race 1 GT per season, or race the Giro + Vuelta. Racing in the Giro + Tour or Tour + Vuelta is physically taxing. Young body requires enough time for recovery.

Young bodies recover the fastest, trust me.

 

[nightowl]

Don’t know why today’s stage is considered the queen stage just because it has more total climbs or total elevation—I thought stage to Granada was a more fitting queen stage, though hardly like we would want.

I would tend to agree with you, but this stage was hyped for months as the key stage of the race - even if on closer inspection it was kinda predictable it would be raced in the fashion it was.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Dunbar, now Rice and Grealish, what a day it's been for Irish sportsmen.

 

[RedheadDane]

Don’t know why today’s stage is considered the queen stage just because it has more total climbs or total elevation—I thought stage to Granada was a more fitting queen stage, though hardly like we would want.

I feel like there has been multiple queen stages this Vuelta.

 

[Gratemans]

Can't wait for Skejlmose to ride like this for a 9th in TdF while that simultanously [[deleted]] their chances of bringing the best stage hunting squad with Mads, Milan and Nys and throwing stage wins left and right.

He should do Giro + Vuelta. These days thats the best for 2nd/3rd tier riders

Isn't this the first time he actually tried for GC though? I wouldn't draw too many conclusions. And I find it hard to believe Lidl Trek will now completely focus on the tdf with Mattias as their main man.
They (and he himself, as I unserstood) just saw this as an experiment more or less. Ride carefully and see what he is capable of aiming at a gc.

 

[Gratemans]

I would tend to agree with you, but this stage was hyped for months as the key stage of the race - even if on closer inspection it was kinda predictable it would be raced in the fashion it was.

It's almost like people are completely focussed on profiles, not taking into account this was the penultimate stage of a three week GT.

 

[KZD]

Berrade with a huge third week, he should have been able to secure a World Tour contract for new season.

Dunbar another rider that has improving after leaving Ineos, leaving this Vuelta with two stages wins and a top10 on GC.

Mas strong but unable to get that stage win. As for Roglič, I don't think that he had great legs but was more than enough, hopefully he is not sick his teammates.

As for O'Connor once again, he performed better on a stage with more altitude meters, should be able to secure at least the podium.

 

[Scarponi]

It's almost like people are completely focussed on profiles, not taking into account this was the penultimate stage of a three week GT.

Of a pretty hard raced GT that’s at the end of season.

 

[search]

Berrade with a huge third week, he should have been able to secure a World Tour contract for new season.

after his victory Berrade said that he hopes to stay with that team forever.

But I guess some petrodollars may be attractive as well indeed.

 

[Red Rick]

Poor Nico Denz. Missed the time cut by less than a minute riding a large part solo with food poisoning

 

[Lequack]

You love to see it!!!!

LET'S GO, JAY!

 

[Lequack]

So can O'Connor keep the 2nd place tomorrow. How is his TT against Mas. Can Carapaz surprise and get on the podium?

 

[Lequack]

Also, there was another Landa in the audience, now they're even cloning themselves.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832462440438657394

View: https://x.com/_aitorgg7/status/1832462440438657394

 

[dobrien]

Roglic didn’t have it

No question; if he'd had the legs he would have rocketed up the road and put an exclamation point on the day.

 

[tobydawq]

Poor Nico Denz. Missed the time *** by less than a minute riding a large part solo with food poisoning

That really sucks. I thought he had abandoned during the stage (as was reported at the time) so I initially thought PCS were wrong?

 

[Red Rick]

Also, there was another Landa in the audience, now they're even cloning themselves.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832462440438657394

View: https://x.com/_aitorgg7/status/1832462440438657394

20s time penalty no?

I'm yoking ofcourse

 

[tobydawq]

Poor Nico Denz. Missed the time *** by less than a minute riding a large part solo with food poisoning

What's up with cut being censored??

You put an n in for dramatic effect?

 

[Red Rick]

What's up with cut being censored??

You put an n in for dramatic effect?

what the ***

Freudian slip

I may just have a problem

 

[Lequack]

Poor Nico Denz. Missed the time cut by less than a minute riding a large part solo with food poisoning

That's just harsh, they let sprinters miss the time cut sometimes and keep them in the race.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832484115821817898

View: https://twitter.com/NicoDenz/status/1832484115821817898