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

[Samamba]

Sivakov too

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vine looks behind, realises Marc isn't there and hits the front hard

 

[ice&fire]

Mandatory Mauro Schmidt in the breakaway. Where is Max Poole?

 

[ice&fire]

Vine looks behind, realises Marc isn't there and hits the front hard

He'll need a fair margin for the descents

 

[Tim Cahill]

Think it's going to take a while because groups too large keep getting separation, advantage to whoever waits the longest but you would need nerves of steel.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I don't think he's gonna get hypotermia...

He was arrogant in Pais Vasco too.

 

[ciranda]

He is a trash talker. Remember Fleche?

not unreasonable for dude who was second after Pogacar to talk about trying to win or whatever when Pogacar is not there

 

[Tim Cahill]

Swear it was Liege that the smack-talk was happening?

Edit: yes,

“I am really convinced that I will fight for the podium on Sunday in Liège. My [podium] - one, two, three? I see myself standing there with Tadej and Mathieu. But we will see in what order that is on Sunday.”

 

[RedheadDane]

He was arrogant in Pais Vasco too.

Huh? I only remember him talking about how he didn't like the fact that the reason he'd gotten the jersey was because of the crash.

Sure, earlier in his career he had bit of a tendency to be arrogant, but that doesn't seem to be a problem any more.

 

[tobydawq]

He was arrogant in Pais Vasco too.

How so?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Soler, Vine, Castrillo, Poole, Tejada, Frigo off the front

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Vine looks behind, realises Marc isn't there and hits the front hard

Only one point separating those two for the polka dots, Vine really wants those polka dots back! lol. I'm okay with either one.

 

[Samamba]

Soler, Vine, Castrillo, Poole, Tejada, Frigo off the front

Who out of these 3 is going to win super combative

 

[Squire]

DSM should try to eliminate Groves via the time cut so that Poole wins the points jersey.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Who out of these 3 is going to win super combative

Think they are less likely to award if you've won a stage so might be Poole (crashed early in the race too which adds points), but they're into their fan-votes at the moment so in that respect I would guess Soler.

 

[Valv.Piti]

So where is the god damn moto in front of the peloton? And where is the coverage??

 

[dazaau]

Swear it was Liege that the smack-talk was happening?

Edit: yes,

“I am really convinced that I will fight for the podium on Sunday in Liège. My [podium] - one, two, three? I see myself standing there with Tadej and Mathieu. But we will see in what order that is on Sunday.”

Why do we hate on cyclists saying something of interest and backing themselves. I would love some actual smack talk in cycling over the boring to death interviews we get.

 

[Potomac]

So where is the god damn moto in front of the peloton? And where is the coverage??

???

 

[Tim Cahill]

Why do we hate on cyclists saying something of interest and backing themselves. I would love some actual smack talk in cycling over the boring to death interviews we get.

I don't, as I said at the time it's better that way.

Same with O'Connor last week really.

 

[Tim Cahill]

DSM, EF, Ineos missed it with interest in chasing

 

[Valv.Piti]

???

We had just gone 10 minutes or so watching the break or the back of the peloton or heli shots where you couldn't see who were pulling. This is more like it.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Very solid break, wouldn't even know whom to pick at the moment

 

[Tim Cahill]

Gotta question some of the teams in the peloton with no representation not helping because this is going out, Visma, Trek, EF, T-Rex, Ineos all have interest in getting insurance up the road.

 

[Tim Cahill]

EF strategy, attack, look behind, break gets another 10 seconds

 

[Tricycle Rider]

EF strategy, attack, look behind, break gets another 10 seconds

I think one EF rider tried to get something going but Bora isn't having it.