Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 21: Madrid - Madrid, 24.6k (ITT)

[Peyroteo94]

Anyway, it's time to talk about the race. I think Kung will win this, perfect time trial for him.

 

[tobydawq]

To watch? Oh man... it's like sticking needles in the eyes

I think that very much depends on whether the spectator is a good chess player themselves.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Chess is not terrible.

Did you see Magnus toy with Niemann? What a king.

 

[RedheadDane]

I dont think chess goes very well in the snow. Boxing might work tho.

Spoiler: Click here for a big secret

I think it's generally done indoors

So, Vacek is not slow.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Camoenaerts won't be top 3 on the stage

I will make the bold and original prediction that he won't even finish in the top 10.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Come on Brandon, may the force of the mustache be with you!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Just logged into forum for the first time today and want to say camoenaerts won't be top 10 in the stage

 

[Samamba]

Of course a random UAE'er is surprising a bit

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Lovely fountain they have to ride around

 

[Netserk]

I just didn't really understand the comment

It establishes the post as common knowledge rather than merely mutual knowledge.

 

[Sciatic]

Something profoundly funny about discussing pro sports..cycling has tons of potential for growth of all kinds and the revenue that goes along with other major sports,
cycling is absolutely blowing it!!
I am certainly biased being an enthusiast for many years, Vuelta great, great, example, plenty of backstory, personal perspective, doesn't matter who..Roglic, Mas, O'Connor, Dunbar!! Too many interesting ( marketable!!) Stories but pro cycling instead has teams like Visma, Movistar, ect making their own media and monetizing it on YouTube and other minor media.
NFL taking their products and selling them successfully in Europe, where there are no NFL teams!! Selling NFL in Mexico and Central, South America.. No teams, few if any games ever played on their soil..but still they successfully ($$$$$) market their products.
NBA, and others all looking at China as the future. Viewer ship for Premier League grows in China every year, year after year. Pro bike racing and it's fans need not pretend that pro bike racing is big or lucrative it's not, and that is completely by choice, no play offs, no defined championship, almost no interest from TV to produce and promote television content and timely coverage..
You can find the NFL boring, that's fine, completely valid, but who cares, asked as a serious question.. When answered.. Tens of millions world wide care about NFL and all products associated with it..
Pro bike racing should beg NFL for some advice about how to get more people watching in person, on TV, pay per view, buying merchandise, how to pay players, how to increase franchise values, how to sell hundreds of millions in merchandise world wide.. How do they sell hats and jerseys in countries that don't have any NFL anything? Cycling should figure it out!!! Bike racing is a great sport, the people running it are absolutely brain dead!!!UCI call NFL for help!!!

Have people really seen what is on TV? Dancing shows, literally shows about people cooking or doing construction.. Shows on people eating, drinking, losing weight, arguing!! All w greater viewers than cycling!! If more people know HoneyBooBoo or Duck Dynasty characters than Wout or Pogacar you don't know how to market your product!!!!

I don’t think it’s as simple as marketing. If you didn’t know it, one could imagine the NFL was created specifically for commercial television. And has grew in leaps and bounds as television evolved. No need to interrupt the flow of play because the action stops every 15 seconds.
As it turned out NFL also fits perfectly with social media as each play is a pre-packaged video clip,

 

[RedheadDane]

Schmid NBT.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Rock-n-roll, Schmid!

 

[Samamba]

Bad start from McNulty

 

[KZD]

Baroncini new best time, 3 seconds than Schmid.

 

[tobydawq]

Lol, they didn't even show Baroncini cross the line in best time. How dumb are they?

Come to think of it, we didn't see Küng once on stage 1, either.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Soler will probably catch up to Vine just to keep yesterday's vibe going

 

[RedheadDane]

Soler won Super Compativity...
Meanwhile, Baroncini NBT, but of course there was no need to show him finish...

 

[tobydawq]

Lol, they didn't even show Baroncini cross the line in best time. How dumb are they?

Come to think of it, we didn't see Küng once on stage 1, either.

Now they are so allured by Küng that they forgot to show Vacek cross the line... WTF

 

[Heston]

McNulty stopped riding

 

[topcat]

The race thread has salmonella. Absolute diarrhoea.
I want full moto draft for Mas today. He's a gladiator.

 

[Potomac]

McNulty not having a good day

 

[tobydawq]

Steve Rogers with a poor showing.

 

[Netserk]

Did you see Magnus toy with Niemann? What a king.

No, these days I follow chess in its column in my newspaper, so I expect to read Heine Nielsen's analysis of that game on Friday.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice hot seat area. Even providing cold drinks.