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Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 5: Fuente del Maestre - Sevilla, 177.0k

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Wout van Choke throws away another victory.
Back in the day we had Moncoutié who did absolutely nothing all year except for winning the polka dots and a few stages in la Vuelta. It surprises me how there isn't a sprinting equivalent of him yet, because you can just sleepwalk yourself to grand tour stage winner status. A rider genre Bauhaus for example should just do a yearly Vuelta super peak, acquire a monopoly on the sprint stages and go down a legend. The biggest rival you'll see on average is Arne Marit.
Ah, the Degenkolb special. Still managed to lose to Sbaragli.
 
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The drop from teams of 9 to 8 was on the grounds of safety (176 riders rather than 198), so there would be an amount of humble pie in increasing that back to 192. And two extra sets of cars in the fleet as well, when there has been much argument about the need to reduce that number. (Counterargument: they accommodate cars for 25 teams in the classics)

really, it was for safety? I've always seen it framed as it being done to reduce the strength of teams.
 
Nice to see a new rider getting a GT stage win, Bittner's sprint was really good.

Groves missed his sprint timing once again while Van Aert messed up his bike throw.

Küng getting fifth shows how poor the sprinters field is.
 
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Communiqué N°5 (Etape/Stage 5) du 21.08.24

2.12.007-8.2.2 Incorrect, indecent and dangerous behaviour (towards spectators)34- KNOX James - SOUDAL QUICK-STEP - 10009966530 .Fine of 200CHF - 10 Points at UCI ranking Yellow card

2.12.007-6.3Breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires and/or the organisation BLANCO Marcos - Moto TV - 10144517048Fine of 500CHFYellow card.

Trying to think of other sports where the organisers staff get harsher penalties than the sportsperson.
 
So did Bittner in the head on video although he didn't double-clutch the bike throw. Was that slightly uphill? Either way the DS's job is to scout that stuff so there isn't a surprise. It's not like someone from the team can't walk that last km and call back to the team.....
Was thinking the same thing—and to
Mention “remember there’s another white line on road just before finish line.”
 

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