Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 6: Some random Carrefour - Yunquera, 185.5k

[AnotherArmChair]

I think Bora/UAE/Visma may regret today

 

[SHAD0W93]

I thought it was Vine?! :O

Crash by YATES Adam (UAE Team Emirates) in peloton, it was posted 3 mins ago.

 

[Red Lobster]

Lipowitz taking turns was already fking stupid

Yep. Absurd.

 

[ontheroad]

Not just Bora but all of the other GC teams are showing very little respect to O'Connor. The gap will be significant after today and is great for the race too.

 

[E_F_]

Rogla in 6th???

 

[JosefK]

Not a huge amount of respect being given to a regular top-5 GC guy.

 

[Samamba]

Mindblowing to me that everyone is just giving the 4th from the Giro 6+ minutes

 

[Netserk]

Lipowitz taking turns was already fking stupid

Granted.

The upside is that RedBull won't have to control the race for a while.

 

[Ripper]

This is either a wild miscalculation by the other GC teams or an indication of just how little they respect O'Connor's GC chances.

I think it is likely both.

No matter what the outcome, I'm now an O'Connor fan. Simply masterclass effort and good tactics to use a stage as a major breakaway. The nature of the roads means the chasers are almost always going mano a mano with O'Connor, so if you're strong, advantage breakaway.

 

[Red Lobster]

It's like they took away their radios or something.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

O Connor has Gall who looked very good the other day

 

[Miha81]

I guess we have Kuss of 2024 Vuelta. At least this one is undisputed leader of the team so whoever wants to take his jersey will need to ride and put whole team to the cause.

 

[Netserk]

Gall is the real loser today.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I think it is likely both.

No matter what the outcome, I'm now an O'Connor fan. Simply masterclass effort and good tactics to use a stage as a major breakaway. The nature of the roads means the chasers are almost always going mano a mano with O'Connor, so if you're strong, advantage breakaway.

Did he not do a great ride at the Tour a few years a go and also in 2023 to help Gall win a stage

 

[slim charles]

I can imagine Roglič taking back lots of time from O'Connor, even though that won't be easy either, but not convinced anyone else will be able to. Weird buy really fun day

 

[Netserk]

It's brilliant to not have to control when you can't miss a stage to blast it because you're 5 minutes down to a guy that doesn't drop minutes for fun.

Maybe not for fun, but I'm also in the disrespect club. He's more a podium threat than overall threat.

 

[noob]

So ´o connor ~3 minutes down on Martinez in giro hmm

Giro d'Italia 2024 Stage 21 results

Tadej PogaÄar is the winner of Giro d'Italia 2024, before Daniel Felipe MartÃnez and Geraint Thomas. The stage from Rome to Rome was won by Tim Merlier.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I think it is likely both.

No matter what the outcome, I'm now an O'Connor fan. Simply masterclass effort and good tactics to use a stage as a major breakaway. The nature of the roads means the chasers are almost always going mano a mano with O'Connor, so if you're strong, advantage breakaway.

Ben O’Connor finished 4th in the 2021 Tour after pulling something similar on Tignes in a stronger field. Would not be taking him too lightly.

 

[Potomac]

All this talk of "disrespect" seems off the mark.

 

[noob]

UAE not worried or they don't have it today?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If I didn't know better, I could have been fooled into thinking I was rewatching stage 17 of the 2006 Tour de France. Some teams have been as stupid as they were back then. Just a shame it was Leemreize who played the Sinkewitz role here instead of Lipowitz.

 

[Sciatic]

I guess we have Kuss of 2024 Vuelta. At least this one is undisputed leader of the team so whoever wants to take his jersey will need to ride and put whole team to the cause.

Roglic: “not this again”

 

[Divergence]

Lipowitz taking turns was already fking stupid

The lack of tactical awareness is astonishing. I refuse to believe all these guys are just dummies but sometimes I wonder...

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I think this Vuelta has too many 'leader' types and not enough harded Doms

 

[Netserk]

UAE not worried or they don't have it today?

All chiefs, no Indians.