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

[nightowl]

can’t believe they

Maybe I'm wrong. I also totally see where people are coming from.

But this is 2024. It's not the same peloton & it's not the same Rog.

He was on track to finish 10 minutes behind Pog (worst case scenario) in the TdF & finish 4th... which would have been (hilariously) enough to finish nearly 10 minutes ahead of the next rider behind him.

From what I've seen of RBH they look pretty confident in their guy.

That assumes Roglic has the same legs as at the Tour. That’s no guarantee plus his back injury could easily hamper him. Lending O’Connor the jersey is one thing but giving him a 5 minute lead could backfire very easily.

 

[Sciatic]

baffling what Roglic and his team is doing, even if he is strong and good etc this just make zero sense

I think it’s even more stupid by Movistar. It’s Mas’s only chance to win a GT. Yes, Roglic is better, but he also has a bad back, probably is missing some base training miles, and is crash-prone. Unique opportunity.

 

[gunara]

Missed the stage by half an hour, I swear if I knew something like this would happenned (didn't check the forum), I would have left early and not care what they said.

What happenned exactly? I mean you can say O'Connor is a top ten material on his days no matter how bad he was in some races, not just some random Caja Rural breakaway.

 

[meat puppet]

We'll see.

I still think Rog has his Tour legs & I still think the only threat he faces here is the tarmac.

All things being equal (like if Rog displays the same power he had in his battle versus Vinge, Pog & Evenepoel on stage 11 of the TdF last month), minutes will be handed out later all over this race.

That's optimistic. Can't help thinking that if that were the case, he should a) have taken more time more convincingly on Tuesday and b) also whipped his teammates to actually chase today so as to not ruin the race for him.

A deficit of 5min to an on form O'Connor is a lot. Probably it's good for the race though.

 

[Sciatic]

I actually think there are too many top riders who dont ride as they are too 'good'

Martinez and Vlasov ...where are they

Same with UAE riders ???

Was thinking that as well,

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Ben O'Connor - stage & leader's jersey. Super strong ride and let's hope he does not blow up soon as it makes the race more interesting.

What was going on behind him though in the peloton? Campenaerts riding up to the front and staring at the other guys said a lot. (like, what's happening here?!) Roglic said about giving the jersey away but to Ben O'Connor and nearly 5 minutes could not have been the plan. Should Lipowitz have come back? I think so, to help ride as Bora could have done with another man pulling.
UAE though? No Bjerg or Laengen to pull and Yates lost even more time so it's all on Almeida now.

 

[Red Rick]

Quintana sitting there was just iconic, for this stage IMO. Just sit there, chilling, don't help. What are they all doing?

 

[Samamba]

Yates, Riccitello, Uran and Kron are the ones who crashed in that last descent. Uran is sadly DNF, Kron finished but way down and wasn't looking good. Riccitello is completely out of GC, Yates looks ok, but lost 2 minutes extra.

 

[noob]

Let's just assume everyone thinks that if they disrespect Ben enough he will have a breakdown. The've watched Unchained.

 

[Sciatic]

This really only makes any sense if Roglic wasn't feeling good.

this is on Movistar as well.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

My new book is ...How to win the Vuelta on stage 6

 

[Valv.Piti]

Quintana sitting there was just iconic, for this stage IMO. Just sit there, chilling, don't help. What are they all doing?

Movistar contributed more than Bora could expect IMO. The real question is what the hell Dani Martinez was doing.

 

[RedheadDane]

With O'Connor's win, Australia becomes the first country with multiple stage wins.
Still no teams with multiple stage wins.

 

[noob]

Now I finally saw in the recap that the fire brigades literally was showering the peleton

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Quintana sitting there was just iconic, for this stage IMO. Just sit there, chilling, don't help. What are they all doing?

Quintanaing. The most confusing was Bora not even using Martinez even though he was way down on the first MTF. At least for Vlasov and Lipowitz they can pretend they‘re retaining options, but it seemed like Bora didn’t even really commit.

 

[Gargamel35]

Idiots didn't help Bora because they think they can't beat Roglič and Bora not strong enough to pull back O'Connor. Just another day in the office.

 

[FroomeWagon]

Ben O'Connor goes from 150 to 1 to win the Vuelta to 7 to 4 in one day. Amazing!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yup, what is it with stage 6 in the Vuelta recently and complete foolishness and underestimation of a genuinely pretty strong rider nowadays?

I know it's only 3-4 minutes he has in hand, not like it's Arroyo 2010 or Pereiro 2006, but it was enough for Giovannetti and Kuss.

 

[noob]

this is on Movistar as well.

How is this on Movistar?? :O UAE maybe but Movistar?

 

[Red Rick]

Movistar contributed more than Bora could expect IMO. The real question is what the hell Dani Martinez was doing.

Tbh I don't know what anyone was fking doing

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Tbh I don't know what anyone was fking doing

For most of them, not a great deal

 

[Red Rick]

Yup, what is it with stage 6 in the Vuelta recently and complete foolishness and underestimation of a genuinely pretty strong rider nowadays?

I know it's only 3-4 minutes he has in hand, not like it's Arroyo 2010 or Pereiro 2006, but it was enough for Giovannetti and Kuss.

With Kuss it was actually at least 1-2 teams trying to chase and Kuss was helped a bunch by teammates in the break. This was a super long solo on up and down terrain with nobody behind giving a ***.

 

[Rob5091]

Did Tao Hart crash too as he came in like nearly last at 20 minutes down? Whatever the reason his Vuelta is done.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Seems like McNulty also crashed, or felt like finishing 168th for a change.

 

[Sciatic]

How is this on Movistar?? :O UAE maybe but Movistar?

I mentioned above that this is Mas’s only chance ever to win GT. Roglic has time on him and is better—but he also has a bad back, is prob missing some training miles, and is crash-prone. If I was Mas the most painful scenario will be to finish second . . . to O’Connor!