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

[Ripper]

I had urgent work business to attend to the last hour. WTF is going on??!!!

O'Connor has literally schooled the entire peloton.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Campernants be " You are the soft dummy riders on the million of euros...get out of my way"

 

[Andre]

I had urgent work business to attend to the last hour. WTF is going on??!!!

...a big surprise

 

[Tim Cahill]

Landis job

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

O'Connor was 12 min down on Pogi, and 2 down on Dani Martinez, in a mickey mouse Giro.

 

[noob]

Let's see if there will be attacks now

 

[postmanhat]

They're pootling along at a pace Camapanaerts seems to find bewildering.

 

[meat puppet]

Bora chase looked like a total disinterested bottlejob

 

[Red Lobster]

Gonna be some weird discussions in the team buses today.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Tuning in with 3km to go and seeing O'Conner with 7 minutes. Most bizarre moment of the year

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

I had urgent work business to attend to the last hour. WTF is going on??!!!

Same. Wth

 

[Bolder]

Landis job

Chut!

 

[Salvarani]

Bora-fail givning this guy so much time

 

[meat puppet]

Gonna be some weird discussions in the team buses today.

"Very sad. Anyway, Giro next year, eh?"

E: can't believe roglas luck. I mean yeah they decided not to ride but c'mon, he sure is a magnet for this stuff

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Red Bull Van Rysel gives you wings!

 

[ontheroad]

He looked fresh as a daisy at the end too, for me he is the favourite to win this race now.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

So every single GC rider looks incomprehensibly dumb, and it’s Ben O’Connor who takes advantage?! What a shocking turn of events.

 

[Salvarani]

Baffling tactics from Bora

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

They’re still not riding hard. What are they doing? Do they know he’s up the road?

 

[Netserk]

Biggest stage winning margin since?

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I really like O Connor ...he is gutsy and honest

Still smile at his discussion with Pello at UAE Tour on where the f**k Van Eetvelt came out of

 

[Sciatic]

Totally agree.

That's why I think it's a bit of both. I think they miscalculated how strong he is and how hard it would be to reel in a breakaway on a stage like today if someone is on form. I do also think/hope that they are underestimating him which, for the reasons you've pointed out, are stupid.

It's not quite the same thing obviously, but I've found in my own racing experience that there are times when there is this group think in the peloton and riders have an unfairly poor reputation for being weaker. The old "he's not strong" and "don't worry about him" BS. I love it when they're proven wrong.

But this is the DS decision—and as in many sports where managers, coaches whatever have control they tend to think they are right no matter, and are inflexible about changing strategy on the fly. Batsh@t crazy

 

[red_flanders]

These other guys from the break look dead.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Biggest stage winning margin since?

Remco last year.

 

[tobydawq]

What a crazy ride by Ben.