Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 8: Úbeda - Cazorla, 158.7k

[Barnacle Bill]

(I promise to only post this once a day, max)

 

[Potomac]

Prediction: the highest placed rider of Israel will finish 14th.

16th for Bennet...Bennet! l

I owe you a cup of coffee.

 

[Samamba]

Bora will go full on 2nd climb tomorrow. Drop O'Connor early. Queen stage of the Vuelta imo. Gaps will be huge.

 

[will-10]

Vergallito 12th also. Really fun to see a guy who went pro via Zwift actually be extremely good at this level

he's got some way to go to do the best Vuelta by a Zwift pro

 

[KZD]

IPT really dumb, they ended up working for Roglič. The Slovenian doesn't just win the stage but also claws back more almost 1 minute to O'Connor and sees one of his main rivals, Almeida, drop a huge amount of time.

Mas once again super consistent in the Vuelta and Landa with another very good performance. Terrible day for UAE, Almeida loses minutes and no one finishes less than a minute away from Roglič, Del Toro ended up being their best rider and I think he will be their best rider in the overall but can't see him doing more than a top10.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Kuss lost 21s to O Connor

 

[Ricco']

Almeida +4'53

 

[Faserr]

Roglic knocking it off as it flattened a bit to let EF pace was an intelligent move

Lipowitz should be there at more steady climbs in the next stages. I think he was held up at the crash and came back.

 

[will-10]

when you see the climb it seems logical that Israel rode for Woods, looked like he was in/behind the crash to me

 

[hfer07]

Roglic was obligated to take matters on his own
great win

 

[yaco]

I suspect Israel's tactics today has signed their death knell for this edition of the Vuelta. There is no way they will be allowed into breaks.

 

[Squire]

Vergallito 12th also. Really fun to see a guy who went pro via Zwift actually be extremely good at this level

First good thing he's done all season. Shame it didn't amount to a stage podium. But maybe he'll have more chances in this race.

 

[Samamba]

Really good Skjelmose, went insanely hard in those last 500m. Was he also behind because of the crash?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Almeida +4'53

Dang, wtf happened with UAE.

 

[AmRacer]

The heat takes its toll.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Dang, wtf happened with UAE.

No Pog, no party.

 

[movingtarget]

O'Connor didn't do much wrong. His team mate was riding away from him and he was under pressure once the climb steepened. He didn't sound too confident after taking the Red jersey, he just seemed happy enough to be in Red. What happened to Almeida ? Too bad Mas doesn't have a sprint. Roglic will continue to chew up the bonuses probably.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Dang, wtf happened with UAE.

Sent their good riders to Avenir

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Dang, wtf happened with UAE.

It's probably Ayuso's fault.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Really good Skjelmose, went insanely hard in those last 500m. Was he also behind because of the crash?

So far he's impressed more on shorter stuff than the longer stuff imho, so not that surprising.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tell you who would've been up there and cooking on the climb today is Juan Ayuso

 

[Bolder]

Kuss lost 21s to O Connor

I think he got caught up in that crash plus fatigue from yesterday.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Really good Skjelmose, went insanely hard in those last 500m. Was he also behind because of the crash?

I think he just rode the first part of the climb at his own pace, which meant he had a little more left at the finish.

 

[Scarponi]

Thought maybe Roglic
Might be sneaking close to the most wins at Veulta due to lack of sprint stages but a Spaniard won 30+ in the 40s haha

 

[Valv.Piti]

Almeida +4'53

What the hell. Sivakov was also not great, but we couldnt expect that from him, this is probably his limit. Yates quite bad as well on a perfect stage for him, so Del Toro is their best bet!

This was a really exciting climb tbf. Great Vuelta so far!