Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2024, stage 9: Motril - Granada, 179.2k

[Devil's Elbow]

I think it’s the coolest GT of the year so far

I think the riders disagree.

 

[dobrien]

LOLOL, nice F-bomb from Adam!!

edit: And now the S-word!!

 

[Scarponi]

Ben O Connor looks fresh asf in this interview

 

[ciranda]

castrillo 5.05 behind, skjelmose kuss cristian rodriguez 5.35, van eetvelt martin fortunato vlasov 7.21

 

[red_flanders]

Yates interview "...I don't give a *** about the GC..."

 

[hfer07]

Wow,
taking about making moves Congrats to Adam Yates. It was worth the initiative & the effort to win the stage & climb up in the GC.
O'Connor looks solid & did a great ride today.
Mas looks good - hoping he gets his stage win
Roglic ........ luckily, he profited nicely from O'Connor's work

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Interesting interview (and some tasty language ) from Yates there, seems he was really suffering and cramping

 

[Izzyeviel]

Language Adam!

 

[Brullnux]

Yates sometimes has a Belgian lilt in his accent which is inexplicable

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Yates for the win and Carapaz for getting onto the podium spot with a long chase.
Good day for UAE with Yates and Hirschi winning.
The GC race is still on.

 

[benzwire]

It's nice to watch a race that does not have a crazy strong alien dominating the field. This has been a good one so far!

 

[Mako]

Actually, this outcome wasn't too bad for Roglic. Apart from shipping 4 seconds to O'Connor, it was actually good for him. For Mas this will be a little blow, that his effort didn't pay off. Great to have such an interesting race at our hands!

 

[zlev11]

insane ride by Carapaz, it's a shame that descent is way too easy to stay away from a group on. you have to be Santi Perez or TurboVino to do it.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Language Adam!!

'Thank god he doesn't always win' - Producers

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Adam Yates " I never suffered like this before "
"suffering suffering to the finish line"

For the poster who is suggesting clinic performance from yates

 

[Mayomaniac]

I think AG2R are racing this perfectly but I'm still a little sad Galls shape has to be used for team work. This might have been his very rare chance to get a GT podium, he's looking that good.

I don't even wanna start that discussion...

 

[scribers]

How did BOC ride benefit roglic?

 

[Netserk]

If we account for Roglic having a shocker, this is an absolute masterclass by Bora

No. They should have gifted the break less of a gap. Chasing harder before the climbs wouldn't harm them.

 

[Andre]

GC standings 11 through 15?

 

[scribers]

Has Gall ever really been that close to serious GT contention?

 

[will-10]

GC standings 11 through 15?

have those guys even finished yet

 

[Brullnux]

I don't even wanna start that discussion...

Tbf, given how this race is going, not out the question that Gall wins it all

 

[Gigs_98]

I think Yates' and Carapaz' ended up being rather indifferent for gc so the big stories are
1. Roglic couldn't drop O'Connor
2. Mas was by far the strongest
3. In the end they all finished together

Even though 1. and 2. sound like big stories I still see Roglic as the clear favorite. This feels like the Galibier stage in the 2007 TdF when sadly for Contador the only day when he could emphatically drop his opponents was also the one mountain stage with a long rolling descent at the end.

 

[Sciatic]

All the posters on here saying Ben O connor would lose so much time to Roglic today havent a clue ...He was 4th in Tour and Giro ...what more do you need to know

I thought he would lose another 45’ today, but who knew Roglic would be on an off day? Tell me, is that really “haven’t a clue,” or you’re just annoyed?

 

[Mako]

How did BOC ride benefit roglic?

Roglic still in second, they made up a lot of time in the finish.