Vuelta a España Vuelta a España, stage 6: La Vall d'Uixó - Pico del Buitre, 183.1k

[Jagartrott]

Splits, echelons, crashes - no images. 2023 mountain stage. Yey.

 

[Earns1985]

40 riders in the first peleton, Remco back in 2nd group...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

As estimated a big fight for the breakaway today...
I assume the breakaway will be formed five minutes before the TV coverage begins..

My coverage (Peacock) won't start for another 1.5 hours, I'm relying on all posters here who have coverage already (plus PCS) to keep me posted in the meantime.

 

[Berniece]

40 riders in the first peleton, Remco back in 2nd group...

Already back in the first group with help of his teammates

 

[Rob5091]

Hope all the guys in the crash are ok - Kelderman again ... oh dear.

 

[Samamba]

So is Jumbo the controlling, Vingegaard was talking about a different plan compared to Remco's, guess they want the stage or Remco still in red after today?

 

[Earns1985]

Tratnik also among the attackers.. Interesting that Jumbo also tries to go in the break..

 

[KZD]

A tale of 3 mountain sprinters

Remco, Roglič and who is the third one?

Kind of hope the break makes it today but Jumbo will probably at least ensure Remco keeps the jersey if they can't drop him up the climb. I expect Remco, Roglič, Ayuso, Mas and Vingegård to be ahead of the other GC riders but no significant gaps among them.

 

[Samamba]

25 riders at the front, pure chaos, damn I want to see this

 

[Samamba]

Bagioli DNF

 

[Jagartrott]

Bagioli out
Milesi out

 

[Tim Cahill]

Good break of riders, good for QS to let go too because Cepeda can take red

But Bagioli has abandoned...

 

[Samamba]

Also DNF Milesi

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Crash Jay Vine

 

[Rob5091]

Seems like the Grupetto has already formed.

 

[Samamba]

Jay Vine on the ground, it had to happen at some point

 

[DNP-Old]

Kelderman crashed, so Vine can't fall behind too much in the standing and subsequently crashes too.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vine has a very high climbing level but this can't continue, force him to ride CX in the winter or something.

 

[Rob5091]

Lazkano is a busy boy trying to get in the break today. I assume for Mas as this does not seem his sort of finish.

 

[Earns1985]

"Vingegaard has had stomach problems" - Vingegaard told danish television before the start of todays stage..

Whatever this means and also why he would communicate this if it´s still an issue..

 

[Earns1985]

Wow.. Remco in a peleton one minute behind the first peleton??

 

[Gargamel35]

"Vingegaard has had stomach problems" - Vingegaard told danish television before the start of todays stage..

Whatever this means and also why he would communicate this if it´s still an issue..

If he has a problem, probably all JV team have a problem. Meh.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Vine could do half the stages on Zwift and still accumulate more crashes than 90% of the peloton in this Vuelta.

 

[Rob5091]

"Vingegaard has had stomach problems" - Vingegaard told danish television before the start of todays stage..

Whatever this means and also why he would communicate this if it´s still an issue..

Strange indeed, maybe an excuse not to chase the break today, or if he is really sick then every GC guy will go nuts up the final climb.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Huge group with Martinez, Soler and Kuss up the road now.