Vuelta a San Juan 2023 (January 22-29)

[Devil's Elbow]

Lots of GC riders/sprinters behind the crash I guess? 50 riders left is not that much.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Soudal train down the wrong side of the road?

Never mind! But Jakobsen came too late anyway. Messy finale and the camera work didn't help either.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What an awful finish and camera work.

 

[Samamba]

Wtfff was this?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Looooool remco cross the line shaking his head, look forward to all his finish protests this year

 

[Samamba]

Jakobsen just vanished? Think it was Morkov in 2nd right?

 

[Sandisfan]

Sam wins! Not the greatest coverage by the organizers.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Jakobsen just vanished? Think it was Morkov in 2nd right?

I think the Soudal train did go the wrong way after all... No idea why Jakobsen didn't follow Morkov though, or indeed Morkov the rest of the team.

 

[DaLong]

Messy camera work to finish, made me feel nauseated. Alas, good win for Bennett, congrats.

 

[Lequack]

Has Remco led Jakobsen astray?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1616898376259502082

View: https://twitter.com/Tatrod/status/1616898376259502082?s=20&t=jvvB57-UISSRORXtKC1qtw

 

[Didinho]

What was that!? People in the middle of the road where Remco stopped pulling.
Complete chaos. Everyone on his side was out.

 

[Tim Cahill]

That was an insane pull, did Evenepoel go the wrong way?

 

[Didinho]

That was an insane pull, did Evenepoel go the wrong way?

He just pulled aside, work done. But the road split in 2 there and half the group followed him.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What was that!? People in the middle of the road where Remco stopped pulling.

The route went right where Evenepoel stopped pulling, but Evenepoel (and part of the rest of the peloton) went left. So I guess we'll have a new quote to add to these two:

Spot the difference.

After going the wrong way himself:

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/evenepoel-left-fuming-after-going-wrong-way-during-tirreno-adriatico-attack/

After winning because the rest went the wrong way:

https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/brussels-cycling-classic-2021/brussels-cycling-classic/results/

(before anyone yells at me: yes, this one was on the organisers and not on him or any other rider)

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Looks like remco went left and then immediately stopped his pull. So everybody behind him slowed down as well and those on the right sped off into the distance.

 

[BR2]

Does anyone know who was caught up in the crash?

 

[BR2]

Looks like remco went left and then immediately stopped his pull. So everybody behind him slowed down as well and those on the right sped off into the distance.

That would have been a very cool move had Jakobsen been on the right...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bennett gets a dinosaur and a white jersey. Does that mean he's both old and young?

 

[Lequack]

Remco Evenepoel after "perhaps unacceptable" hectic final kilometer: "I was a bit upset"

Remco Evenepoel na "hectische" slotkilometer: "Ik was wat van slag en reed bijna op een vrouw"

Zoals hij had aangekondigd droeg Remco Evenepoel zijn steentje bij in de sprintvoorbereiding, maar de veiligheidscoördinator van de Ronde van San Juan is nog met vakantie. In een chaotische sprint fnuikte een vluchtheuvel de kansen van Soudal-Quick Step.

sporza.be

 

[Jagartrott]

Looooool remco cross the line shaking his head, look forward to all his finish protests this year

Not looking forward to all your whining about Evenepoel this season.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Not sure if this is the best stage race for Evenepoel. On such sprinters dominated stage profiles i somehow doubt he will be able to help much in regards to being a part of a sprint train. And there is one stage that will likely decide GC. And here i feel that somebody like López has much more to prove. But that is not the main issue i see. The main issue i see is high risk of crashes. Like 80% of stages have a high risk of crash. And this is in my opinion just not worth it. For somebody like Evenepoel. On the pros side. He will likely get some fans for participating. Bennett will likely try to dominate this race. Nice win for Bennett on stage 1.

 

[Berniece]

Lanterne Rouge had a nice analysis of it, basically they were already on the wrong side of the road before that point. The organisation should just learn from these mistakes, and move on. Another chance today for Jakobsen.

 

[BR2]

It was indeed a very chaotic finale - not just the last k, but also those before. It wasn't clear where the riders' space was and where spectators and cars belonged. I love to see races outside of Europe, would wish there were more big races in countries like Argentina, but that just doesn't look like the organizers knew what they were doing. I could anticipate the crash a few seconds before, which is never a good sign for the organizers.

I don't know what Evenepoel/SOQ were doing though, contrary to what Evenepoel said it didn't look like they had the best strategy. Actually a very good result to get second with Morkov under these circumstances.

 

[search]

To me it looked like Evenepoel was just swinging off to the left, ending his turn on the front, and those who followed were trapped without a pacemaker.

But Welsford still finished 11th, although he said that he was affected as well. So not sure it really was necessary for the others to immediately sit up.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Maybe best if they try to use up Evenepoel sooner. On the "difficult" sections. To try to put some nails in Bennett legs. And at the end of stages for Evenepoel to get out of the way sooner.

We'll see.