Vuelta a San Juan

[May0maniac]

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nuclear annihililation.future Volta a Portugal winner!

Fixed for you.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Benoot first of the world tour :surprised:

 

[May0maniac]

And Ganna s.t. as Benoot and still 3rd on gc, what a ride!

 

[DNP-Old]

Najar has come 2nd in Vuelta a Mendoza before, he ain't no scrub.

 

[capuldemetal]

Re: Re:

nuclear annihililation.future Volta a Portugal winner!

Fixed for you.

well..when one demolish sevilla by 2 minutes ..only the sky is the limit!

 

[Alexandre B.]

Najar is the new Sayar!

 

[RedheadDane]

Missed it! Didn't realise it was this early...
Is tomorrow as early as well?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Missed it! Didn't realise it was this early...
Is tomorrow as early as well?

Me also,
is there a video highlights of a decent length?

 

[Escarabajo]

I was watching the race at work a here comes the hot Venezuelan girl to talk to me!!!

Gosh I missed everything, what happened??

GC anyone?

 

[May0maniac]

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I was watching the race at work a here comes the hot Venezuelan girl to talk to me!!!

Gosh I missed everything, what happened??

GC anyone?

Stage:

Gc:

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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Najar is the new Sayar!

He is the new Dani Diaz. Even Oscar is in shock...

https://twitter.com/Ciclismoafondo_/status/956933421074472960

Benoot was already 12th in the Dauphiné. No surprise.

 

[DNP-Old]

Re: Re:

Najar is the new Sayar!

He is the new Dani Diaz. Even Oscar is in shock...

https://twitter.com/Ciclismoafondo_/status/956933421074472960

Benoot was already 12th in the Dauphiné. No surprise.

I spat out my water hearing that.

 

[flashke]

What does he actually say? My Spanish is next to non-existent.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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What does he actually say? My Spanish is next to non-existent.

It's difficult with crap headphones and with the wind screwing up the mic's sound but the part I managed to hear sounded like
"I don't know that rider's name but we tried to catch him and , well.....he just put more time into us"

 

[LaFlorecita]

I am so impressed and surprised by Ganna

 

[railxmig]

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Najar is the new Sayar!

More like Gabrovski i think, but i guess it's more about the rhyme. Sayar wasn't as nuclear IMO. I still remember that Gabrovski. When climbing he looked like Pantani. Doing 2min (not from breakaway judging from the previous posts) on 3-4% grind according to the profile Mayomaniac posted it a treat to the eyes. Need to find a relatively decent (at least 360p) quality video of this stage.

I think that's the best profile of the climb that you can find.

Wonder if mr. Najar will have its own clinic mention, or will he be lost in the depths of the Portuguese twilight zone.

Also, i know Benoot has some climbing pedigree and it was mainly a slightly uphill drag, but that was a very good showing by him.

 

[May0maniac]

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I am so impressed and surprised by Ganna

Yes, that was really impressive, a bit like his teammate Laengen in California last year.
It was a long drag on shallow gradients, that probably helped him, but it's still really impressive.

 

[railxmig]

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I am so impressed and surprised by Ganna

Yes, that was really impressive, a bit like his teammate Laengen in California last year.
It was a long drag on shallow gradients, that probably helped him, but it's still really impressive.

Watched the last 5km or so. It seems there was also a lot of wind. I don't know in which direction however. That could also help Ganna and Benoot.

 

[slosada]

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What does he actually say? My Spanish is next to non-existent.

He said more or less
"we were overconfident with Majka et al
That rider attacked, he climbed very fast I don't know how
I tried, one has to try it always"
Asked (again) if it was excess of confidence
"Probably, we didn't know him, he attacked very early and with such a wind, we thought we could catch him but instead he took more time on us"

He then ended up saying that he narrowly missed it but he was happy because at his age he's still a contender (loosely translated this last part)

 

[Escarabajo]

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What a ride by Najar!

By who?

 

[GuyIncognito]

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What a ride by Najar!

By who?

The reigning argentinian champion, thank you very much

(I've never heard of him before)

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I know I should disapprove but this kind of thing cracks me up every time. Somebody needs to organise a race with Najar, Alarcon, Gabrovski and a couple of the Iranian lads.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Last 35 km https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=691mRnYkouw

 

[Escarabajo]

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I know I should disapprove but this kind of thing cracks me up every time. Somebody needs to organise a race with Najar, Alarcon, Gabrovski and a couple of the Iranian lads.

What cracks me up is that Sevilla is going to be second again. Not to his fault. Lol.
He couldn't have guessed that this rider was going to hold 1:58 minutes on a charging group for the last 20 kilometers.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

I know I should disapprove but this kind of thing cracks me up every time. Somebody needs to organise a race with Najar, Alarcon, Gabrovski and a couple of the Iranian lads.

What cracks me up is that Sevilla is going to be second again. Not to his fault. Lol.
He couldn't have guessed that this rider was going to hold 1:58 minutes on a charging group for the last 20 kilometers.

The charging wasn't in the group