Vuelta a San Juan

[Alexandre B.]

Clinic or not, this is quite telling: https://twitter.com/mihkelraim/status/956992678318739456

 

[railxmig]

Re:

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

Thx for the link. This was way more ***, than i thought. This Najar guy decided to just ride away from the rest with his gregario Gewiss style and then put 2min on what was essentialy a false-flat.

When Contador or Schleck were using their teams for a long attack (i consider the Najar's attack as such), they were done via very delicate, elaborate methods. These guys decided to laugh them out and just use brute force on a windy, straight 3-4% grind. I think i really need to start watching Volta Portugal. Wonder, if there are any international streams out there.

 

[portugal11]

Re: Re:

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

Thx for the link. This was way more ***, than i thought. This Najar guy decided to just ride away from the rest with his gregario Gewiss style and then put 2min on what was essentialy a false-flat.

When Contador or Schleck were using their teams for a long attack (i consider the Najar's attack as such), they were done via very delicate, elaborate methods. These guys decided to laugh them out and just use brute force on a windy, straight 3-4% grind. I think i really need to start watching Volta Portugal. Wonder, if there are any international streams out there.

volta a portugal is the fourth grand tour but we stayed stuck in the nineties

 

[repre]

Why this Najar guy just rode away from everyone? I'm new to these small races things so its a bit confusing...

 

[Squire]

Re: Re:

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

Thx for the link. This was way more ***, than i thought. This Najar guy decided to just ride away from the rest with his gregario Gewiss style and then put 2min on what was essentialy a false-flat.

When Contador or Schleck were using their teams for a long attack (i consider the Najar's attack as such), they were done via very delicate, elaborate methods. These guys decided to laugh them out and just use brute force on a windy, straight 3-4% grind. I think i really need to start watching Volta Portugal. Wonder, if there are any international streams out there.

It's even more funny that guys like Benoot and Sepulveda were simply ridden off the wheel on the false flat while in the slipstream of Sevilla and Torres, while at the same time, Najar, who had been out ahead alone for 15kms, was still gaining time.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nibai looking wise
with his dns stage 1

 

[fauniera]

Echelons.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Echelons.

Is there a GC threat in the front group?

 

[fauniera]

Richeze wins the stage. Ganna leads in gc!

 

[fauniera]

Boom!

 

[Escarabajo]

What happened?

 

[fauniera]

Wind i guess. When i tuned in there were already lots of groups on the road.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Boom!

Love it! Go go go Pippo

Wait. The stage is still on? I'm so confused now

 

[DNP-Old]

Boom!

You realise this is the GC after stage 4?

 

[Alexandre B.]

Someone watched stage 4 today.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Feel like I'm in a time loop lol

 

[fauniera]

Sorry. :lol:

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Doggo!!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage 6 was fantastic though.

Stage

GC

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Another dog! I've watched 30 minutes of this stage race over all the stages and I've seen two dogs nearly causing crashes. Are those stray dogs?

 

[DNP-Old]

Hodeg will be the sprinter for QSI tonight.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Nizzolo wins.

What a week for Trek.

 

[Samamba]

That's number 5 in 6 days for Trek.
Not the most high-quality wins, but still, impressive start of the season.

 

[fauniera]

What happened to Ganna?

 

[May0maniac]

Just an error, now Ganna is back on the gc.
Overall I was surprised by the good TV coverage and the crowds were always decent sized, the crowd right now at the finish is pretty big.
Next year a few more hilly stages would be nice, but as long as we have enouh terrain that is really exposed to potential crosswinds it should be fine.
Of course I'd rather see a stage race in Salta and Jujuy, but that's not realistic.