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La Vuelta Ciclista a Espana 2024
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O'connor was super strong on that stage and I have my doubts anyone could have beaten him. Unless there is a an epic meltdown then a podium should be a certainty.
The current Vuelta features a new incarnation of Euskatel Euskadi, which is a Pro Continental team. Which makes me wonder...
Are there any of the original bleeding carrots still remaining in the peloton?
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Roglic took back 56 seconds on O'Connor last night, on a Cat 3 climb to the finish (46 seconds on the road, plus a 10 second time bonus for winning the stage). Mas took back 52 seconds.
With plenty of climbing still to come, there's no reason why Roglic should be the least bit concerned about O'Connor.
The big question is how many other riders catch O'Connor in the GC race, before they reach Madrid?
Last night was a bad one for Almeida, who finished 4:53 behind Roglic - so I guess that's one rider who won't be finishing ahead of O'Connor in the long term.
The question is how many other riders the second best Australian climber in the race can hold off, given the time he gained on his big day out?
With plenty of climbing still to come, there's no reason why Roglic should be the least bit concerned about O'Connor.
The big question is how many other riders catch O'Connor in the GC race, before they reach Madrid?
Last night was a bad one for Almeida, who finished 4:53 behind Roglic - so I guess that's one rider who won't be finishing ahead of O'Connor in the long term.
The question is how many other riders the second best Australian climber in the race can hold off, given the time he gained on his big day out?
UAE's bid to become the second team to win all 3 Grand Tours in the same year appears to be over. Their best placed rider is now Del Toro, currently 17th, 6:32 behind O'Connor and 2:53 behind Roglic.
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This race always throws up a curve ball. It's the nature of it, the weather, the total elevation, the gradients, make it very hard to control. There will be more breaks get big time, just a question of who is willing to get in the right move.
Ben would have been carrying a lot more fatigue than the guys that sat in the bunch on his breakaway stage. If he gets through today without damage and after the rest day he is still well placed.
Ben would have been carrying a lot more fatigue than the guys that sat in the bunch on his breakaway stage. If he gets through today without damage and after the rest day he is still well placed.
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Well that was an interesting stage. Roglic looked poor, Mas looked good and it ended up being a great day for O’Connor.
With no team able to control the race and it being so tight on GC behind O’Connor I expect more GC riders will try and get in the breaks. Could be another big surprise and unexpected name pop up yet.
With no team able to control the race and it being so tight on GC behind O’Connor I expect more GC riders will try and get in the breaks. Could be another big surprise and unexpected name pop up yet.
My money is still on Roglic & Mas for the 1-2. Yates has played himself back into the top-10, and would now be a fighting chance of taking 3rd spot on the podium, though he hasn't really shown the climbing legs on the first few mountain top finishes.
That 3rd step on the podium is really wide open - could be Landa, Carapaz or Yates.
I'm still not convinced that O'Connor will make the podium, or even be the best AG2R rider, by the time the race arrives in Madrid.
That 3rd step on the podium is really wide open - could be Landa, Carapaz or Yates.
I'm still not convinced that O'Connor will make the podium, or even be the best AG2R rider, by the time the race arrives in Madrid.
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Threatened to be an awful year for Wout with his crash impacting his schedule but he’ll end up with a handful of grand tour stages, a points jersey and an Olympic medal still.
Friday and Sunday. Both finish on massive & steep climbs.
Friday's stage finishes on the Puerto de Ancares, which is 7.5 km at an average of 9.3%, with multiple points at 15%.
Sunday's stage is even nastier, finishing on the Cuitu Negru - 18.9 km at an average of 7.4%, with a steepest section at 24%. It's not quite as vicious as the Angliru, but it's probably the second toughest climb in Spain (and significantly nastier than any climbs tackled in the Tour).
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I still think he's favourite for second. Only lost 30-odd seconds last night (though I will admit I caught some z's once the break was established because I was already half asleep) and Mas isn't so good that the remaining 3 and a half minutes will be easy to close.
Rogla probably wins by a couple of minutes though.
Mas has pulled back just as much time as Roglic so far.
I'm still tipping BOC to miss the top 5, and to finish behind Gall as the best placed AG2R rider.
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I'm still tipping BOC to miss the top 5, and to finish behind Gall as the best placed AG2R rider.
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His issues seem to start at around 8%. Getting dropped by the chase group let alone Roglic and Mas is pretty bad on a climb this short. The 2 Red Bull guys in Vlasov and Martinez were really good today, they had done bugger all up until this. The yellow card thing was a bit ridiculous. Peak Sky/Ineos used to do it at every race, Jumbo have done it, they were never penalised.
I haven't watched the highlights yet, so the following is taken from reading Velo News.
It appears AG2R put a block across the road, to prevent any further riders from jumping across to join the breakaway. Carapaz tried moving up the outside, and got punted off the road by Victor Lafay. Lafay has been pinged heavily, with 3 other AG2R riders also copping yellow cards.
From my reading (and having not seen the footage yet), I can understand them hammering Lafay. However, there are many, many precedents for teams putting up a barrage across the front of the peloton, so I have no idea why the other AG2R riders were also penalised.
https://velo.outsideonline.com/road...-after-crashing-carapaz-at-vuelta/?scope=anon
I'm still none the wiser as to why the other AG2R riders received yellow cards.
SBS mentioned that Carapaz had crashed in their highlights package, but didn't show the incident. Nothing in the Velo article explains why any rider, other than Lafay, should have been penalised.
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