Vuelta 2018 Stage 5:Granada - Roquetas de Mar 188.7km

MPFGLB

Looks like a humdinger already ...very fast and no break yet and only 70 riders left in peloton

MPFGLB

25 in breakaway

Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates), Stephane Rossetto (Cofidis), Floris De Tier, Sepp Kuss (LottoNL-Jumbo), Alessandro De Marchi, Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Maxime Monfort (Lotto-Soudal), Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ), Andrey Amador (Movistar Team), Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Bauke Mollema, Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo), Davide Villella (Astana), Alexandre Geniez (Groupama-FDJ), Hermann Pernsteiner, Franco Pellizotti (Bahrain-Merida), Mikel Iturria (Euskadi-Murias), Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott), Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb), José Mendes (Burgos-BH), Simon Clarke (Education First-Drapac), Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data), Maurits Lammertink and Pavel Kochetkov (Katusha-Alpecin) have managed to open a 1' gap to the peloton.



Best bet for me are Mollema, Molard, Amador & De Marchi...but who knows

dastardly00

'Si' Clarke for the win :pac: :pac: :pac:

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

'Si' Clarke for the win :pac: :pac: :pac:

ha ha

oh yeah that is Kirby's broadcast mostly filled this afternoon

Heads up this is on at 13:30 on ES today and not 14:00 as has been the case so far.

MPFGLB

MPFGLB wrote: »

ha ha

oh yeah that is Kirby's broadcast mostly filled this afternoon

Amador in the break so expect liberal use of the word 'foil' today too :pac:

dastardly00

If you ever visiting Granada, or are close by, a visit to the Alhambra Palace is well worth it

manwithaplan

dastardly00 wrote: »

If you ever visiting Granada, or are close by, a visit to the Alhambra Palace is well worth it

That little-known hidden gem?

neris

dastardly00 wrote: »

If you ever visiting Granada, or are close by, a visit to the Alhambra Palace is well worth it

Just make sure you book a ticket on line first as you can't but them at the door

eagle eye

I fancy this break will be pulled back. They are taking each other on already.

dastardly00

manwithaplan wrote: »

That little-known hidden gem?

I was skiing in Sierra Nevada a couple of years ago and our group had booked a one night stay in Granada which included a trip to the Alhambra. I had never previously heard of it

Awww Molard is cramping up here

dastardly00

Deleted User wrote: »

Awww Molard is cramping up here

He seems to have recovered a bit now.
Fingers crossed he gets the red jersey.

MPFGLB

Seems Si (mon) Clarke has this sown up

CrowdedHouse

Is that a solar power farm they're passing?

dastardly00

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Is that a solar power farm they're passing?

No, greenhouses for fruit and veg.

A lot of greenhouses! About 30,000 hectares :eek:

Roquetas de Mar, the finish town, is on the east coast in the photo below

Beasty

dastardly00 wrote: »

If you ever visiting Granada, or are close by, a visit to the Alhambra Palace is well worth it

Used to watch it on telly all the time. Preferred Coronation Street to heading over to the Alhambra mind....

^

That image from above makes me feel dizzy for some odd reason.

dastardly00

Beasty wrote: »

Used to watch it on telly all the time. Preferred Coronation Street to heading over to the Alhambra mind....

^^^
Dad Grandad joke! :pac:

dastardly00

Stage Result:
1 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4:36:07
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
3 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
4 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:08
5 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:08
6 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:08
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:58
8 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:00
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:00
10 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:02:00

GC:
1 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 18:27:20
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:01:01
3 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:08
4 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:11
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:13
6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:26
7 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:31
8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:34
9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:34
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:38

Beasty

Deleted User wrote: »

^

That image from above makes me feel dizzy for some odd reason.

It made me think of an inverted picture of a snow-topped mountain - it certainly is challenging on my eyesight