Vuelta Stage 9 94km Andorra

neris

Short stage at 94km to Andorra. All up and down no flat part

MPFGLB

Mega difficult stage

Which doesn't always mean the best action btw

MPFGLB

Sunweb have 4 in the break and driving it on or Kelderman

He could be a dangerous for red and can TT

c.p.w.g.w

MPFGLB wrote: »

Mega difficult stage

Which doesn't always mean the best action btw

Yeah but it's sometimes enjoyable watching professional athletes struggling on a climb...they are human after all

Lusk_Doyle

MPFGLB wrote: »

Sunweb have 4 in the break and driving it on or Kelderman

He could be a dangerous for red and can TT

And he was who the team were going to be working for according to Nicolas Roche.

MPFGLB

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

And he was who the team were going to be working for according to Nicolas Roche.

Yeah but Nico was also allowed a free role

neris

Could the gaa not have waited for this stage to be finished before putting the all Ireland on

Come on superman

neris

Weather looks crap at the finish

at1withmyself

Ah no pictures now, weather is atrocious

Boscoirl

Little bit wet now

c.p.w.g.w

Apparently there is fear of ice on the road and lightening too...stage could get neutralised apparently?

Don't forget there are 4km of gravel here to ride too.

at1withmyself

Gravel section in rain looked tough there ☺

f1000

at1withmyself wrote: »

Gravel section in rain looked tough there ☺

+ hailstones at the finish

Well the situation changed there didn't it.

c.p.w.g.w

Looks like Astana got their tactics wrong today...Nairo looking good to move up the GC standings

Delighted for Pogacar here.

Unreal to think that was only the first week over. 2 to go

at1withmyself

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Looks like Astana got their tactics wrong today...Nairo looking good to move up the GC standings

I think he had a fall or mechanical as something went wrong and otherwise I think they rode very well today, just moviestar rode a little better.

c.p.w.g.w

at1withmyself wrote: »

I think he had a fall or mechanical as something went wrong and otherwise I think they rode very well today, just moviestar rode a little better.

Yeah if that's the reason he lost his advantage, then there tactics were spot on.

Eurosport saying he crashed in the gravel section, he's only 17 seconds down in GC so that could have been far worse for him.

Shame he lost 4 odd minutes , but here he is on that grown ups bike :P

dastardly00

Sam finished ahead of Fabio Aru today

Seemingly Roglic crashed today on the gravel section as well as Superman

MPFGLB

Hate when races are decided by crashes

And pity for Chaves and his mechanical ..team not strong enough to get him back on
Aru also must continue to ask questions

Been watching Kiryienka die a slow death in terms of his career here. So used to seeing him drive Sky trains over the years and no train to drive here is htere, he's had some health issues last year early this year. Really seems like this was a pointless race for him to have been sent to. Don't see him riding for Ineos next year or at WT level.

joujoujou

At least they had no dust on a gravel section.

But it became muddish, I'd say.

https://twitter.com/majkaformal/status/1168257413495054336

https://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/1168234627368214528

Finnrocco

How do two lads crash into each other?

joujoujou

Easily.

Sitting close on the other rider's wheel on that uneven, gravel section... no surprise at all.