Vuelta a España 2019 stage 10 Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to Pau we go (again)

neris

ITT 36.2KM finishing in Pau because we havent had an ITT in Pau in oh about 6 weeks. Flatish run but one that could see the red jersey change hands again.



2 minute time gaps for the GC boys

156 16-25 Nieve Mikel, Mitchelton-Scott
157 16-27 Teuns Dylan, Bahrain-Merida
158 16-29 Kelderman Wilco, Sunweb
159 16-31 Majka Rafał, Bora-Hansgrohe
160 16-33 Edet Nicolas, Cofidis
161 16-35 Hagen Carl Frederik, Lotto-Soudal
162 16-37 Pogačar Tadej, UAE Team Emirates
163 16-39 Valverde Alejandro, Movistar
164 16-41 López Miguel Ángel, Astana
165 16-43 Roglič Primož, Jumbo-Visma
166 16-45 Quintana Nairo, Movistar

odyssey06

Jurancon... Pau... did they get lost leaving Andorra and end up in France by mistake?

TheBlaaMan

Roglic to put a minute plus in to best of the other GC contenders and in red tonight. Then it gets (even more) interesting

joey100

Inside peloton96 on twitter is doing great previews of every stage. The 2 climbs in this in this TT are a lot tougher than they look. First climb at 1km is about 2km long and averages 7.4%, a narrow descent for 2km after some rolling roads, then the second climb again aground 2km and at 5.7%. 572m of climbing over the 36km, it's definitely not as flat as the profile makes it look. Still fancy Roglic for the win though.

Wonder will Thomas De Gendt decide he wants to TT today. He was 3rd here in Pau at the Tour.

dastardly00

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Wonder will Thomas De Gendt decide he wants to TT today. He was 3rd here in Pau at the Tour.

He also finished 3rd in the last ITT in the Giro. But I don't think he's in the same form as the TdF or Giro. Has he been in any breakaways yet? his third GT of the year must be catching up on him.

dastardly00

Does anyone find the cyclingnews website awful since they updated it last week?

neris

Yes

dastardly00 wrote: »

Does anyone find the cyclingnews website awful since they updated it last week?

PringleDemon

dastardly00 wrote: »

Does anyone find the cyclingnews website awful since they updated it last week?

Yes indeed . i'm done with it .

I use opera browser on desktop and it's completely broken even with the ad blocker disabled it only loads the first row of images rest are blank thumbnails and the text layout is all over the place. Only slightly better in chrome.

dastardly00

That bag of ice down the back of Superman isn't very aero

dastardly00

Everyone has started

at1withmyself

1. Roglic
2. Valverde
3. Padagar

Top 3 this evening?

at1withmyself

Pogacar lost ~40 seconds in second split, wonder did he fall?

neris

1:04 down at the end

at1withmyself wrote: »

Pogacar lost ~40 seconds in second split, wonder did he fall?

Eamonnator

dastardly00 wrote: »

Does anyone find the cyclingnews website awful since they updated it last week?

Yes.
It's terrible, I hate it.
In fact, I rarely use it anymore. I used check it out everyday.

at1withmyself

Roglic is mighty impressive, will big Tom be a super domestic next year!

neris

Bet no one knew Primoz Roglic used to be a Ski Jumper

:D

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

Bet no one knew Primoz Roglic used to be a Ski Jumper

:D

:D:D

Lusk_Doyle

Sprint points awarded on a TT stage! WTF!?!?

Lusk_Doyle

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Sprint points awarded on a TT stage! WTF!?!?

Checks procyclingstats, you're right Roglic is now on 89 points and in top spot in the points classification. WTF indeed.

Maybe it's common in an ITT but never would have bothered to look before.

And now i've decided to look into it seems they give points in them

Heres the one from the Tour. Usually doesn't change the leader which why we likely never notice

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2019/stage-13-points