Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 4 (Garray - Ejea de los Caballeros, 191.7 km)

Inquitus

A day for Sam, hopefully, and maybe some echelons could spice up what will otherwise be a very boring stage!




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Dodge

On the betting odds, Sam was 6/4 with Ackerman 5/2. The rest all double digits

MPFGLB

One of the few sprint ....lets hope Sam has the legs

Inquitus

Could be some potential echelons in Spain!

17km to go I've one eye on this and the other on the Giro.

Richard Hillman

Cmon folks. 2 in a Row

velo.2010

C'mon Sam!

mr spuckler

ES only showing the end of the Giro stage FFS :mad::mad::mad:

ratracer

mr spuckler wrote: »

ES only showing the end of the Giro stage FFS :mad::mad::mad:

I know, who gives a F*** about it at this stage, into last km in Vuelta soon

Full train for Sam choo choo

mr spuckler

SHOW IT EUROSPORT FFS.

Now showing replays of Cerny's finish :mad:

Inquitus

Well done Sam!

mr spuckler

Inquitus wrote: »

Well done Sam!

YES!!!

And an even bigger FU to Eurosport :mad:

As if to take the p1ss, they had "Bennett's British Superbikes on ES1".

lissard

Nice sprint - Phillipsen went from a bit too far out and Sam used him as a lead out.

Richard Hillman

Move over Slovenia, We are the dominant small to mid sized cycling nation

lissard

Recommend the Eurosport Player -it gives you access to the two live streams.

The kids aren't impressed with Sam's glasses and I have to agree with them. Fugly things.

mr spuckler

lissard wrote: »

Recommend the Eurosport Player -it gives you access to the two live streams.

I know yes but I have a tv beside my desk in the home office and amn't paying for it for the sake of 2 more days!

mr spuckler

Weepsie wrote: »

You'd equally have people giving out that they switched off the end of arguably the tightest GC battle in god knows how long for the end of another stage.

Now why on earth theyre showing highlights of motorcycling on one channel and and not a live event is a mystery

They could even have done it side by side for the last km of the Vuelta stage. I know it was largely caused by the issues with the Giro stage start but it was very frustrating.

edit...now showing last km of Vuelta

velo.2010

Well done Sam! Could well pick up all the sprint days if his team continue to ride for him like that.

marvin80

velo.2010 wrote: »

Well done Sam! Could well pick up all the sprint days if his team continue to ride for him like that.

The perfect end between the team and then Sam sprinting himself.

Nice to beat Bora easily again as well!

mr spuckler

Deleted User wrote: »

The kids aren't impressed with Sam's glasses and I have to agree with them. Fugly things.

They're pretty dreadful :pac:

Inquitus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1JLJCW3jg

Macy0161

In the opposite to yesterday, I thought the Irishman had left it too late when the gap opened! But then wasn't any doubt once he got in the slipstream.

Inquitus

https://twitter.com/deceuninck_qst/status/1319664395010658304

Dodge

Best sprinter there. Easily the most powerful. Great win.

Updated list of winners here. First time 2 different Irish cyclists have won stages in the same grand Tour

https://statsthatarepointless.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/irish-stage-wins-cycling-grand-tours/

py

Top man Sam! They really need to let them take the masks off when they're on the podium and everyone else has moved away.

Paddigol

As referenced above, nice to see Sam stick it to Bora. Didn't even make the podium. Been some crappy year for them so far.

REBELSAFC

Super performance.He looked very strong today. Showed no signs of fatigue after the Tour. On an other note he didn't have any tricolour stripes on his sleeves.I thought as a former Irish champion he was entitled to them?

Zzippy

Nice!!

bazermc

This year just keeps getting better and better for IE cycling.

Dodge

REBELSAFC wrote: »

On an other note he didn't have any tricolour stripes on his sleeves.I thought as a former Irish champion he was entitled to them?

They’re there

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsPm6RBr--/?igshid=11gnj02vxls1j

Eamonnator

bazermc wrote: »

This year just keeps getting better and better for IE cycling.

And don't forget our Junior DH Mountainbike World Champion, Oisin O'Callaghan.

check_six

Bloody hell, I've done it again. Meant to check in to see the end of the stage, forgot again and we get another big win to cheer.

Seems omens will remain good as long as I keep forgetting that the race is on!

REBELSAFC

Dodge wrote: »

They’re there

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsPm6RBr--/?igshid=11gnj02vxls1j

Thanks. I was trying to pick Sam out in the DQS train and I was looking for the stripes but couldn't see them. The sponsor kinda hides them from the front on view

velo.2010

Sam Bennet es un velocista muy rápido.

Thats my Spanish lesson for today!

North of 32

That was some show off power and confidence. Fair enough, Philipsen went to early and Ackermann and Mareczko had to get around what was left of the DQT train, but it was clear no one was even close to his level.

Deleted User wrote: »

The kids aren't impressed with Sam's glasses and I have to agree with them. Fugly things.

They're bad alright, but nothing can be as horrific as the glasses worn by the Yates brothers on Mitchelton Scott. They're so bad it actually annoys me :pac:

Inquitus

Deleted User wrote: »

The kids aren't impressed with Sam's glasses and I have to agree with them. Fugly things.

Aye they are fugly, he looks like a Cylon!

straighttohell

Only 40euro for the year, On Demand, multi devices etc Great value

ratracer

I miss Sam’s Irish Champs helmet. It took me a few mins to realise he hadn’t it on today!

G1032

North of 32 wrote: »

They're bad alright, but nothing can be as horrific as the glasses worn by the Yates brothers on Mitchelton Scott. They're so bad it actually annoys me :pac:

And the helmets that Mitchelton Scott wear.... Mother of God

neris

North of 32 wrote: »

That was some show off power and confidence. Fair enough, Philipsen went to early and Ackermann and Mareczko had to get around what was left of the DQT train, but it was clear no one was even close to his level.





They're bad alright, but nothing can be as horrific as the glasses worn by the Yates brothers on Mitchelton Scott. They're so bad it actually annoys me :pac:

Those Scott glasses are ****in horrific. Followed closely by EFs POC

Just watching the highlights on ITV4 there and the mentioned Willie Smits difficulties in life growing up that have impacted on his racing to a degree. Not something I was aware of. Tough read https://www.bicycling.co.za/news-people/willie-smit-meet-africas-new-road-racing-champion/