Vuelta a España stage 9: Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo (157.7km)

mr spuckler

With a couple of bumps en route and a completely flat final 5km, this looks like it's nicely set up for a bunch sprint finish.

Can Sam make it 2 from 2? Or will Ackermann or Philipsen bite back? Bookies say most definitely Sam!







Sam 4/6
Ackermann 10/3
Philipsen 15/4

Paddigol

Long Shot Prediction of the day... Sam, Froomedog and Danhole to make a sneaky break off the front with 15k to go, time trial to the line and pull out a minute over Carapaz and Roglic.

Short Shot Prediction of the day... Sam to come past Ackermann and win with impressive ease.

dastardly00

All aboard the Quick Step train... Choo Choo!
Come on Sam!

MrMojoRisin'

Any educated guess what time this finishes today? I can't find anything on the official Vuelta website

dastardly00

MrMojoRisin' wrote: »

Any educated guess what time this finishes today? I can't find anything on the official Vuelta website

The website can be a bit of a pain but the info is there.

16.05 @43 km/h
16.15 @41 km/h
16.27 @39 km/h

All times are Irish time.

Tim76

dastardly00 wrote: »

The website can be a bit of a pain but the info is there.

16.05 @43 km/h
16.15 @41 km/h
16.27 @39 km/h

All times are Irish time.

Wonder what time I'd finish at a blistering 25km/h?

Dodge

Not one to watch on TV all day I'd say. Breaak to get up to 8/9 minutes and the DQT and Bora to bring it back in the last 10k

neris

https://twitter.com/radiotour_en/status/1321807868790714368?s=19

Inquitus

Dodge wrote: »

Not one to watch on TV all day I'd say. Breaak to get up to 8/9 minutes and the DQT and Bora to bring it back in the last 10k

Only 2 invitee team riders in the break, should be easy to pull them back, down to 3mins now.

First hour

13:36

Aritz Bagües (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Juan Felipe Osorio (Burgos-BH) covered 41.1km. Their lead is down to 3'00''.

dastardly00

I'm not watching the coverage but the live text updates say that Ackermann was involved in a crash. He got some magic spray from the medical car and is back in the peloton

Inquitus

80km to go Break at 2:18

dastardly00

Inquitus wrote: »

80km to go Break at 2:18

The peloton could do with slowing down a bit or they'll catch the breakaway too quickly

Dodge

dastardly00 wrote: »

The peloton could do with slowing down a bit or they'll catch the breakaway too quickly

Shouldn't be an issue on this flat route.

mr spuckler

dastardly00 wrote: »

I'm not watching the coverage but the live text updates say that Ackermann was involved in a crash. He got some magic spray from the medical car and is back in the peloton

I don't like the sound of what happened to Baez in that crash.

Just had a look back at the Saez crash and his helmet definitely breaks. His neck was supported by the doctors who appeared to be checking for head injury. He has been allowed to continue but was grimacing all the way back to the cars, but sometimes the effects of concussion and head injury aren't immediately apparent.

edit...also this was really odd to see on the tv pictures.

The Caja Rural director is holding up Saez's helmet out of the window of the team car. Not sure why. It's absolutely destroyed and raises questions over whether the rider should still be in the race.

neris

mr spuckler wrote: »

I don't like the sound of what happened to Baez in that crash.

smashed helmet n they let him continue?? did they not learn from the skinny french chap in the tour who looked like he,d just come out of an all day booze session

Inquitus

dastardly00 wrote: »

The website can be a bit of a pain but the info is there.

16.05 @43 km/h
16.15 @41 km/h
16.27 @39 km/h

All times are Irish time.

Avg. Speed
41.8 km/h, so probably finish at 16.10 or so, as they will speed up considerably towards the end.

fat bloke

"....Sorry.... ah.... Carlton..... I wasn't fully concentraaaayting on what you were saying there...."

Seán Kelly is all of us.

Inquitus

33km to go gap just under 40 seconds now. Anyone know if the finish is technical?

MPFGLB

fat bloke wrote: »

"....Sorry.... ah.... Carlton..... I wasn't fully concentraaaayting on what you were saying there...."

Seán Kelly is all of us.

I can totally get Sean switching off from' know it all about ditches and other such painful stuff' Kirby

and Kirby's Carraig on Sewer ?? ...that mans wife must be so grateful he is out all day talking gibberish rather than doing her head in

Dodge

I don’t mind Kirby. He gets a few things wrong and waffles a bit but to be fair he’s talking for hours and hours and on days like today, not much is happening

Large bottle small glass

MPFGLB wrote: »

and Kirby's Carraig on Sewer ?? ...that mans wife must be so grateful he is out all day talking gibberish rather than doing her head in

It's a bit of a sh1thole in fairness

Paddigol

Dodge wrote: »

I don’t mind Kirby. He gets a few things wrong and waffles a bit but to be fair he’s talking for hours and hours and on days like today, not much is happening

Ditto. There's only so much fresh, informative cycle-related conversation you can have live on air for hours on end, day after day, when the riders are going through the motions. I've grown to enjoy his Partidge-isms.

Inquitus

Paddigol wrote: »

Ditto. There's only so much fresh, informative cycle-related conversation you can have live on air for hours on end, day after day, when the riders are going through the motions. I've grown to enjoy his Partidge-isms.

Aye I was recovering from surgery on my sofa during the Tour de France and watching them cycle through the beautiful French scenery with Carlton's dulcet tones was very cathartic!

Gallant_JJ

Inquitus wrote: »

33km to go gap just under 40 seconds now. Anyone know if the finish is technical?

Sounds very technical, a hairpin with 1300m to go amongst a series of other corners in the final 5km

Richard Hillman

I'm surprised nobody has gone on a Dart for a late breakaway, with the pace being so modest.

dastardly00

Mechanical for Roglic. Not the best bike change in the world but the bunch slowed for him.

In other news, a Bora rider nearly clocked a fan on the side of the road with a bidon :pac:

Richard Hillman

dastardly00 wrote: »

Mechanical for Roglic. Not the best bike change in the world but the bunch slowed for him.

In other news, a Bora rider nearly clocked a fan on the side of the road with a bidon :pac:

I noticed that. I think he threw it to him but he wasn't expecting it and probably with a bit too much force :pac:

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

Mechanical for Roglic. Not the best bike change in the world but the bunch slowed for him.

In other news, a Bora rider nearly clocked a fan on the side of the road with a bidon :pac:

Maybe he is a stickler for social isolation rules and fans not going to watch the races

dastardly00

5 km to go

doiredoire

Inquitus wrote: »

33km to go gap just under 40 seconds now. Anyone know if the finish is technical?

Kelly’s brain must be fried having to listen to and interact with Kirby

mr spuckler

DQS happy to let Bora do the work here...

mr spuckler

YES!! He sat up very early though!

Inquitus

Nice one Sam!

neris

Sam

Made that look easy.

De Bhál

Fack, thought he was celebrating too early there.

wirelessdude01

So confident that he had it that he could sit-up and take the plaudits.

mr spuckler

Never seen him celebrate like that before.

Also I'm delighted he ditched the sunglasses from the previous win

It looked more comfortable from the side than in the head on view too.

eagle eye

Just caught the end of that, Sam was awesome, so calm and patient and then boom.

thebourke

whoever seems to be the sprinter for quickstep more than likely wins the sprints............

Inquitus

mr spuckler

eagle eye wrote: »

Just caught the end of that, Sam was awesome, so calm and patient and then boom.

Yep - even when he went out into the wind he didn't open up straight away.

Dodge

Lads I think that Tour de France has changed Sam. He’s soooo confident now. I think, for the first time, he believes he’s the best sprinter in the race and he doesn’t think he’ll be beaten

As above, I don’t remember him celebrating a sprint win like that before

It’s great to see

Richard Hillman

He was very patient, he knew he was the quickest.

There was a little bit of argy bargy with a DQS rider and somebody else with about 1k to go. Not sure if was Bennett or not

North of 32

Loved that lead-out, loved that sprint and loved that celebration. Absolutely bossing it.

There was a fantastic moment when someone from another team, UAE I think, tried to get into DQT's train and got hit with a mighty shoulder. Jesus it was some hit, something that would make even a GAA stalwart proud.

mr spuckler

Richard Hillman wrote: »

He was very patient, he knew he was the qyicketd.

There was a little bit of argy bargy with a DQS rider and somebody else with about 1k to go. Not sure if was Bennett or not

He just said about nearly being put into the barriers with someone trying to get on his wheel. Philipsen ended up on his wheel so not sure if it was UAE or not?

edit...judging by previous post it was! Sam didn't sound happy though.

wirelessdude01

Richard Hillman wrote: »

He was very patient, he knew he was the quickest.

There was a little bit of argy bargy with a DQS rider and somebody else with about 1k to go. Not sure if was Bennett or not

He mentioned that someone tried to put him in the barriers with about 1km to go in his post race interview.

mewso

Well done Sam. Time for RTE Sport to look up his position in the GC.

wirelessdude01

mr spuckler wrote: »

Never seen him celebrate like that before.

Think it may have been that he beat Ackermann in a straight up sprint. Bora decided to back him rather than Sam last year so nice to stick it to them.

Inquitus

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Think it may have been that he beat Ackermann in a straight up sprint. Bora decided to back him rather than Sam last year so nice to stick it to them.

Aye after sticking it to Sagan at the Tour

Richard Hillman

mewso wrote: »

Well done Sam. Time for RTE Sport to look up his position in the GC.

He took 10 seconds off Carapaz