Vuelta a España 2021 – Stage 20 Sanxenxo to Mos. Castro de Herveille

eagle eye

Very tough stage, kind of like a one day type. Lots of tired riders but some looking strong like Storer, Bardet, De la Cruz and a few others. Bernal will be dangerous, looks like a stage that will suit him if Roglic doesn't mark him out of it again. I'm hoping Enric Mas or some other Spanish cyclist wins it to keep alive their record of stage wins in every year that all three tours have been on.

It'll be fun for sure.

I'm trying to watch it but doesn't seem to be on GCN.

1:30pm start to coverage 18 lads away with over 8 minutes. Bardet and Storer are there. This could be interesting for kom points.

dastardly00

The breakaway are just starting the first of the classified climbs (Cat. 3). It'll be interesting to see what Storer and Bardet do.

retalivity

This is a stunning part of Spain.

Bernal and Lopez may be in trouble here, a minute behind Roglic, Mas, Haig now

Daroxtar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117846314#Comment_117846314

I spent a week over there in 2015. Fantastic part of the world. Going to have to return soon

at1withmyself

I have to say Ineos did a great job so far on this stage but it will be tough for Yates to finish it off. Regardless it's a great effort and fair play for sacrificing their riders.

Large bottle small glass

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I spent a week or so in 2015 in a yacht which was based out of the start point Baiona.

The Pinta, landed back there following Columbus's discovery of America. There's a replica ship there now, it is really worth a visit.

Food and drink in cheap and fantastic.

One night we were there was night of their festival, very religious parade in terms of attire/statues etc. But I'm still not the better of the ladies dressed in nun like uniforms that looked like they had been sponsored by Ann Summers.

retalivity

Lopez has sat up, hes gone back to the peloton

Daroxtar

And now Lopez abandons.

This is a great finale, serious attacks, great to watch

at1withmyself

I hope they get mugged, hate watching them all watching each other!

at1withmyself

Fantastic steal!

retalivity

fantastic

Brilliant

AxleAddict

Blimey - what a finish! Chapeau!

griffin100

That was brilliant. He looked fecked before he attacked, didn’t think he’d stay away. Great way to finish the Vuelta.

AxleAddict

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His mouth was wide open like a basking shark the whole way to the finish. Great effort!

Morris Garren

Hahaha !! That was the funniest stage win I've seen for years. The little Basque fella was like a yoyo while the winner looked like he fell out of a helicopter with 1.5km to go! Thoroughly enjoyed seeing him win

Richard Hillman

Bonkersly brilliant stage.

REBELSAFC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117846541#Comment_117846541

When the AG2R rider attacked I thought that there was a circuit an he was being lapped!!!!

retalivity

https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1434179270255988743

https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1434179742241107968

https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1434180327174549515

Bonkers is right

Richard Hillman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117846551#Comment_117846551

I thought it was a fan 😂

retalivity

Apparently Lopez has not abandoned, hes back on his bike somewhere, but Movistar have no idea where.

Cant wait to see this episode next year!

at1withmyself

I hope Lopez is OK as he's not showing as finished on the Vuelta website so if he's still on his bike then his head is probably not in a good place.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117846700#Comment_117846700

He got into the car as far as cycling news are reporting.

odyssey06

The plot thickens...

Sources close to López told Spanish newspaper El Tiempo that the Colombian stopped because he received orders to stop chasing in order to not harm Mas' place in the overall classification.

TheBlaaMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117847393#Comment_117847393

This is the logical thing that makes sense: MAL has a strop when he is told to sacrifice his 3rd place to ensure he didnt close the gap and bring back those who might threaten Mas' 2nd place.

Mas is the chosen one at Moivstar, regardless of what MAL shows in his results/.

I REALLY hope there is a 3rd Netflix series now ! Unzue hinted during the week that the series might not have been canned after all.....

Who was there in the group with Superman that would have been a threat? Yates and Haig were up the road with Mas at that point weren't they?

odyssey06

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Seems a bit extreme alright...

The Lopez and Bernal group also contained Poels, De la Cruz, Majka, and Grossschartner. 

fat bloke

Anyone having GCN issues here? "Cannot connect to server"

Apologies if it's been mentioned above, I don't want to read the thread and get the result!

dastardly00

Just finished watching the highlights. What a great stage and super finish. Brilliant viewing.

dastardly00

The last 8 riders across the line today were the entire Deceuninck Quick-Step team... They much have dragged Jakobsen across the line!

TheBlaaMan

MAL was on the phone to his wife/Gf in those clips published, her father describes the sequence of events, ....

https://www.elespectador.com/deportes/ciclismo/no-tiene-presentacion-lo-que-le-pidio-el-movistar-a-miguel-angel-lopez/?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

" He said that if they didn't want him on the podium, they didn't want him on the race."

It seems a crazy turn of events and while Lopez reacted badly, it was a stupid decision and the team have a lot to answer for, IMO

retalivity

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I had it during the last 10k of the stage, ended up getting a dodgy stream instead. Haven't had issues since then.

The 'stop chasing to help Mas' excuse doesn't really wash, the highest ranked rider who missed the split was Bernal who was already 2+ mins behind Mas. Mas is probably a better TTer than Bernal as well, so is irrelevant.

I reckon Movistar, having spent the whole Vuelta looking competent and having 2nd and 3rd on the GC, decided to go full-Movistar for old times sake.

Ha ha yeah maybe they needed some drama for Netflix so Lopez had to go Bizarro Superman today.

retalivity

Lopez statement, apologises but doesn't really say much

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lopez-apologises-and-blames-many-factors-for-vuelta-a-espana-withdrawal/

retalivity

So Lopez didnt attend the post-Vuelta dinner, and Movistar are considering terminating his contract after giving him a 2 year extension a month ago.

Classic.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/movistar-considering-termination-of-miguel-angel-lopezs-contract/