Vuelta Stage 11 - ElPozo Alimentación - Cabo de Gata. 191.2km

neris · 31-08-2022 12:02pm #1

Stage underway nothing major happening by the looks of it. Flatish stage heading out towards the coast without Sam. Weather along the route is going to be El Scorchio by the looks of it

31-08-2022 12:29pm

Simon Yates a non starter.

EDIT: Sivakov now too.

mewso · 31-08-2022 1:14pm

I might have fancied the break having a chance with the possible wind towards the finish but given there are only 3 out there they probably haven't a hope.

retalivity · 31-08-2022 2:20pm

Ah jesus LouLou!

31-08-2022 2:20pm

Alaphilippe down there, and in no hurry to get back up. Looks to be the shoulder. Man's had a train wreck of a year.

mewso · 31-08-2022 2:22pm

Feck sake there goes his WC defence.

neris · 31-08-2022 2:23pm

Just turned on eurosport to see alaphillpe been loaded into an ambulance. What happened to him?

31-08-2022 2:25pm

Just a fall on a slight bend in the road, dust or a team mates wheel even. Looked to have rolled in the fall and they mentioned it was onto the shoulder he did in the tour of Flanders.

mewso · 31-08-2022 3:19pm

PCS getting some free advertising there.

retalivity · 31-08-2022 3:22pm

You can see why so many westerns were filmed in this area over the years

Mefistofelino · 31-08-2022 3:44pm

Carlton has just listed everyone who will be involved in the sprint. I lost count after the hundredth name. The only people that won't be leading out or galloping are Remco and the lad on the neutral service motorbike

retalivity · 31-08-2022 4:02pm

Molano could have won that if he wasnt looking around for Ackermann

Mefistofelino · 31-08-2022 4:04pm

Pedersen's lead-out was rubbish - he was dumped into the wind 200m to go, But it didn't matter as he didn't have the legs.

Dodge · 31-08-2022 4:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119549042#Comment_119549042

He’s just not a great sprinter. A very fast finisher and obviously a great rider but he’s not a sprinter. He’ll have the green jersey wrapped up by the weekend though

MyDarkArts · 31-08-2022 6:25pm

I like Pedersen as a rider and I will be happy to see him take Green in the absence of Bennett, but he was nowhere today. Probably needed to move up the peleton earlier too, gave himself too much to do to get a decent position before the lead out went.

Raymzor · 31-08-2022 8:46pm

32 riders that started the Vuelta will not start tomorrow!!

CramCycle · 31-08-2022 9:53pm

If I took nothing else from this stage it's the sad fact, no longer fan boy theory, that Sam would have had no issue regaining the green jersey and holding it to the end. His lead out man, who took some incredible lines today barely missed out on the win.

Vuelta Stage 11 - ElPozo Alimentación - Cabo de Gata. 191.2km

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