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Vuelta Stage 12 - Salobreña -Peñas Blancas. Estepona 192.7 km

  • 01-09-2022 11:09am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,085 ✭✭✭✭


    Cat 1 finish today on the Costa del Sol. Forecast is for 30 degrees. 2 non starters and 1 abandon already and stage is only 20km in.


    "The finish-line’s accumulated difficulty will be increased. In 2022, the route will be completed by climbing up to the iconic Estepona viewpoint and adding another four kilometres to the climb, that will measure around 20 km, with a total of 1250 metres of slopes."





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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Boy Van Poppel and Santiago Buitrago both DNS with Covid. This is another will they or won't they for the break. You would have to favour the break if it's even half decent but I'm sure Remco wants a non-TT stage. It's also time for some of the other GC riders to have a go surely but who? Not Mas, Rodriguez or any of the top 5. Might not be willing to put it on the line just yet (Mas will probably defend all the way hoping for more covid in the Quickstep team). Maybe the likes of Almeida or Geoghegan Hart. Lopez suddenly announced himself in the TT so maybe he is ready for a push.



  • Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    There is quite the break away today 32 strong with 1:18 currently.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,664 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    A break of 32 away up the road, didn't expect that. Guess the winner will come from that and the peloton will take it easy til the final climb



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,457 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Kinda like Rein Taramae for this one. It reminds me of the stage he won last year. He's in good form, just has to make the breakaway.

    I can't see Vine getting in the breakaway today. I don't think anybody will help him because they know they are wasting their time trying to win a stage with him in the break.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    I'm assuming you mean you can't see Vine winning since he is in the break but considering how stacked it is I agree he isn't the favourite but wouldn't be surprised if he did. Interesting to see how he goes against Carapaz, Kelderman etc.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,085 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Remco having a bit of strop because he leaned his bike over a little too far



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    What could he possibly have been complaining about? Funny though after all the talk of him having matured (although he does seem to be more mature in his attitude in general).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Jesus. Adam's interesting facts about Estepona belongs on the "Accidental Partridge" Twitter.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,457 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    I hadn't checked before I posted that. I didn't expect a break to get away so early.

    I can't believe anybody was happy to have Vine in a breakaway, you are wasting your time trying to win a stage with a finish like this with him in it.

    Only Carapaz, Lutsenko,Soler and Kelderman have the pace to get away from him on the less difficult sections and then see if they can stay away which is unlikely.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,556 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Interesting discussion on yesterdays Cycling Podcast - one of the riders interviewed says although on the face of it non-symptomatic riders should be allowed to carry on, we don't really know the effects of racing hard with Covid (given the experience of longer affects of people who have had it e.g. Froome).



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Bora doing a sterling job of pacing Jay Vine up the climb.



  • Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I see Pinot still there in the favourites group, surely he should have been up the road today?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭Mr. Cats


    Anyone know at approx what km’s into stage Remco had his spill?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino




  • Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wow the state of the top of this climb after the fires. 😥



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,664 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Would love to see Wilco finally win a race



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    It was 45km to go for the break, with Remco 10 minutes behind so probably around 52km



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,664 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Lol Soler appears from nowhere again and drops his teammate



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Movistar working at the front up that climb so Mas can...follow Remco.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,457 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Remco looks so good, he'll win the Tour next year I think. To do that after a crash is ridiculous.

    Great ride from Carapaz, I thought Kelderman was going to be the one.



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    No doubt he could have a good crack in the Tour but I would prefer to see him give the Giro a go. Not sure if I'd want to be going up against a Pogacar I fully expect to attack the Tour with a vengence.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,186 ✭✭✭G1032


    The Tour is a different animal. Bigger, faster, more media pressure and exposure, better riders and stronger teams. Sure he's a class rider but going up against Pogacar and Vingegaard is an entirely different matter to what's going on at this Vuelta.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,457 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    I get what you're saying lads but the way he's riding in the mountains is the most impressive I've ever seen. He's not getting out of his saddle and putting everybody under pressure and dropping them at times.

    Add his TT ability and he's unstoppable I think.

    I get the Giro thing though. He could do that next year and have the triple crown the year after.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,664 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    He had a stab at the Giro last year didnt he? Didn't fare too well in the cold weather or the gravel stage that they had.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    It was also his first race back. Could be a different beast next year.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    It's funny how things work out because I thought Pog might have had a crack at the Giro next year if he had the third Tour in the bag but now I suspect he will be all out for it next year and to hell with the Giro so other than Vingegaard who would want to bother trying to beat him. Hiding to nothing if you ask me but in fairness Remco is genuinely better every year which is amazing really when you think about it. Last year he couldn't sprint uphill with any kind of pace but this year he has added proper acceleration to his armoury. He seems like the kind of guy who next year will be better still. Unlike Pogacar who seemed to be the complete package from the start. I still need to see how he handles multiple attacks from the cream of the GC crop. We haven't seen any proper attack really in this Vuelta mainly because Remco is doing such an intense pace but if Roglic has a very good day he will attack and I will be very curious to see how Remoc fares then.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,664 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Theres a pretty steep cat1 climb immediately before the sierra nevada finish, jumbo/movistar/ineos/uae need to go balls out there and isolate remco before the 20k climb to 2500m. Hes untested in high mountains, if they crack him there he could lose minutes...

    The top 10 could see huge shakeups as well, theres always 1-2 who have bad days and will lose 10+ mins on a stage, whereas guys from high altutde like MAL and Carapaz will gain places.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭MyDarkArts


    Evenepoel's ability on the bike pales in comparison to his ability to get everyone to refer to him by his first name. Even in the midst of a discussion where all the other riders are referred to by their surname he's still being called Remco.

    Initally thought it might just have been a GCN+ / Eurosport thing but it seems to have escaped into the wider discourse.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,457 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    You can't shorten his second name like you can Rog/Rogla, Vin or Pog. There's no other Remco so it's perfect.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,556 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    And all the anglophones are saying Evenepoel wrong too anyway!

    I think a lot of chicken counting above - there hasn't been any tour or giro-esque long climbs yet, no altitude. I'm reserving judgement until after the weekend. Could be all very Simon Yates 2018 Giro...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,664 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Ayuso tests positive for covid, but is asymptomatic so will continue in the race, WTF?

    What about all the other guys who have had to drop out? Surely they were not all symptomatic



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,457 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    A young Spanish superstar can't be thrown out of the Vuelta. How can you not understand that?!!!!!! 😁



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,556 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    I think it was the teams that withdrew riders, rather than race/ UCI. The team also did a PCR (not sure on the likes of Sam).



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