La Vuelta Stage 16: Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Tomares(189.4km)

mewso · 06-09-2022 12:55pm #1

Flat stage with a punchy finish means Mads is favourite again but he has the points jersey in the bag so lets have a different winner please. As to the break (glances at PCS) it's fairly certain with just two lone riders out there that they won't be getting to the end so expect a sprint at the end. Might be some attacks on that short climb at the end. Could be an opportunity for Fred Wright.

neris · 06-09-2022 1:03pm

Can see this been another dull stage watching the scorched earth go by. Peleton seem very relaxed and stretched out with along way to go. Im starting to think this hasnt been the best Vuelta in a good while

retalivity · 06-09-2022 1:11pm

At least Luis Angel Mate is up the road today

https://www.velonews.com/events/vuelta-a-espana/luis-angel-mate-promises-to-plant-a-tree-for-every-breakaway-kilometer-during-vuelta-a-espana/

06-09-2022 2:11pm

Chavez was a DNS, didn't hear why. He's not been great this time out.

retalivity · 06-09-2022 3:45pm

Jesus ROg, and Evanepoel with a mechanical!

06-09-2022 3:45pm

3km rule to the rescue I think???

neris · 06-09-2022 3:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580324#Comment_119580324

not a crash though

neris · 06-09-2022 3:48pm

Roglic crashed just short of the line

retalivity · 06-09-2022 3:48pm

FFS ROglic!!

06-09-2022 3:49pm

Wow nothing happening all day and then that!!!!!!

Paddigol · 06-09-2022 3:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580336#Comment_119580336

Have we reached Peak Roglic?

neris · 06-09-2022 3:50pm

Thats a lot of claret

CantGetNoSleep · 06-09-2022 3:51pm

What a finish. Turned on with 5km to go.

Mefistofelino · 06-09-2022 3:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580327#Comment_119580327

Doesn't have to be (or at least it didn't have to be) - mechanicals were covered. I don't believe it's changed

06-09-2022 3:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580380#Comment_119580380

Yeah I remember Hugh Carthy I think it was last year riding up to the commissars car and point at his rear wheel/mech during the finale.

06-09-2022 4:00pm

Fred Wright is a great man in the interviews.

neris · 06-09-2022 4:08pm

Rog leading, Mas in 2nd & Remco down to 3rd. Hope Rog can keep going on be shite to see Mas take the lead because of injury

retalivity · 06-09-2022 4:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580451#Comment_119580451

I think Eurosport have got that wrong... they have conspiracies galore about Remco as well!

mewso · 06-09-2022 4:11pm

I suspect that will be corrected or Quickstep go ballistic. Remoc was cruising to the finish as if he had been told it was fine.

06-09-2022 4:11pm

What do we think, had Remco really got a puncture? Lads weren't convinced in the studio.

mewso · 06-09-2022 4:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580459#Comment_119580459

I find it hard to believe to be honest. Not sure what there is to gain there other than not having to put in the effort.

CantGetNoSleep · 06-09-2022 4:12pm

Nothing broken for Roglic according to Eurosport which is good for the race - he looked quite shook up after that.

Remco seemed very certain of the 3km rule applying & clearly rode very calmly to the finish

retalivity · 06-09-2022 4:12pm

Vuelta site have Evanepoel back in red now on their rankings.

mewso · 06-09-2022 4:16pm

After all that I didn't get to express my annoyance that Danny van Poppel or Fred Wright didn't get the win. Enough Mads.

G1032 · 06-09-2022 4:29pm

Delete.....

(Was a question re 3km rule)

eagle eye · 06-09-2022 4:34pm

Just got to watch it now on gcn. Looks like Primoz made the error that caused it. Very unfortunate, the man is just cursed.

Just looking at the results, Primoz given the same time as the first four and Remco given the same time as the next 27 which was 8 seconds back.

The group after the first 30 or so was a fair bit back again.

G1032 · 06-09-2022 4:43pm

Just after watching again and I'm calling shenanigans here. This is all a bit fishy from Remco. Doesn't look like he has a flat. Any possibility he was in mucho trouble and faked the puncture??? Difficult to tell from the screenshots but looking back at the video it doesn't look like he punctured. Actually if you zoom in it's pretty clear he has no puncture

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neris · 06-09-2022 4:58pm

Dan Lloyd was asking on Eurosport why he was able to pedal and keep going but then was standing on the road holding the bike. Dodgyness

G1032 · 06-09-2022 5:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580716#Comment_119580716

Pure dodge. Had no puncture. Was able to pedal so no mechanical.

06-09-2022 5:40pm

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Daroxtar · 06-09-2022 5:58pm

Well that was some fkn drama!! Rog is cursed. That "Mechanical" definitely looks a bit iffy. Adam Blythe was thoroughly unconvinced, can't wait to see what Pat Lefevre has to say after a few vinos. If the original result had stood it would be absolutely fantastic chaos over the next few days.

Mefistofelino · 06-09-2022 6:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580937#Comment_119580937

If Rog had got caught in a spectator's camera strap, or his wheel collapsed or he got twatted by a grand piano falling from a passing plane, then you could argue he was cursed.

He bolloxed that one up entirely on his own. And it's not the first time either.

Seve OB · 06-09-2022 7:21pm

Anyone know what’s gone on withQuest?

fecking salvage hunters or something on instead of the advertised Vuelta highlights

and it looks like I missed the best day for drama/ action

anywhere else to watch highlights?

06-09-2022 7:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581299#Comment_119581299

Lanterne Rouge channel on youtube maybe, or even Eurosports / GCN on there too.

Squidgy Black · 06-09-2022 8:01pm

https://twitter.com/jumbovismaroad/status/1567239065115758593?s=21&t=-_JZl-chc1spLHPWhqWn7A

Sounds a bit ominous

eagle eye · 06-09-2022 8:15pm

I see Blythe changed his tune.

“I just want to clear one thing up. I was commenting today on what we could see, and as I said, it didn’t look flat. I have seen a video from someone else showing the tire was flat. Anyone trying say that I was insulating that Remco was cheating, I am not. I’m just saying what I saw. I was saying what I could see and it didn’t look like a flat tire.”

https://www.velonews.com/events/vuelta-a-espana/adam-blythe-remco-evenepoels-vuelta-a-espana-mechanical-was-a-little-too-convenient/

Mefistofelino · 06-09-2022 8:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581570#Comment_119581570

"Insulating"? Either Adam Blythe or Daniel Benson needs a proofreader.

retalivity · 06-09-2022 9:09pm

The latest is that Remco got the puncture a lot earlier, hence why he was nowhere to be seen near the front, rode to within 3km then got a new bike. He was apparently nowhere near the main group at 3kms to go either, so was lucky to get the same time as the chasing group, and lose only 8s.

retalivity · 06-09-2022 9:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119582007#Comment_119582007

Oh, I didn't see any interview with him, was just scouring Twitter after the football

eagle eye · 06-09-2022 10:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119582007#Comment_119582007

It's fine for him to think that and try and keep riding and then decide it's too bad to continue at any time.

dastardly00 · 06-09-2022 10:48pm

That stage was the equivalent of a scoreless football match, only for one of the teams to score a goal in the 89th minute, and then the opposition to equalise in injury time, and then a team gets a penalty but they kick it wide! 😂

I missed the stage completely and the first website I checked was ProCyclingStats... I couldn't figure out the results at all with Rog listed way down and then Remco even further down 😂

mewso · 07-09-2022 8:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581570#Comment_119581570

Total bull really since they discussed what he could gain by faking a puncture so the point being made was possible cheating. Bet he will back pedal again when the live coverage starts.

neris · 07-09-2022 8:32am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581570#Comment_119581570

more like on the orders of the gcn/eurosport legal dept he changed his opinion

G1032 · 07-09-2022 8:41am

Roglic is out. Not starting today.

https://twitter.com/JumboVismaRoad/status/1567416059388469249?t=UUnAiTVexuA18WitVgpmLQ&s=19

retalivity · 07-09-2022 9:00am

Balls

MangleBadger · 07-09-2022 9:30am

Well that is the win for Remco sown up.

Kaisr Sose · 07-09-2022 9:31am

Veulta was not on Quest at 7pm. The most interesting stage. Raging I missed all the drama on and off the race. IMO, there is too much talk on the Breakaway show post race.

I will miss Primoz. He does crash a lot though. Yesterday was silly by all accounts. Top spot on GC looks like it's settled. Pity as Rog had a fighting chamce of winning a 4th. I felt that was his last shot at a GT win with all the young emerging talent.

deise08 · 07-09-2022 9:36am

Absolutely gutted for Roglic.

Didn't look healthy when he got back on the bike.

Sick because only moments before it I said that the only thing he had to do was stay upright.

Think I jinxed him.

retalivity · 07-09-2022 9:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119583189#Comment_119583189

Its basically Remco vs Covid for the next 5 days

eagle eye · 07-09-2022 9:58am

I don't think it's over. Mas is capable of doing something in the mountains with how he's been going over the last few days.

Mas could take some time back today and do serious damage tomorrow.

Remco looked tired yesterday and that was a flat stage.

G1032 · 07-09-2022 10:26am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119583348#Comment_119583348

I hope he does because it'll take some persuading to convince me Remco didn't pull a fast one yesterday

La Vuelta Stage 16: Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Tomares(189.4km)

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