La Vuelta 2016 **SPOILERS**

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I reckon if they'd DQed all those out of time we'd have an even better race and it would highlighted just how "controlled" it all is - single riders or teams with a small number of riders against stronger teams would have been epic. I would have loved to have seen Froome v The World.

 

[coffeejo]

That looked a significantly better race than the TOB. Bloomin ITV.

 

[coffeejo]

I reckon if they'd DQed all those out of time we'd have an even better race and it would highlighted just how "controlled" it all is - single riders or teams with a small number of riders against stronger teams would have been epic. I would have loved to have seen Froome v The World.

Did the grupetto finish outside the time during the TDF or the Giro this year?

 

[400bhp]

I would have loved to have seen Froome v The World.

We saw that today.

 

[Buddfox]

That looked a significantly better race than the TOB. Bloomin ITV.

Seems a bit harsh to compare one of the toughest mountain stages of a grand tour with the opening stage of a lower tier race... Would have been quite something if the ToB had delivered a more exciting stage :-)

 

[iandg]

Seems a bit harsh to compare one of the toughest mountain stages of a grand tour with the opening stage of a lower tier race... Would have been quite something if the ToB had delivered a more exciting stage :-)

.and a better commetator

 

[coffeejo]

Seems a bit harsh to compare one of the toughest mountain stages of a grand tour with the opening stage of a lower tier race... Would have been quite something if the ToB had delivered a more exciting stage :-)

I wasn't comparing La Vuelta to the TOB, rather the coverage. In the TOB thread, I said that the ad breaks were more interesting. I wasn't joking. They've done a much better job with the highlights.

 

[velovoice]

They've done a much better job with the highlights.

And those were pretty dismal. (Sorry, will wander over to the ToB thread now...)

 

[gavroche]

Froome got well and truly snookered today. He also looked tired in that stage. Quintana rode well but can he keep it up for another week as Froome is bound to attack if he still can. Exciting week to come.

 

[themosquitoking]

If Froome can't pull out 4 mins on the TT then all Quintana has to do is cover him.

 

[suzeworld]

I agree - but they're never going to eliminate 90 riders in one go are they?

Well they just SHOULD -

SKY sat up and now they will bre fresher for the stages to come ... grrr
Imagine Froome with no team at all!

C'mon Quintana ...

 

[iandg]

Well they just SHOULD -

SKY sat up and now they will bre fresher for the stages to come ... grrr
Imagine Froome with no team at all!

C'mon Quintana ...

I agree, they should and al those who have lost domestiques should go it alone.....Go Quintana!!!!

 

[Adam4868]

Gutted,love Froome !

 

[dellzeqq]

Did the grupetto finish outside the time during the TDF or the Giro this year?

I can't recall if it happened this year, but it has happened in the past, and the Commissaires have looked the other way.

While this is not quite the same thing, a lot of teams treated stage 13 as a rest day. What could the organisers do?

 

[smutchin]

I can't recall if it happened this year, but it has happened in the past, and the Commissaires have looked the other way.

Conversely, has there ever been an example of the commissaires chucking out riders en masse in such a situation?

I reckon if they'd DQed all those out of time we'd have an even better race and it would highlighted just how "controlled" it all is - single riders or teams with a small number of riders against stronger teams would have been epic.

I dunno, I reckon it would have made it too easy for Movistar to control affairs and totally kill off any attempts at racing.

They need to look for more creative ways to persuade riders that it's in their interest to finish inside the time limit. How about this: if more than half the team finish OTL, the whole team gets the time of the slowest rider?