The Vuelta with spoilers

[Dogtrousers]

What the heckitty heck? Intermarche Wanty Gobert in red again?

Woo hoo.

 

[rich p]

What the heckitty heck? Intermarche Wanty Gobert in red again?

Woo hoo.

Odd indeed.. 😃

 

[semakof]

roglic down , just lost the time gap 0f 20 seconds that he had.

I was shocked when I noticed the Peloton gave the breakaways about 13+ minutes gap. That was way too much looking at the fact that there is a faster decent after reaching the summit.

The strategy was for Roglic to attack the Peloton and gain more time on the contenders which was going smoothly until it backfired after the fall. I hope he is back on his feet again. It will not be easy for him to get the Red again as he has to work, really hard. G. Martin is number 2 and he is a great rider. lets see how it goes. Its just getting interesting.

 

[Adam4868]

Wonder if that crash affects Roglic in the coming days.

 

[Milzy]

I think Roglic can get it back. He felt the back slip & went down like a stunt man. He doesn’t seem too banged up & there’s plenty of time left. It would be nice to see a surprise win from a different rider though tbh.

 

[Adam4868]

He's still the favourite for the win...

Like his reply "no risk,no glory"
It makes for excitement,but feck knows why he'd take so many risks on a descent, especially when he didn't even need to.

 

[cougie uk]

Apparently he used to be a ski jumper so he can take a spill or two.

 

[rich p]

It will not be easy for him to get the Red again

It will be. He'll get that back in spades from Martin on the steeper climbs to come

 

[Adam4868]

It will be. He'll get that back in spades from Martin on the steeper climbs to come

That's before we get to the final day TT

 

[Adam4868]

It will be. He'll get that back in spades from Martin on the steeper climbs to come

Another thing is he's French....and we all know the French don't win GTs

 

[Chislenko]

Another thing is he's French....and we all know the French don't win GTs

To be fair Martin gets found out all to often against the better climbers.

He wins a few "second division" races but on current form is never going to trouble Pog / Rog etc.

 

[cyberknight]

Bernal getting dropped left , right and centre .
Has he burned out already , back still playing up or has the competition finally caught up and overtaken the Ineos train ?

 

[mjr]

It makes for excitement,but feck knows why he'd take so many risks on a descent, especially when he didn't even need to.

He's worried about a late race-winning long-range attack by Froome.

I know Froome is not at the Vuelta but that makes it only slightly less likely than his Giro win and still more probable than anyone else beating Roglič if they continue their current tactics.

 

[mjr]

Bernal getting dropped left , right and centre .
Has he burned out already , back still playing up or has the competition finally caught up and overtaken the Ineos train ?

Combination of his back playing up and Jumbo knowing how to exploit the same old non-Brazil-esque tactics of IGD.

 

[Adam4868]

He's worried about a late race-winning long-range attack by Froome.

I know Froome is not at the Vuelta but that makes it only slightly less likely than his Giro win and still more probable than anyone else beating Roglič if they continue their current tactics.

The heat getting to you...Froomes riding in Germany if you didn't know