Vuelta a Espana 2023 (spoilers)

[rich p]

Remco 😍

View: https://twitter.com/GcnRacing/status/1698746930526851253?t=_abBzB-_omSf3MJXlDvAVQ&s=19

Easier said than done.
Jumbo and Kuss can sit on their fat arses (copyright Gillian Twatty Keegan) while covering any attacks with Rog and Vingo. Good luck Remco but the ITT is your best bet...
... apart from the fact that Vingo and Rog are pretty useful TTers too.

 

[Adam4868]

Easier said than done.
Jumbo and Kuss can sit on their fat arses (copyright Gillian Twatty Keegan) while covering any attacks with Rog and Vingo. Good luck Remco but the ITT is your best bet...
... apart from the fact that Vingo and Rog are pretty useful TTers too.

Notice how I never mentioned UAEs secret sleeper agent.... using his stealth abilities to ride fast enough to keep in sight,but not too fast to get back into the group ! Nobody feels threatened by him then boom Almeida !
I'm a dreamer 😍

 

[mjr]

Anyone think there's a possibility that Jumbo let Kuss go for the GC ?

Only if he doesn't get toasted today as predicted.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Has Rog fallen off yet? I don't think he has. We must be due one soon.

 

[Adam4868]

Only if he doesn't get toasted today as predicted.

Sep is 600/1 for the TT today what makes you think he'll get toasted ?
I reckon he could afford to lose a fair chunk of time and still go for GC if his team backed him.Tourmalet and Jumbo attacks ? let's be honest we only think of him as a super domestique but he's one of the top climbers in the world right now.
Saying all that he must be feeling tired sooner all later,third GT of the year. I feel a Yates Giro 2018 coming on 😲

 

[Adam4868]

Has Rog fallen off yet? I don't think he has. We must be due one soon.

Came down with G in the early part of the Vuelta.Stage two if I remember right.

 

[mjr]

Has Rog fallen off yet? I don't think he has. We must be due one soon.

The race organizers have marked hay bales in the road book for him this year.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Came down with G in the early part of the Vuelta.Stage two if I remember right.

Bugger yes, I forgot that. So he's up to quota.

Still we can always hope for some graphic shots of Rog's arse in shredded shorts later on.

 

[rich p]

Bugger yes, I forgot that. So he's up to quota.

Still we can always hope for some graphic shots of Rog's arse in shredded shorts later on.

Blimey and I thought my sexual fantasies were niche... 😳

 

[GuyBoden]

Maybe, I'm in the minority, but I like a TT and Stage 10 looks like a flat(ish) 25Km route for a proper TT. The riders just need to avoid the seemingly obligatory TT route road furniture and tight turns.

 

[Alex321]

Maybe, I'm in the minority, but I like a TT and Stage 10 looks like a flat(ish) 25Km route for a proper TT. The riders just need to avoid the seemingly obligatory TT route road furniture and tight turns.

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Personally, I find the TTs rather boring as TV viewing. I know they are needed to get separation between the riders sometimes, and I suspect they may actuallky be better for roadside watching, but I just can't get excited about them when watching on TV/online.

 

[Adam4868]

Start times for the ITT.

View: https://twitter.com/GcnRacing/status/1699026453055087101?t=hQhZjyT5r1tMC_Dg92CnaQ&s=19

Anything below 2 mins for Kuss will be a bonus ? I reckon he's going to do ok...saying that Remco has Landisimo as his 2 min man 😍

 

[T4tomo]

Maybe, I'm in the minority, but I like a TT and Stage 10 looks like a flat(ish) 25Km route for a proper TT. The riders just need to avoid the seemingly obligatory TT route road furniture and tight turns.

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also good opportunities to eyeball / lob a bottle at your 2 minute man up/down that section to the finish line!

 

[Legs]

Personally, I find the TTs rather boring as TV viewing. I know they are needed to get separation between the riders sometimes, and I suspect they may actuallky be better for roadside watching, but I just can't get excited about them when watching on TV/online.

I think that the live GPS tracking has rather spoilt the TT spectacle for TV viewers.

 

[Shadow]

Wow - just popped into PCS to see whats going on.
Could Ganna win this? He is on scintillating top form!