kiddy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Carthy losing ground before we get there. Ellisonde dropped 1st time round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) Given his time gap already, Carthy's Vuelta is disappearing up the road, in the crosswind. *Makes it back in to the peleton wi 7Km to go. Break at 52 secs Edited August 19, 2021 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Magnus Cort Neilson takes the stage, in front of Roglic, mini gaps to other GC contenders. Movistar sitting 2nd, 3rd & 4th on GC. Bernal 5th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Magnus Cort Neilson takes the stage, in front of Roglic, mini gaps to other GC contenders. Movistar sitting 2nd, 3rd & 4th on GC. Bernal 5th.It’s a shame that’s it’s Movistar who are in this position as you can only imagine they will blow it in peak Movistar fashion. Sadly I think Carthy is struggling. Yates hasn’t looked particularly brilliant either. I thought he struggled initially with the pace set at the bottom of the climb by his own team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, buddie06smfc said: It’s a shame that’s it’s Movistar who are in this position as you can only imagine they will blow it in peak Movistar fashion. Sadly I think Carthy is struggling. Yates hasn’t looked particularly brilliant either. I thought he struggled initially with the pace set at the bottom of the climb by his own team. Would like to think Movistar will wait until JV have burnt all their matches, then fire each of their cards off the front, forcing Roglic to cover each attack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 20 hours ago, kiddy said: Would like to think Movistar will wait until JV have burnt all their matches, then fire each of their cards off the front, forcing Roglic to cover each attack. Movistar will inevitably do something daft as f**k like attack each other until they all drop out of the top 10 if their Netflix series have been anything to go by. Some laugh watching them race through Valencia yesterday. Went there on holiday a couple of years back and hired bikes to explore. Managed about 2 miles before we nearly passed out in the heat and thought f**k this so went for pints instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Well that's Valverde's Vuelta over. Just joined Carapaz, Yates & 2/3 others on a downhill break, hit a lump in the road on a corner, came off, managed to avoid the armco & went down the side of a gulley. Edited August 20, 2021 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Well that's Valverde's Vuelta over. Just joined Carapaz, Yates & 2/3 others on a downhill break, hit a lump in the road on a corner, came off, managed to avoid the armco & went down the side of a gulley. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, kiddy said: Well that's Valverde's Vuelta over. Just joined Carapaz, Yates & 2/3 others on a downhill break, hit a lump in the road on a corner, came off, managed to avoid the armco & went down the side of a gulley. Very nasty, think Valverde has been lucky to escape with the injuries he has at first look. The race was just getting started as well with Movistar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Was back on his bike & almost made it back on the peleton, but has now stopped & looks like abandoning, adding to that of Carthy earlier today. Edited August 20, 2021 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Eurosport had a slo mo replay, which looked like he hit a ripple in tar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Eurosport had a slo mo replay, which looked like he hit a ripple in tar.Definitely, seen a few clips that show it's the front wheel that wobbles first.Sad to see him retire, last time he withdrew from La Vuelta during the race Pogacar was 4. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 There was a major ripple in the roadside tar, just before it, like it was caused by a root. Before the point where his front wheel wobbled, causing the loss of control. Sad, as while he was still in the position of causing Roglic &JV worries. His continued involvement, & Vuelta nous, was probably of more value to his two team mates. chances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Shame about Valverde retiring from the race. Even bigger shame this stage had virtually no GC action. Edited August 23, 2021 by Gnash 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) Eurosport showing the last 2 stages of the Tour de l'Avenir, U-23's & todays ended up with the top 4 having a track style standoff on the Col de la Croix de Fer Edited August 21, 2021 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Eurosport not showing Tour de Lavenir at all today & patched La Vuelta for motor racing/biking. Only joining today's stage with 9km to go. #FuckinShitehouses 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 20/08/2021 at 22:10, Gnash said: Shame about Valverde retiring. Even bigger shame this stage had virtually no GC action. Valverde is not retiring just yet. He was very unlucky as the accident was not his fault. His broken collar bone could heal in time for the World Championships or Paris-Roubaix. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 19 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said: Valverde is not retiring just yet. He was very unlucky as the accident was not his fault. His broken collar bone could heal in time for the World Championships or Paris-Roubaix. On reflection my post wasn't clear, but I meant retiring from the race rather than procycling altogether. Agree he was unlucky, nothing he could have done about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Roglic out of red on the road at the moment but he's just put the hammer down on the steepest part of the climb and dropped the rest of the peleton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Roglic down!!!Up and going again but lost a chunk of the gaps he had opened up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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