kiddy Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 (edited) Roglic & Almeida could be playing with fire handing Ben O'Conner a near 5 min GC lead at La Vuelta. Next Thursday until next mountain top finish. Edited August 22 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Eurosport/Quest really don't do highlights well do they? Anyway, madness from Bora yesterday but at least they've acknowledged their mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Roglic picked up 6 seconds i intermediate time bonus y/day, but it's gonna take a stack if them to dent O'connor's lead! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Yates? what a ride today.... Highlight was the 'escape' by Enric Mas on that bend.. An exciting first week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 25/08/2024 at 21:02, Bob in Denny said: Yates? what a ride today.... Highlight was the 'escape' by Enric Mas on that bend.. An exciting first week. That escape was terrifying. Unbelievable he kept it upright as are the consequences had he hit the barrier. Roglic looks like he's a clear favourite all of a sudden, particularly with key players like Almeida and Arensmann forced home with covid. Bit surprised Kuss hasn't looked more up to defending his title 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) O'Connor shipping 39 seconds today..... not expected but the Roglic noose tightens. Odds of 6/4 are available.... Halfway? Any more O'Connor/ Yates type breakaways? Edited August 28 by Bob in Denny speling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 O'Connor currently has the largest lead at this stage of the race for a decade. That's crazy and was definitely a blunder giving his so much rope. With that said, I still don't think he wins this Vuelta. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 On 30/08/2024 at 09:51, Shuggie_Murray7 said: O'Connor currently has the largest lead at this stage of the race for a decade. That's crazy and was definitely a blunder giving his so much rope. With that said, I still don't think he wins this Vuelta. Short, punchy explosive climbs certainly favour the Slovenian. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 (edited) 1st especial MTF tomorrow. Looks a monster. Edited August 31 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Castrillo captures the stage.. Jeez, that finish was brutal.. Vlasov got to within a bike length then off he pops again.. Ineos may have got themselves an interesting prospect....... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Roglic docked 20 secs for drafting his team car after a tactical bike change. O’Connor back to 63 secs ahead. Though I thought Mas looked in better shape than the Slovenian at the end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Why does the tour of britain never seem to go through the scottish highlands Confused 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted Monday at 08:15 Share Posted Monday at 08:15 11 hours ago, Binos said: Why does the tour of britain never seem to go through the scottish highlands Confused Not enough infrastructure (hotels, car parks at the summits for finishing line, TV compound, podium etc), transfers too long to get to the next stage, possibly too difficult to close roads (the reason given for the Tour of Britain almost folding again recently). I'd love them to do the road up to Applecross or to Toridon but where are the teams staying, where does the KOM, Sprint, Finish line commissaires and camera equipment go? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted Monday at 19:28 Share Posted Monday at 19:28 Well done to Primoz Roglic on his win and congratulations to Slovenia for a clean sweep in this years Grand Tours . Unfortunately for Big Ben there was to be no Greg Lemond 1989 TDF style fairytale final day ending for him, but I’m sure he can still be happy with his overall performance. Incidentally there was a great documentary on Sky Documentaries about Lemond well worth a watch if it’s still available Great to see British rider Stevie Williams winning the Tour of Britain with Oscar Onley in second and fellow borderer Calum Thornley winning the KOM jersey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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