La Vuelta 2019

['Dale]

Movistar tactics out of this world...

[T-Bob]

Movistar tactics out of this world...

 

Nice to see Quintana racing still. Served up the goods for him as he sits nicely in 2nd place. 

 

So stoked for James Knox. Into the top 10 at 8 and a chance to chase down Majka in 7th in the mountains tomorrow.

 

Pretty sure he wouldn't have had the support DQS have given him to move him up in the last few stages at Sky. The Wolfpack look after their own. He's been keeping an audio diary for The Cycling Podcast and can't wait to hear all about today. 

[lechatnoir]

can't wait to see highlights (if any) later.

 

Tomorrow... more mountains - Cat1x4!!!. I wonder if there was any toll on Nairoman today, and can he keep his position tomorrow? I think/hope Pog kept his powder dry today and will be looking for some big shots in the coming days. Friday seems flat, so it's tomorrow and Saturday.

 

'It's going to be interesting' seems such an understatement

['Dale]

1    Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma    66:43:36
2    Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team    0:02:24
3    Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team    0:02:48
4    Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates    0:03:42
5    Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team    0:03:59
6    Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb    0:05:05
7    Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe    0:07:40
8    James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep    0:08:03
9    Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal    0:10:43
10    Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida    0:12:21

['Dale]

Vuelta

The gift that keeps on giving

['Dale]

PhilGil says that he's never spun at 110 rpm with a 54/11 on flat terrain, about 75 km/h for extended periods of time

['Dale]

With a reported average speed of 50.63 kmph, Philippe Gilbert smashes the record for a race over 200km to take the Ruban Jaune from Matteo Trentin.

 

The first time in its 80+ history that the record was set in a stage race

 

Sauce @irishpeloton

[Frosty]

So glad I don’t have to put up with StupidSport’s advert breaks, and can watch the way it was intended. Eurosport FTW

[Opc_danny]

I like how they all got flagged on Strava loooooooooool

 

50km avg

200+km

2500m climbing

150bpm

288w average

 

reported - hahahahaha

 

 

With a reported average speed of 50.63 kmph, Philippe Gilbert smashes the record for a race over 200km to take the Ruban Jaune from Matteo Trentin.

The first time in its 80+ history that the record was set in a stage race

Sauce @irishpeloton

[J Wakefield]

With a reported average speed of 50.63 kmph, Philippe Gilbert smashes the record for a race over 200km to take the Ruban Jaune from Matteo Trentin.

 

The first time in its 80+ history that the record was set in a stage race

 

Sauce @irishpeloton

 

2001 US Postal did 57kmh average on the stage.

[shaper]

Strava Stats https://road.cc/content/news/266492-live-blog-strava-stats-yesterdays-crazy-vuelta-stage-more?fbclid=IwAR0KJ6zTglmJDGQjga4xjrQUXn0YfCCnGiTDW8RJL6a0Zp8DzVTtUwnkcAE

[Long Wheel Base]

This year has been a breakaway tour. Never have I seen the breaks cause so many changes in the GC. Love it. Just shows how different a tour is without Ineos controlling things. Are they even in the race?

[Dirt Tracker]

Realises a day late that he still has a Eurosport subscription and didn't have to wait for useless DSTV to kick in. 

 

Reckon Astana will go at Movistar early today and I'm not waiting around to guess what's going on. 

[BMCfan]

This, just this!!

 

It's good in cycling when it's not just strength that counts, but also technique. And that's what happened today.

[J Wakefield]

A bunch of rides were flagged on Strava from yesterday. Many were resolved but that is funny, the normal folk upset his KoM on a Sunday was smashed by like 3 minutes...

[Wayne pudding Mol]

With a reported average speed of 50.63 kmph, Philippe Gilbert smashes the record for a race over 200km to take the Ruban Jaune from Matteo Trentin.

 

The first time in its 80+ history that the record was set in a stage race

 

Sauce @irishpeloton

so what, I hit 50km downhill regularly.  Seriously though, 50km for 200m is tough enough