'Dale Posted August 11, 2021 Share @lechatnoir That’ll warm me up. Phew! And a time trial on the final day. Week 3 is gonna be intense. Eish. DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Tracker Posted August 12, 2021 Share I see Aru is retiring after this years Vuelta. Shame, for all the fun, the pain face memes and the rest he did shine bright for a short time before a very bad run of luck in the medical department. Qhubeka are propping up the joke that they are the team equivalent of the elephants graveyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted August 13, 2021 Share 2021 Vuelta GC by birthplace altitude 1. Narváez ???????? 3458m 2. Carapaz ???????? 2980m 3. Supermán ???????? 2858m 4. Cepeda ???????? 2850m 5. Caicedo ???????? 2842m 6. Bernal ???????? 2640m 7. Camargo ???????? 2572m 8. Molano ???????? 2525m 9. Henao ???????? 2125m 10. Kuss ???????? 1988m @DanielFriebe Zebra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted August 14, 2021 Share Heatwave in Spain - temps in the early 40s ☀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted August 14, 2021 Share Well, time trial is short (7-odd km), so maybe not a bad day for the TT… I see Vuelta is only being shown at 18h50 on SS 206, and then again near mid nite, wonder why they not crossing live, etc? thanks Dale for Columbians altitude at birth, made for surprising reading! Cheers Chris Edited August 14, 2021 by Zebra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsw Posted August 14, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, Zebra said: Well, time trial is short (7-odd km), so maybe not a bad day for the TT… I see Vuelta is only being shown at 18h50 on SS 206, and then again near mid nite, wonder why they not crossing live, etc? thanks Dale for Columbians altitude at birth, made for surprising reading! Cheers Chris The ITT only starts at 5:44 p.m. (CEST). DieselnDust and Zebra 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Tracker Posted August 14, 2021 Share 23 hours ago, 'Dale said: 2021 Vuelta GC by birthplace altitude 1. Narváez ???????? 3458m 2. Carapaz ???????? 2980m 3. Supermán ???????? 2858m 4. Cepeda ???????? 2850m 5. Caicedo ???????? 2842m 6. Bernal ???????? 2640m 7. Camargo ???????? 2572m 8. Molano ???????? 2525m 9. Henao ???????? 2125m 10. Kuss ???????? 1988m @DanielFriebe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted August 14, 2021 Share I’m beginning to get the tingles of excitement now ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_lurker Posted August 14, 2021 Share 5 hours ago, dsw said: The ITT only starts at 5:44 p.m. (CEST). Yup, but 5.44pm CEST is also 5.44pm in SA... hopefully someone at DStv figures out how to tell the time otherwise they're going to miss the first half of the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted August 14, 2021 Share On 8/11/2021 at 10:34 AM, Shebeen said: ja sure, Pidcock could win la Vuelta. just not this year. If anyone is going to win their first ever grandtour start, it's him, but he's behind sivakov too in the pecking order for this one. He reckons no goals or expectations, but I reckon he might be freed to take a stage. Apparently KOOKING in Spain right now, late 30's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted August 14, 2021 Share Wow, Roglic looking good! This is going to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted August 14, 2021 Share Just watched the highlights and checked the results.... Great day out for Rogla, and looking super fly in gold... Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted August 14, 2021 Share I'm really surprised to see Bernal loose 27s on a 7km TT on stage 1. I expected Roglic to win today, but definitely didn't expect Bernal to loose time to Mas, Bardet, Kuss, Lopez, etc. Am I missing something? Looks like a pretty disappointing day for Ineos, but obviously 20s or 27s is nothing considering how much racing is still to come. Gonna be interesting to see their tactics in the mountains. (La Flamme Rouge made a correction that Mas is on 18s, not 8s after posting this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Wakefield Posted August 14, 2021 Share 34 minutes ago, Mountain Bru said: I'm really surprised to see Bernal loose 27s on a 7km TT on stage 1. I expected Roglic to win today, but definitely didn't expect Bernal to loose time to Mas, Bardet, Kuss, Lopez, etc. Am I missing something? Looks like a pretty disappointing day for Ineos, but obviously 20s or 27s is nothing considering how much racing is still to come. Gonna be interesting to see their tactics in the mountains. (La Flamme Rouge made a correction that Mas is on 18s, not 8s after posting this) Polanc is 15s off on this list that they have not included and would be below Sivakov. The TT was really technical today, the downhill, although only 1.1km was super technical. The segment to the KOM if you went to hard you paid for it through the city and with the turns and narrow streets you needed to carry speed and be on the pedals all the time. Todays 7km wasn't a easy ride. Vishal72 and Mountain Bru 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted August 14, 2021 Share 23 minutes ago, J Wakefield said: Polanc is 15s off on this list that they have not included and would be below Sivakov. The TT was really technical today, the downhill, although only 1.1km was super technical. The segment to the KOM if you went to hard you paid for it through the city and with the turns and narrow streets you needed to carry speed and be on the pedals all the time. Todays 7km wasn't a easy ride. Is Polanc your leader for the Vuelta? I would have thought you'd be riding for Majka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FondTF2 Posted August 15, 2021 Share 7 hours ago, J Wakefield said: Polanc is 15s off on this list that they have not included and would be below Sivakov. The TT was really technical today, the downhill, although only 1.1km was super technical. The segment to the KOM if you went to hard you paid for it through the city and with the turns and narrow streets you needed to carry speed and be on the pedals all the time. Todays 7km wasn't a easy ride. Nice to of seen Gibbo put in a solid ride Underachiever, kosmonooit and Vetplant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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