Shebeen Posted August 14 Author Posted August 14 1 minute ago, Akon said: well there you go! the Cheese is 401/1 to take the GC win, behind even WvA nonky and babse 1 1
Shebeen Posted August 14 Author Posted August 14 22 minutes ago, Cippo said: that is a hot squad. Good to see Jay Vine returning to a GT, he probably had the biggest injuries at that crash in the Basque country that took out remco/jv et al betaboy, peetwindhoek and E1A104 3
Irvin85 Posted August 15 Posted August 15 On 8/14/2024 at 2:04 PM, Shebeen said: well there you go! the Cheese is 401/1 to take the GC win, behind even WvA For some reason Meintjies struggles in the first week of a grand tour. Not sure why that might be but you usually see him at the back of the peloton looking like his hanging on for his life. Does not matter if the road is going uphill or flat. He has a strange way of racing. SwissVan 1
betaboy Posted August 15 Posted August 15 28 minutes ago, Irvin85 said: For some reason Meintjies struggles in the first week of a grand tour. Not sure why that might be but you usually see him at the back of the peloton looking like his hanging on for his life. Does not matter if the road is going uphill or flat. He has a strange way of racing. It doesn’t help been part of this new amazing generation that is mysteriously doing even better than dopers ever did! Even Lance “I took Alot” is fuming….🤭
mecheng89 Posted August 19 Posted August 19 https://wolfpack-shop.com/en/product/the-wolfpack-2024-aero-kid-jersey-vuelta-ceramic-blue/ OK, I need this, but not in a kiddies size.
Vetplant Posted August 19 Posted August 19 WvA winning a stage in Red! He has been hunting a flipping stage win so long it must feel good. May the floodgates open for the rest of the year.
Irvin85 Posted August 20 Posted August 20 15 hours ago, Vetplant said: WvA winning a stage in Red! He has been hunting a flipping stage win so long it must feel good. May the floodgates open for the rest of the year. It is great to see him regain his form. DO you think he might fancy going for a Top 10 finish?
Vetplant Posted August 20 Posted August 20 11 minutes ago, Irvin85 said: It is great to see him regain his form. DO you think he might fancy going for a Top 10 finish? I'd say it is highly unlikely that he(WvA) will consider going for GC top 10. My reasons: -Sepp Kuss is there as GC hopeful for Visma. (WvA will have to do it donkey work for this) -Too much climbing this Vuelta. Total elevation gain is way more than we just saw in the TDF. His build doesn't suit it. -WvA chased the Intermediate Sprinters points yesterday. His priorities coming in was likely: Couple of days in leaders jersey.- CHECK Stage win - CHECK Sprinters Jersey - Main focus now Work for Sepp - Will do when Sprint points are sorted. Meezo 1
Irvin85 Posted August 20 Posted August 20 10 minutes ago, Vetplant said: I'd say it is highly unlikely that he(WvA) will consider going for GC top 10. My reasons: -Sepp Kuss is there as GC hopeful for Visma. (WvA will have to do it donkey work for this) -Too much climbing this Vuelta. Total elevation gain is way more than we just saw in the TDF. His build doesn't suit it. -WvA chased the Intermediate Sprinters points yesterday. His priorities coming in was likely: Couple of days in leaders jersey.- CHECK Stage win - CHECK Sprinters Jersey - Main focus now Work for Sepp - Will do when Sprint points are sorted. Visma's team is arguably stronger than the one they took to the tour, apart from the leader. I have not checked the profile of the race. With the final stage being a TT, I thought he might be up to it but did not realise the amount of climbing in total. What is that figures for interest sake?
Shebeen Posted August 20 Author Posted August 20 5 minutes ago, Irvin85 said: Visma's team is arguably stronger than the one they took to the tour, apart from the leader. I have not checked the profile of the race. With the final stage being a TT, I thought he might be up to it but did not realise the amount of climbing in total. What is that figures for interest sake? did not have to google it to know that there is more climbing! but on checking it is indeed shorter and steeper TdF km/m climbing 3498 53103 https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2024/route vuelta km/metres climbing 3304.3 59934 Vetplant 1
Vetplant Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Start was inside a Supermarket today.... Not a joke: (Not on Supersport yet, so had to see via Social media) Frosty, gerriemtb, Nick and 2 others 5
Frosty Posted August 22 Posted August 22 2 hours ago, Vetplant said: Start was inside a Supermarket today.... Use the word Carrefour in a sentence: They must be carrefour (careful) not to slip on the wet, floor tiles splat, NickGM and Vetplant 3
Frosty Posted August 22 Posted August 22 (edited) https://www.instagram.com/p/C--F9-aMpvz/?igsh=NDBmZnA4MzQ0c3I0 Edited August 22 by Frosty
shova1 Posted August 22 Posted August 22 What a ride by Ben O'Connor! How did the GC favourites let him get away in the break? Anyway, will be interesting to see if he can take red to Madrid. Vetplant 1
NickGM Posted August 22 Posted August 22 1 hour ago, shova1 said: What a ride by Ben O'Connor! How did the GC favourites let him get away in the break? Anyway, will be interesting to see if he can take red to Madrid. I'm guessing they watched the TdF netflix documentary. Jeepdude, Jewbacca, Rudi Pollard and 1 other 4
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