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Yeah….time to go climbing and rolling. Fields are getting stronger and stronger, no idea where to even start to try and unpick this one after the TT…
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Just checked out the rule
Just checked out the rule book and it was the fastest times up the hill that counted for KoM points. So the difference between INT1 & INT2 times n the ITT.
I was sure that Schachmann was presented with the KoM shirt too, there was a photo on twitter. Bora thought he had won too.
However in a later tweet it was announced Martinez had won it.
All 3 were on road bikes, so I though there might have been an odd rule discounting ITT bikes from KoM competition.
Stage 12 of the Vuelta ?Yep…that was it. Just checked the results and it was a reall man up of all sorts of riders. Do you think a similar.ar stage and result?
Different scenario. There were huge gaps in GC already in the Vuelta and the break was allowed a huge lead.
Tomorrow the break will not be allowed a big gap, unless it is only Padun and Wang.
Bora will want to keep the jersey and QS might want to set it up for Alaphilippe.
I think the narrow roads will cause the biggest problem, I’m sure there will be splits. If GC contenders are caught the other teams will probably drive it home.
Given the gap to the break shouldn’t be that great, they will probably get caught and we will see a reduced group uphill sprint.
Dan Martin will get caught out, Simon Clarke will be working to help Martinez limit losses.
Aye. More or less my initial thoughts. Quite a good stage for somebody to try and run away but I doubt they’ll be let go.
Stage 12 of the Vuelta ?Yep…that was it. Just checked the results and it was a reall man up of all sorts of riders. Do you think a similar.ar stage and result?
Different scenario. There were huge gaps in GC already in the Vuelta and the break was allowed a huge lead.
Tomorrow the break will not be allowed a big gap, unless it is only Padun and Wang.
Bora will want to keep the jersey and QS might want to set it up for Alaphilippe.
I think the narrow roads will cause the biggest problem, I’m sure there will be splits. If GC contenders are caught the other teams will probably drive it home.
Given the gap to the break shouldn’t be that great, they will probably get caught and we will see a reduced group uphill sprint.
Dan Martin will get caught out, Simon Clarke will be working to help Martinez limit losses.
Tomorrow should be even more fun working out who to pick.The last 40km include 6 stretches of very narrow gravel roads, 4 stretches of even narrower footpath and 4 or 5 Basque ‘walls’ thrown in the mix.
Then a relatively simple sprint with the last 600m averaging 6%.
To make things even simpler for the riders it is forecast to be wet and windy tomorrow afternoon.
PS. Don’t forget the KoM points for the ITT. Schachmann 3+5, Martinez 2+4, Yates 1+3
Just looked at that stage for tomorrow….it has the potential to undo a lot of good that the GC boys did for themselves today. What’s your thinking?….breakaway with the GC boys staying close at hand would be my thoughts. A win for one of many of dozens of potential winners….Lutsenko, Sanchez, Ulissi etc…
Difficult to call.
I expect some GC teams to try and make it hard at the end as they could quite easily put UAE & EFE in difficulty and put their GC contenders out of contention.
Chances of crashes on the narrow roads are high, as are the chances of punctures. Riders risk getting dropped waiting for team cars.
The break could win it as a lot of teams don’t want rivals taking bonus seconds. Although I think Bora will want to keep the jersey so probably won’t allow a huge gap to develop.
We had a similar looking stage at some point last year…do you recall it?….maybe it was one at the Giro. If you can bring it to mind let me know so I can see how it planned out. It was just a very long ending on roads only about two widths wide and rolling all the way. That’s all I can remember.
Tomorrow should be even more fun working out who to pick.The last 40km include 6 stretches of very narrow gravel roads, 4 stretches of even narrower footpath and 4 or 5 Basque ‘walls’ thrown in the mix.
Then a relatively simple sprint with the last 600m averaging 6%.
To make things even simpler for the riders it is forecast to be wet and windy tomorrow afternoon.
PS. Don’t forget the KoM points for the ITT. Schachmann 3+5, Martinez 2+4, Yates 1+3
Just looked at that stage for tomorrow….it has the potential to undo a lot of good that the GC boys did for themselves today. What’s your thinking?….breakaway with the GC boys staying close at hand would be my thoughts. A win for one of many of dozens of potential winners….Lutsenko, Sanchez, Ulissi etc…
Difficult to call.
I expect some GC teams to try and make it hard at the end as they could quite easily put UAE & EFE in difficulty and put their GC contenders out of contention.
Chances of crashes on the narrow roads are high, as are the chances of punctures. Riders risk getting dropped waiting for team cars.
The break could win it as a lot of teams don’t want rivals taking bonus seconds. Although I think Bora will want to keep the jersey so probably won’t allow a huge gap to develop.
Tomorrow should be even more fun working out who to pick.The last 40km include 6 stretches of very narrow gravel roads, 4 stretches of even narrower footpath and 4 or 5 Basque ‘walls’ thrown in the mix.
Then a relatively simple sprint with the last 600m averaging 6%.
To make things even simpler for the riders it is forecast to be wet and windy tomorrow afternoon.
PS. Don’t forget the KoM points for the ITT. Schachmann 3+5, Martinez 2+4, Yates 1+3
Just looked at that stage for tomorrow….it has the potential to undo a lot of good that the GC boys did for themselves today. What’s your thinking?….breakaway with the GC boys staying close at hand would be my thoughts. A win for one of many of dozens of potential winners….Lutsenko, Sanchez, Ulissi etc…
PS. Don’t forget the KoM points for the ITT. Schachmann 3+5, Martinez 2+4, Yates 1+3I won’t! Saw a comment on Reddit that the climb counts towards the comp so went to look it up and added it to the stage scoring this morning. Cheers for the heads up
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