Vuelta stage 4: Vitoria-Gasteiz - Laguardia

eagle eye · 23-08-2022 11:53am #1

This should be great fun. I think you'll see attempts at a break early and then more serious attempts from about 50km into the stage. I think it's going to be mental with Jumbo trying to watch whose going in the breaks. It's hard to see any other team helping them in these early stages.

I'll go for Higuita to win it if the break gets caught. If it doesn't then it could be anybody.

retalivity · 23-08-2022 12:37pm

Think it'll be a day for the break as Jumbo wont want Rog in red immediately. Few random punts for the day - Champoussin, Hirt, Villela, Bevin, Bizkarra

mewso · 23-08-2022 1:12pm

First opportunity for some of the main GC riders who lost time in the TTT to maybe get some time back although it might not be hard enough. Still I think they have to try. The cat 3 near the end looks to be the best opportunity.

23-08-2022 1:32pm

Lutsenko in the break and Bora pulling according to the tracker.

mr spuckler · 23-08-2022 2:15pm

Sam still up front with the team with 2km to go on this Cat 2 climb. His climbing style looks so agricultural at times 😂

mewso · 23-08-2022 2:33pm

Cartlon having a mental breakdown reading the translation of the Rodriguez interview.

retalivity · 23-08-2022 3:26pm

Sam still up there near the front, looks like he will go for the intermediate sprint

23-08-2022 3:37pm

He went for the points there, was he 4th?

De Bhál · 23-08-2022 3:43pm

5th

Squidgy Black · 23-08-2022 3:45pm

Looks like he had a flat during the sprint, shame

retalivity · 23-08-2022 3:46pm

Not bringing the break back in time was a bit of a mistake, Bora got it back to 15s, then backed off and/or Mullen & Koch were cooked, if they kept going he'd have got at worst 17pts

EDIT: Maybe he had the puncture for a while...

neris · 23-08-2022 4:09pm

"The dunkey work"

Another Kellyism for the list

retalivity · 23-08-2022 4:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119511237#Comment_119511237

"Roglic is pissed off with Alaphillipe..." 😂😂

retalivity · 23-08-2022 4:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119510111#Comment_119510111

I know nothing

Squidgy Black · 23-08-2022 4:26pm

Primoz at his finest. Fair play to Pedersen hanging in there, anyone else and I think he would’ve rounded them and taken the stage

CrowdedHouse · 23-08-2022 4:48pm

Sam's green jersey is under pressure.

MangleBadger · 23-08-2022 4:55pm

Will make for a great side plot to the race like TdF 2020

eagle eye · 23-08-2022 7:01pm

Roglic looked fantastic today. You can't be confident though because of his recent injury history.

neris · 23-08-2022 11:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119511310#Comment_119511310

Happens to the best of us

CramCycle · 24-08-2022 2:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119513175#Comment_119513175

I ended up eating my casquette after Cavendish won the Green Jersey at the TdF (although I stand by my commentary that if some top level sprinters had turned up or survived, he hadn't a hope).

Vuelta stage 4: Vitoria-Gasteiz - Laguardia

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