Vuelta 2018, Stage 16: Santillana del Mar > Torrelavega - 32 km - Individual time-trial, *Spoile

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  • No surprise, but worst of the lot: Uran.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Yates 3s down on Senor Hairplugs at 10km
    That's very good. Puts him a long way ahead of Quintana and Lopez
  • Kruijswijk has hit the wall.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Yates pegging Valverde, just 3s down.

    (I've got a horrible feeling that means something I don't intend to visualise)
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  • Now showing Valverde 13 seconds down on Yates. Quintana 25 seconds down on Valverde.
  • Yates ahead of Valverde (considerably) at 2nd checkpoint
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Hope Yates doesn’t pay for early pace later.
  • Yates ahead of Valverde (considerably) at 2nd checkpoint
    15s
  • larkim wrote:
    Yates pegging Valverde, just 3s down.

    (I've got a horrible feeling that means something I don't intend to visualise)

    You go stand in the corner and think about what you have said. :lol::D
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Kruijswijk climbing onto the podium. Probably.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Kruijswijk has hit the wall.

    Only 4th overall..... :wink:
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Quintana did a bit pants then... 2:10 down on Dennis, 1:19 on Kruijswijk
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
  • Yates over the line 7 s ahead of Señor Hairplugs
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Lopez 9s worse than Quintana, I guess that was expected.
  • inseine wrote:
    Kruijswijk has hit the wall.

    Only 4th overall..... :wink:

    Yeah. Don't know what happened in that second section.
    So, Yates gains 7 seconds.
    Cruisewijk onto the podium.
    A very good ride by Mas.
    The Colombian climbers uniformly crap.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Yates lost time relatively on the final section. Wonder if he was suffering or deliberately dialled it back bearing in mind what happened on the two stages that followed the final TT in May?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    inseine wrote:
    Kruijswijk has hit the wall.

    Only 4th overall..... :wink:

    Yeah. Don't know what happened in that second section.
    So, Yates gains 7 seconds.
    Cruisewijk onto the podium.
    A very good ride by Mas.
    The Colombian climbers uniformly crap.

    Good point, what is it about the Colombians? I guess Mas is the future star
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Lopez didn't even bother wearing shoe covers.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Looks like Kruijswijk is coming good in the sixth week.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,907
    Result:

    1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:37:57
    2 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:50
    3 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky
    4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:41
    5 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:00:51
    6 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:03
    7 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:01:05
    8 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:07
    9 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:10
    10 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors

    General classification after stage 16:

    1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 64:52:58
    2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:33
    3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:52
    4 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:15
    5 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:30
    6 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:01:34
    7 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:53
    8 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:04
    9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:03:15
    10 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:43
  • i know its not very patriotic but id love Valverde to win.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Interesting comment by Yates on the ITV highlights that he expects Valverde to put a big chunk into him today. Either gamesmanship or one of Yates or Valverde has a day which didn't meet Yates's expectations.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    larkim wrote:
    Interesting comment by Yates on the ITV highlights that he expects Valverde to put a big chunk into him today. Either gamesmanship or one of Yates or Valverde has a day which didn't meet Yates's expectations.
    I doubt Yates expected honestly to beat Valverde in that - surely not. Also not really sure why they would bother bluffing for a TT as it's not like it's tactical.

    Interested to see if there's a post stage interview (I'm on a 10 mins delay)
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    i know its not very patriotic but id love Valverde to win.
    Winning the Vuelta again and/or world's would cap off a sensational career!
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    If Yates wasn't bluffing, then the message out there is that Yates thinks Valverde had a very bad day.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Yates' TT helmet looks awful
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    larkim wrote:
    If Yates wasn't bluffing, then the message out there is that Yates thinks Valverde had a very bad day.
    I don’t know about very bad, more a bit worse than expected and Yates a bit better
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Nice to see a new, young Spaniard breaking through. I do wonder if he's at the right team to be a GT contender when the big boys are playing. I wonder if Movistar have an eye on him?
  • Kudos to Dennis, 50 seconds over everyone else on that length of TT is pretty spectacular
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