La Vuelta 2019, Stage 9: Andorra la Vella > Cortals d'Encamp 01/09/2019 - 94,4 km *Spoilers*

richard_t._biscuit

Soler furious at having to wait up for Quintana and maybe Valverde. Classic Movistar team unity in action.

Lanterne_Rogue

Interesting tactics from Movistar. Quintana ordered to pace Soler back to Valverde.

Lanterne_Rogue

Roglic bridges over to Valverde, because of course that's how Movistar roll.

orraloon

Hmmm. Superman?

richard_t._biscuit

About 20 seconds between each of Pogacar, Quintana, Valverde/Rog, Lopez in that order I reckon.

ContrelaMontre

Shame about losing the pictures because that was a pretty darn good stage

DeadCalm

Richard T. Biscuit wrote:

Still sticking at about 20 to Lopez. Not sure they'll be all that unhappy about him being out there having put a big effort in on the first part of the finish.

Don't tell anyone, but I was on the point of taking the mick out of this post when the gap went out to 40 plus seconds. Thankfully, the rain came, distracted me and no one will ever know.

DeadCalm

López reportedly crashed at some point on the gravel section while the live tv coverage was down. That would explain his struggles on the final climb.

secretsqirrel

DeadCalm wrote:

López reportedly crashed at some point on the gravel section while the live tv coverage was down. That would explain his struggles on the final climb.

Yeah thought he looked messed up when the pictures came back on. His white jersey was not so white and his glasses were broken,

blazing_saddles

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

DeadCalm

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

Hehe.
Not sure that analogy is right though. Colombians have been climbing brilliantly for years without taking many GC wins. In terms of a nation coming from nowhere and then having remarkable results, surely Slovenia is the new Britain?

blazing_saddles

Missed in the deluge and unsurprisingly by Kirby, but Lopez may well have crashed on the gravel, late on.
Possibly how the gap got closed and then he got dropped, but I am just guessing.

ocdupalais

DeadCalm wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

Hehe.
Not sure that analogy is right though. Colombians have been climbing brilliantly for years without taking many GC wins. In terms of a nation coming from nowhere and then having remarkable results, surely Slovenia is the new Britain?

What are you talking about!? There’s a very strong heritage of results in time trialing with the likes of Ian Cammish - and some very good road riders in the likes of Paul Curran, Chris Lillywhite and Darryl Webster. Also, the cross guys like Ian Thingy and Keith Whatnot were in top 20 for many of the races they managed to complete. They laid the way to ignore for many of the new up and coming riders. I would be very surprised if Tommy Pidcock didn’t have a poster on his childhood bedroom wall of Graham Jones and Joey McLoughlin coming nowhere in the Tour in 1803.
But ask me to name a Slovenian before Juraj Sagan or his brother and I can’t!

arnuf

OCDuPalais wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

But ask me to name a Slovenian before Juraj Sagan or his brother and I can’t!

True, but they've only been competing since the split of Czechoslovenia.

DeadCalm

OCDuPalais wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

Hehe.
Not sure that analogy is right though. Colombians have been climbing brilliantly for years without taking many GC wins. In terms of a nation coming from nowhere and then having remarkable results, surely Slovenia is the new Britain?

What are you talking about!? There’s a very strong heritage of results in time trialing with the likes of Ian Cammish - and some very good road riders in the likes of Paul Curran, Chris Lillywhite and Darryl Webster. Also, the cross guys like Ian Thingy and Keith Whatnot were in top 20 for many of the races they managed to complete. They laid the way to ignore for many of the new up and coming riders. I would be very surprised if Tommy Pidcock didn’t have a poster on his childhood bedroom wall of Graham Jones and Joey McLoughlin coming nowhere in the Tour in 1803.
But ask me to name a Slovenian before Juraj Sagan or his brother and I can’t!

I bow down to your superior knowledge.

DeadCalm

SecretSqirrel wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

López reportedly crashed at some point on the gravel section while the live tv coverage was down. That would explain his struggles on the final climb.

Yeah thought he looked messed up when the pictures came back on. His white jersey was not so white and his glasses were broken,

Cyclingnews reporting that Roglic crashed as well which may explain how Quintana and Valverde distanced him.

DeadCalm

Carl Fredrik Hagen. Sixth overall. Who is he? Where did he come from?

specialgueststar

DeadCalm wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

Hehe.
Not sure that analogy is right though. Colombians have been climbing brilliantly for years without taking many GC wins. In terms of a nation coming from nowhere and then having remarkable results, surely Slovenia is the new Britain?

. Slovenia has a population about 2/3rds that of Wales so that doesn't work. I was there when the Giro did two stages there. The next day there was a junior road race with about 150 kids. Then the next day an under 23 with Croatian s and Italians. The tours of Slovenia and Croatia are both very strong

specialgueststar

OCDuPalais wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

Hehe.
Not sure that analogy is right though. Colombians have been climbing brilliantly for years without taking many GC wins. In terms of a nation coming from nowhere and then having remarkable results, surely Slovenia is the new Britain?

What are you talking about!? There’s a very strong heritage of results in time trialing with the likes of Ian Cammish - and some very good road riders in the likes of Paul Curran, Chris Lillywhite and Darryl Webster. Also, the cross guys like Ian Thingy and Keith Whatnot were in top 20 for many of the races they managed to complete. They laid the way to ignore for many of the new up and coming riders. I would be very surprised if Tommy Pidcock didn’t have a poster on his childhood bedroom wall of Graham Jones and Joey McLoughlin coming nowhere in the Tour in 1803.
But ask me to name a Slovenian before Juraj Sagan or his brother and I can’t!

I know you are a clever guy but don't know if you are joking. Sagan is Slovakian

gsk82

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I said it earlier in the week: Slovenians are the new Colombians, only better.

Hehe.
Not sure that analogy is right though. Colombians have been climbing brilliantly for years without taking many GC wins. In terms of a nation coming from nowhere and then having remarkable results, surely Slovenia is the new Britain?

. Slovenia has a population about 2/3rds that of Wales so that doesn't work. I was there when the Giro did two stages there. The next day there was a junior road race with about 150 kids. Then the next day an under 23 with Croatian s and Italians. The tours of Slovenia and Croatia are both very strong

On a cycling trip to Italy a couple of years ago, i came across 2 separate groups of Australians. Both had been to Slovenia earlier in their trips. Its a long way to travel to go to somewhere I'd never heard of anyone going to before.

Oh yeah... there's that big ongoing PED investigation with links to Slovenia to

Alejandrosdog

now thats a brutal stage, shame we couldnt see the juicy bit

RichN95.

gsk82 wrote:

On a cycling trip to Italy a couple of years ago, i came across 2 separate groups of Australians. Both had been to Slovenia earlier in their trips. Its a long way to travel to go to somewhere I'd never heard of anyone going to before.

I played in the Hockey European Cup Winner's Cup (Division C) in Slovenia back in 1999

lettingthedaysgoby

So, red jersey changes hands again. And presumably will once more after the TT on Tuesday.

And I still want to be a fly on the wall by the Movistar dinner table.

blazing_saddles

Roglic also crashed on the gravel section, but was unhurt. Explains how he lost contact, then got back and caught Valverde.
Ominous.

salsiccia1

lettingthedaysgoby wrote:

So, red jersey changes hands again. And presumably will once more after the TT on Tuesday.

And I still want to be a fly on the wall by the Movistar dinner table.

I want Roglic to win something big, I think he's a clever and brave rider. But I would bloody LOVE it for Quintana to win this as big F U to Valverde and Movistar.

mididoctors

Tough stuff

bobmcstuff

Is tomorrow a rest day right?

Missed the PTP for this one I think, got all my timings mixed up.

onyourright

Anyone know what the “mechanical” was that started Chaves’ series of bike changes?

Reporters should probe for a specific reason rather than settle for “mechanical”. Kind of amazing how many rides are lost to bike parts not working properly.

Roglic crashed because of a stopped motorbike according to Addy Engles as reported by Andrew Hood.

ContrelaMontre

bobmcstuff wrote:

Is tomorrow a rest day right?

Missed the PTP for this one I think, got all my timings mixed up.

Rest day Monday. Time trial in Pau on Tuesday

gsk82

ContrelaMontre wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Is tomorrow a rest day right?

Missed the PTP for this one I think, got all my timings mixed up.

Rest day Monday. Time trial in Pau on Tuesday

Is it July again already?