La Vuelta 2021 - Stage 6: Requena > Alto de la Montaña de Cullera - 158,3 km **Spoilers**

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Roglic ominously behind the Ineos train there...
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    that didn't take long
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    CK is a blithering idiot - has not a clue
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Magnus Cort holds on. Roglic second.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Cort takes it with Rog coming fast behind
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    That was great stuff.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Cort hangs on by no distance at all.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    TheBigBean said:

    Magnus Cort holds on. Roglic second.

    Yes! That was a great effort to hold on there, incredible.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    dish_dash said:

    CK is a blithering idiot - has not a clue

    Yeah he was chatting utter rubbish there. Totally ignored Matthews going.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Ineos needed to take that up very slightly earlier to have guaranteed Roglic the win.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    TheBigBean said:

    Magnus Cort holds on. Roglic second.

    I got the distinct impression Roglic eased off, just a touch.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Can't decide who was the bigger shambles there, the TV producers or Ineos. Superb effort by Cort, Roglic possibly learning from previous criticism not to take him on the line.

    Ineos forced a split with three of their riders at the bottom of the slop but by the top had been passed and dropped by a load of others.

    It pains me to do so but credit to Carlton for even trying to make sense of the finish from the images available, terrible coverage.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    TV coverage of the climb was a complete joke.

    Great to see MC Neilsen hold on.
    Shame for the GC it was Roglic just behind.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    bobmcstuff said:

    dish_dash said:

    CK is a blithering idiot - has not a clue

    Yeah he was chatting utter rubbish there. Totally ignored Matthews going.
    He called Matthews but then wasn't quite certain as the coverage was shite.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Movistar 5th, 8th and 9th. Solid performance for the team competition.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Get in! Great ride from Cort, who did the lion's share of the work in the break.
    He probably owes some thanks to Gino Mader's loss to Roglic earlier this season though 😉
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Just me that felt like roglic backed off a little?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    JimD666 said:

    Just me that felt like roglic backed off a little?

    No - at least 4 other posts have suggested the same :wink:
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    TheBigBean said:

    Movistar 5th, 8th and 9th. Solid performance for the team competition.

    2nd, 3rd and 4th on GC.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    bobmcstuff said:

    dish_dash said:

    CK is a blithering idiot - has not a clue

    Yeah he was chatting utter rubbish there. Totally ignored Matthews going.
    And was busy saying that Movistar had blown out the back when they get 3 in the top 10!

    The footage was crap but my point about CK remains. He could just pause and think a sec before just blathering out whatever he sees...
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Pross said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    dish_dash said:

    CK is a blithering idiot - has not a clue

    Yeah he was chatting utter rubbish there. Totally ignored Matthews going.
    He called Matthews but then wasn't quite certain as the coverage was shite.
    I could see it and I was watching on my phone...

    It was more that the rider in black and white attacked (who I knew was Matthews and he should have too), and CK just kept talking for a while like nothing was happening.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Roglic: Magnus was just stronger, he had good legs, but it wasn't so much about the win today
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Ineos had Carapaz as second wheel at the bottom of the hill, and he just didn't have it. When Narvaez accelerated, he left him for dead, with Bernal on his wheel stuck there like a lemon.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Having looked at the finish again, Roglic could have tried to come around Cort, but it wasn't going to be a clear win for him anyway. There was a lot of foreshortening on the camera angle and he'd have had to take the outside. Not worth the effort at 50-50ish, especially with the slagging he'd have taken
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    Just watched on the catch up. Damn and blast, I thought of Magnus CN for the breakaway ptp pick but then didn't. Good ride that man.

    And good to hear and then see Adam Blythe back on the commentary.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    kingstongraham said:

    Ineos had Carapaz as second wheel at the bottom of the hill, and he just didn't have it. When Narvaez accelerated, he left him for dead, with Bernal on his wheel stuck there like a lemon.

    If ever there was a sign, that was it...

    Narvaez should have just gone and let the others close, bringing in Egan with them.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 599
    Movistar now leading in the team classification so order is restored.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Carthy ended up losing 2:50, even after making it back to the peloton.

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