La Vuelta 2023: Stage 3:- Súria - Arinsal. Andorra, 158.5km ***Spoilers***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Caruso parks
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Ayuso attacks followed by the 3 Jumbo stooges.
    3 GT Kuss as fresh as a daisy.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Ayuso attacks
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Surrounded by jumbo rides
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Kuss over the top ...local knowledge
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Solar after kuss
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Geraint Thomas obviously not going to feature in the GC battle
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Soler counter
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Ineos out of it
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Kuss pulls it back
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    G back down the mountain
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Arensman grovelling back
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Big sprint ....remco does the buisness.... Jonas second very fit
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,450
    Remco wins then crashes over the line
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
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    Evenepoel brought down after the finish line.
    Ridiculous cluster of press and soigneurs with nowhere to go.
    Very nasty cut to his head.
    Celebration didn’t help.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Remco crashes into a journalist across the line !
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Noticeably Jumbo had 4 riders in the final group of about 12.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    What a ridiculous finish area, made even worse by no one paying attention to Evenpoel approaching.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Yadayaydayada Mickey Mouse race yadayadayada
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    blazing_saddles said:

    Noticeably Jumbo had 4 riders in the final group of about 12.

    3 of whom are coming off the back of the Tour and one of whom looked to be one of the 4 or 5 strongest riders in the finale despite being on on his 3rd GT of the year.

    It also looked to me that Vingegaard was doing no more than keeping tabs on Remco and could comfortably have won that stage.
  • stage_hunter
    stage_hunter Posts: 325
    Dorset_Boy said:

    What a ridiculous finish area, made even worse by no one paying attention to Evenpoel approaching.

    The distance between the finish line and the nowhere to go section seemed very short for a downhill. Bad bad organisation it would appear. Not sure much blame can be levelled at Remco or the poor woman he crashed into.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    Jumbo should have told him to put the brakes on.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    Overhead shot here

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Another angle and a lot closer here.

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,482
    kingstongraham said:

    Jumbo should have told him to put the brakes on.

    He couldn't as he had his hands in the air. Oh....
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  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 532
    Early days yet, but Landa and Dunbar lost a bit of time.

    Arensman staking his claim for the Grenadiers.

    Jumbo doing nothing to allay the suspicions that their Ketones seem very very special indeed.

  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Everyone: It's maybe a little bit poor to hold a TTT in the dark

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  • stage_hunter
    stage_hunter Posts: 325
    pblakeney said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Jumbo should have told him to put the brakes on.

    He couldn't as he had his hands in the air. Oh....
    And who doesnt do that? It was perhaps a long celebration but looking at the others in shot, if they celebrate, they have the same fate- they barely stop.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Vingegaard riding like he owes Roglic a favour. Closed Ayuso with ease and both he and Kuss seem to mostly be checking for Roglic. I was expecting Vingegaard to be riding for Roglic for the Vuelta, but today it probably would have made more sense to hit out and make the other contenders chase.
    Maybe Roglic would have then been put in trouble by his own team. Odd for JV to ride the finale so passively considering they had 3 riders left. Kuss' fake attack doesn't count.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,482
    stage_hunter said:

    pblakeney said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Jumbo should have told him to put the brakes on.

    He couldn't as he had his hands in the air. Oh....
    And who doesnt do that? It was perhaps a long celebration but looking at the others in shot, if they celebrate, they have the same fate- they barely stop.
    Yeahbut, take a look ahead surely. Isn't there a rule against this sort of thing in junior (or similar) races? Not that I want it banned, but be aware of your surroundings.
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