La Vuelta 2024:-Stage 6: Jerez de la Frontera – Yunquera, 185.5km ***Spoilers***

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Bora quite sneaky here I think ...the podium battle will have them sitting on the wheels for the next week

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168

    Roglic setting himself up to hit the front with a few metres to go and take second place.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Capitulation in the bunch!

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Bluffing themselves out of it ????

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168

    This is madness. I love it.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Classy

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728

    Kirby rolls out the stupid word plays at the finish.

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    That's a superb ride, still looked fresh at the finish too.

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168

    Well that's him in red, and the rest have 2.5km still to ride.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Free Palestine

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    Did the chasing group get caught?

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168

    And that's a stage win in all three GTs for O'Connor.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    Frigo holds on for a well-deserved second place 4:33 down (he was only 1:30 down when he crashed).

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Time bonuses eaten up

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    Third place rider didn't realise there was agroup coming up, tries to sprint and gets overtaken on the line by Lipowitz.

    Kirby still unable to judge how long it takes to get from a certain point to the finish, jersey group at 6:30ish

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    With bonus Ben gains 6:42 I think

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168
    edited August 22

    So that's a 4:48 lead in the GC?

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    4:51 in red ...oufffff

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Still.think.roglic will win

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    He picked a time bonus on the road and finish iirc

    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168

    4:51 according to PCS. That's a lot to give to a rider who was fourth in the Giro.

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,168

    Yes, I thought he was 1:59 down yesterday, when he was actually 1:56. It's insanity they didn't even properly chase him.

  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 913
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    Lipowitz looks absolutely knackered in comparison.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463

    Yates has lost 2:23 following a crash

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,728
    edited August 22

    He will have to think way out of his, sprint the last 300 metres, box to do that.

    Impossible to know how much that ride took out of O'Connor, but that looked a lot like his '21 TDF form to me.

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656

    Uran broke his hip. Hope that's not his last ever race

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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,579

    He doesn't deserve to have his career ended like that.

  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,579

    What were Red Bull, UAE, Visma etc. thinking off today? Seems crazy to let someone like Ben O'Conner take that big a lead. They're all going to have to work really hard to gradually reel him in.

    Sure he's liable to have a very bad day, but you can't rely on that happening.