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Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:57 pm

After stage 6 a short summary of the stages. First things first, the "morning races" are different. The motto of this vuelta is "cycling with men in tights".
6 teams
2 main favorites to win - Kyösti(Joyriders) and Herman "The Whalehunter"(Alks) who both won a Grand Tour this year

Stage 1:
Alk wins the TTT with Manrique 78TT against the Joyriders with Kannar 84TT. It looked as if the Joyride team was not well balanced in the TTT or had too little experience.
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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:02 pm

Stage 2:
First flat stage, day for the sprinters. Yes, but not on the morning tour if you come with flat riders that are too weak. Kelme wanted to ride on MS, but it came as it had to come - late attack with Cornet and victory in the minority sprint. Alk retains possession of the red jersey.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:10 pm

Stage 3:
Same procedure as stage 2 Mister Winnterbottom. Again, no group is on the run, Kelme's hopes are high, but then comes what must come. A cornet attack, everyone who goes along with the attack howls in pain and then has no chance in the sprint - even with the same sprint skills. this type should actually be called "Hornet"(F 18) and not like the abbreviation of an ice cream cone in Austria (Cornetto). But well, the red jersey stays with Alk.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:25 pm

stage 4
the press is really excited about the first stage where the favorites will show themselves, everything is set up for a big show. Remember, it's a tour in the morning. Everything is arranged - the first group goes out, the first rays of sunshine shine the way. the men who make their way towards the goal on this day will be amazed themselves. 2 boys each from Kelme and Dokit have a lead of over 20 minutes over the main favorites when they cross the finish line. What a heart these four men took while the peloton chilled. in the end Claudio Guerrero won. "Guerrero" is Spanish for warrior. His name should actually be Corazon Guerrero, but that's just by the way. That's how Alk lost the red jersey.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:42 pm

stage 5
The marmot says hello every day. A group goes out, but the peloton doesn't really want to follow. Maybe because the main favorites are also in the break today. But we don't know exactly what's going on with the favorites. Psychological games, too cold to ride a bike at 20°, the tights pinch... looks like they have a lot of problems. But back to today's race. After the first half of the race, a few skirmishes begin. After that it gets a bit chaotic, because nobody in the peloton wants to control it. Four riders can pull away at the front - and what a miracle Guerrero(Kelme) is there with Wango(Furpach), Shinnie and Kilkenny(Schartner). On the last steep hill, Wango also gets rid of Shinnie and wins with 15 minutes on the peloton.
Manrique attacks in the peloton - presumably he wants to show that he and not the "whale hunter" is the boss - he makes 1 minute on Kyösti and 2 minutes on Hermann, who goes down alone at the back.
Corazon Guerrero remains in the red jersey - what a fighter
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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:21 pm

stage 6
So, today there is a mountain stage, the first dangerous situation for the GC. You can literally feel it at the start - fear, nervousness, concern, insecurity - the cyclists in the favorite teams suffer from shortness of breath, dizziness, sweating and an accelerated heartbeat. We in the press club just think, please don't let the favorites suffer from anxiety again, like in the last 3 stages. But maybe the press shouldn't consider Kyösti, Herman the "Whale Hunter" and Manrique favorites anymore? After today's stage, that is questionable one way or the other. So what happened today. First of all, Kelme's team car broke down before the start - Kelme was therefore unable to look after his team for the entire stage. I personally find it very unfair that in c4f the teams in the second division also have to drive a Trabant in a GT, in contrast to the Skoda that the teams in the first division get. But that's just a side note and back to the race.
Only 20°, far too cold to check in the peloton (with double tights). So that the ARD does not have to get out of the live reporting, a group that wants to compete for the red jersey has to get out. Groogard + Ford(Dokit) and Shinnie + Kilkenny(Schartners) get a call to action from their managers. This put an 18 minute lead before the Joyriders began the pursuit. The whole thing looked like anxiety paralysis again. But good for the escapees. After a few skirmishes on the last hill, things went as expected in the peloton. Kyösti gained 1min over Manrique so it looks like he can make up for the predicted time loss of 4min from the time trial in the mountains. Interesting that Hermann the Whale Hunter abandoned Manrique today to take Kyösti 2sec. But that's not as interesting as the fight for the red jersey. Groogard(winner) and Shinnie finished 11min ahead of the first climber and Wango, 21min ahead of leader Guerrero. What a tragedy that the team car broke down.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Fri Aug 26, 2022 11:55 am

Stage 7
And again the groundhog says hello. Today Kelme went out with two boys. After a few km Alk attacked with 4 guys, Joyride made the hangman with 3 guys. So again the supposed favorites in the breakaway. No one really knew what that was for, only one thing was for sure, no one will set the pace in the peloton. Well, there was a big gap to the escape group again - 30min or so. Than Shinnie and Dumart(Schartners) went out too. After a while Furpach attacked with Wango and half of his team, Guerrero(Kelme) stayed on. The peloton continued to play dead man. On the way to the Puerto de San Gloria, the skirmishes began far behind in the peloton. But that had nothing to do with the day's win. Shortly before the highest point of the day, Lesna and Manrique (Alk) attacked, but had 4 followers from Schartner, 1 Furpach and 1 Kelme. No Mountainrider in the Group was the possibility of cooperation from Alks(for Manrique) and Schartners(for Abel). Now Joyride needed the riders from the breakaway group, who dropped back one after the other. But they weren't strong enough anymore and so the Manrique group had gone almost 3 minutes at the end. So it was raced again for Manrique in the Alkteam, Mellville "the whale hunter" was left to starve in the Kyösti group. But the important things happened 10 minutes ahead. Furpach set the pace in the Wango group. Guerrero (fighter heart) and Shinnie benefited from Wango's GC ambitions. In the end a triple victory for the Schartners. Guerrero has defended the red jersey again. Currently 3 riders on the podium. Guerrero, Wango and Shinnie. 4th place is already 28 min back. Place 7 Manrique the first in the peloton even 34 min. So far it was not clear how the top climbers will make up 34 minutes on Wango.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Alkworld » Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:38 pm

The team manager unfortunately took a wrong turn 10km before the end, so Cornet, an experienced cyclist who's been around for 120 years didn't know when to make tempo, when to attack or how fast to go ;) But it wouldn't have been appropriate for this Vuelta to just get a regular win. So GW to the Schartners!

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:08 am

First of all hello again. Unfortunately, we can only now report on the stages of the weekend because we were assigned by the TV station to a more important event on Saturday, namely to Linz for the battle for the lead in the Austrian soccer league. Since we have to piece together the events afterwards like snippets from a shredder, the reports on the two stages will be more like an archaeological investigation than a sports report.

stage 8
Length 155km, 3150 EG and at the end about 10km steep uphill. It must have been steep, at least for leader Wango. In the end, Herman "the Whale Hunter" wins 7 seconds ahead of Kyösti and Chung. The group with Wango lost almost 6 minutes. Manrique was 6th, 1:23 behind, so he also regained time from Wango. What you can hear from the snippets of conversation on tour radio, there was apparently a long-term cooperation between Joyride and Alk to make up time against Furpach. Hard for Furpach that this time Schartner's car was broken including the radio - otherwise he would probably have gotten help because Shinnie is second. Schartner could give no instructions. But in the end, Wango did a great job of defending his leader's jersey, and 6 minutes is still the limit of a bad stage.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:54 am

stage 9
The profile of this stage is even better for catching up time on Wango if you want to. Up to now it has mostly failed because of will, but today it could also be due to the skills of the manager. What is the situation in the GC. Wango is about 30 minutes ahead of the first +85 climber, that's Kyösti. Manrique, Abel, Ghimire are also at this time lag. Mellville the "whaler" still 1 min behind.
All in all, everything is set up for a massacre by the Joyriders, plus it's a rest day.
I mean, you can have hope, even in the morning.
But it came back like it always happens here on the tour - Alk or Joyride attack early or hang on to each other with helpers. If you don't want to get angry about it, you could call it serial creativity - the same every day. I mean the Alki's may have prepared an attack for Manrique, but what did the Joyriders want? We expected the Joyriders team to dismantle Wango today, we don't know why that didn't happen, you would have to dig very deep in the manager's tactics box to find out. Only watching what the Alki's do, doesnt help the Joyriders to come nearer to Wango, I think. On the tour radio you can hear more theorizing about what could happen - but then nothing happens on the road.

But good for everybodies darling - Mr. WAN GO - the name says it all. Furpach had done a good job again, he rides when it was necessary and ended up losing just 3 minutes. In the end there were some Siebs and strange attacks, but none of them brought anything.

At the end stage win from the "Whale Hunter", 1sec behind Kyösti and 3sec Abel. Wango still 26min ahead of the classics and climbers.
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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:13 am

Rest day - we can take a look at the state of affairs and what we can expect in the next week.

G.C
1. WAN GO (still in excellent position)
2. Shinie 4:44 (will not be able to hold place on podium)
3. Guerrero 17:00 (only 7min ahead of classics and climbers)

sprint jersey
1. Cornet "The Hornet" or short F18 with 181 points
2.WAN GO 103
3. Guerrero 102
It will be seen how the Alki's will have to vary if the podium is still at stake - but things are looking good for F18 at the moment.

mountain jersey
1. Groogard 50points
2. Shinnie 42
3. Herman "The Whale Hunter" 41
This could be something for the whale.

youth jersey
1. Shinnie 4:44
2. Kelleher 24:05 (turns 25 in September)
3. Abel 25:03
4. Ghimire 25:56
(not decided yet)

team score
1. Schartner
2. Furpach 27:33
3. Dockit 51:09
(not decided yet, you can easily do 27min in one stage in the morning :-)
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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:29 am

what can we expect from stage 10 to 15
Stage 10: TT
We estimate that Wango loses about 3 minutes against the time trialist Manrique - so not dramatically much against the climbers
Stages 11+13: Flat
either a GC attack or Minority Sprint. If the peloton is together with 20km to go, some of their legs will burn again when "F18 Hornet" starts cycling.
Stage 12+14: mountain arrival
175km attention from Wango and then losing as little time as possible uphill. Should be able to keep up during the stage.
Stage 15: Mountain arrival and then rest day
In the end 45km to gain time on Wango. Is it possible that this time someone wakes up from a deep sleep? We will see.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:39 pm

stage 10
Pretty flat time trial today. We were probably wrong with our estimate of the time lag - Wango lost about 4 minutes against Manrique but was able to defend the leader's jersey. On place 2 is Shinnie, who lost about 25 seconds to Wango and Guerrero was able to hold his own on P3. For Guerrere it could be tight for P3 in the next few days. The top three climbers in the GC were only able to gain some time on Wango, Abel 1:15, Kyösti 0:55 and "The Whalehunter" 0:20, not really much.
What happened at the front of the race today? At the start it looked like a clear victory for Kannar, but it was very close after a strong ride from Manrique. 3min off in 3rd place Abel came to the finish.
There's another flat stage tomorrow - and again we'll hear the racers howl as Cornet "the F18 Hornet" takes off.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:01 pm

stage 11
195 km flat stage, the spectators shouldn't expect big things. So there was time to talk to the team managers. Since all managers, including Furpach, think that Wango will easily be caught on the mountain stages, we claimed the opposite to bring some spice back into the race - namely, GC is decided the way you rode last week :-) but we will see next days. We think it was a mistake by the Joyriders not to control the race - they have given birth to another GC competitor. The manager of the Joyriders still thinks that the Alkis should cooperate with him. But what for? Manrique is only about 3:30 ahead of Kyösti and "The Whalehunter" about 1min behind. We find it more likely that Manrique will attack where possible and starve the "Whalehunter" behind with Kyösti. We look forward to surprises.
But now todays Race. The beginning relatively civilized - the actions start km 137, the pace is increased by the Schartners - Sieb. All Kelme Movistars fall behind, we don't know exactly whether they are waiting for the team Trabi or are already weakened. The Alkis make the comeback and from now on the peloton is in tempo. A few attacks - the Joyriders are trying to control today, always on the lookout for a Manrique attack.
At km 159 the time has come, Wango attacks, Manrique goes with him and other boys from Alk, Furpach and Schartner - I think Ziegler was there too. Even Kyösti was in good spirits and tried to hold the wheel - which failed. Now the Joyriders had to pick up the pace - 3 Furpach boys with Wango 20 seconds in front - Shinnie with two Schartners and an Alki with Manrique - that could have been hot. But Laxness (nomen est omen) and Wango didn't want to go in tempo. The Schartners wanted to help for Shinnie, but at the roundabout in the suburb of Cabo de Gata, Furpach's two pacemakers took the wrong direction - probably on the instructions of "DJ Wurstfinger" the Manager of the Furpachs - and the good attack went to hell.
During the intermediate sprint then the attack of F18 Cornet "The Hornet" started - Wango, Felgen, Manrique, Yggeseth howled at his rear wheel - Shinnie couldnt stand the heat a second time and stayed back in peloton - Felgen did a 7sec lead and Cornet easily won the sprint ahead of Yggeseth and Wango. The fight for the green jersey should probably be over.
Hasta mañana

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Alkworld » Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:05 pm

Great reports recently! :D We need more of this wild races and soon every rider will have a nickname.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:55 pm

Stage 12
Hola de nuevo.
A bit cloudy today and not too hot with 26°. But the hot things in this tour are not caused by the weather, but by the race to catch up with Wango - as the managers of Joyriders and Alkis boasted about yesterday.

Kyösti made a cheeky statement to the press at the start today, namely that we sports journalists have no idea about tactics and strategy. Kyösti made a similar statement after the last mountain stage of Le Tour when he was in Yellow. - analogously, "Tomorrow my flat riders can help for the MS, I no longer need them to defend the yellow jersey" - we remember what happened then, JJ attacked Kyösti on the flat stage and gained a lot of time back, etc. The journalist colleagues call him since today "Looselips" Kyösti :-)

So what happened today at the asphalt? First, Kelme maltreated 2 movie stars in a breakaway group, after a Sieb ("el tamiz" in spanish) they were caught up and Kelme immediately sent 2 out again. But the gap never got big enough to win the stage. The Alkis then took control of the field for a while. The Joyriders also picked up the pace, but not to demolish Wango but to prevent a Manrique attack.
No tough race at the top of Marbella came as a bit of a surprise to us journalists.

Then came Shinnie's GC attack while riding downhill. While the Furpachs took over the pace in the field, the gap at the roundabout in Estepona was about 4 minutes to the group with Shinnie. The top of the race with the two movie stars was about 6-7 minutes ahead.
So the peloton cycled comfortably into the mountain. "Looselips" Kyösti hid behind Ziegler and "The Whalehunter" hid behind Kyösti. Lesna also picked up the pace to prevent Manrique tearing too far. Wango was able to ride along easily for a while.

The moviestars from Kelme were still a few minutes ahead when Abel attacked - no one followed - distance approx. 20 seconds - Ziegler kept the pace. Chung didn't like the half-hearted pace and he attacked as well. The attack was so well timed that Chung caught up with Abel in the last km and left him behind, which the two climbers "Looselips" Kyösti and Herman "The Whalehunter" could no longer manage.
Stage for Chung, 3sec behind Abel and another 3sec behind the two climbers.
Remarkably, young Carlos "The Jakal" Ramos finished 5th, just 26 seconds back - a promising twentysomething.
In GC WAN GO only lost 2:40 with help from his teammate Onuora. Manrique now 3rd in GC only 39sec.

Another nice little detail - songwriter Schappy wrote a song for the Wango fan club, which was already sung on the road today.
"Tanze Wango mit mir - Wango, Wango die ganze Nacht ..."

Have a nice day and see you tomorrow.
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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:13 pm

Alkworld wrote:
Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:05 pm
Great reports recently! :D We need more of this wild races and soon every rider will have a nickname.
thx :-)

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:23 pm

stage 13
From Ronda to Montilla.
Flat, 24°, no wind. What's on the agenda? chaos theory.
This tour is a complex, non-linear, dynamic system.
It's Wango Tango time. It's hard to believe, but Wango put one on the floor again today that made our ears shake.
6:40 min to the peloton with the climbers. The only downside for the Furpys was that Manrique was in the group. Kyösti and Abel followed Wango's first attack, but the second attack was too much. In the end the group was Wango + 3 Furpachs, Shinnie with Kelleher and Manrique with Batlle. It happened because nobody wanted to control the peloton.
Shinnie wins the race, his second stage win at the Vuelta.
We are curious which pieces of art will be shown here in the morning the next stages.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by JoyRide » Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:59 pm

What If Sid Abel would habe put his team mates to chase Wango+Manrique with Ziegler as help in chase viewing the gap in front of peloton with Melville and Chung in peloton? With the upcoming stages and regenaration of Schartners it could have been thrilling.But we stay to what If for this Vuelta

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:22 am

JoyRide wrote:
Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:59 pm
What If Sid Abel would habe put his team mates to chase Wango+Manrique with Ziegler as help in chase viewing the gap in front of peloton with Melville and Chung in peloton? With the upcoming stages and regenaration of Schartners it could have been thrilling.But we stay to what If for this Vuelta
Why should Abels teammates ride for that instead of going for the stage - with 6 points difference in mountainskills to Kyösti and only 1min gap to him?
And short after the attack Mamlejew was riding, asking Ziegler to help for a short catch - Ziegler didnt ride. Think you should watch what happens in the race and what actions you take yourself.
Strictly speaking, Kyösti wasn't interested in the GC victory for 2 weeks - also not on this stage.
I mean thx that in your opinion Abel can win this GC, but thats more a wild dream :-)
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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:50 am

So Restday again. Let's watch the standings after 2 weeks:

GC
As we suspected at the beginning of the week, Manrique “the obstructionist” left Herman “the whalehunter” with “Looselips” Kyösti in the peloton and rode on his own account. Wango could defend red. Shinnie lost 8min to Wango. "The obstructionist" could do some min and is now on 3rd. 4 Schartners still under top 10.
1. Wango
2. Shinnie 12:17 (cannot hold this podium next week)
3. Manrique "the obstructionist" (now the undisputed captain, with good chance of 2nd place)

points jersey
1. Cornet "the Hornet F18" (unbeatable) 287
2. Wango 179
3. Shinnie 156

mountain jersey
1. Herman "the whalehunter" 80
2. "Looselips" Kyösti 58
3. Chung 52

youth jersey
1. Shinnie 12:17
2. Abel 19:44 (chances are still alive)
3. Ghimire 31:16 (will be hard, but possible with a suprise ride)

team
1. Schartner
2. Furpach 35:11
3. Alkworld 1:08:21

stage winners
1 Alkworld
3 Cornet "the hornet F18" (Alkworld)
2 Shinnie (Schartner)
2 Herman "the whalehunter" (Alkworld)
2 Chung (Furpach)
1 Guerrero "the fighter" (Kelme)
1 Wango (Furpach)
1 Grogaard (Dokit)
1 Kannar (Joyride)
1 "looselips" Kyösti (Joyride)

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:25 pm

stage 16
what is there to say about today's race - not much different than the other flat stages - Cornet "the hornet F18" won. Nothing new in the GC today. 7km before the finish, Wango was able to show his mountain weakness on the ramp, he lost 7 seconds in the end. In the eyes of Cesar "the obstructionist" Manrique you could see the sparkle and the hope that Wango wouldn't dance a tango in the next few days. 13 minutes is a lot, but with a cooperation based on the same interests, it could still be difficult for Wango in our opinion. It's a question of the group constellation - we had groups like this twice on this tour - both times Manrique was there, Wango only once.

let's speculate what will happen in the next few days. I see two teams that could put tremendous pressure on Wango, it's going to be very hilly and Wango is really not a "Rampensau". Cesar is 5 minutes ahead of the next better mountaineer, that's so much that he can definitely attack Wango, the mountaineers won't catch Cesar anymore, we guess. It would even be conceivable that after a Sieb even 3 teams cooperate if Wango is not there - after all it's about the podium places. A tango 3 and 1 or 2 and 2 so to speak.

I mean there's a lot of fantasy involved, but I ask you, what shouldn't be possible in the morning? Wango won the time in 3 stages, he can also lose it again in three. What's certain is Shinnie won't be able to take the heat, but a top 10 finish is possible. For Kelleher, the podium is only possible if he reads the race better again. All in all, it could still be very very interesting - provided the tights are finally taken off and the pedals are kicked hard. You'll read us tomorrow after the stage.

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:07 pm

stage 17
today only 17° and partly cloudy. 155 km to ride, a ramp at the end.

What happened today in the GC. Although the manager of the Joyriders has already given up (or never had) his GC ambitions according to his own statements, no speed increase at km 30 was planned. But then it happened - a Joyrider increased the speed and bang - Sieb.
4 Furpachs couldnt stand the heat and fell out of peloton. The Moviestars didn't know what the Sieb was for and kept their feet still - GC attack? - yes it looked like it, because the Joyriders rode on hard. The press was really happy, a second spring in the field so to speak.
The distance remained constant at 1min for a long time - until the Furpachs set a fresh rider to set the pace - the distance shrank - the Joyriders were even working on the pace in pairs and got help from a Schartner and the minute was restored. It looked as if Furpach had already given up at the back, but Joyriders suddenly stopped the pace for incomprehensible reasons. What was it all for? That would not have been necessary for a stage win. Then came some attacks out of peloton that brought nothing.
So not much new in the GC. But who won the stage?
Herman "The Whalehunter" did it again - he just read the lips of Kyösti, simply held his wheel and then won in the sprint. The manager of Kyösti wasn't very amused - as in the last few days, there was quite a disagreement between Kyösti and Herman. For a few days they have been theorizing about their mountain skills - the one more a believer in mathematics and the other more a believer in mysticism. We hope tomorrow there will be another topic to report. 3rd place Chung.

have a nice day
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p.s.: In addition, it has to be said that Scott "Sleepwalker" Shinnie lost 3min to Cesar "The Obstrucionist" Manrique - 1min because of sleeping on his bike, at the beginning of the last ramp. So Manrique now 2nd in GC. Shinnie 3rd.
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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by schappy » Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:32 pm

i mean Shinnie have his nickname since today, it must be Scott "Sleeping" Shinnie or not?
I´ve got the magic in me

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Re: Vuelta 2022 09.00

Post by Schartner Bombe » Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:01 pm

schappy wrote:
Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:32 pm
i mean Shinnie have his nickname since today, it must be Scott "Sleeping" Shinnie or not?
Thanks Schappy for remembering me - yes forgot to give him this nickname:
Scott "Sleepwalker" Shinnie :-))

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