Lanterne Rouge presents highlights of Vuelta a Espana 2023 Stage 9.
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Isn't it possible the race organizers are making the time taking location decisions for reasons other than safety, like overall race quality? Not arguing this race has been well organized, because it has not, but wouldnt we all be a hell of a lot more disappointed if a gc guy slipped in the mud at 1.5k and fell out of gc contention than we would be if a non gc breakaway rider did so, even if he lost a potential stage win opportunity? Nobody needs to be saved from an injury for that decision to make sense from an entertainment perspective, which must be one of the primary considerations for the organizers.
Could have kept the first Jumbo shot a few seconds longer to portray the 'strangeness' of the day 😅
Rrrrremco
That’s the most ridiculous neutralization I’ve yet seen in my existence
Great recap.
Imagine being a mechanic on a WT now with all these crappy hard to work with fragile bikes where changing a headset bearing or stem length for tight neck means removing the cranks, bleeding both brakes and having to install new hydro housing lol.
WHY RIDE FAT SOFT TIRES AND DISC BRAKES THEN SHORTEN THE STAGE BECAUSE A LITTLE BIT O MUD???? lol
I'm thinking about starting my own grand tour. I have a couple of orange cones and a stopwatch. Race starts at 9pm in the alley behind my shed. I'm not sure where it finishes though.
I never realized Kamna looks almost identical to Hindley
Thanks for always bringing clarity to these odd situations. I just came from another set of highlights that didn't explain any of this, and was also fully wrong about the GC finish location.
Interviews are dangerous, wear your helmet
The Vuelta is run by absolute amateurs. Does Spain have no shame?
The Vuelta continues its string of incredibly bad race management.
just a heads up: you don't need to lisp the "c" sound in the middle of Caicedo's name because he's latin american, not from spain. 🙂
Most amateur races in Belgium are more professional than this.
The way they rode up the climb after the GC point is way i ride up any climb 😂
Clip of the late Chris Anker foreseeing this stage end: https://youtu.be/PQDzWSigEhU
Lennard Kämna!
This Vuelta is as much of a joke as the Giro. Time for them to swap the dates.
Neutralised because of dirt on the road? What is this a track session? Giro used to throw in gravel roads on purpose (and descents on gravel).
good summary & great to see the interview with Lennard at the end …he must be so proud …..🎉🎉🎉
I really thought the neutralized ending was kinda cool. All these exceptional riders just lazily completing the stage was surreal, yet pleasing. Very odd, but very cool
Kämna's a great addition to cycling right now.
You cannot let that guy into a breakaway with you and yet still he keeps making the breaks.
Hats off to those breakaway riders that bravely cycled on the dirty road what absolute courage.
They neutralized the race because of some hardly visible mud in the road on an uphill finish? Compared to that literal landslide in TdF when they neutralized for real and Bernal took the win. I think the latter desicion was a bit more justified.🙃🙃 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTG26u_Xk88
Procycling is and has been a complete sh#@show. There is reason for the change of the GC finish and the stage finish. Glad I don't watch races without Pogacar in the them.
Lenny der Meister 🙌
It actually does make sense, from a marketing standpoint. They literally do that in every professional league. Protect the most popular to keep views higher. There are clear stars who get certain treatment and then “roll players” that get different.
2:56 I don’t understand in these situations why one rider can persuade the other riders to slow down/hold off, why would the others accept? Can anyone explain?