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My third favourite Vuelta winner after Roberto Heras and Chris Horner.

Can anyone list his dnf races

Echelons!

Yates up the road for a Pog attack?

Ayuso abandons

No, the team would’ve made it clear that if a break larger than a certain number of riders went clear, they’d have to someone in it.

What happened?

He's DNF'd a few week long races too

Itzulia Basque country and TDF 2024
TDF and Vuelta 2022
TDF 2021
Criterium De Dauphine 2020
World Champs 2020
Tour of Britain 2017
Tour Down Under 2016

COVID ripping through the peloton again.

That looked bad

Ejection incoming?

Rider on the left comes up along the barrier, shoulder checks another rider and causes him to crash.

Damn right he deserves ejection. Looked malicious.

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dreamy Pete dismissed it as a racing incident. hope arkea rider okay. difficult stage today

Anyone else heard the Derek, Nate, Warren and Daddy Gee collab rumours?

I dunno. The arkea rider was drifting towards the barrier and the lotto rider could see the door closing and braced for impact.

The idea that riders are causing crashes in sprints with any malicious intent is mad. They are making decisions at full speed, with other riders moving all around them. Decision making time is basically zero in that situation.

Sprinters sense a gap and go for it. What happens after that is all instinct.

He came up the left and leaned over to bump the one on the right.
The one on the right looked like he was going in a straight line.
Maybe not malicious planning but looked like a deliberate and un needed hit. He didn’t have to move the guy out of the way. Look at the road in front of them. The door wasn’t closing, there was lots of room for both.

I think he was clearly bracing for a bump.
Arkea rider moved left after his effort and drifted into the Lotto sprint line. I don’t think there is anything malicious from anyone, it’s a racing incident.

Pidcock out of tour due to Covid.

drifted into the Lotto sprint line.

Painted lanes would've helped here for sure.

To be honest ineos are having their worst tour ! Ef are far more aggressive.

They are riding for GC, EF aren't.

Any idea what time they’ll hit the Tourmalet today?

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2024/stage-14/info/time-table (times are CEST)