/cyc/ - Vuelta stage 17 - Castellon - Llucena Camins del Penyagolosa (177.5km)

Hope you all got through the rest day alright, because today in the Vuelta A Espana we have a comfy medium mountain stage with a summit finish (what else is new)

GC Standings:

1. QUINTANA N. MOV 65h 24' 08''
2. FROOME C. SKY 03' 37''
3. CHAVES J. OBE 03' 57''
4. CONTADOR A. TNK 04' 02''
5. YATES S. OBE 05' 07''
6. SANCHEZ GONZALEZ S. BMC 06' 12''
7. TALANSKY A. CDT 06' 43''

Quintana will go on the defensive and protect his lead, but expect his rivals to attack him

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Detail of the summit finish

>21%

>TdF
>not having grade climbs bigger than 15%

kek, the vuelta is fucking relentless this year
Why would you even bother as a sprinter to be tortured for 3 weeks just maybe to get a cheeky win in Madrid

Downhills serve for something

No fucking chance of the points jersey either for a sprinter

just got back from the morning ride, hyped for la buelta.

if any sprinter survive it will be an easy victory in madrid

Sprinters are waiting for World Championship at Doha

Imagine being a sprinter and crashing in a mass sprint in Madrid after all the grupetto suffering

>tfw no Tour of Russia

Can anyone actually hate Sagan or Quintana?

Tejay "NME" Van Garderen has abandoned.

Random reminder that cycling is a sport for cucks and eunuchs.

TdF quintana is easy to hate

I can't hate any rider desu, I respect their suffering far too much for that

he was sick during the Pyrenees m8

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pls no bully Hämäläinenenkonenaneko

But Sagan apparently is lazy to be a proper climber and turn himself as GC contender

Daily reminder it's all fun and memes until switzerland (negros) come to ruin the thread.

Sagan is far too good at what he does to become a GC contender. I am tired of this meme, Sagan needs to remain le green jersey man + dominate the classics

i dont think he can mantain power at 65 kg

It wasn't a problem for Indurain

(You)

Broadcasting starting now here

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Considering it's a summit finish, have you paid your respects to the Spanish Civil Guard yet?

>comfy medium mountain finish
>21%

The Spanish truly have no mercy.

At least this turns the Froome-Quintana rivalry up to 11.

you cant overdose on epo anymore

they should be on TdF

fuck this heat

>tfw summer starts at the end of august now

AGW is terrifying m7

Global warming lad, it's going to ruin us all in a few decades

in 20 years we all live in pic related, better start building

what about holand?

We just need our own Delta works. Sadly we can't get things done the way our Dutch friends can

Only dry land on earth tb.h

holland will be completely wiped out because of the increasing sea level in the next century, they will use their sailboats to go out and colonise a new world

>heat
m8 it was below freezing yesterday morning.

is anyone else's feed drifting to the right and wrapping around?

this isn't comfy

>straya
Post canned salmon or kindly fuck off.

Massive migration to South Africa emulating District 9

you're not comfy either

I just moved my parents' lawn. Dripoing with sweat atm.

where did you move it?

mfw my city was actually ruled by the Dutch from 1638 to 1654.

Who /valverde/ here

>XXIst Century
>reading newspapers

>muh Nassau
See Suriname

Kabbaz is that you?

Fuck

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no m8, were you at via mangue today?

>eurosport in charge of sound
It's not like I want to hear the cheeky bants

Who is the strongest cyclist?

didn't pedal today lad, sorry
>tfw no comfy sertão to pedal

Only /valverde/s please

Q U I N T A N A

Like who would win a fist fight?

>sound comes back
>cut to ads instantly

Yes. By the strongest i mean like if you see him in the streets you know you shouldnt fight him. Not the skinny type like Quintana.

greipel?

do track fags count?

that canadian "woman" of the track cycling webm

Nacer Bouhanni

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With the Yates brothers and Chaves OBE have to win a Grand Tour in the next 2 years don't you agree

>espn guy going on a rant about olive oil prices and climate changes

>2016
>espn

It is cycling, m8. 25% competition; 75% documentary

Definitely. Chaves and the Yates bros with a few more climbers and some strong guys who can pull on flats makes for a formidable GC team. I just want to see them put all three into one GT team. Either Giro or Vuelta at first to get that GT win. Next Giro however might not be the best one to try as it's the 100th edition special and probably has quite a few teams that are on stronger than usual teams for Giro.

Proper commentary, then. I hate it when they try and fill the dead time with serious talk.

was that photographer using a fucking flash

too dark m8

Have you ever noticed how every cycling photograph you ever see is taken by Tim De Waele?

They should distribute photos to spectators for free, and then anyone on the tarmac with a photo device without a permit should be hanged by the neck until dead.

Do we already know where Mathias Frank is going after IAM ceases to exist? I consider him one of our guys

>hating on based ari

I bet you even watch globo and sportv like the little nigger you are.

"""rest""" day

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That's the last climb, 3.8km 12%

This final part will be beautiful

It's about to start

The fun stars here

STEEP

he is livin the dream

Can't plug the GeSINK

STARTS

Just tuned in, pretty based timing t b h

Le just turned the tv on in time

Why is Froome not winning

sneaky spanish speakers ganging up on froome

>that dick

Because Sky slept at the start of one stage and got outsmarted by Contador and Quintana.

BENIS

Come on Frank!

Because it isn't Tour de France

Guardia Civil repressing the population as usual

Fucking signal

dunno

Konig wasted