La Vuelta ciclista a España 2019 Stage 19 Ávila - Toledo 165,2 km
GC after stage 17: 1 Roglič Primož Team Jumbo-Visma 2 Valverde Alejandro Movistar Team +2:50 3 Quintana Nairo Movistar Team +3:31 4 López Miguel Ángel Astana Pro Team +4:17 5 Pogačar Tadej UAE-Team Emirates +4:49 6 Majka Rafał BORA - hansgrohe +7:46 7 Kelderman Wilco Team Sunweb +9:46 8 Hagen Carl Fredrik Lotto Soudal +11:50 9 Knox James Deceuninck - Quick Step +12:44 10 Soler Marc Movistar Team +21:09
Happenings: After combo of several 0 IQ attacks from Lopez starting at penultimate ascend of the day on Puerto de la Morcuera, Pogocar finally cracked. Bizarro Quintana once again lost time in mountains after gaining it on flat day earlier. Higuita was the last man standing from a breakaway of the day with 50 km to go and bravely endured GC favorites chase to take the first WT win of his career, saving EF's disastrous Vuelta at the same time. Roglic was a monolith once again and even asserted his dominance by taking sprint ahead of Valverde for the bonus seconds. Lopez took back white jersey from Pogocar, everyone from 2nd to 11th in GC shuffled one place. Roglic remains in red.
Also today: Can't decide if fraud Tour of Britain Stage 7 Warwick - Burton Dassett Country Park 188.7 km
Yesterday MVDP rode decent enough ITT to retake GC lead. He is now 6 seconds ahead of Trentin. Uphill finish favours him, so maybe he won't a fraud today after all.
I cannot believe it, my legs feels sore (some sore spots in the muscles...guess massage would fix it a bit, but I already use a foam roll) just from yesterday's 64 km ride. Wtf is up with my regenerative powers? And it's not like I have just started riding for a few weeks. This is why I am hesitant to invest any money into cycling, maybe it's not worth it after all.
