La Vuelta a Espana…

[rafletcher]

…highlights are once again being shown in Quest. 10pm Friday start.

[andyoxon]

Final climb on today's stg.  Les Praeres. Nava; with 24% ramp.

https://www.lavuelta.es/en/stage-9

[Mrs Pingu]

Quest fecked up the highlights program again today.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

To puncture or not to puncture.  That is the question.

[rafletcher]

Quest fecked up the highlights program again today.

Yep - it was announced on Twitter aroudn 21:40 that it's be on at 01:00.  I missed it sadly.  Looks like bouncing of Fred Wright didn't do Roglic much good.

[Peter]

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Bethany's Da for the win!

[andyoxon]

Stg 18.  Well that was quite a finish!

[rafletcher]

Hmm, not sure what happened to the highlights tonight! The seem to have chopped off the beginning and end of the programme, leaving only coverage for the final climb, and no analysis. At least they showed the finish.

[Mrs Pingu]

Ah good to know,  we switched the telly on towards the end, saw Salvage Hunters and thought they'd either cocked up again or they'd ditched the normal schedule due to the Queen.

[IanDG]

....and now no "Breakaway" after the Vuelta! Not dissecting the tactics of a bike race in Spain as a mark of respect - but "Pointless" is still broadcasting on BBC2 

[rafletcher]

I’d have been interested in what they thought about Roglic blaming Fred Wright for his crash. And the highlights programme is bizarre again, just starting 22km from the end with no intro by Orla.

[andrew_s]

I’d have been interested in what they thought about Roglic blaming Fred Wright for his crash.

Did he?

From the spectator phone video someone posted, it seemed that Roglic moved across to get on van Poppel's wheel, and found Fred Wright already there. It looked like his handlebar went across immediately behind Fred's, and Fred's thigh shunted his elbow, resulting in his bars turning sharply left.

https://twitter.com/sergioyustos_/status/1567186942919413762?s=20&t=R0gFUsZOG_oi0dCssidPbg

[Mrs Pingu]

Carlton Reid and his obsessive roundabout fear 

[JonBuoy]

I’d have been interested in what they thought about Roglic blaming Fred Wright for his crash.

Did he?

From the spectator phone video someone posted, it seemed that Roglic moved across to get on van Poppel's wheel, and found Fred Wright already there. It looked like his handlebar went across immediately behind Fred's, and Fred's thigh shunted his elbow, resulting in his bars turning sharply left.

https://twitter.com/sergioyustos_/status/1567186942919413762?s=20&t=R0gFUsZOG_oi0dCssidPbg

I agree with your analysis but Roglic doesn't:  https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/longread/news/one-crash-too-many-for-primoz-roglic-though-there-is-hope-for-safer-racing/

Wright came from behind and rode the handlebars out of my hands before I knew it.

[IanDG]

The bang on his head was worse than I thought