Geraint Thomas Shocked by Crazy Maneuvers and Lack of Brakes in Vuelta a España 2023

Geraint Thomas off the charts? Well, the Ineos Grenadiers rider didn’t get off to a great start in this Vuelta and already finished over 1′ behind Evenepoel in the standings. After the stage in Tarragona, however, the Welshman concentrated on the riding qualities of the group. Or, rather, the attitude of some runners in a group. He mentioned an episode of Groves being grabbed by the neck by a Movistar runner, only because he had cut him off. “Groves may not have been kind, however… These are crazy” added Thomas who said he was shocked to see certain maneuvers, by some riders and some teams who “don’t know that there are brakes on bikes”.

Some racers do dumb things: do they know there are brakes?

The ending was awful, a horror movie. The rest of the stage was very easy, but the final kilometers were awful. After the last climb, it was all wide and beautiful roads to get to the finish line, but some riders did absolute idiotic things. And some teams probably forget they have brakes on their bikes. It’s not that one has to necessarily stay on the wheel of a partner for 100% of the race time. If you break away even just for a moment, you can wait 5 seconds before trying to pick up the wheel you are interested in. [Geraint Thomas al podcast Watts Occurring]

I’ve seen an episode between Groves and one from Movistar: they’re crazy

Kaden Groves closed a Movistar rider. Sure, it wasn’t a very nice move, but things like that can happen in the last 10km. However, that Movistar rider decided to fight back by grabbing Groves’ jersey near the neck and pushing him. I was right behind them when it happened. I saw it and I was like ‘That guy is crazy. He reckons he has too much caffeine in his blood.’ So I decided to position myself as a group in a different spot. This business could only end in a fall

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Where and when to follow the Vuelta 2023 in Live TV and live streaming

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From Barcelona to Madrid: details of the stages

Stage 1, Barcelona-Barcelona | Winner: DSM Firmenich | Red shirt: Lorenzo MILESI | Reports | Video finish Stage 2, Mataró-Barcelona | Winner: Andreas KRON | Red jersey: Andrea PICCOLO | Reports | Video arrivalStage 3, Súria-Arinsal | Winner: Remco EVENEPOEL | Red Jersey: Remco EVENEPOEL | Reports | Arrival videoStage 4, Andorra la Vella-Tarragona | Winner: Kaden GROVES | Red Jersey: Remco EVENEPOEL | Reports | Video arrival

Stage 5, Morella-Burriana | Reports | Video arrival

Tappa 6, La Vall d’Uixó-Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory | Report | Video arrival

Stage 7, Utiel-Oliva | Reports | Video arrival

Tappa 8, Dénia-Xorret de Catí | Report | Video arrival

Tappa 9, Cartagena-Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca | report | Video arrived

Stage 10, Valladolid-Valladolid | Reports | Video arrival

Stage 11, Lerma-La Laguna Negra.Vinuesa | Reports | Video arrival

Stage 12, Ólvega-Zaragoza | Reports | Video arrival

Stage 13, Formigal-Tourmalet | Reports | Video arrival

Tappa 14, Sauveterre de Béarn-Larra Belagua | Postponement | Video arrival

Stage 15, Pamplona-Lekunberri | Reports | Video arrival

Stage 16, Liencres Playa-Bejes | Reports | Video arrival

Tappa 17, Ribadesella/Ribeseya-Angliru | Report | Video arrival

Tappa 18, Pola de Allande-La Cruz de Linares | report | Video arrived

Tappa 19, The Bath-Iscar | Report | Video arrives

Stage 20, Manzanares El Real-Guadarrama | Reports | Video arrival

Stage 21, Hipódromo de la Zarzuela-Madrid | Reports | Video arrival

How much is the prize pool?

For this 2023 edition, the organizers have kept the prize money from past years, with the winner of the Vuelta a España earning 150,000 euros, less than half of winning the Tour de France. 11,000 euros to the winner of a single stage, 3,000 euros to the super-combatant of the edition. Here is the complete jackpot.PlacePrize1°150.0002°57.9853°30.0004°15.0005°12.5006°9.0007°9.0008°6.0009°6.000from 10th to 20th°3.800

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