Vuelta a España 2019 Stage 20 Highlights: Final Mountain Showdown! | GCN Racing

The 20th stage of the Vuelta a España is a brute with five categorised mountain passes. If anyone is showing signs of weakness, or any team fancies a long range ambush on the penultimate day, then this is the one! We’ve seen many a grand tour challenger come unravelled in sight of the finish, where someone who has timed their form perfectly goes long and steals the race . #LaVuelta19
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[@gcnracing]

Who do you think will win the final sprint tomorrow in Madrid?

[@fabim.3167]

I'll go with Sam Bennett as well, he is just dominating the sprints.

[@metarunadventure6363]

Rodlics

[@JMise]

If Bennett doesn't start sprinting 200m early like the last time, I think nobody has any chance of beating him. I looked at the points classification and it needs some serious work. There is no point having it if everyone from the GC top 5 is included in the points top 6.

[@chrisjong8412]

The super annoying Swift commercials, F#CK just switch to some other commercials sometimes. I DON'T even want a Swift anymore

[@mhuten]

Sam Benett. Dan coem onnnnnn

[@SR77SR]

If Pogačar doesn't go on to become one of the cycling's greats, someone needs to be held criminally liable. What a lad.

[@danjo1967]

nah, he'll miss a few years

[@NunoDeodato]

Ahaha cycling's greats. The man just started, stop with that bullshit, its just pressure unwelcome.

[@TheCrazyFreak]

@@NunoDeodato I agree that this kind of pressure is unwanted and people shouldn't get ahead of themselves yet, but... this comment _is_ starting to age a little badly after TdF 2020. :P (no, but seriously speaking, we won't know for a few years still, so yeah, let's wait a little)

[@ThisIsANameBruh]

@@TheCrazyFreak So, second Tour de France victory (with 3 jerseys). Now do we know?

[@stefanjoeres7149]

@@ThisIsANameBruh Ha, he lost this year's tour though. But still got like a billion UCI points in a single season because he basically just wins everything. He got more than 2016 Sagan.

[@AdrrejHanzelj]

Amazing stuff from Pogačar. 38km alone in 20th stage is just incredible. This type of stage win is something multi-serial pro winners would be proud of.

[@inordirection_]

Going solo with 40 km's to go and a putting/holding a minute thirty on a group of all the GC riders is damn impressive

[@mikegrindstaff5117]

Chapeau to Roglic and Pogacar. Also to Rafa Majka. One of his best three week perfomances. Always love the Vuelta, always proves to be a much more exciting race than The Tour.. Sam Bennett for the win in Madrid!!

[@lambertlambert7076]

Not this year ! The 2019 Tour was pretty exciting from the beginning to the end.

[@SR77SR]

In other news, numbers of junior ski jumpers in Slovenia plummet as youngsters massively switch to cycling.

[@53glowe]

Yes...all three of them 😂

[@TheCrazyFreak]

@@53glowe Ski jumping is one of the most popular sports in Slovenia, actually, so no... not "all three of them."

[@ricardorusso1462]

It’s super funny how they photoshop the red jersey onto Roglic at the end and he looks ridiculously buff xD

[@gcnracing]

Haha, looks weird doesn't it?! Dan

[@ricardorusso1462]

GCN Racing it’s been bugging my mind since the start of the race! I only realised today how bad it really was 😂

[@daviddang82]

They’ve always done that. Looked even weirder last year when Yates was in red. Made is body look so big compared to heAd

[@charliedillon1400]

I reckon every other bike brand is jealous of how sexy those Bianchi bikes look.

[@ItachiGT]

Pogacar vs. Bernal Make it happen! UAE needs some more funds and new signings to build a team around Pogacar.

[@pedroafonso8384]

Damn.. i wanted benett to win tomorrow 😪

[@yuuupdavehester2271]

He ruined it.

[@pedroafonso8384]

@@yuuupdavehester2271 Definitely 😂

[@GangstaRapper007]

Tadej Pogačar - the real Superman

[@ayatbaik]

Flying Slovenian

[@infinitereason1981]

Yes. 20 years of age.. history..

[@53glowe]

Wake up (Melbourne), make coffee, turn on tablet, go straight to GCN Racing for Vuelta stage update and Dan's there with the deal. Great way to start the day 🚵👍

[@charliedillon1400]

Well said. Waking up in the U.S. is the same. Eight hours behind Euro time so the bike races are in the finale during morning coffee time!

[@brianmessemer2973]

I remember when Tadej Pogačar won the Tour of California thinking: watch this guy he's the real deal. Hmm 🤔👍

[@mariobahama]

Its funny, I thought that a year ago when Bernal won the Tour of California, I told my friends about him, and one year later he wins the Tour de France

[@evanmacdougall9715]

The last 40k of the race seemed weird. Kept waiting for Movistar and Astana to ramp up the pace and reel Pogacar back in, but they never did. Valverde tried to ride off the front one time shortly after Pogacar's attack, but nobody followed and he turned around and gestured at them as he dropped back into the group. He certainly wasn't going to lead the group to save Quintana's 3rd place spot or Lopez's white jersey. And Roglic was content to just sit there with the leaders knowing Pogacar wasn't going to get over 4 minutes. I never quite decided whether Movistar or Astana just didn't care, if they expected Pogacar to crack, or if they were all tired from all of their previous climbing and attacking. I wasn't surprised Lopez wasn't able to follow since he had just put in 2 big attacks, but it seems like Movistar would at least try to follow to save Quintana's 3rd place spot. But, it seems you never really know what Movistar is going to do. And they don't even seem to ever really know themselves, either. Was great to see Pogacar attack and hold them off, tho. He helped make this race an exciting one with 3 stage wins and a third place finish. I was only a little selfishly disappointed he wasn't able to push on a little more to take 2nd.

[@aforanti]

Dan, thanks for the great commentary throughout this tour. 👍

[@eigobike3929]

Hats off again to Dan. On top of the top rate editing of the parcours, the closed captioning with succinct narration and minimal use of superlatives and exaggerations makes this viewer impressed and glued to the channel each day there is a race of note.

[@camel1945]

I thank you so much for this work!!!

[@RevelCris]

Just in time for my post ride coffee and GCN vuelta coverage!

[@joebleasdale5557]

Pogačar is only a year older than my little sister and he’s now on the Vuelta podium. Crikey.

[@willian.direction6740]

Thanks GCN great highlights Dan.

[@slonovin]

Čestitke Tadej Pogačar in Primož Roglič!!

[@erezra]

Remind me not to get on your radar Dan, kiss of death indeed!

[@MatthiasG1899]

Quintana trades his podium for wearing the green jersey on the final stage

[@jonathanzappala]

Kryziven except if he’s in the break Movistar will chase it down as usual.

[@abp1400]

So glad Pogacar isn't on one of the "superteams" like INEOS or Jumbo...

[@tanisleach7829]

That makes it much easier to root for him.

[@abp1400]

@@tanisleach7829 yeah I don't like this new trend of teams with multiple GC contenders. Like ineos literally has 4 next year - Froome, Thomas, Carapaz and Bernal

[@tanisleach7829]

@@abp1400 and just for comparison: Jumbo will have 3.5 GC contenders, PLUS 2 sprint contenders. If any good is coming from this, it means Ineos doesn't have any win in the bag. That still does not make me like these GC superteams.

[@EMC2Scotia]

2020 looks like one heck of an exciting prospect in the GT's.

[@grasworxTTGameplan]

Hope to see a review of Pogacar's Colnagos on the channel at some point....s

[@klemenkavc1353]

To pogi Pa svaka čast roglič!

[@aresnicafloyd5275]

To pogi Vsa čast Roglič _________ Lep pozdrav

[@anirai1516]

Congratulations to Roglic because his teamed went through a lot and so did he with two crashes yet he still held on. Congrats to Valverde and Pogaçar who rode well for his first grand tour.

[@DougMorley1]

Was that "The Eagle of Toledo" congratulating Roglic at the end of stage 19?

[@gcnracing]

It was indeed.

[@mariomoretto3861]

Bravo Giorgio te la cavi benissimo anche in inglese 🙏

[@MARAMA86]

Congrats..

[@ItachiGT]

What the heck was that at the end of the video? Looks like a very dangerous mountain path. I know Spain features some crazy life endangering routes for hikers...

[@81caasi]

A foot path to a home with solar poweredroof, actually.

[@jamesambrocio]

Build a team of climbers around him. Pogacar could give Bernal a run for his money!

[@denali9643]

Great coverage and summary. But no mention of Quintana’s inability to defend his podium ?

[@kazimirsmith]

roglic this year is similar to last year with simon yates, no? i.e. looking like a winner in the giro and then falling off and coming back to win the vuelta ....

[@zalaznidaric6476]

Kazimir Smith falling off? He didn‘t have a team, was ill and injured on Giro - and yet he was still 3rd. :)

[@coronavirus8599]

Gcn why I can't watch your stream in Russia?

[@MrLachy23]

Has Trek shown up to this race at all?

[@JohnPodobnikRMT]

Gremo Slovenia!!!!

[@wasupwitdat1mofiki94]

Appreciate GCN for bringing us such good recaps of the race, SINCE WE CAN'T WATCH THE FUCKING RACE HERE IN THE US. Bike racing is one sport topic that nobody talks about here in the US. I go on group rides and ask other cyclists all the time, Did you watch that race? and the answer is always no. As large as the US is and how many cyclists we have I can't believe we still don't get much coverage of bike racing therefore little interest it seems also.

[@renegonza4327]

Every teams should invite even one rider around the cyling lover countries around the world as guest rider

[@tungstenkid2271]

Just to digress, a guy at 4:07 slung his empty water bottle down, it's a slovenly dangerous habit and happens a lot, and you'd think there'd be a rule against it (unless it's guaranteed to go completely off the road) in case it causes a crash if following riders hit it.

[@fyahwerks]

Gavira for the win

[@markachternaam5207]

Lantarne Rouge's analysis here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epjUfZx4g9Jsibs

[@user-vn2jj2hp4x]

Мигель Лопез проиграл Рогличу за явным преимуществом последнего. Мало того, он проиграл ещё и Погачару. Потенциал команды Астана остался не использованным.

[@17xyz17]

Poor Bennet cannot win in Madrid now :(

[@rogerkjellstrom3637]

Pogačar almost the only Bright spot in a very boring Vuelta , except the first few Days.

[@wargey3431]

What an awful Vuelta for Ineos not only did they fail to get anyone in GC they failed to show anything at all their ‘GC’ riders couldn’t even climb with non GC climbers yes Hart is young and was ill but my god someone should have shown something I guess when their tactic isn’t sit on the front and ride tempo all day they can’t do anything

[@renatomichilini1115]

Bbn

[@drewc8497]

first!

[@geraldfjenkins4726]

Where are all the superstars? Oh ya, Quebec & Montreal! Vuelta looks more like a B race.

[@charliedillon1400]

Different style of race. GC guys at Vuelta. Classics and one day specialists in Canada.

[@sisaktamas]

Is it nasty of me if I expect some doping suspicions of Tadej Pogacar to come to surface within 2 years?

[@sisaktamas]

Which is not to say ‘I’ expect that from him. I honestly would be thrilled for a new generation of Europeans to shine, like Evenepoel, van der Poel, Pogacar, or even the Romanian mountain biker Vlad Dascălu.

[@LeonK01]

Tamas Sisak Very Nasty mate

[@charliedillon1400]

Not so much nasty as boring and predictable. Just have suspicions for every winner of every race and you'll be guaranteed to hate the sport that you follow for some weird reason.

[@shelby4225]

@ Tamas Sisak And yet you don't expect some doping suspicions of Valverde's performance (39 years old). Yeh right.