Jack Haig fourth on GC while Caruso wins second Grand Tour Stage - Zwift Cycling Central podcast

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Hugh Carthy wasn't meant to ride the Vuelta and finished third; Froome wasn't meant to ride in 2011 and won.

1. The Zwift Cycling Central podcast from SBS reviews the Vuelta a España stage won by Damiano Caruso ahead of the first rest day, with Primoz Roglic in the red jersey. 2. Host Christophe is joined by commentators David McKenzie and Matthew Kinnon, who called the stage live and who also appear in the second half of the episode as analysts. 3. The central question is how Caruso's 70-kilometre solo move reshaped Bahrain Victorious's plans and exposed INEOS's tactics, with Caruso a little over one minute clear at the finish. 4. The hosts note this was Caruso's second Grand Tour stage win of 2021 and only his second World Tour victory, at 33, and cite Bahrain's other long-range wins by Matej Mohoric (90 km) and Marc Soler at the Dauphiné. 5. Kinnon argues INEOS "wore themselves out" chasing Caruso, did Jumbo-Visma's work for them, and left Bernal and Adam Yates short of the legs to follow Roglic and Enric Mas. 6. They say Jack Haig, fourth overall after a Tour de France crash, should lead Bahrain, with Mikel Landa having lost time on each key stage and Marc Padun and Gino Mader worth more as support. 7. They also consider whether Bernal is suffering from long COVID, after a viewer comment from Julie, and then split on Bernal versus Jonas Vingegaard as a Tour leader: McKenzie picks Bernal, Kinnon picks Vingegaard. 8. Enric Mas sits 28 seconds behind Roglic, and the hosts credit his discipline and his mentor Alberto Contador, while noting Movistar's two-card option with Miguel Angel Lopez against Jumbo-Visma's all-in approach for Roglic. 9. Michael Storer's stage win, and Lucas Hamilton's comment that "GC's out of the question," lead to the observation that Australians have now won a stage at all three Grand Tours in 2021, as last happened in 2015. 10. Suited to road cycling fans following the 2021 Vuelta and interested in team tactics.

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