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Top win by Yates
Having watched first few days of this Vuelta I can see why none of the top sprinters turned up
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Mind you means the GC teams haven't had a steady first week where they normally leave it to the sprint teams to chase breakaways, be interesting to see how it pans out come the Pyrenees.
Having watched first few days of this Vuelta I can see why none of the top sprinters turned up
. Mind you means the GC teams haven't had a steady first week where they normally leave it to the sprint teams to chase breakaways, be interesting to see how it pans out come the Pyrenees.
Matt_N said:
The commentator's bias to Contador always makes me chuckle, he's 1:14 behind Chavez and 1:52 down overall, what is the benefit of marking Chavez?
He needs to make up time not ride defensively like he's got a comfortable lead.
These days, when he tries to make up time he invariably ends up crashing.He needs to make up time not ride defensively like he's got a comfortable lead.
d last 3kms. 
Another great stage today, it's about time NQ showed us what he is made of 
Hats off to AC for coming back at the end against Froome, that must have been brutally hard. Remarkable fighting attitude in the face of adversity.
Still all to play for - great to see Froome really challenging for the red jersey too.
One thing that is evidently clear is that Movistar badly want to win this race, perhaps now they're going to get behind NQ after he was stronger on today's stage?
Hats off to AC for coming back at the end against Froome, that must have been brutally hard. Remarkable fighting attitude in the face of adversity.
Still all to play for - great to see Froome really challenging for the red jersey too.
One thing that is evidently clear is that Movistar badly want to win this race, perhaps now they're going to get behind NQ after he was stronger on today's stage?
Brilliant stage. Bonus points for the ITV crew's totally bizarre commentary. "There's only 1 man that can live with him, and that's Alberto Contador". Cut to shot of 3 riders. 1 minute later - "the caption says group, but there's no group of more than 2, maybe 3 riders". Shot on screen at that exact moment? A group of 7 riders =)
Loved the tactics today, and as always the mental ability of the climbers!
Loved the tactics today, and as always the mental ability of the climbers!
The climb up Lagos de Covadonga was brilliant - proper battle between all the big guns
Peter Kennaugh looked absolutely spent over the line. Nice to see both him and Yates going well!
Gutsy ride by Froome to come back to claim 3rd.
Have to say NQ is looking supremely strong, I think the pundits were saying that the leader on the Covadonga will hold red till Madrid? I'm not so sure?
Anyone got details of the time trial?
Peter Kennaugh looked absolutely spent over the line. Nice to see both him and Yates going well!
Gutsy ride by Froome to come back to claim 3rd.
Have to say NQ is looking supremely strong, I think the pundits were saying that the leader on the Covadonga will hold red till Madrid? I'm not so sure?
Anyone got details of the time trial?
Dr Imran T said:
Anyone got details of the time trial?
http://www.cyclingstage.com/vuelta-2016-route/stag...
Randy Winkman said:
Pleased to hear tonight the discussion between Ned and David about reducing team member numbers in Vuelta and TDF. I think that bigger teams distract from the basic principle that the point of the race is to find the best rider.
Surely reducing the numbers just means that there's be 3 pure gc teams, 3 pure sprint teams etc etc? No room for veriety in a team if you only start with 5.Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff