La Vuelta a Espana

[mcelliott]

Another Vuelta that's going to serve twists and turns.

[anonymous-user]

That kick with 500m to go was hellish, a shame Dan Martin couldnt bridge that gap as I suspect he would ahve sailed past but Chaves deserved it. Interesting to see Quintana has learnt not to leave it to the final week before pushing for the win and seemed happy to have a few seconds gain on the others today. He lost le tour because he couldnt bring back Froome on those last two stages but this time seems happy to have a time advantage albeit nothing of note and still not wear red thus have to defend. Good tactics all round.

[ewenm]

Quintana might be looking for a bit of time in hand before the TT. Good to see some early action in the race.

[Johnny]

What a lovely, smiley, guy Chaves seems to be!

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Vincezo Nibali - Mechanical Doping?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClwG4DD7sbY

[anonymous-user]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Vincezo Nibali - Mechanical Doping?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClwG4DD7sbY

Christ thats dodgy as hell, clearly just grabs the team car and gets dragged away from the group who can obviously see whats happened as they just sit up and regroup. Nothing Astana do surprises me anymore.

[okgo]

Where is he when that happens, off front or back?

[jesusbuiltmycar]

okgo said:

Where is he when that happens, off front or back?

I believe he was off the back. Either way he should be penalized. Didn't Froome get thrown out of the Giro years ago for a similar offence?

Nibali even brought this up in an interview recently:

Nibali said:

We haven't seen each other since the Tour. There are lots of incidents in races, and what happens in the race stays in the race," Nibali said, adding: "At the time, I preferred not to mention it, but in 2010 Froome was excluded from the Giro for being towed by a car…

Edited by jesusbuiltmycar on Sunday 23 August 19:26

[condor]

That is a bit naughty - I did wonder how he'd managed to get back up the front so quick after that big group crash.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

According to this link the commissionaires are considering disqualifing him, Astana have suggested a 10 minute penalty.

https://twitter.com/AinaraHernando?ref_src=twsrc%5...

[Leithen]

Disqualified it would appear.

[okgo]

Good, he's been getting far too much credit anyway, he'd have been nowhere that tour if anyone good rode.

[Some Gump]

Class.
I do like it when cheats fail to prosper.

Astana's man kicked out too, and only 1 team car for 2 days as additional punishment.

[anonymous-user]

quite right to kick him out for that

[neenaw]

Good to see that they've disqualified him rather than the usual punishment of a few hundred Swiss Franc fine.
Sadly, nothing that involves cheating and Astana surprises me anymore.

[anonymous-user]

Part of me really wants to visit the cycling news forum to see what his devotees make of it but they will probably be blaming it on Froome and I'll just get angry!...

[johnxjsc1985]

pablo said:

Part of me really wants to visit the cycling news forum to see what his devotees make of it but they will probably be blaming it on Froome and I'll just get angry!...

not sure to laugh or cry the whole bloody team should have gone talk about bringing the sport into disrepute

[Dr Imran T]

Leithen said:

Disqualified it would appear.

Is this confirmed? I think it would be a shame to lose him from the race if so. Agreed he was naughty but he wants to win the vuelta and had lost a lot of time waiting for a new bike.

[Dr Imran T]

Johnny said:

What a lovely, smiley, guy Chaves seems to be!

Have you been speaking to my wife? She said exactly the same thing.

Was good to see him get the stage win - he looks very young!

[Johnny]

Just seen the vid of Nibbles.

Blatant as it gets. Rightly disqualified.