La Vuelta a Espana
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So Messers Quintana, Froome and Contador will be rolling up to the start line on Saturday, ahead of them lie 6 flat stages, 13 hill and mountain stages with 9 summit finishes, a team time trial (8kms) on the first day and an individual time trial stage (38kms) on the third Wednesday.... I cant see past Quintana at the moment but I'm hoping J-Rod and TvG run the big names hard. The prospect of Nibbles, Aru and Landa too.... cant wait to see how that one pans out.
http://www.letour.com/la-vuelta/2015/us/parcours-g...
Assume okgo was referring to stage 11, BWAH HA HA HA!!!!
although stage 20 isnt far off on the WTF?! scale...
Assume okgo was referring to stage 11, BWAH HA HA HA!!!!
although stage 20 isnt far off on the WTF?! scale...
Looks like Tinkoff are leading with Majka, Astana still appear to be taking Landa, Aru and Nibbles... it will be interesting to see who is the highest placed rider after teh first week or so and whether they have to make any changes to the plan. Landa is off to Sky but will want to go well to prove he is a GC contender for them in the future, Aru and Nibbles are hardly best of friends so there is a bit of infighting there too... strong team from Sky though some of those guys must be feeling the fatigue by now.
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.
jesusbuiltmycar said:
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. 
Johno said:
Blatant and cynical, they could of bothered with a 'sticky bottle', adjustment required on gears or something else..... but no, just "hold on Nibbles, I'll gun it up the hill!"
With Vino at the helm, I'm not surprised by anything that happens with that team though ......
They need to be gone. With Vino at the helm, I'm not surprised by anything that happens with that team though ......
I think Millar was spot on with his comments - a day like today might be too hard really in a multi stage race. He is probably right that, really, the peloton can't race a route like that: I think he worded it something like that 'the race disintegrates from the back rather than by attacks from the front'
Whilst I wouldn't advocate a 20+ stage race have 20+ equal stages, having one stage that has the potential to distort the overall result so much in favour of (a) climber(s) doesn't feel 100% right either
It was a good stage to watch though
Whilst I wouldn't advocate a 20+ stage race have 20+ equal stages, having one stage that has the potential to distort the overall result so much in favour of (a) climber(s) doesn't feel 100% right either
It was a good stage to watch though
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