Tour of Castilla y Leon on TV?

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    He could be off the bike for anything from a week to six weeks if it's the dreaded collarbone.

    As for it being deliberate, I suspect him of some bad behaviour in years gone past but don't think he can orchestrate a big crash.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Meanwhile Joaquin Martinez of the Burgos squad wins the stage in a bunch sprint.
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Anyone know if Don Alejandro took the start ?
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    Moray Gub wrote:
    Kléber wrote:
    Moray Gub wrote:
    This is obviously a deliberate crash by Lance to deliberately break his collarbone so he doesnt need to tackle the Giro..............at least thats how certain people will probably portray it.
    The Giro organisers will be really upset about this. Not to mention Cycling.TV and US channel Versus, as I think both had just forked out a fortune for the rights to the Giro.


    Given his form dont think he would have featured much anyway but they will still get a great race it usually always is .So what is it these days for a broken collarbone ...4- 6 weeks off the bike ?
    could take longer,when you're getting on a bit :wink:
    so many cols,so little time!
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Moray Gub wrote:
    Anyone know if Don Alejandro took the start ?
    Yes, with Sastre and Menchov too.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    If its 6 weeks, he's fresh out of options. Giro starts 6 weeks, this weekend....
    No Georgia.....no Catalunya....Dunkerque is even earlier.

    His only stage race option would be the.....Bayern-Rundfart.
    Now, what was it those nice Germans wanted him to do, again? :roll:
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  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    You can see it online in

    http://www.rtve.es/deportes/directo/

    or better in

    http://www.rtvcyl.es/



    Begin 15:30h (spanish hour), except stage 4 (Laguna de los Peces), that is one hour before
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    zammmmo wrote:
    No way is that deliberate. :lol:

    I've not seen the crash, but when people talk about deliberate I have scenes of Sylvester Stallone doing it and taking Lance's place so he can help orchestrate the escape running through my head.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Feed is working today, for the ITT. Must have been a Lance boycott, yesterday.
    Bertie is currently churning out those watts....
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Did Contador catch Irizar or was it the other way around? They seem to be doing a 2-up now...
  • Langers
    Langers Posts: 95
    Thanks
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Just got in - and am watching the TT. Anyone done a ride? Leader?
  • Langers
    Langers Posts: 95
    Levi is i the lead. Contador 2nd.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Are there special rules on TTs in Spain? I'm asking (in irony) as many riders seem to get caught, only to sit directly on the wheel of the rider that has come past them. There's a massive headwind on the return to the finish, so the advantages of this cheating are considerable. Surely it's disqualificacion time?
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Yes, I noticed alot of drafting of cars/motorbikes going on too. Blatant.


    Competitor numbers here, if anyone interested:

    http://startlist.cyclingfever.com/start ... 3&id=19185
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    I wonder if Levi isn't going to be a bigger problem for AC this year than Lance at the TdF....
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  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    At least the average speeds are a bit more believable. By my calculations Levi is just under 32mph average, some guys are under 29mph.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 33.17
    2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0.18
    3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0.22
    4 Denis Menchov (Spa) Rabobank 0.55

    Who wants to start a "tiny little man beats 2 other tiny little men in ITT" thread?

    Did Denis open his mouth during the TT?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Was it flat? (lights touchpaper and backs away...)
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    I didn't know Denis Menchov was Spanish! :)
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    calvjones wrote:
    Was it flat? (lights touchpaper and backs away...)

    Is the Pope Catholic?

    Nice stats there, Kleber.
    Our new ban avoiding mantra should be: "Source your sauce."

    Maybe there's a rider out there called Luis Leon y Alberto Contador? :roll:
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