Vuelta stage 5 *spoiler*

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited September 2009 in Pro race
Oh yeah, the Vuelta's back in Spain... average speed for the first 2 hours = 37.5 km/h.

3 riders didn't start this morning. Chris Horner, broken wrist, Robert Kiserlovski, broken collarbone and Charly Wegelius, plain knackered.

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6 riders up the road. Aitor Hernandez (new KOM leader), José Antonio Lopez Gil, Julien el Fares, Matthe Pronk. Serafin Martinez and Julian Sanchez. Gap is 3 and a half minutes with 100 km to go.

Very hot, very slow.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Harmon has said that Horner is joining Team Zimmer.
    Odd colour sky they have in Spain.
    Very tranquilo....zzziesta time, recovering from their Belgian bash.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Harmon has said that Horner is joining Team Zimmer.
    Odd colour sky they have in Spain.
    Very tranquilo....zzziesta time, recovering from their Belgian bash.

    Classic Vuelta, innit. Bit of a crash for Tosatto... must have nodded off.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Wegelius can't have his 3 GT prize now, pulling out that early it's just not cricket :wink:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    This is more like it...

    Lets see if Farrar knows how to sprint when he is outside of Belgium. I would expect Bennati to be better.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    It'll be interesting to see how Farrar goes. I've heard one account his legs just aren't working but that only means he'll win today and my PTP pick of André 3000 Big Boi Greipel comes 11th.

    Now I know where all that olive oil comes from.

    As said above, this is classic Vuelta stuff. Arid terrain, a doomed breakaway and languid TV direction. I have it on at work but it's not distracting, the only thing making me revisit the corner of my screen is that I'm waiting to spot one of those cut-out bull silhouettes on a hilltop.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,812
    I just tuned it on saw there's 30k to go, so will put it back on in half an hour or so lol
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Well fast.
    I've had an unforced siesta, listening to Sean. Woke up to see Rabo on the front.
    Oscar must fancy getting rid of some of the competition on this little hill.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Gilbert attacks, no surprise. 8km to go... never gonna work.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GILLLLLLLLLLBERT

    Allez.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I'm liking the look of these super smooth roads.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Fat legs won again. Took 5m out of Bennati in the last 50m.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    ¡ Greipel !
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kléber wrote:
    ¡ Greipel !

    Easy. Gold jersey, too?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Much as expected. A couple of the sprinters are well ahead of the rest.
    Farrar needs a rest. Freire picks Farrar's wheel.
    At least Bennati finally showed up.
    Peloton split down to post Belgium fears?
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Again a messy, unorganized lead out, but at least now producing the usual suspects on the podium.
    I was again impressed with Vacansoleil's work in the last kms, they seem to do there homework well, even though Bozic doesn't deliver yet.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    FJS wrote:
    I was again impressed with Vacansoleil's work in the last kms, they seem to do there homework well, even though Bozic doesn't deliver yet.

    I'd picked him for PTP - so he didn't have a hope in hell, I'm afraid
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    For what it's worth, Andy and Frank Schleck lose half a minute on the other GC favorites, coming in in the third group. They're definitely not riding to win the overall.
  • Richrd2205
    Richrd2205 Posts: 1,267
    FJS wrote:
    For what it's worth, Andy and Frank Schleck lose half a minute on the other GC favorites, coming in in the third group. They're definitely not riding to win the overall.
    Damn, Andy's my PTP pick....
    Maybe they're just lulling the other GC contenders into a false sense of security

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