Vuelta Stage 10 *spoiler*

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited September 2009 in Pro race
Booo, hiss.

Vino in the break
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    At 5mins with 100km to race. If they make it to the last climb with a few minutes it could hold out.

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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    The gap is almost 6 minutes and growing... this could well be a brake that lasts to the finish. Which sprinter's team is gonna ride? Most have a rider up front. Liquigas will probably save energy to help Basso. Vacansoleil? alone?

    Third day in a row with De la Fuente in the attack.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Vacansoleil helps Caisse. It leads the group at 8:15 behind
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    5.54 with 21km to go. The winner should come from this group.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Oh no, I was just going to potter about outside in the garden now it's gone all hot & sunny and I've finished work early. Vino had better win.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I like the look of this climb a lot. I would love to climb this and yesterday's one. I have been very impressed with the roads so far.

    Fuji have had a good showing in the last few days and they weren't even wanted by the organisers.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    What a shame for him - a flat I think. He was going very well.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    This descent is heart in mouth stuff! :shock:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    What's up with LINUS?!?!? Just stopped by the side of the road.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Fuji rider hit the deck. Back up. Went wide and slid on the gravel. Not bad.

    Hesjedal had to unclip to stay upright coming down.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Vino's attempt to accelerate looked very forced.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gerrans

    Didn't take many turns at the front at all. No surprises there then.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Patience is a virtue...

    Good tactics from Gerrans there.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    Please someone tell me that Vino had a nasty crash and didn't finish!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Very good year for him. Top 10 placings in Liege, Fleche and Amstel, a Giro stage win and GP Plouay.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Bad luck for Linus G and Inxausti.

    No points in PTP...
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    Please someone tell me that Vino had a nasty crash and didn't finish!

    After leading out the final sprint, he faded and finished 4th.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Very good year for him. Top 10 placings in Liege, Fleche and Amstel, a Giro stage win and GP Plouay.

    His coach must be very proud
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Timoid. wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Very good year for him. Top 10 placings in Liege, Fleche and Amstel, a Giro stage win and GP Plouay.

    His coach must be very proud

    Is there some hidden meaning in this?!
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  • samb01
    samb01 Posts: 130
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Very good year for him. Top 10 placings in Liege, Fleche and Amstel, a Giro stage win and GP Plouay.

    His coach must be very proud

    Is there some hidden meaning in this?!
    Wasn't it Timoid who a little while ago claimed that Haussler was being coached by Ferrari, and then simply didn't respond when asked to provide a source for the claim?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Tis the problem with training in st moritz, heading to aspen with lance and getting a bunch of good results. It makes the cynics go hmmm
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    So Gerrans is doping because Haussler went to St Moritz? Of course, it's so obvious now.
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    RichN95 wrote:
    So Gerrans is doping because Haussler went to St Moritz? Of course, it's so obvious now.

    Isnt that enough for goodness sake what more evidence do you want ?
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    samb01 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Very good year for him. Top 10 placings in Liege, Fleche and Amstel, a Giro stage win and GP Plouay.

    His coach must be very proud

    Is there some hidden meaning in this?!
    Wasn't it Timoid who a little while ago claimed that Haussler was being coached by Ferrari, and then simply didn't respond when asked to provide a source for the claim?


    Ok Timoid cards on the table time does Ferrari coach Gerrans ? and if so maybe we should tell a certain baldy headed Team manager.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Moray Gub wrote:
    samb01 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Very good year for him. Top 10 placings in Liege, Fleche and Amstel, a Giro stage win and GP Plouay.

    His coach must be very proud

    Is there some hidden meaning in this?!
    Wasn't it Timoid who a little while ago claimed that Haussler was being coached by Ferrari, and then simply didn't respond when asked to provide a source for the claim?


    Ok Timoid cards on the table time does Ferrari coach Gerrans ? and if so maybe we should tell a certain baldy headed Team manager.


    Who can tell. He trains with Ferrari's mates, lives near where the good doctor is based and has had a remarakable upsurge in form since moving there. Ditto Haussler.

    Whoever his coach is must be proud.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Where is Ferrari based these days? Gerrans lives in Monaco. Haussler lives in Freiburg. They're 706 km apart.
    @stagehopper
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Ferrari operates out of St Moritz these days. He started off using it as a base to coach Armstrong and his team mates, eg Landis, Hincapie etc

    Is Gerrans still wearing a brace?
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Timoid. wrote:
    Moray Gub wrote:
    samb01 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Very good year for him. Top 10 placings in Liege, Fleche and Amstel, a Giro stage win and GP Plouay.

    His coach must be very proud

    Is there some hidden meaning in this?!
    Wasn't it Timoid who a little while ago claimed that Haussler was being coached by Ferrari, and then simply didn't respond when asked to provide a source for the claim?


    Ok Timoid cards on the table time does Ferrari coach Gerrans ? and if so maybe we should tell a certain baldy headed Team manager.




    Who can tell. He trains with Ferrari's mates, lives near where the good doctor is based and has had a remarakable upsurge in form since moving there. Ditto Haussler.

    Whoever his coach is must be proud.

    He lives in Monaco which is some 300 miles from St Moritz and i presume thats where the good Dr is based hardly close on thats basis i live close to Manchester. His form is hardly remarkable he has won Plouay and two breakaway stages this year to go with another one from the Tour last year . Good but remarkable ? definately not and he has trained with Lance thats a complete nothing shot in terms of evidence In short you are besmirching the name of a good solid rider with little or no evidence.
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    stagehopper wrote:
    Where is Ferrari based these days? Gerrans lives in Monaco. Haussler lives in Freiburg. They're 706 km apart.

    Dont let the facts get in the way though.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    I should have said trains or is based. Armstrong lives in Texas, but trains in St Moritz and Girona.

    Gerrans is resident in Monaco, but trains out of St Moritz. Do you think he pootles round Monte Carlo all year?

    As for his record, up until last year he hadn't a race victory of note. Now he has wins in all three GT's (one of which was a reneging of a gentleman's agreement with Martinez) and top eight finishes in the three Ardennes classics.

    Haussler has gone off the scale in terms of performance. I thought he officially lived in Monaco too, so completely wrong there.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.

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