Vuelta Stage 12 SPOILER

blazing_saddles

The one ray of sunshine, for me, is Cunego.
He's got far more of his fair share of knockers, but, at least he's still in contension and attacking fluently.
I have never been partically fond of the Little Prince, since his antics with Simoni, but I reckon he has earned a break or two.

A pity about Piti's remarkable domestiques.

Basso is looking for turd, IMO, but Gesink is doing his best to light a fire under the defensive brigade.

At one point at the foot of the final climb, we had a bout of team "after you Claude" wheelsucking.
3 teams all waiting for the other to work.

MG has picked it. A real yawn.

blazing_saddles

GC
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51:12:38
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:18
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:13
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:14
9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:03:53
10 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:04:01
11 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:04:10
12 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:04:28
13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:04:57
14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 0:05:12
15 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 0:06:39

Can anyone spot who's missing?
Yes, the Slovenian phantom had a bad one, today. A rare event.

iainf72

You've gotta ride clever - Gesink could pay for his effort.

LangerDan

Blazing Saddles wrote:

The one ray of sunshine, for me, is Cunego.
He's got far more of his fair share of knockers, but, at least he's still in contension and attacking fluently.
I have never been partically fond of the Little Prince, since his antics with Simoni, but I reckon he has earned a break or two.
.

Wot? Is he a bit like that South African womens 800m runner then?

iainf72

Interesting observation of the guys within a minute of the Gold from Mr Vaughters - Danielson is the best (possibly) against the watch.

I expect tomorrow might be a bit tougher for all concerned.

RichN95.

iainf72 wrote:

Interesting observation of the guys within a minute of the Gold from Mr Vaughters - Danielson is the best (possibly) against the watch.

I expect tomorrow might be a bit tougher for all concerned.

TD better than Evans contre le montre? I don't think so somehow.

takethehighroad

It's la montre

RichN95.

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

It's la montre

I thought it might be. GCSE French was 21 years ago.