VUELTA Stage 1 **Spoiler**

frenchfighter
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edited August 2010 in Pro race
http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/4/40/v-44119.html
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Times:

    1. Footon-Servetto 22:04
    2. AG2R La Mondiale 22:08
    3. Team Milram 22:12
    4. Team Katusha 22:16
    5. BBOX Bouygues Telecom 22:20
    6. HTC-Columbia 22:24
    7. Quick Step 22:28
    8. Omega Pharma-Lotto 22:32
    9. FDJ 22:36
    10. Euskaltel-Euskadi 22:40
    11. Lampre-Farese Vini 22:44
    12. SKY Professional Cycling Team 22:48
    13. Cofidis, le credit en ligne 22:52
    14. Liquigas-Doimo 22:56
    15. Xacobeo-Galicia 23:00
    16. Garmin-Transitions 23:04
    17. Astaná 23:08
    18. Caisse d'Epargne 23:12
    19. Team Saxo Bank 23:16
    20. Rabobank 23:20
    21. Cervélo Test Team 23:24
    22. Andalucía-CajaSur 23:28

    Fair play to the Vuelta for trying this. It looks good.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    13km, about 15mins
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    None of them have got lights on their bikes. Tut-tut.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Milram currently leading with an average of about 55km/h. Katusha 2nd
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    HTC into 1st... 14'06".
  • edeverett
    edeverett Posts: 224
    The night time urban TTT looks good.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    edeverett wrote:
    The night time urban TTT looks good.

    Very much so, different and really adds to the event IMO.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    It's good stuff.

    Liquigas all over the place already.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Who went over first for HTC?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1.HTC-Columbia 14:06
    2.Lampre 0:14
    3.Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:17
    4.Team Milram 0:18
    5.Team Katusha 0:20
    6.QuickStep 0:23
    7.Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:27
    8.FdJ 0:33
    9.AG2R-La Mondiale 0:33
    10.Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:39
    11.Footon-Servetto 0:57
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Who went over first for HTC?

    The Manx Troll [tm] I think
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Ooh, I forgot Kashechkin was here. Top 10 overall I reckon.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Liquigas disappoint Davey by not being absolutely toilet.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Shame about Garmin. Was hoping they would beat the HTCs. On paper you would expect them to be the best. Not even top three...

    1.HTC-Columbia 14:06
    2.Liquigas-Doimo 0:10
    3.Lampre 0:14
    4.Garmin-Transitions 0:17
    5.Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:17
    6.Team Milram 0:18
    7.Team Katusha 0:20
    8.QuickStep 0:23
    9.Xacobeo-Galicia 0:26
    10.Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:27
    11.Team Sky 0:28
    12.Cofidis 0:28
    13.FdJ 0:33
    14.AG2R-La Mondiale 0:33
    15.Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:39
    16.Footon-Servetto 0:57
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Deignan out the back already!!! Too much injury and problems this year. Will have difficulty repeating last year's performance.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,712
    Boonen didnt start? that's a fantasy Vuelta disaster :?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,814
    Rubberbank. Don't buy Dutch condoms.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,863
    lampre surprise me a bit here
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Hmm, looking on Twitter, I love the way Kloden even moans about races he's not in. Robbie Hunter is a fan.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    An American in red. Very good.

    Cavendish is American now, isn't he?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    mididoctors wrote:
    lampre surprise me a bit here

    They've got quite a few sprinters/lead out men in their team - ideal for this sort of race (rather than TT speciallists)
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  • shakey88
    shakey88 Posts: 289
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Who went over first for HTC?

    The Manx Troll [tm] I think

    ooo you bitch! Any tangible reason for the insult?
  • shakey88
    shakey88 Posts: 289
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Who went over first for HTC?

    The Manx Troll [tm] I think

    ooo you bi t ch! Any tangible reason for the insult?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    shakey88 wrote:

    ooo you bi t ch! Any tangible reason for the insult?

    Nah, just being unpleasant :wink: He's actually really good in TTT and I noticed he crossed the line first looking very serious.

    Sky appear to have dropped their GC guy on the first stage. Löfkvist is 175'th overall.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sky appear to have dropped their GC guy on the first stage. Löfkvist is 175'th overall.

    No doubt part of their 'more relaxed attitude' to this race compared to The Tour.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sky appear to have dropped their GC guy on the first stage. Löfkvist is 175'th overall.
    I thought he might be an outsider for the race, given he can cope with the 4,5,6% climbs that make up most of the racing and he's very good on shorter, steeper climbs too. But he's not having a good year, he was racking up plenty of wins at FDJ and HTC.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Kléber wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sky appear to have dropped their GC guy on the first stage. Löfkvist is 175'th overall.
    I thought he might be an outsider for the race, given he can cope with the 4,5,6% climbs that make up most of the racing and he's very good on shorter, steeper climbs too. But he's not having a good year, he was racking up plenty of wins at FDJ and HTC.

    That is a surprise, this would have been a good race to Lofkvist to show what he's capable of. Guess it frees up Sky to just go for stage wins now.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Fighting talk from Gilbert:
    "I have to lift my level. I am not content to just ride the Vuelta. I will give everything, more than I've done in the past."

    "I'm going to give more than I did in the past. I'm going to finish the Vuelta. I think I'll try to go into the red and into the breakaways more often, but not everyday of course. The first days are hilly, so I can try something."

    As for Lovkvist:
    "They went off like a train and Thomas just got distanced a little bit on one of the chicanes. That meant he had to fight really hard to get back, which put him into the red and it was hard going for him from then on."

    Brailsford added that Marcus Ljungqvist, the main directeur sportif, made the call to wait for Thomas. "He [Löfkvist ] did everything he could to get back on but it was tough for him."

    Julian Dean crashed an hour before the start in the warm up and got dropped early which didn't help Garmin's firepower.
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