Vuelta stage 3 spoiler

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Oooh going to be tight
    Contador is the Greatest
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    suspectdevice wrote:
    Be good for the locals if he does.

    What are the time bonuses?

    20, 12 and 8. I think.

    Martinez is done.
  • suspectdevice
    suspectdevice Posts: 263
    nope, he's caught.

    gutted
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That's a shame. Great effort.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • suspectdevice
    suspectdevice Posts: 263
    Gilbert looking good
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    An exhibition from Gilbert...
  • Bernardus
    Bernardus Posts: 136
    Gilbert
    Rodriguez
    Anton
    Nibali
    ?Lampre?
  • suspectdevice
    suspectdevice Posts: 263
    good finish, well judged.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    AMAZING POWER

    I love those finishes.

    Gilbert too strong and was pushed hard by Joaquim

    Only his third win but will be many more I think before the season is out
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Ha ha Harmon. That's what happens when you watch the clock and not the race.

    Jaochim Rodriguez seems to have picked up, where he left off in the Tour.
    A very dangerous man for the GC, given the climbs in this Vuelta.
    Gilbert displays what he does better than anyone else.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • suspectdevice
    suspectdevice Posts: 263
    puts rodriguez in a good position, taking time on a climb like that bodes quite well.
  • Bernardus
    Bernardus Posts: 136
    Gilbert also takes the red jersey.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Nice finish.

    Nibs looking good to get his climb on before the really big hills.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    A nice finish but the TV coverage didn't let us see what happened behind. Gilbert went but what did the others do, watch each other?

    I'm tempted to make my PTP pick for the worlds today... Gilbert.

    1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4:06:12
    2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:03
    3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:13
    4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:15
    5 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
    6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale
    7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:00:18
    8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:19
    9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
    10 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    Andy lost 14 min :oops: :oops: :oops: what a disaster! Do you remember a gran campion (Contador, Armstrong, Indurain) doing something similar in a GT?

    I think he never going to win a GT, he hasn't stamina to do it.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Not just Andy:
    98 Schleck, Andy SAX + 14 '27''
    100 VANDEVELDE, Christian GRM + 14 '30''
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Andy said all along he wasn't at the Vuelta to win it - he's there to support Frank. He's just keeping his powder dry until he's needed - when they hit the big mountains.

    Still - that's a lot of people's PTP pick down the toilet and we're only 3 days in.


    I think this may come down to a battle between Menchov and Frank - and if Andy is fresh to help Frank.... then that could be the edge he needs.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Tom Danielson is top man from Garmin. I reckon he might top 10 again in this Vuelta.

    Van Garderen also well up there today.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • shakey88
    shakey88 Posts: 289
    frenchfighter wrote:
    AMAZING POWER



    Only his third win but will be many more I think before the season is out

    That's if he doesn't get caught :wink:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited September 2015
    Yes, you are unmatchable!
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Last km
    http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/201 ... 3367.shtml
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    From the photos, it looks like the first finishers were all in the 53 apart from Anton
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Looks like 4 days of sprint finishes or breaks before two days of mountains. The only exception may be tomorrow, although I would imagine the sprinters could contest

    4uk.gif
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GC
    1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8:55:56
    2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:14
    3 Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:22
    4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:26
    5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:28
    6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
    7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:35
    8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
    9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:36
    10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:41
    11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 0:00:42
    12 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:43
    13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo
    14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:46
    15 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
    16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:47
    17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne
    18 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
    19 Gustav Larsson (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
    20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese Vini

    Nice position for Tejay. He is aiming for top 20, maybe top 10
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Sounds like Sky have the plague

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... lness.html

    So Vuelta riders get to travel with their own beds? Perhaps their own toilets would be a better choice.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Looks like 4 days of sprint finishes or breaks before two days of mountains. The only exception may be tomorrow, although I would imagine the sprinters could contest

    4uk.gif

    Sprinters to contest?
    Don't think so.
    Inside info says that the final climb is a killer with a 20% section.

    Mr Unbeatable to be beaten by Mr Second Place.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sounds like Sky have the plague

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... lness.html

    So Vuelta riders get to travel with their own beds? Perhaps their own toilets would be a better choice.

    Sky must be drinking T Mobile's 2004 Vuelta orange juice. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sounds like Sky have the plague

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... lness.html

    So Vuelta riders get to travel with their own beds? Perhaps their own toilets would be a better choice.

    Sky must be drinking T Mobile's 2004 Vuelta orange juice. :wink:

    It's not exactly the first time that some Brits have gone to Marbella, spent all day in the sun and then felt ill.

    The Scandanavians were OK. Those guys have a strong constitution. Guts like garbage disposal units.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Brailsford said one of the strange symptoms of the illness, which started to affect the team on Saturday, is that it strikes unusually fast.
    Since when does gastric flu slowly catch up on you?

    It happened to the Garmin boys last year mid-race, Danielson was on course for a decent performance until he sprayed his chammy brown.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Kléber wrote:
    A nice finish but the TV coverage didn't let us see
    Awfull camera work throughout with that idiot lead cameraman.
    I think the ASO have that French lead cameraman here, who makes cycle racing so boring to watch for me and the general public.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972

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