Vuelta stage 9 *spoiler*

afx237vi

A similar profile to yesterday, if a little easier:



3 more riders pull out today - Bichot, Delage and Petacchi, who I'm guessing didn't sleep very well last night due to his sore arse.

15 riders in the breakaway, including some big names... Moncoutie again, JC Peraud, Egoi Martinez, Barredo, Gasparotto and Kreuziger amongst them.

frenchfighter

What's up with Kreuziger...in 50th place. Cancellara is in 4th from last position on GC. I wonder what logic is being used - we have Gilbert and Cancellara two of the biggest conenteders for the Worlds and approaching the first week of the Vuelta completely differently. I guess different riders need different preps. Fabian may also be expected to do a lot of work later for Frank.

frenchfighter

Km 60 - Coll de Rates - 6,8 km at 5,15% - Category 2
Km 97,8 - Alto de Guadalest - 5,3 km at 7,17% - Category 2
Km 106,5 - Alto de Confrides - 11,8 km at 3,47% - Category 3
Km 124,8 - Alto de Tudons - 7,2 km at 5,14% - Category 2
Km 147,5 - Puerto de Torremanzanas - 8,3 km at 5,42% - Category 2
Km 158,5 - Puerto de Benifallín - 5,3 km at 5,00% - Category 3
Km 174,9 - Alto del Revolcat - 5,9 km at 4,41% - Category 3

frenchfighter

Oscar Pujol (Cervelo), Bela Kadri (AG2R), Javier Ramirez (Andalucia-CajaSur), Enrico Gasparotto (Astana);, Perrig Quemeneur (Bbox), David Moncoutie (Cofidis), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel), Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Jean-Christophe Peraud (Omega Pharma-Lotto); Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Carlos Barredo (QuickStep), Dario Cataldo (QuickStep), Gianpaolo Caruso (Katusha) and Gonzalo Rabunal (Xacobeo Galicia).

At 5.25

blazing_saddles

Dutch feed here:
http://streamz.yolasite.com/ch-16.php
Eurosport now not due until 3-30pm. :x

Edit:
Barredo requested to leave the break, as he was VRLOTRoad.........

takethehighroad

afx237vi wrote:

15 riders in the breakaway, including some big names... Moncoutie again, JC Peraud, Egoi Martinez, Barredo, Gasparotto and Kreuziger amongst them.

Come on PTP!

frenchfighter

Apparently Barredo dropped out of the lead group to give the others a better chance of staying away - he is 2.49 down on GC. Nice thing to do if true.

frenchfighter

I know people say the countryside is boring etc but I really it and some of those hills they ride are begging to be ridden by bike.

takethehighroad

Elsewhere, @procycling just posted this on Twitter

American Taylor Phinney wins prologue in Tour de l'Avenir (Tour of the future) before Dowsett

afx237vi

Euskaltel should have let Barredo take the jersey - yes or no?

frenchfighter

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Elsewhere, @procycling just posted this on Twitter

American Taylor Phinney wins prologue in Tour de l'Avenir (Tour of the future) before Dowsett

These two are going to battle it out for a while. I had no idea this race was going on at the moment. Will have to start following.

Anyone know the result of Ricco's first race for VS? Giro della Romagna

takethehighroad

frenchfighter wrote:

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Elsewhere, @procycling just posted this on Twitter

American Taylor Phinney wins prologue in Tour de l'Avenir (Tour of the future) before Dowsett

These two are going to battle it out for a while. I had no idea this race was going on at the moment. Will have to start following.

Anyone know the result of Ricco's first race for VS? Giro della Romagna

1 2 3 was Sinkewitz Pozzovivo and your fave Gio Visconti

frenchfighter

Thanks, can't find the results anywhere...

calvjones

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

Elsewhere, @procycling just posted this on Twitter

American Taylor Phinney wins prologue in Tour de l'Avenir (Tour of the future) before Dowsett

These two are going to battle it out for a while. I had no idea this race was going on at the moment. Will have to start following.

Anyone know the result of Ricco's first race for VS? Giro della Romagna

1 2 3 was Sinkewitz Pozzovivo and your fave Gio Visconti

Good to see Sinkewitz keeping that dirty doper in his place.



Eh?

Oh.

frenchfighter

Barredo making sigins that he has bonked...

That lead went up pretty fast after he dropped out.

frenchfighter

Euskaltel's only day in Red and they lose it! Well they might lose it, they have quite a bit of time to make up

afx237vi

frenchfighter wrote:

Euskaltel's only day in Red and they lose it! Well they might lose it, they have quite a bit of time to make up

It's what they should be trying to do anyway.

frenchfighter

Well it depends on whether they think they will get it back at a later stage. If not then they may as well hang on to it for the exposure regardless of whether they have the ride the front

afx237vi

frenchfighter wrote:

Well it depends on whether they think they will get it back at a later stage. If not then they may as well hang on to it for the exposure regardless of whether they have the ride the front

Agreed, but Anton is good enough to win overall, so why not put a bit of faith in him? Someone like Peraud is not that much of a danger on the mountain top finishes.

blazing_saddles

Moncoutie rode the last 10kms so much smarter than the rest.
The result is, he's in with a shout of back-to-back wins.

afx237vi

Meh. Peraud's lost it anyway. Bit of a damp squib, this stage.

frenchfighter

Bernardus

afx237vi wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Well it depends on whether they think they will get it back at a later stage. If not then they may as well hang on to it for the exposure regardless of whether they have the ride the front

Agreed, but Anton is good enough to win overall, so why not put a bit of faith in him? Someone like Peraud is not that much of a danger on the mountain top finishes.

The problem with Peraud is that he's relatively unknown, he might hang on longer than expected and he has a good tt.

frenchfighter

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Moncoutie rode the last 10kms so much smarter than the rest.
The result is, he's in with a shout of back-to-back wins.

Yeah pretty smart. Experience shows.

afx237vi

Oh, the Vuelta put the wrong time up... Peraud still in virtual red by about a minute.

frenchfighter

Lars Boom won today's Grote Prijs Jef Scherens, ahead of Belgian Maxime Vantomme of Katusha

afx237vi

Bernardus wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Well it depends on whether they think they will get it back at a later stage. If not then they may as well hang on to it for the exposure regardless of whether they have the ride the front

Agreed, but Anton is good enough to win overall, so why not put a bit of faith in him? Someone like Peraud is not that much of a danger on the mountain top finishes.

The problem with Peraud is that he's relatively unknown, he might hang on longer than expected and he has a good tt.

It's a risk that he could do an Arroyo I suppose. He did well in Paris-Nice and Pais Vasco this year, so he can climb... but if I were a Euskie DS, I'd be happy if he took red by 30 odd seconds. Gives Anton a break for three or four days.

afx237vi

Lopez wins, 54" for Peraud... now we wait.

frenchfighter

Nice move by Lopez. He rode well and aggressively so glad he got the win. First since 07 as well.


See that guy chuck his bidon over the bridge!

Andy out the back - I am beginning to wonder if he will be any help in the mountains.

afx237vi

Anton keeps red.

Bernardus

It's always great if an underdog wins: This was only his 2nd professional victory after a stage win in the Deutschland Tour in 2007, where he outclimbed Voigt, Gesink and Cunego.