Vuelta stage 11 *spoiler*

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  • Bernardus
    Bernardus Posts: 136
    Tondo closing in on Mosquera and Anton

    :( Why does Mosquera never win a stage?
  • Lightning
    Lightning Posts: 360
    Great ride by Anton, Mosquera and Tondo who came out of nowhere. Rodriguez not so good..
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Surprised about J-Rod. Sprinting for bonus seconds takes its toll, eh.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Anyone tell me where Schleck finished...i was trying to watch on a terrible feed at work.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    Who is this cavalier?

    Ha
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Missed the last 5km. Sounds great.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    In the end, Caisse and Cervelo, who looked out of it, came out pretty good.
    Only big losers are Katusha and Rabo.

    Nibali has cracks appearing in his armour. Frank S starting to find some form.
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  • Lightning
    Lightning Posts: 360
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Anyone tell me where Schleck finished...i was trying to watch on a terrible feed at work.
    He lost about 20-30 seconds I think.
  • Bernardus
    Bernardus Posts: 136
    edited September 2010
    General:
    1 71 ANTON, Igor EUS 47h 37' 15''
    2 126 NIBALI, Vincenzo LIQ + 45''
    3 9 TONDO, Xavier CTT + 1' 04''
    4 181 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 1' 17''
    5 211 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel XAC + 1' 29''
    6 57 PLAZA, Ruben GCE + 2' 07''
    7 59 URAN, Rigoberto GCE + 2' 14''
    8 11 ROCHE, Nicholas ALM + 2' 30''
    9 209 SCHLECK, Frank SAX + 2' 30''
    10 179 VELITS, Peter THR + 2' 37''

    Edit: The Vuelta has updated the GC, they missed Bruseghin. He's 6th at 1'57", which means there are 3 Caisse riders in the top 8.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Provisional results:

    1 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5:25:44
    2 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:03
    3 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:10
    4 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:16
    5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:23
    6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
    7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
    8 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:32
    9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
    10 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    cant wait to get home and watch this one, sounds a good stage.
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  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    my sky plus recording went kaput in the last kilometre. great
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    The Karate Kid is looking posed to strike, less than 3 min down on GC so far...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited September 2015
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Anton - never been this good before?
    _
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Anton - never been this good before?

    I think this is a common misconception. He won his first MTF in the Vuelta 2006 when dopers Valverde and Vinokourov were shadow boxing for the GC.

    He performed admirably in the Vuelta in 2008 before he crashed out on the Angliru stage.

    And he did well in the Ardennes just last April.

    In terms of being at the front of a GC then yeah eh's never been this good but like I said he did well in 2008
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    afx237vi wrote:
    Surprised about J-Rod. Sprinting for bonus seconds takes its toll, eh.
    Harmon said that Katusha DS Andrei Tchmil was against J-Rod going for the bonus seconds - looks like the wise old fox still knows a thing or two about tactics - shame he didn't lay down the law though.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Bronzie wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Surprised about J-Rod. Sprinting for bonus seconds takes its toll, eh.
    Harmon said that Katusha DS Andrei Tchmil was against J-Rod going for the bonus seconds - looks like the wise old fox still knows a thing or two about tactics - shame he didn't lay down the law though.

    I dunno. He's had one day in Red as opposed to the zero he would have had otherwise.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Anton - never been this good before?

    I think this is a common misconception. He won his first MTF in the Vuelta 2006 when dopers Valverde and Vinokourov were shadow boxing for the GC.

    He performed admirably in the Vuelta in 2008 before he crashed out on the Angliru stage.

    And he did well in the Ardennes just last April.

    In terms of being at the front of a GC then yeah eh's never been this good but like I said he did well in 2008

    Fair enough - hence the question mark!

    Usually though I'd never bet against J-Rod on a super steep finish. In this Vuelta though, Anton's the man.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Big fan of Anton.

    Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Stage 3, summit finish, snow banks, beats Contador. Class.

    4th in Fleche, 6th in Liege. Class.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiuHwNHM5L0
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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Big fan of Anton.

    Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Stage 3, summit finish, snow banks, beats Contador. Class.

    4th in Fleche, 6th in Liege. Class.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiuHwNHM5L0

    Same here, I think his spring performances were a real indicator of this Vuelta showing... still he is philosophical about his overall chances: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08092010/58/vuelta-espana-anton-wins-stage-lead-vuelta.html
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Last 5km
    http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube ... =640&h=380
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    great measured work by Anton - didnt get dragged in
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  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Last 5km
    http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube ... =640&h=380

    cheers ff
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Felt so Good wrote:
    great measured work by Anton - didnt get dragged in

    +1. He won it with his head almost as much as his legs. Very mature riding.

    Like Sonny73 said, anyone who paid attention to the Spanish stage races in the spring could have seen this coming. Rick must have been watching something else in April... can't possibly imagine what!

    I must say though, Nibali is still a big danger. 46 km TT coming up...

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