Vuelta Stage 17... Spoiler...

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Mmm, no-one saw that coming. Including the broadcasters.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    That was a bolt out of the blue.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    J-Rod getting a mullering.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Time Trials.

    So not fair.
    _
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    J-Rod losing an absolute packet!
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Roche finishes 3:29 down on Velits-he looked wasted at the finish!
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Rodriguez has blown completely. He's 5:27 down at the 31km point
    Oooof - game over for Purito
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Good performance from Mosquera.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Well Velits...continues to surprise me. I really would like to know why he is going so well. I keep thinking it is because he is allowed to ride for himself and has good ability anyway. I will check his palmares as I am not overly familiar with them.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Current

    1.Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia) 52.43
    2. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) + 0.12
    3.Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) +0.37
    4.Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank) +0.50
    5.Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) +1.03
    6.Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto) +1.07
    7.David Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) +1.10
    8.Carlos Barredo (QuickStep) +1.14
    9.Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto +1.24
    10. David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) +1.27

    Very good ride from Sastre too. And Gilbert - he said beforehand that this TT wasn't part of his prep
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    afx237vi wrote:
    Good performance from Mosquera.
    Come on my little PTP wildcard!!! :P
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GC after Stage 16

    1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 70:24:39
    2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:33
    3 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:53
    4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:16
    5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:03:01
    6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:04:27
    7 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:04:29
    8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:04:43
    9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:04:53
    10 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:06:23
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    J-Rod looks really uncomfortable on a TT bike. I didn't realize they made them in children's sizes.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    If they are going to have a TT - I much prefer to have it with a few days of racing left afterwards so some of these riders will be more inclined to attack in the coming days.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Nibs leads Zeke by 38s going into the final stages. Fireworks ordered for Saturday PM.
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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Mosquera, really good TT from him... he may just pull it off on Saturday!!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Bronzie wrote:
    Nibs leads Zeke by 38s going into the final stages. Fireworks ordered for Saturday PM.

    More than doable with a 20s bonus on the line if he wins.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Was hoping for a shorter TT so Mosquera could post a 25:17 :D
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    Bronzie wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Good performance from Mosquera.
    Come on my little PTP wildcard!!! :P

    me too

    plus a cheeky 5er each way at 10 to 1. can he take 39 secs off nibs saturday?
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    afx237vi wrote:
    Bronzie wrote:
    Nibs leads Zeke by 38s going into the final stages. Fireworks ordered for Saturday PM.

    More than doable with a 20s bonus on the line if he wins.
    The Bola del Mundo is horribly steep at the top - the sort of thing J-Rod would be at home on

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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Provisional General classification after stage 17

    1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 71:19:49
    2 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:39
    3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:02:00
    4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:44
    5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:03:45
    6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:03:45
    7 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:03:55
    8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:04:03
    9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:04:13
    10 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:05:43
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Always good to get one (point) over the "Cancellara for every TT" PTP herd :)
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  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Will we see the Spanish join forces to help a Spaniard win.
    Mañana
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wow, Roche is going to be pissed.

    That climb looks absolutely nuts - 22km at 6% with grades up to 20% :shock:

    Rodrigues said he had three goals - to win a stage, wear the red jersey and take the GC. He said he was happy having done two of those. He may well take the win on Bola
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Well Velits...continues to surprise me. I will check his palmares as I am not overly familiar with them.
    Frankly, apart from U23 World Champ RR in 2007 it's a bit sparse.

    His best year to date looks like 2009:
    4th San Sebastien
    31st TdF overall
    12th Tour Suisse overall
    10th Milan Sanremo
    7th Eroica
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited September 2010
    From a Spanish forum.
    If you want to see how really awful the Bola part of the climb is, scroll down past the pictures of the Navacerrada and prepare to be amazed, if not shocked:
    http://apmforo.mforos.com/401631/969607 ... za-gloria/
    The first of which is:
    b079554f.jpg

    IMO, anything could happen.
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  • disquieting_museeuws
    disquieting_museeuws Posts: 601
    How did Nibali get a bottle back after his wheel change, I wonder? The footage clearly showed one of the staff take it off the first bike & put it on the spare thinking he was doing a bike change, but later in the ride he had a bidon in his cage again. The team car can't hand one up by the rules, and there was no designated feed zone as far as I can see. Would a motorbike commissaire hand one on to him, perhaps?
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Someone obviously gave him a bottle.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    From a Spanish forum.
    If you want to see how really awful the Bola part of the climb is, scroll down past the pictures of the Navacerrada and prepare to be amazed, if not shocked:
    http://apmforo.mforos.com/401631/969607 ... eza-gloria

    IMO, anything could happen.

    Thanks a lot for this. It really is quite something, not your typical mountain pass at all. Certainly pretty ugly, it should make for a good spectacle. Certainly a unique climb...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited September 2015
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