Vuelta al Pais Vasco ***Spoiler***

Kléber

FFS, I almost picked Gavazzi for today. I'd got him twice so far in the race, once he was miles off then he was 7th. Third time, I came close but went for Freire.

My PTP rainbow jersey might be cursed :twisted:

gsk82

http://vueltapaisvasco.diariovasco.com/

my foreign isn't very good but that looks like kloden, horner, gesink as the top three to me.

kloden second in TT to martin

frenchfighter

gsk82 wrote:

http://vueltapaisvasco.diariovasco.com/

my foreign isn't very good but that looks like kloden, horner, gesink as the top three to me.

kloden second in TT to martin

Yeah you are right. Cnews have:

Brief Results
Result
1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:32:15
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0:00:05
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 0:00:24
4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:00:29
5 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:42
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:00:48
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:53
8 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:55
10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:00
Final general classification
Result
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 22:12:11
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:47
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:03
5 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:08
7 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:28
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:01:41
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:49
10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:54

frenchfighter

Gesink really can TT well enough for a GT. If he can maintain form for three weeks and not have any misfortunes then he has a great shot at podium. I'll be rooting for him.

frenchfighter

Freire defo not happy:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8058/ ... untry.aspx

I don't see why you should get DQ'd if someone pushes you - pretty ridiculous.



Last 6km
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... N4XkzXOCM8

andrewgturnbull

frenchfighter wrote:

Freire defo not happy:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8058/ ... untry.aspx

I don't see why you should get DQ'd if someone pushes you - pretty ridiculous.

Hi there.

Not ridiculous at all, I'm sure the rules are pretty clear here:

Point 1 - Taking your hands off the bars in a sprint, for whatever reason is frowned upon, also the leadout guy would have engaged reverse gear very quickly when he pushed Freire, and gone straight back into those starting their sprint behind. This was not a madison where the slowed rider drops safely into the well of the track.

Point 2 - Freire clearly gained an unfair advantage in the sprint from his teammate's action.

Cheers, Andy

Bronzie

Surprisingly good TT from Tondo - thought he'd be miles off the pace. Probably too old at to develop into a 3-week tour contender though?

deejay

andrewgturnbull wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

I don't see why you should get DQ'd if someone pushes you - pretty ridiculous.

Hi there.

Not ridiculous at all, I'm sure the rules are pretty clear here:

Point 1 - Taking your hands off the bars in a sprint, for whatever reason is frowned upon, also the leadout guy would have engaged reverse gear very quickly when he pushed Freire, and gone straight back into those starting their sprint behind. This was not a madison where the slowed rider drops safely into the well of the track.

Point 2 - Freire clearly gained an unfair advantage in the sprint from his teammate's action.

Cheers, Andy

Oh I didn't see the Madison Sling and that's the reason they threw the Rule Book at him.

I thought like many, that leadout Luis had baulked Oscar and it was more a tap of appology.
That Luis meant to go to the side to get out of the way but couldn't and just freewheeled like every other Lead out rider does.
I didn't see any other drastic change in his speed.
That Oscar had to get up speed again on his own and his own strength pulled him in front to Win.
You (and those UCI Twats) obviously saw a different incident to the majority of us.

So you don't take your hands off the bars and try to fend off the other guy who is trying to put you in the Barriers, with the only safe part of your body. The Head and still get disqualified.

I've done enough Officiating in my time and found in most Jury rooms that a bumptious Bible Pusher can get out voted and I get Pissed off with UCI officials applying the letter of the rule book without an inkling of intetligence or experience.