Vuelta Stage 6 *Spoiler*

FJS

Mostly flat but with an interesting climb not far from the finish. Freire won in Cordoba with the same finale a coupleof years ago, and marked this as a stage for him before the Vuelta started. But he has not felt well the last couple of days.

Escape of the day, with 8 minutes: SARAMOTINS Aleksejs (045), KOHLER Martin (032), DOI Yukihiro (172) y PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian (025).


Matti Breschel crashed still in the neutralised bit and has abandoned. Could have predicted that, as I picked him for PTP today :evil: . My pick crashing before the stage has actually started seems emblematic for my PTP year..... Sorry for him though, as he was going really well (only sprinter left in first group on Monday I think), and was clearly building towards the Worlds in his homecountry. Hope he's OK.

rick_chasey

You're all over this Vuelta eh?

LeicesterLad

FJS wrote:

Mostly flat but with an interesting climb not far from the finish. Freire won in Cordoba with the same finale a coupleof years ago, and marked this as a stage for him before the Vuelta started. But he has not felt well the last couple of days.

Escape of the day, with 8 minutes: SARAMOTINS Aleksejs (045), KOHLER Martin (032), DOI Yukihiro (172) y PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian (025).


Matti Breschel crashed still in the neutralised bit and has abandoned. Could have predicted that, as I picked him for PTP today :evil: . My pick crashing before the stage has actually started seems emblematic for my PTP year..... Sorry for him though, as he was going really well (only sprinter left in first group on Monday I think), and was clearly building towards the Worlds in his homecountry. Hope he's OK.

Unlucky with the Breschel thing, although to be honest, today's stage is a contender for one of the hardest PTP picks ever, so depending on the outcome it might not make a difference. As for Freire, sad to say, but hope he's feeling a little under the weather today, as my heart told me last night to pick him for todays stage, but my head told me to go with Sagon, to limit losses, as he's bound to be there or thereabouts, but we'll see.

LeicesterLad

Rick Chasey wrote:

You're all over this Vuelta eh?

This years Vuelta would be turd without Him. Unbelieveable the difference in posts for the TdF and the Vuelta, inevitable i know, but a little disheartening.

FJS

Rick Chasey wrote:

You're all over this Vuelta eh?

Just a couple of days of admin at home making it easy to combine with following races. Although, I have to say the route ain't bad. Considering this is the first week of a grand tour, wehaven't had a single proper flat predictable-outcome sprinters stage yet. Well, you have to lower your standards outside March and April, right?

LeicesterLad

LLS and Freire have both ruled themselves out of the win today. LLS feels aweful apparently, and Freire struggling with his breathing.

FJS

LeicesterLad wrote:

but my head told me to go with Sagon, to limit losses, as he's bound to be there or thereabouts, but we'll see.

That was my thinking with Breschel

thomasmc

Joaquin Rodriguez tried to get into a break early on. That was never likely to get away!

rick_chasey

FJS wrote:

Well, you have to lower your standards outside March and April, right?

Pffft. Sheffield's made you soft.

FJS

Rick Chasey wrote:

FJS wrote:

Well, you have to lower your standards outside March and April, right?

Pffft. Sheffield's made you soft.

Nah, just all part of sticking to the idea that there's cycling outside July

rick_chasey

FJS wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

FJS wrote:

Well, you have to lower your standards outside March and April, right?

Pffft. Sheffield's made you soft.

Nah, just all part of sticking to the idea that there's cycling outside July

Yeah maybe.

Post July I can only get excited about the World's.

It's a sad state of affairs. I really want to get into the Vuelta but I find the effort too big.


Anyway, enough rubbishing it. What's happening?

FJS

Cancellara just brought the escape back from 5 minutes to 16 seconds in 15 km

camerone

Anton at the back again

Tom BB

Anton should just jump in the team car and save any further suffering!

rick_chasey

FJS wrote:

Cancellara just brought the escape back from 5 minutes to 16 seconds in 15 km

Shwing.

Is that another one of those " I need to put an effort in to see how I'm doing before the World's" effort he likes to do?

FJS

Moncoutie on the attack again

frenchfighter

FJS wrote:

Cancellara just brought the escape back from 5 minutes to 16 seconds in 15 km

Ha, that made me smile!

Tom BB

Sagan leading down the descent........really stretching it out-he really is a cracking descender

afx237vi

Liquigas... wow.

Tom BB

A little leakygas group inculding Nibs have taken 6 second on the field down the descent....

FJS

It's all split up in the descent
Sagan and Nibali and other Liquigas in a smal group ahead
Anton in a group way back

camerone

llekigas phenomenal descenders!

FJS

Chavanel, Jrod and I think Martin chasing on their own
All this in a descent

afx237vi

Can't see Wiggo in that second group.

Tom BB

Lol comedy finish-Liquigas v Lastras.......Sagan takes it-I'm suprised that he didn't give it to Nibs for the bonus seconds!

inkyfingers

afx237vi wrote:

Can't see Wiggo in that second group.

In the 3rd group

jibberjim

Liquigas way too greedy! Should've let Lastras had it - had him working and then given Nibali 2nd rather trying to go for the win and losing Nibali more seconds.

Cumulonimbus

What a finish, didnt see that coming on the descent.

FJS

Cool, like a TTT finish with a stowaway

camerone

nibali not happy!

afx237vi

Nibali whinging a bit there. A Liiquigas win is more important than a couple of bonus seconds.