Vuelta Stage 9 *spoiler*

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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    What? Is that the worst timed commerical break EVER!

    :evil:
  • benjboy
    benjboy Posts: 258
    Great ride my wiggo well done that Irish man...Dan he is the man....
    Keep the chain tight all the way.
  • brucey72
    brucey72 Posts: 1,086
    Brilliant stuff!!!! Well done Wiggins
  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    chapeau wiggo.
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Awesome ride there... Wiggins on this form will win the Vuelta... Top class riding by Dan Martin - such a well-deserved win there!
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  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Good ride from Wiggo........J-Rod reckoned on losing 2:30 tomorrow in the TT. On todays evidence I can see Wiggo putting 4 minutes into him easy!

    Nice to see Dan Martin get a win too :D
  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    Fantastic controlled ride by Wiggins! what a great Vuelta Sunday. :D
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    What a stage! Chapeau wiggo & martin!
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    There must be 20 spectators at the finish. :lol:
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Brilliant rides from Wiggins & Martin. Wiggins in red tomorrow?
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    Froome could make the top 10 overall as well at this rate
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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Even I was impressed by Wiggins ... Not so sure it's luck or design only the non-GC riders took some bonus seconds ... If he had calculated to ride so hard that Nibs etc. couldn't come over him then well done indeed ...
  • benjboy
    benjboy Posts: 258
    What about Froome he was up there as well great ride from him as well.
    Keep the chain tight all the way.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    That stage finish is bound to bring on some furious posting around here!
    Terrific final 6km
    Anybody else noticed that Dan Martin has now won both the major MTF bunch finishes? (not that there was much of a bunch left!)
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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Two fingers from Wiggo to all the doubters. Superb ride from him and Froome.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Very good ride by Wiggins. Pretty intelligent too.

    Wonder how much it will have taken out of him?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • benjboy
    benjboy Posts: 258
    At last the tour comes alive....
    Keep the chain tight all the way.
  • rocksteadyeddie
    rocksteadyeddie Posts: 294
    Fantastic to say the National Champs jersey on the front of a Grand Tour drilling it. Top ride by Wiggins, and a bit of a coming of age for Dan Martin. Roll on tomorrow.
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Wiggins/Martin/Froome - hat to you all. That was one of the most enjoyable stages in a LONG time. Great stuff.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,662
    Think ITV 4 must be using the same illegal feed as I was!
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    mroli wrote:
    Wiggins/Martin/Froome - hat to you all. That was one of the most enjoyable stages in a LONG time. Great stuff.

    LONG time ..did you catch the TdF???
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Wiggins must be in with a chance of GC win. Be good to see a Brit finally win the Vuelta after the unfairness to Millar in 1985
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Yep - but just trying to think of a stage where favourites were just ground out like that from this year's tour. Esp, with my patriotic hat on, by a Brit (Belgian) and an Irish Brummy(!). Watching the leaders (and more favoured riders) just falling off...

    Besides, the Tour seems a LONG time ago now....
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    I'm not sure I agree that the race only came alive today.
    Yesterday was pretty explosive.

    Anyhow, for tomorrow's ITT battle for red.
    For me it's down to
    Nibali
    Fuglsang @ 29"
    Wiggins @ 52"

    Think Nibs will struggle to stay with a minute of Brad.
    The Dane is the dark horse.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,204
    Hope the chef made plenty of humble pie! Boring rider who sucks wheels and can't live with proper climbers etc. Good ride by 'over-rated' Martin too. Froome showing real potential as well - good day for British riders :-)
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    Great ride by Wiggo, goes to prove what he could have done at the tour.

    Scarponi blew apart. Hope it was just a bad day but if today is anything to go off then he could well not make the top 10. But still 2 weeks to go.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wow sounded like some super fireworks. Time gaps certainly aren't large though between the first bunch even if there were a few losers.

    Really glad that Mr Martin took the win. Super talent, true racer. Mollema showing very well this year.

    Stage 9 results
    1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Cervelo 4:52:14
    2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
    3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC + 0:03
    4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky + 0:04
    5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky + 0:07
    6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale + 0:11
    7 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis + 0:12
    8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
    9 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack
    10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana

    General Classification after Stage 9
    1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 37:11:17
    2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha + 0:01
    3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale + 0:09
    4 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana + 0:16
    5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto + 0:27
    6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha + 0:35
    7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek + 0:37
    8 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep + 0:42
    9 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa)RadioShack
    10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC + 0:46
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,920
    J Rod lost 50 seconds on todays stage

    Scarponi came in with Anton 1:50 down.
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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Just watched the last 2k, Wiggins awesome what and engine!!! And congrats to Marin, great win. So good to see Wiggins riding like that, great stuff.
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    Brilliant viewing. I didn't think Nibali would be taken to his limit by anybody in that pack. Wiggins looked unreal, it was shown by how quickly Rodriguez was losing time. Naturally, Froome also deserves a mention.

    I can't wait to see how it plays out on the Angliru. Going off last time, I assumed Rodriguez would use it to his advantage, but he surprised me for the wrong reasons today. Nobody really sticks out as the person to make the big, definitive moves.

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