Vuelta Stage 17**Spoiler**

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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    well cobo doesnt look easy on that climb! cracking ride by froome!
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Haha Froome felt that one-good stuff!
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    AWESOME!! Froome is a legend.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    froome looks destroyed!
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Thats proper tired. Hats off.
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Cobo was good second down at least over the line.....be interesting to see what the comms do.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    one second gap to cobo plus 8 bonus?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    What a a RACER

    Hammer down hard. Gap the man, Maintain. Get caught then monster the retake.

    WOW.

    And good job Cobo. Bonus seconds for Froome. He should be in the jersey by now if they put faith in him.
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  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    Win or not it doesn't matter (though he will be gutted perhaps) he can go back knowing he gave it all regardless. RESPECT!
  • gattocattivo
    gattocattivo Posts: 500
    f4ck me that was brilliant!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    13 seconds..... not over yet....
  • seven7faces
    seven7faces Posts: 360
    unlucky 13 seconds?
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Bollox, a client phoned at 3kms to go and have just got off the line. :?
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    Froome at 13secs thats very dooable and still 1 2 on podium.
    Who would have said that was possible.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    Bollox, a client phoned at 3kms to go and have just got off the line. :?
    You missed IMO one of the best final kms of the year...
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    edited September 2011
    I haven't shouted like that watching racing for a while, really thought Cobo had blown there for a minute. Still Froome looking very strong so certainly going to be an exciting few days.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    wonder how may pushed Cobo got in last 1.5kms! :wink:
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    So proud to be African right now :)
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    I was promised man-bisons. WHERE WERE THEY, HUH?!

    Good stage, but can't envisage where Froome can gain 13 more seconds in the coming days.
  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    afx237vi wrote:
    I was promised man-bisons. WHERE WERE THEY, HUH?!

    Good stage, but can't envisage where Froome can gain 13 more seconds in the coming days.

    They were all in the section not shown on TV - you know, the one where Cobo went from out on his arse to motorbiking back to Froome's wheel....
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    edited September 2011
    What a difference a climb makes.
    Who would have thought that Froome could take out
    the seemingly unbeatable Cobo?

    Love the Pena Cabarga finish. 2 years and it's an instant success.

    I'm afraid Chris's maths aren't up to much, he thinks he's just 2 seconds down.
    camerone wrote:
    wonder how may pushed Cobo got in last 1.5kms! :wink:

    Don't sour a great battle with stuff like this, even if it's in jest.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    That was racing. Schleck/Contador - this is how you do it....
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  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    Wow that was exciting! Sprinting uphill and what a couple of cheeky moves overtaking on the inside. Brill! Let's hope Wiggo and Sky can mount a couple of big attacks to really put Cobo under pressure
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    FJS wrote:
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    Bollox, a client phoned at 3kms to go and have just got off the line. :?
    You missed IMO one of the best final kms of the year...

    Well, the call was a commission for work, plus there's Vuelta highlights tonight at Look Mum No Hands – both good reasons for a mid-week beer.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • rocksteadyeddie
    rocksteadyeddie Posts: 294
    Wow. What a finish. "This race is not over" (said in American accent) as someone said in 1989...
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Unbelievably exciting. Awesome Froome. Awesome Cobo.

    Wiggo unsurprisingly looking shattered.
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    What a difference a climb makes.
    Who would have thought that Froome could take out
    the seemingly unbeatable Cobo?

    Love the Pena Cabarga finish. 2 years and it's an instant success.

    I'm afraid Chris's maths aren't up to much, he thinks he's just 2 seconds down.
    camerone wrote:
    wonder how may pushed Cobo got in last 1.5kms! :wink:

    Don't sour a great battle with stuff like this, even if it's in jest.

    I can say what I like thank you very much. It was indeed a great battle, two more exhausted riders you won't see...
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    mroli wrote:
    That was racing. Schleck/Contador - this is how you do it....

    +1 Now THAT is sport.
  • rdt
    rdt Posts: 869
    Best mountain-top finish I've ever seen. Mucho respect to Froomie for his ride today, and throughout this tour.
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,974
    Yup... that's what racing should be all about. Great stuff.
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