Stage 19 ****SPOILER****

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  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    And they're back in the pack
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Game plan like, if indeed it was a game plan, was doomed to failure.

    Not once have Sky thought to send a man up the road.

    Poor.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    So Froome and Cobo in top 4 with bonus seconds to play for, assuming Anton takes the 20, Froome could still gain up to 8 seconds if he finishes in front of Cobo, plus a few seconds if he could somehow drop him on the run in...

    EDIT: back in the bunch, will need another plan!
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Cobo and Froome clearly the best, but that was nowhere near enough to drop Cobo

    And there's still 3 riders ahead, so no boni seconds
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Game plan like, if indeed it was a game plan, was doomed to failure.

    Not once have Sky thought to send a man up the road.

    Poor.
    I'm guessing Geox wouldn't have allowed that
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    BigMat wrote:
    EDIT: back in the bunch, will need another plan!

    Sack whoever is dishing out the tactics for team sky would be a start...

    Very poor..
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  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    & now it look's like the 3rd place bonus is slipping away aswell
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    you would never have thought anton would win a stage at this years giro after the start he had
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Anton gets it in his hometown - a Basque winning the first stage there after 33 years - not bad
  • guity
    guity Posts: 113
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Not once have Sky thought to send a man up the road.

    Poor.

    I dont think Sky have anyone at this vuelta that is capable of getting up the road on this sort of stage. At the first sight of an incline it seems to be just Froome and Wiggins left. If they had any of the quys from the tour like G EBH fletch etc thean it might have been a plausible option.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Can't really criticise Sky's tactics there. They tried, they failed, but it was always going to be a long shot.
  • thewaiter
    thewaiter Posts: 110
    guity wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Not once have Sky thought to send a man up the road.

    Poor.

    I dont think Sky have anyone at this vuelta that is capable of getting up the road on this sort of stage. At the first sight of an incline it seems to be just Froome and Wiggins left. If they had any of the quys from the tour like G EBH fletch etc thean it might have been a plausible option.

    agreed on that point....
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    A bit anti-climactic. Geox have all the bases covered.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Same time gap at the start of the climb, as when the group finished.
    After all the promise of that first ascent.
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    look at the amount of people out - thanks goodness for them! That was an spectator crowd and a half!
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Doobz wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    EDIT: back in the bunch, will need another plan!

    Sack whoever is dishing out the tactics for team sky would be a start...

    Very poor..

    Its a bit ignorant of the sport of professional cycle racing to suggest they could have done much else isn't it? Like all the fan boys saying that Wiggins and Froome should just time trial off the front of the pack. Best they can do is keep chipping away and hope they get a bit of luck somewhere down the line, otherwise they'll just have to settle for 2nd and 3rd and two stage wins (awful!)
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    BigMat wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    EDIT: back in the bunch, will need another plan!

    Sack whoever is dishing out the tactics for team sky would be a start...

    Very poor..

    Its a bit ignorant of the sport of professional cycle racing to suggest they could have done much else isn't it? Like all the fan boys saying that Wiggins and Froome should just time trial off the front of the pack. Best they can do is keep chipping away and hope they get a bit of luck somewhere down the line, otherwise they'll just have to settle for 2nd and 3rd and two stage wins (awful!)

    No your right.. Its just frustrating..

    I am guessing they have decided that its better to preserve their final GC status then sacrifice themselves. I can understand that..
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    What on earth are they doing now on Eurosport?
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Doobz wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    EDIT: back in the bunch, will need another plan!

    Sack whoever is dishing out the tactics for team sky would be a start...

    Very poor..

    Its a bit ignorant of the sport of professional cycle racing to suggest they could have done much else isn't it? Like all the fan boys saying that Wiggins and Froome should just time trial off the front of the pack. Best they can do is keep chipping away and hope they get a bit of luck somewhere down the line, otherwise they'll just have to settle for 2nd and 3rd and two stage wins (awful!)

    No your right.. Its just frustrating..

    I am guessing they have decided that its better to preserve their final GC status then sacrifice themselves. I can understand that..

    Cobo seems to be strong enough to match them on most climbs, even if Wiggins had blown himself up with Froome on his wheel, I can't see how Cobo wouldn't have been one wheel further back and then just nicked any bonus seconds available for himself. They need a split in the pack - cross winds, crash, freak loss of concentration by Cobo - can't see it happening but if they keep going for it you never know. I reckon any tactical fail came before today, and was pretty understandable in all the circumstances.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    What would sending a guy up the road have achieved today? Unless it was Wiggins it would have had absolutely zero effect on the stage.

    It's the football equivalent of "they just gotta get the ball down and keep possession"..
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What on earth are they doing now on Eurosport?

    Last nights 1km knockout sprint comp from Quebec.
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    A few riders tweeting that the smell and clouds of "Weed, Ganja, Dope" on the final climb was pretty nuts..

    suppose that's what the Jamaica flags were all about!!
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
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  • rebs
    rebs Posts: 891
    Doobz wrote:
    A few riders tweeting that the smell and clouds of "Weed, Ganja, Dope" on the final climb was pretty nuts..

    suppose that's what the Jamaica flags were all about!!

    Half the Peloton thrown out of the race for testing positive for reacreational drugs would shakeup the GC I'd imagine :P
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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