Volta a Catalunya 2012 *Spoilers*

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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    interesting. Valverde with mechanical - omega drilling it. what goes around comes around eh piti
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    ILM Zero7 wrote:
    levi marking TJ very closely....

    Valverde dropped, and all his helpers spent

    Pretty sure he wasnt dropped. Mechanical. Dodgy google translate tho
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    camerone wrote:
    interesting. Valverde with mechanical - omega drilling it. what goes around comes around eh piti

    Cyclists never forget.
    _
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Huge effort by this Movistar rider to get Valverde back on
    not big enough - he is now 1:25 behind....
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Cunego seems to go downhill pretty quick, but there is a small gap to Sky's challenge
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Gamin. Vac and Lampre are the 3 breakaways
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Liking the look of this mountainside.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    LOL: Levi's lads attack Piti after a mechanical and a crash in the feed zone.
    I'm sure Wiggins and the other twitter lads will be quick to call Bottle out for being a bad sportsman. :roll:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    edited March 2012
    Dan Martin, Cunego and Carrera (poss.) are the 3 going away on the decent
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    WANTED: Cameraman needed in Catalunya area. Must know how to ride a motorcycle. Start immediately.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    afx237vi wrote:
    WANTED: Cameraman needed in Catalunya area. Must know how to ride a motorcycle. Start immediately.

    Was about to say the same, albeit with less witt!
    _
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Was a bit of a Sky train ala 2010....

    Set it up perfectly for someone else.

    Albasini wins.
    _
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    GreenEdge can't stop winning :shock:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    LOL: Levi's lads attack Piti after a mechanical and a crash in the feed zone.
    I'm sure Wiggins and the other twitter lads will be quick to call Bottle out for being a bad sportsman. :roll:

    I won't judge until I hear Mrs Wiggins' version of events :lol:
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Since I missed Valvarde's mechanical - are we putting the responsibility of the gap growing to 2 minutes with Quick-Step?
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Since I missed Valvarde's mechanical - are we putting the responsibility of the gap growing to 2 minutes with Quick-Step?
    Well, from the coverage, they were hammering along on the front, so the breakaway was swept up very, very early.
    Must have attacked out of the feed zone, when Valverde came down.
    Of course, to payback bad sportsmanship with a potentially worse piece of sportsmanship is perfectly acceptable.
    I'm sure Cath will agree. :P
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Since I missed Valvarde's mechanical - are we putting the responsibility of the gap growing to 2 minutes with Quick-Step?
    Well, from the coverage. They were hammering along on the front, so the breakaway was swept up very, very early.
    Must have attacked out of the feed zone, when Valverde came down.
    Of course, to payback bad sportsmanship with a potentially worse piece of sportsmanship is perfectly acceptable.
    I'm sure Cath will agree. :P

    S'the way cycling's always been, non?
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Since I missed Valvarde's mechanical - are we putting the responsibility of the gap growing to 2 minutes with Quick-Step?
    Well, from the coverage. They were hammering along on the front, so the breakaway was swept up very, very early.
    Must have attacked out of the feed zone, when Valverde came down.
    Of course, to payback bad sportsmanship with a potentially worse piece of sportsmanship is perfectly acceptable.
    I'm sure Cath will agree. :P

    S'the way cycling's always been, non?

    That's what I tried to say during Paris-Nice! :wink:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    I'm just pleased quick-step can do that kind of thing again....

    Affect the results of races. Who'd have thought?!?!
    _
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    We will see what happens when they go man to man.
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  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    frenchfighter wrote:
    We will see what happens when they go man to man.

    You're not good at this gracious loser thing are you!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    frenchfighter wrote:
    We will see what happens when they go man to man.

    Who? Valverde and Leipheimer?

    They'll both follow each others wheel and end up riding around in circles like a dog chasing its tail.
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    So, can Albasini hold onto the lead today? He's got 1 min 32 and is a reasonable climber from memory but it's a tough stage a there is no small amount of climbing talent here.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    It would be a lot of time to lose. Do we know the weather forecast. Talk of snow yesterday- that might help him if the stage is shortened.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Valverde out after his crash yesterday. Damaged shoulder:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valverd ... tage-crash
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    FF, is that "Piti" in your Avatar? Refreshing sense of humour if so.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    JonGinge wrote:
    Valverde out after his crash yesterday. Damaged shoulder:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valverd ... tage-crash

    That is pretty annoying.
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  • keef_zip
    keef_zip Posts: 295
    frenchfighter wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Valverde out after his crash yesterday. Damaged shoulder:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valverd ... tage-crash

    That is piti annoying.

    Fixed that for you... :-)
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    I'm thoroughly gutted he's out with an achey shoulder, poor thing. Its just awful.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    The weather looks great!

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