Vuelta al Pais Vasco *spoilers*

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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Those three away. Henao, Nordhaug, Nocentini, Scarponi and Cunego 15 s back
  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    coming back together again it seems
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Sanchez takes it
  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    Samu, j-rod, horner is the order at the top
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Sky seem to have found some climbers.

    Come on Cunego, my PTP needs you!!
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Pross wrote:
    Sky seem to have found some climbers.

    Come on Cunego, my PTP needs you!!

    You and me both. He was 5th!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Damn. What was the final finish order? I assume the 3 stayed away.

    Edit - sorry, missed the previous couple of posts. I've got Sanchez for tomorrow I think - typical!
  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    Sanchez, j-rod, Horner, Mollema, Cunego, Dan martin was the top 6

    Tomorrow might bring out some more of the real climbers as it's their last real opportunity of the week. Fingers crossed otherwise my PTP overall of van den broeck will be stuffed
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    andyjr wrote:
    Sanchez, j-rod, Horner, Mollema, Cunego, Dan martin was the top 6


    Tony, rather than Dan Martin was in 6th place - the boy must be learning how to climb.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    LangerDan wrote:
    andyjr wrote:
    Sanchez, j-rod, Horner, Mollema, Cunego, Dan martin was the top 6


    Tony, rather than Dan Martin was in 6th place - the boy must be learning how to climb.


    Shush you!


    (has Dan finished yet?)
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    TailWindHome wrote:
    LangerDan wrote:
    andyjr wrote:
    Sanchez, j-rod, Horner, Mollema, Cunego, Dan martin was the top 6


    Tony, rather than Dan Martin was in 6th place - the boy must be learning how to climb.


    Shush you!


    (has Dan finished yet?)
    I have a distinct impression Dan is losing time to fall off the GC and hence be allowed away in a break. Due to a daft selection criterion by Cycling Ireland, Olympic selection will be based on points awarded for one day races or - in stage races - for stage wins / stage places but not for overall GC position. So Martin may taget stages instead.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Don't know why I would jeopardise my vice-like grip on PTP 158th place (or wherever) by giving a heads-up: just checked out last climb in tomorrow's Vasco stage on Google Maps Streetview (ahem...half-hour to spare, Herself is out: what's a boy to do?).

    Doesn't look particularly steep at all.

    If Panzerwagon climbs like he did today and can stay in contention... the TT course is absolutely made for him (I may have had a cheeky look at that, too...).

    I now think he's on for the GC.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    5 up the road in the break today. 1 min 17 ahead with 62 km to go. Doomed.

    Oh and its pissing down by the looks of it.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Blast - all my live feeds have gone t!ts-up. The Basque broadcaster is giving me a message that
    eitb.com te ofrece esta carrera todos los días a partir de las 15:15 horas

    I think the "todos los días a partir de las 15:15 horas" bit means something about the "toads of god are partying with the 1,515 whores" (which must be the much more fun than the Koran's 72 virgins)
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Group of 6 have 45 secs with 20km to go.
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    smithy21 wrote:
    Group of 6 have 45 secs with 20km to go.

    What happened to Albasini and Sorensen?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    jibberjim wrote:
    smithy21 wrote:
    Group of 6 have 45 secs with 20km to go.

    What happened to Albasini and Sorensen?


    Hanging between the peloton and the brake last time I checked.
    _
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    I think the 6 is now 8 with those two in it. Yes - now two greenedge and a danish nat champ there anyway.
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  • brucey72
    brucey72 Posts: 1,086
    LangerDan wrote:
    I think the "todos los días a partir de las 15:15 horas" bit means something about the "toads of god are partying with the 1,515 whores" (which must be the much more fun than the Koran's 72 virgins)

    I came on here for an update and just spat my tea over my computer reading this. Thank you :)
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    It's 4 now, Albasini, Sorensen and a couple of others (Albasini has a team mate), with not much of a gap and 5km to go.
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  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    Albasani with about 5s at 3k to go. Radioshack./nissan/ whatever on the front for Horner
  • andyjr
    andyjr Posts: 635
    j-rod, sanchez, Sky's heado is the top 3
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    J-Rod by good 5 seconds or so over Sanchez I think (fuzzy feed with no commentary)
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    jibberjim wrote:
    J-Rod by good 5 seconds or so over Sanchez I think (fuzzy feed with no commentary)

    I made 6.

    Another PTP stage win for me :) Doing alright.
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited April 2012
    Rodriguez
    Sanchez +9
    Henao +12
    Kiserlovski
    Nordhaug +16
    Scarponi
    Van den Broeck +17
    Poels
    Spilak
    Hesjedal

    (Tony Martin 13th at +0.21)
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  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I made 6.

    You could probably read the clock on the stream!
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    You've got to think J Rod and Sanchez are going into the Ardenne classics in a couple weeks as a couple of the favourites.
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You've got to think J Rod and Sanchez are going into the Ardenne classics in a couple weeks as a couple of the favourites.

    I can't see past J-Rod for Fleche W on that performance. Made it look easy.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You've got to think J Rod and Sanchez are going into the Ardenne classics in a couple weeks as a couple of the favourites.

    I can't see past J-Rod for Fleche W on that performance. Made it look easy.

    Yup.

    He's done it before - show perfect Fleche W form and then bin it on the actual day.
    _
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    When I mentioned that the climb didn't look particularly steep on Google Maps, I may have over-looked the all-important last 500 metres, which looked bloody awful - doubly so with the iffy web feed.

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