Vuelta Stage 3 *Spoiler*

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  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    Fair play to froome. A whole TdF in his legs and he isn't getting dropped here.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hahaha.

    Lighting them up.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    So we know who the camera man favours unsurprisingly.

    My thoughts too!
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Was that Contador teeing up the camera bike for his lead out.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    1km to go. This is REALLY GRIPPING STUFF!
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    ...meanwhile at Chateau FF....

    ewwdaf.gif
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    And this, my friends, is what cycling is about. Can't believe I watched 3 weeks of that rubbish in July.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    What a weird finish!

    Just suddenly appears!
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Valverde or J Rod?
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    LangerDan wrote:
    ...meanwhile at Chateau FF....

    ewwdaf.gif
    LMFAO
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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Is it me or are they just plonking the finish line anywhere in this Vuelta...
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Valverde? The cameras are all over him.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Great, great last 5k. Someone remind me - what's the score on the time bonuses for today?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    What a weird finish!

    Just suddenly appears!
    Jez mon wrote:
    Is it me or are they just plonking the finish line anywhere in this Vuelta...

    Quite.
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  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    12 seconds for the winner
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Bonifications FTW.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    what does this do to the GC? Froome and Contador same time now?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    That's why bonus seconds are rubbish.

    Contador of old would have got rid of those 3.
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    ILM Zero7 wrote:
    Valverde for this one maybe?
    oh fantasy team joy!
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  • Pozzi
    Pozzi Posts: 23
    edited August 2012
    ThomThom wrote:
    And this, my friends, is what cycling is about. Can't believe I watched 3 weeks of that rubbish in July.
    TDF is always the least interesting of the GTs, but if Contador was there, it would have been worth watching. Great to see him lighting up the race from the beginning, and not only is it exciting to watch him attack, it makes the other riders have to really work hard for the win. True racing, and this is what cycling is about. Can't wait for the rest of the Vuelta.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Sorry I followed the thread now....should have waited and watched the highlights show cold.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Cameras on Valverde, and finish line data give J-Rod.... :?

    Valverde leading GC

    Great little battle between Contador and Froome for 3rd - different climbing styles
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    FJS wrote:
    Cameras on Valverde, and finish line data give J-Rod.... :?

    Valverde leading GC

    Great little battle between Contador and Froome for 3rd - different climbing styles

    It's like the 2007 Tour all over again.
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  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Proper juiced up riding there imo. Piti was nowhere near in the Tour and now all of a sudden he is climbing better than Froome....exciting finish though!
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Hahaha.

    Lighting them up.

    Yep, Froome really looked good.
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Turfle wrote:
    That's why bonus seconds are rubbish.

    Contador of old would have got rid of those 3.

    And that's why most people are hoping desperately that those days are long gone
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Froome 4 seconds ahead of AC on GC. So far.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Tom BB wrote:
    Proper juiced up riding there imo. Piti was nowhere near in the Tour and now all of a sudden he is climbing better than Froome....exciting finish though!

    I don't know about that. It was just the sort of punchy hill that would suit Valverde and Rodriguez.
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    Turfle wrote:
    That's why bonus seconds are rubbish.

    Contador of old would have got rid of those 3.

    Obviously changed his diet.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Go hard or go home. Wiggins would get eaten alive here.

    Contador has the legs as I expected. Big J Rod got the power. Valverde got the kick. Froome looking good.

    Joaquim sta up a moment too early - not going to be happy about that one.

    Contador's race face is just A++

    Very hard Cat1 tbh. I'm surprised so many got shelled. Where the hell was Quintana? Cobo?

    They were going ridiculously fast at the last 3km. Vuelta loves these short flattish downhills just before the finish - I like them too.

    Nothing wrong with bonus seconds. And no Contador would not have dropped them previously.

    Talansky is up there - keep a good eye on him. Real shame he lost time in the Garmin TTT crash.
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