Vuelta Stage 5 *Spoiler*

frenchfighter

You have to love the podium girls in the Vuelta



Ace Race Face


Sprinter stage

frenchfighter

Any Froome lover want an avatar?

knedlicky

frenchfighter wrote:

I don’t believe the podium girls get as good tanlines as that, but these girls don’t appear to have white hands or feet either, which would make them cyclists. So what have they been up, before dancing on the table?

Here’s a guide:



For ‘computer programming’, also read ‘bikeradar foruming’

DeadCalm

Oh man, I'd always fancied giving water skiing a go. Not now!

ilm_zero7

deadcalm: in your friday night outfit , it will look just the same

ilm_zero7

Chacon is a local boy one presumes - so keen to put on a good show, when there is little threat or will to chase him down.

lostboysaint

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rick_chasey

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Anonymous

If he keeps this up he's gonna create quite a gap.......

disgruntledgoat

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rick_chasey

First hour of racing: 30.7km/h. 11'55" gap for one rider at 41km.

Apparently.

graeme_s-2

I've quite enjoyed watching the occasional crit, and I quite like flat sprint stages, but for some reason I can't get excited about this at all. The idea of having a GT stage as a circuit race just seems weird.

disgruntledgoat

Rick Chasey wrote:

First hour of racing: 30.7km/h. 11'55" gap for one rider at 41km.

Apparently.

I averaged more than that on my commue through Glasgow this morning!

Is somebody trying to neutralise it a la the 2009 Giro?

rick_chasey

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

First hour of racing: 30.7km/h. 11'55" gap for one rider at 41km.

Apparently.

I averaged more than that on my commue through Glasgow this morning!

Is somebody trying to neutralise it a la the 2009 Giro?

FJS in another thread wrote:

An exciting TdF beats an exciting Vuelta.
But an exciting Vuelta beats a dull TdF.
Exciting Tour of Poland or dull TdF?
Dull Eneco Tour or exciting Rick's Club Run?
Choices choices

Well.... My club runs are fas.....

disgruntledgoat

I think my skillful save of a backwheel slide on the right hander under the railway onto Clyde Street was replay worthy.

tailwindhome

The InnerRing wrote:

Today’s the day for a siesta and if you need to wash you hair, do it today

Outsider art by Loan

knedlicky wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

I don’t believe the podium girls get as good tanlines as that, but these girls don’t appear to have white hands or feet either, which would make them cyclists. So what have they been up, before dancing on the table?

Here’s a guide:

[im]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7837437512_7678fd6863.jpg[/img]

For ‘computer programming’, also read ‘bikeradar foruming’

Both brunettes' legs fade down to, not white, because they just aren't and could never, but to a tone much paler than that above. So we can conclude that, while cyclists, they're not anal-retentive about sock height. Which, I'd say, coheres with them - well, the one hand of the one girl about which we can even have this discussion - not wearing or not always wearing gloves. The middle girl and the blonde also appear to have cyclist-typical tan lines on their right and left arms, respectively; each girl's opposite arm is at such an angle, and the picture quality so low, that no conclusions can be drawn about that arm.

calvjones

Outsider art by Loan wrote:

knedlicky wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

I don’t believe the podium girls get as good tanlines as that, but these girls don’t appear to have white hands or feet either, which would make them cyclists. So what have they been up, before dancing on the table?

Here’s a guide:

[im]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7837437512_7678fd6863.jpg[/img]

For ‘computer programming’, also read ‘bikeradar foruming’

Both brunettes' legs fade down to, not white, because they just aren't and could never, but to a tone much paler than that above. So we can conclude that, while cyclists, they're not anal-retentive about sock height. Which, I'd say, coheres with them - well, the one hand of the one girl about which we can even have this discussion - not wearing or not always wearing gloves. The middle girl and the blonde also appear to have cyclist-typical tan lines on their right and left arms, respectively; each girl's opposite arm is at such an angle, and the picture quality so low, that no conclusions can be drawn about that arm.

Does anyone else think Outsider art by Loan may have inadvertently joined the wrong forum :P ?

Tom BB

I don't think that I've ever seen a rider riding as slowly as Chacon in a GT :shock: The bunch are having to seriously slow down to not catch him!

Jez mon

Now this is more like it, a nice proper week one GT stage, much better than yesterdays snorefest.

luckao

How have the fans resisted the urge to pop home for a siesta.

inkyfingers

I nearly posted when Frenchie started this thread that the podium girl pictures might be the most interesting thing about the thread.

LeicesterLad

The Vuelta had treated us so kindly until today.

inkyfingers

LeicesterLad wrote:

The Vuelta had treated us so kindly until today.

You need these stages to make you appreciate the good ones.

afx237vi

This is what the Vuelta is all about. Those long, hazy, dog days of summer.

LeicesterLad

afx237vi wrote:

This is what the Vuelta is all about. Those long, hazy, dog days of summer.

Summer? M and S has Xmas cards on sale i'll have you know...

inkyfingers

LeicesterLad wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

This is what the Vuelta is all about. Those long, hazy, dog days of summer.

Summer? M and S has Xmas cards on sale i'll have you know...

Don't buy them, they're not mine.

afx237vi

Degenkolb almost messes it up after a great lead-out, but wins ahead of Bennati.

smithy21

Was that Swift who appeared to just sit up and leave them to it?

luckao

Yep. Looked like he got boxed in a bit.

Absolutely rubbish stage. No repeats of that, please.

frenchfighter

What are you guys expecting? Sprint stages have their place.

Shame Bennati didn't get that win. Would have made his year.

These days seem an age ago: