Vuelta Stage 8 ***SPOILER***

victorponf

All about the "Chicken" Stage
Map, route, Profile of La Gallina
Video: Last arrive in Andorra (with Antón victory)

Everythig in:

http://www.revistadesdelacuneta.com/ten ... ge=v12et08

Vino'sGhost

this looks like an awsome stage. A bit cooler too.

I shall turbo as i watch this one.

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

The climb before only has 10km or so of descending before this one. So if people are feeling up for it, an attack for GC could easily and safely be made before the climb above.

frenchfighter

victorponf wrote:

Video: Last arrive in Andorra (with Antón victory)

Great stage with Mosquerra, Frank S, Nibali, J-Rod and Tondo. And Uran riding for Caisse!

oldwelshman

I fancy Froome today becuase at some point he has to stop J-Rod finishing in front of him getting a time bonus. Ideal would be for small break to gain time on GC riders allowing Froome to go for broke to build a gap. Not sure they want the yello yet though.

frenchfighter

Break:
Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge), Javier Ramirez (Andalucia), Amael Moinard (BMC), Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis), Francisco Aramendia (Caja Rural) and Marijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM)

Took 75km as pace was very high.

They have about 7 mins now.

GC:
General classification:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 25:53:04
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:10
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 0:00:36
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:54
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:04
7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:12
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:01:17
9 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:34
10 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:39

milton50

oldwelshman wrote:

I fancy Froome today becuase at some point he has to stop J-Rod finishing in front of him getting a time bonus. Ideal would be for small break to gain time on GC riders allowing Froome to go for broke to build a gap. Not sure they want the yello yet though.

There's still so many climbing miles to go though and Froome could easily put 2+ minutes into Rodriguez in the TT. J-Rod is the fastest climber in the world on steep gradients so I think Sky are much more likely to wait for the really long mountain climbs and use the likes of Henao and Uran to try and ride the other GC guys off their wheel.

PuttyKnees

Are these climbs long enough to negate Rodriguez' advantage on the short steep stuff?

frenchfighter

Yeah, Contador can drop JRod without much difficulty when he needs to.

frenchfighter

Live video about 3pm

victorponf

Sky pushing a lot on the flat

milton50

frenchfighter wrote:

Yeah, Contador can drop JRod without much difficulty when he needs to.

frenchfighter

Looks like Froome only has Porte, Henao and Uran on the front...unless some had to go back for bottles.

frenchfighter

Contador come up to Froomes side so he knows he is still there and fine.

frenchfighter

So no attacks on that climb unfortunately. All to play for on the finale.

milton50

There's quite a lot of picture break up on Eurosport. Surprised to see Sky doing this kind of work on the front this early in the race. Still so many hard stages to come.

frenchfighter

Yeah, I hope this picture breakup isnt going to happen too often when we hit the climb.

LeicesterLad

Milton50 wrote:

There's quite a lot of picture break up on Eurosport. Surprised to see Sky doing this kind of work on the front this early in the race. Still so many hard stages to come.

I predict Froome will blow in the final week. If he keeps this up to the finish after the Tour he had then he's superhuman.

Lichtblick

6.7km to go. Where is Contador?

LeicesterLad

Lichtblick wrote:

6.7km to go. Where is Contador?

thats the breakaway - peloton hasnt hit th climb yet

LeicesterLad

here we go.

frenchfighter

SORT THE TV COVERAGE OUT FFS

Lichtblick

Oh ok. Are they going to catch, and where's Contador?

LeicesterLad

Quintana off the back. Conatdor still up there with Sky.

frenchfighter

Cobo dropped

frenchfighter

Looks like the entire Euskaltel team on the back. I'll say it again - the 'Climbing team' don't climb that well.

milton50

Breakaway is ~1min20 ahead with about 5.5km to go. Uran and Henao on the front for Sky.

frenchfighter

Too fast for an attack. Need to wait 2km or so.

LeicesterLad

frenchfighter wrote:

Looks like the entire Euskaltel team on the back. I'll say it again - the 'Climbing team' don't climb that well.

Had a poor year except for a few results for Samu.

Lichtblick

3 Sky then 2 Saxo peleton at 55 seconds but only 4 km to go for three escapados