Vuelta Stage 12 ***SPOILER***

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    In case it wasn't obvious now for Froome, it is now.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Yaaaaawn. No one expected that, eh... :wink:
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    What sort of time gaps?

    I really hope J Rod can keep this up.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    so ok, why couldn't contador follow him?

    he just did what contador's famous for!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    inkyfingers wrote:
    What sort of time gaps?

    I really hope J Rod can keep this up.
    On the line, Contador lost 8 or so, Valverde around 13, Froome early 20s, Gesink late teens.

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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    No, he just did what J Rod is famous for.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Decent recovery from Froome. He was stronger in the last 1.5k than he was in the first .5.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Good little climb. Brilliant finish if you are spectating live.

    Bring on the mountains - JRod wont live with Contador's sustained pace and Contador will take stages.

    Joaquim looking very good though.

    Valverde...
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    I think we have seen that Purito is the strongest sprinter uphill. Lets try something else now, shall we, Vuelta...?
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Yeah, I thought Froome looked like he was gonna lose 45+ seconds
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    smithy21 wrote:
    No, he just did what J Rod is famous for.

    Want a arm-wrestle over that? :wink:
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    nweststeyn wrote:
    Yeah, I thought Froome looked like he was gonna lose 45+ seconds

    More or less did to J Rod after bonuses.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    contador 13
    froome 51

    seconds down on GC
  • brettjmcc
    brettjmcc Posts: 1,361
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    nweststeyn wrote:
    Yeah, I thought Froome looked like he was gonna lose 45+ seconds

    More or less did to J Rod after bonuses.

    51 secs down now according to CN
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  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    In case it wasn't obvious now for Froome, it is now.
    I would not claim thisuntil after stage 14 and stage 5 wehre it will be far clearer. Todays stage was no surprise with that type of finish though it does look like Froome is down a bit on his tdf form.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Gaps are still tiny considering we have 5 big summit finishes still to come in this race. Mad.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    before I try to get back to work, can someone tell me why Contador change shirt today. Ta.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Lichtblick wrote:
    before I try to get back to work, can someone tell me why Contador change shirt today. Ta.
    He was third in the Combination jersey but the others ahead of him (J-Rod, Valverde) were wearing more important jersies
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    That stage had about 2 minutes of excitement.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    In a funny way, that may have given Froome's confidence a boost the way he managed to limit his losses when it looked like he'd cracked early on the climb. There's still plenty of time for him to reel in J-Rod, although Contador will be harder. Long way still to go...
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    That stage had about 2 minutes of excitement.

    Cool.

    That'll be the 2 mins I saw then.
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  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    Lichtblick wrote:
    before I try to get back to work, can someone tell me why Contador change shirt today. Ta.
    so he could wash the one he wore yesterday
    http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll245/oldwelshman/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • KentPuncheur
    KentPuncheur Posts: 246
    Just hope that these hill sprints haven't taken everything out of Froome before the real mountain stages kick in. He should be able to eat into J Rod, and then it will come down to how rusty Contador is...
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    General classification:
    1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 44:50:35
    2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 0:00:13
    3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:51
    4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:20
    5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:59
    6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:03:29
    7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:22
    8 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp 0:05:17
    9 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:18
    10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:01

    Rabo with 3 in the top 10
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Still think Contador is the man to beat.
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  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Still think Contador is the man to beat.

    Yeah, definitely. I cant see Froome or Valverde taking time on Contador and you would expect Rodriguez to suffer more than the others in the stages coming up...
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    oldwelshman wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    before I try to get back to work, can someone tell me why Contador change shirt today. Ta.
    so he could wash the one he wore yesterday

    They do their own washing?!

    Some charming sweetheart more or less told me that I know nothing. So I think I'll play up to that. :roll:
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Still think Contador is the man to beat.

    Yeah me too.

    But what do "I know", eh?

    Go Contador!
  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    Hang on a minute. I thought Froome was the messiah. Is that not the case? Certainly was what I'd been given to understand during the TdF.

    Can see him missing out on a podium at this rate.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    The only way Contador is going to lose this is if his legs fall off in week 3.

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