Vuelta Stage 18 ****SPOILER****

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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Swift?
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    here they come
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Ah Swift.

    Between him and Bennati.

    Degenkolb way to far back.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Swift?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Bennati gets it.

    FF will be pleased.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    VERY well timed by Bennati.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Bennati by a tyre's width?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Benna by about 2 inches.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,574
    Phew! I thought I might have to eat humble pie for a second there.
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    So who are Sky leading out? I still can't help thinking that in the history of Team Sky and marginal gains the tdf was their only demonstration of good tactics

    Mm.. quite.

    Hunt?

    Yeah, and despite that Brad's still managed to win how many races this year? Think what he could have done if they'd got it right a bit more often!!
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  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Bennati. Swift needs a re-think career wise-a sprinter he aint.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Unlucky Swifty. Got a bit excited and went 50m too soon I think.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Good to have a stage which doesn't exhaust the viewers!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Good to have a stage which doesn't exhaust the viewers!

    We have a GT cheerleader ;).
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,574
    lostboysaint wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    So who are Sky leading out? I still can't help thinking that in the history of Team Sky and marginal gains the tdf was their only demonstration of good tactics

    Mm.. quite.

    Hunt?

    Yeah, and despite that Brad's still managed to win how many races this year? Think what he could have done if they'd got it right a bit more often!!

    Sky have truly nailed the TT. Maybe I should have given them some tactical credit for that.

    Anyway, good effort by Swift.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Contador being shepherded in. Looks a right mess in red jersey with white bits, blue shorts with yellow bits......

    COLOUR CLASH!
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    What happened to Degenkolb?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,574
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Condator being shepherded in. Looks a right mess in red jersey with white bits, blue shorts with yellow bits......

    COLOUR CLASH!

    You and FrenchFighter have a lot in common.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Graeme_S wrote:
    What happened to Degenkolb?

    Was nowhere after the final turn.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Tom BB wrote:
    Bennati. Swift needs a re-think career wise-a sprinter he aint.
    He's a had sufficient wins in the past to keep sprinting. This year he spent most of the winter and early season trying to be an Olympic trackie, so I think he's only just getting back up to his best road level.
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  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Graeme_S wrote:
    What happened to Degenkolb?

    came in 5th, @ same time
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Why don't they show the podium presentations????????????
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,402
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Contador being shepherded in. Looks a right mess in red jersey with white bits, blue shorts with yellow bits......

    COLOUR CLASH!

    Frenchie will be mortified to hear his hero isn't looking uber cool with his kit clashing! :oops:
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Tom BB wrote:
    Bennati. Swift needs a re-think career wise-a sprinter he aint.

    Very harsh! He's had a number of good wins against top sprinters (Sagan, Goss, Griepel, Degenkolb among others) in the last two years. I think he's still very short of racing due to his track commitments at the beginning of the year.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    TheBigBean wrote:
    So who are Sky leading out? I still can't help thinking that in the history of Team Sky and marginal gains the tdf was their only demonstration of good tactics

    Oh,I dunno. A lot of teams would quite fancy 127 wins since Jan 2010. Could they have had even more? Yeah perhaps. But hey... :)
  • rebs
    rebs Posts: 891
    Swift coems 2nd in sprint and people say maybe he isn't up for sprinting??? Mental
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Contador being shepherded in. Looks a right mess in red jersey with white bits, blue shorts with yellow bits......

    COLOUR CLASH!

    Frenchie will be mortified to hear his hero isn't looking uber cool with his kit clashing! :oops:

    You see the reason though: if he were in red from head to foot he'd look like some flipping Katusha rider.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Bennati won! Made my day : )
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    That was by far his best sprint of this Vuelta and he still didn't win it....and Degenkolb didn't even contest. Yes he's beat Sagan in the past, but I really can't see him beating him again. Then again, with the presumed departure of Cav, perhaps he'll get a few more chances next year-this Vuelta has been poor for his reputation though:very very average sprinter line up and he hasn't taken a win despite being delivered in the thick of it for every bunch sprint.
  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,584
    I used to think that Frenchie was not a real person.


    I'm not so sure about Lichtbick.
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