Tour de San Luis *spoiler*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Lovely scenery in stage 3 photos on steephill
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Pross wrote:
    Yeah, it's peak season for the South American based teams so you would expect them to be in better shape which will counteract their relatively lower ability.
    Yes. :!:
    Christ I beat the National Sprint Champion on a gallop into Brighton on one January.

    The Lucky Lads/Lasses go to these warm climates for "Training" and what better way to train than have a bit of competition.
    The real competition comes when the European season gets started.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Stage 4 19.2km TT result

    1 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 0:22:14
    2 Leandro Messineo (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos 0:00:07
    3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:11
    4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
    5 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:00:19
    6 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos 0:00:26
    7 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:33
    8 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:34
    9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:47
    10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol

    General classification after stage 4

    1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
    2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Sagan was riding yday - down 2mins. So either suffering from crash or too many cakes over Christmas.

    Super ride from Nibali. Shame he was behind on stage 3

    TJ was pointed out by the big guns and he is showing

    Two San Luis Somos Todos riders in the top 10 on a TT vs the big guns

    Kwiatkowski continues his goos showing from last year. One to look out for.
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  • Lightning
    Lightning Posts: 360
    The Fox news coverage that you can find on cyclingfans (the videos of the stages) are simply terrible. The commentators spend half the time discussing stupid things like "the beautiful moon" and the "warm temperature" (i.e. international propaganda) and the other half spoiling the entire race. Most of the times they keep talking about who won right from the start, and how X, Y and Z attacked and failed or lost time or whatever.

    If you zoom to the end of the stage, for example, on a bunch sprint, you start paying attention at all the riders and trains and whatever, wondering who's going to win, and they instantly spoil you (oh, they're doing this for X but Y won the sprint anyways, Z placed second and X only placed tenth). I usually like commentary but this is one race I simply can't watch with volume on because it's just ridiculous. If I wanted to be spoiled I'd just look at the results.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    #TourSanLuis Etapa 5: km 57 (de 170) primeros 130k en plano, luego montaña. Fuga: Hacecky y Emanuel Guevara, a 10´ de peloton #TourDeSanLuis
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Stage 5 result

    1 Emmanuel Guevara (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos 4:17:48
    2 Ricardo Diaz (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos 0:00:15
    3 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:17
    4 Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Cuba
    5 Javier Acevedo (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman 0:01:21
    6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
    7 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
    8 Alex Diniz (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest
    9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:01:41
    10 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale

    Overall

    1 Ricardo Diaz (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos 16:49:52
    2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
    3 Alex Diniz (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest 0:00:39
    4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:04
    5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:07
    6 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:47
    7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:14
    8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:02:17
    9 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:02:19
    10 Javier Acevedo (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman 0:02:20
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Such a shame we can't get coverage or even a decent description of how it unfolded.

    A good climb by all accounts with another great one to come.

    These San Luis boys are doing very well...will put it down to motivation, peak form and local knowledge.

    Nibali off the pace some but not too much. JVB ok. Contador at the front end as expected. TJ right up there with him.

    JRod right towards the end but I suppose he doesn't care to race at all for this stupid Katusha team.

    Good to see Deignan in the mix. He is pretty motivated this season.

    Hope for fireworks tomorrow.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Race is about at km 100

    Saxo been controlling so far

    Check here for updates:
    https://twitter.com/Contador_Notebk

    Photos from yesterday's stage on steephill are amazing - the scenery is beautiful - very different to Europe.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    28km to go; 40 secs.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Live:
    http://www.toursanluis.com/vivo/

    About 15km with two out front
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    10km all together

    3km to the base
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    6ks Saxo still pulling hard. Contador must be lining something up.

    Current GC
    1 Daniel Diaz (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos 16:49:52
    2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
    3 Alex Diniz (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest 0:00:39
    4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:04
    5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:07
    6 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:47
    7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:14
    8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:02:17
    9 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:02:19
    10 Javier Acevedo (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman 0:02:20
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Only 20 riders in the front pack, split into 2 and now 2km to go
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I see a BMC so guessing that is TJ. Doubt GC will change now, all about the stage win. Contador won twice in 2012.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    TJ goes. Classy. Doesnt stick
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador out the saddle, band bang bang. Got a gap. 1 maybe two bridged
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Damn this is super steep in places
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Its Diaz latching onto the wheel.

    Contador goes hard with a few 100m.
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Does Argentina only have one TV camera?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Guess who gets the win. El Campione.

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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    They should have just attached some mini cams to random birds - would have had the same effect
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Tissue for Frenchie!

    in other news...Hushovd abandoned today, not ideal on first race back
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Top 15 finishers:
    http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=115918
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Top 15 finishers:
    http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=115918

    ARU in 7th!!!!! Great stuff.
    viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12636081&start=180#p17762029

    Didnt realise Santambrogio had left BMC.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Weather over there very hot. European guys must be suffering - I know Contador is.
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