Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2013 *SPOILERS*

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  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    RichN95 wrote:
    wombly knees wrote:
    Aye, 08 Tour of Tassie onwards, where he dominated, he's been touted as special in Australia. Then won an MTF or hilly stage in Friuli and TT in the Girobio (though someone who watches them would know better about the Italian amateur races).

    He does seem to relish a cosy environment. Flopped in 07 with a disorganised amateur team in Italy and again in 2012 with Contador's arrival and thriving at Praties and Sky.
    His 2011 form at Saxo was more down to Contador's posse rather than Contador himself. Contador brought his own men for the mountains so Porte was relegated to pulling in the lowlands. His time trialling was as good as ever, so the form was there, but the opportunities weren't.
    (There was also the matter that him and Riis had had a falling out over money and Porte had made it clear he wanted to go to Sky in 2010)
    Cheers Rich, missed the fallout over joining sky in 2010.
    DeadCalm wrote:
    wombly knees wrote:
    What's the GC like? And what of Peraud? Barely saw any of the race on a crapulent stream.
    1º 15 HENAO, Sergio Luis COL SKY 21:04:07
    2º 51 QUINTANA, Nairo Alexander COL MOV a 6
    3º 11 PORTE, Richie AUS SKY a 6
    4º 91 CONTADOR, Alberto ESP TST a 10
    5º 76 SPILAK, Simon SLO KAT a 10
    6º 128 WEENING, Pieter NED OGE a 35
    7º 83 BETANCUR, Carlos Alberto COL ALM a 37
    8º 1 SÁNCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUS a 47
    9º 72 CARUSO, Giampaolo ITA KAT a 51
    10º 102 ULISSI, Diego ITA LAM a 1:03

    Sadly Peraud had a mechanical with 5km to go and ended up losing over 3 minutes.
    Cheers deadcalm. Crap for Peraud.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    Snow for the TT.

    jicé peraud ‏@jice_peraud 29m
    Vu le temps, va p'tetre falloir investir dans des skis pour le chrono #marredeselespeler

    laurenstendam ‏@laurenstendam 58m
    2 degrees and snow... Dislike. Hard 24km coming up! -

    Nicholas Roche
    ‏@nicholasroche
    More snow.. Looks like even for the tt we will need the gore-tex jersey ;-)

    Blanco warming up for the TT...
    http://www.blancoprocyclingteam.com/media?mediaId=9491833
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Just gone live on Eurosport and I'm working on my first seizure from the hundredths of secs graphic. Very wet. Tony Martin well fastest at 12k split, and just passing his 4th :shock: minute man.
    2'02" faster than 2nd at finish :D Avg 41kph
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Looking forward to seeing crowd scenes on that final climb when Alberto sails through.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Martin as you'd expect looking super strong indeed - a least we can have one W/C wearing the jersey and riding it like he earned it.

    P.S. not a dig at the monaco based W/C just wish his results reflected his jersey status!
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Talansky finishes 2nd, 1'08" down.

    Alberto down the ramp.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Slight picture freeze issues but the crowds doing a good job in this weather
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    Peraud goes second.

    Edit: and then Intxausti goes faster than him.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    As it stands:

    1º 31 Martin 35:05
    2º 56 Intxausti a 32
    3º 81 Peraud a 51
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    Contador 7th fastest at the intermediate.

    Porte 2nd quickest.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Porte 2nd quickest at the split
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    Porte 2nd at intermediate. 12 seconds down on Martin
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Quintana 10s faster than Porte.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    edited April 2013
    Quintana now second quickest!!!

    7 seconds faster than Porte.

    Edit: Beaten to it by Macaloon.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    There was me thinking that with the hills & rain this might not an exciting TT
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    Good ride by Betancur.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    That's a fantastic split screen shot of Porte & Quintana. Both full gas.
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Who'd have thought that waiting for the TT might be the way to beat Sky in a stage race :wink:
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Spilak - what a great few days he has had
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    Quintana is crushing him.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    Contador slower than Betancur.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Quintana is crushing him.

    looks like a man on a mission & riding hard
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    35:45 for Porte so is he going to loose this in the end?
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,243
    Quintana is going to be close to Tony Martin.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Quintana crosses the line in 35:22 and enough to win overall? just waiting one more rider
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    Respect - only 17 seconds behind Tony Martin for Quintana
    http://veloviewer.com/SigImage.php?a=3370a&r=3&c=5&u=M&g=p&f=abcdefghij&z=a.png
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Quintana! What a ride. 0:17 down on Martin. Winning GC. Porte 4th, behind Inxausti: 2nd on GC.

    If you can TT like that no need to risk it on the steep stuff :)
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Henao crosses the line 36:02 - maths not being my subject of choice give me a minute to work it all out for the top 3
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Great ride by Quintana, think we all tend to forget just how hilly the TTs usually are in Pais Vasco.

    Would love to know how that would have gone in the dry.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • powerbookboy
    powerbookboy Posts: 241
    Peraud has just announced he's a podium contender for the Tour. Good ride, I'm surprised.

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