Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2013 *SPOILERS*

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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You guys enjoying this climb so far?

    No.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Hard luck for Peraud.
    There is no train on the climb, btw.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    With each stage race I find myself gravitating more and more towards the one day races.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Now we have a train, it's name is Movistar.
    Drag race on this gradient.
    One day races>>>>Stagers
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Andy in the back there. Must be in a killer form to stay with the peloton so far into the race.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Hard luck for Peraud.
    There is no train on the climb, btw.

    Actually I see Kiri riding at 20mph and riders dropping like flies out the back. I see Zandio behind him. I then see Movistar come up and hit the front :roll: and now I see Henao joining the front.

    I do not see JTL.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Massive chute!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    All over the summit. ZERO attacks on that climb.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Porte pacing. Sky must have created the crash themselves then... ;)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Weening attacking on the descent.

    VDB blood all over. Race over.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador 3rd wheel.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Two motos getting in the way
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador attacking

    Nearly crashed into the moto
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Contador up the motorbike's tail pipe!
    Poor VDB.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Caught up now.

    Downhill racing!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    2km, no gap to Contador, but splits further back
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gerrans was riding? Oh you little snake. Enjoy your win you ball-less chipmunk.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Porte, Contador, Spilak, TJ, Quintana in the first group

    2nd group with Talansky, Samu, Gilbert, Cunego et al @5secs
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gerrans was riding? Oh you little snake. Enjoy your win you ball-less chipmunk.

    :lol: Enjoyed that descent. Alberto came quite close to biting the pipe.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Peraud last man home at 5 seconds.
    Pretty amazing given he was out the back of the final climb with a puncture.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Shame the gap was effectively created by the crash.

    Pleased that Peraud managed to make it into the second group.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Looked like downhill all the way to line from final summit. Disappointed that a few non TT-specialist climbers didn't try to take 30s on the climb over Tony Martin etc.
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  • apriliarider
    apriliarider Posts: 222
    Sky Train - all two of them ??? :roll: :roll:

    :lol::lol::lol::lol:
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Macaloon wrote:
    Looked like downhill all the way to line from final summit. Disappointed that a few non TT-specialist climbers didn't try to take 30s on the climb over Tony Martin etc.

    Better chances to do that later in the race.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    apriliarider wrote:
    Sky Train - all two of them ??? :roll: :roll:

    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    It could be 1 or 8 it doesn't matter. But glad you saw them do today what they have done all year though.
    Macaloon wrote:
    Looked like downhill all the way to line from final summit. Disappointed that a few non TT-specialist climbers didn't try to take 30s on the climb over Tony Martin etc.

    Yes but there are opportunities on stages 3, 4 and 5.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    What's been good so far this year is that the usual stage race suspects have been banned or haven't performed for a couple of years now and the younger guys (or the nearly-men of the last few years) see it as a chance to get their foot in the door ... They know these guys can now be beaten ... This results in a host of riders riding to kick-start their careers into the big league and the old guard defending their (often tainted) reputations ... The top end of the peleton are no longer riding, they're fighting ...
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    One day races>>>>Stagers
    Depends on the race and the stage. Not the greatest stage today but more exciting than yesterday's snoozefest.
  • powerbookboy
    powerbookboy Posts: 241
    Macaloon wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gerrans was riding? Oh you little snake. Enjoy your win you ball-less chipmunk.

    :lol: Enjoyed that descent. Alberto came quite close to biting the pipe.

    Was he just having fun, or trying to break Porte off his wheel? Seemed unnecessarily risky - but then again that' probably why he wins such a lot. Been said before, but he really has big cajones.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    powerbookboy wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gerrans was riding? Oh you little snake. Enjoy your win you ball-less chipmunk.

    :lol: Enjoyed that descent. Alberto came quite close to biting the pipe.

    Was he just having fun, or trying to break Porte off his wheel? Seemed unnecessarily risky - but then again that' probably why he wins such a lot. Been said before, but he really has big cajones.

    Think he was just exploiting the opportunity created by summit wheelie carnage. The footage where he half-wheels & 'Alien's' the moto will make a 'triff GIF (TIA, FF). Weening was precariously exploring the outer limits of traction too. Extravagantly gifted cojones all round.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    One day races>>>>Stagers
    Depends on the race and the stage. Not the greatest stage today but more exciting than yesterday's snoozefest.

    Of course, I'm talking in general and yes, yesterday was a steaming turd.
    frenchfighter wrote:
    apriliarider wrote:
    Sky Train - all two of them ??? :roll: :roll:

    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    It could be 1 or 8 it doesn't matter. But glad you saw them do today what they have done all year though.

    Half the peloton were left at the top of the final climb, so no, not a Sky train, but one guy on the front riding tempo.
    Pretty much what Saxo had done for the previous 100 odd kilometres.

    I go as far as to say that the reason we had the pile up at the top of the climb was because a lot of riders were able to fight for position, as the pace wasn't high enough to string out the group.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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