Vuelta al País Vasco 2014 **Spoilers**

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  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Valverde and Bertie out front together.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Valverde attacked 8.3km out.

    Valverde attacked 8.3km out.

    Contador onlt rider on the wheel.

    Kwaitek 10m back.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Valverde giving it the pain face seated. Damage.

    6 riders at 20m. Rest nowhere.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Kwaitek pulling Evans Nieve TJ a Katusha and an AG2R rider.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador not taken one turn.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    Nobody can live with ET 1 and 2.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador goes at 7.2km. Gap opened immediately.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Contador just sat on Valverde and then kicked past him as Valverde slowed up a little.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cunego with that Kwaitek group and the Katusha rider is Trofimov.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador crests the climb 15 secs ahead of Valverde and 33 secs ahead of Kwiatek, Cadel, AG2R, Nieve, Trofimov and Cunego.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Strong stuff from Bertie ...

    Great crowds for a Monday teatime ...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Peloton just got absolutely blown the pieces. This is how you do it.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,541
    Is Contador riding LBL?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador's position looking very aero.

    Final km.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,643
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is Contador riding LBL?

    No. According to INRNG "Apparently Alberto Contador isn’t going to do the Ardennes classics so this is his spring swansong before a holiday and going back to work on his Tour de France bid."
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Valverde not caught yet.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The boss wins.

    Valverde at 13 secs.

    The seven behind at 33-37 secs.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Kreuziger leads in a group 53 sescs down.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Quality 15 mins of racing there ...
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,541
    Riding like this he would have a good chance at LBL.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Ah well, that saves me having to watch the rest of this tour
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Elissonde comes in2.41 down...

    I wish Barguil was with that lead group.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Costa nearly 5mins adrift.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    dsoutar wrote:
    Ah well, that saves me having to watch the rest of this tour

    Eh? Odd comment given the quality of the racing in the end ...
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Elissonde comes in2.41 down...

    I wish Barguil was with that lead group.


    Damn, had to go to a meeting and missed the last 20km. How far off the pace was he, FF?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Elissonde comes in2.41 down...

    I wish Barguil was with that lead group.


    Damn, had to go to a meeting and missed the last 20km. How far off the pace was he, FF?

    Saw a rider suspiciously like him come in solo at 3.40. Hoping it wasnt. Camera wasnt doing a great job at making it easy to identify.

    Its worth watching the last 15km.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Couldnt identify any Sky riders other than Pate coming in a few mins down.

    Not sure Sky care much about this race - one tweet all race.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Crankbrother wrote:
    dsoutar wrote:
    Ah well, that saves me having to watch the rest of this tour

    Eh? Odd comment given the quality of the racing in the end ...

    What I meant was, all that will happen now is that Saxo Tinkoff will control the rest of the race and with the TT in the bag Contador would have to come off to lose it
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Classy Contador. Very impressive.
    Valverde lost no time in the 7 km between going over the crest and the finish, which is also impressive.
    Does the commentator belong to the Cunego fan club?
    Pretty ridiculous the commentator comparing the landscape to Yorkshire; it’s nothing like it.

    1 Contador (TCS) 4:05:07
    2 Valverde (MOV) +0:14
    3 Kwiatkowski (OPQ) +0:34
    4 Trofimov (KAT) +0:36
    5 Cunego (LAM) +0:36
    6 Péraud (ALM) +0:36
    7 Nieve (SKY) +0:36
    8 Evans (BMC) +0:36
    9 Kreuziger (TCS) +0:54
    10 Landa (AST) +0:54
    11 Pinot (FDJ) +0:56
    12 Arashiro (EUC) +0:56
    13 Slagter (GRS) +0:56
    14 Poels (OPQ) +0:58
    15 Sanchez (BMC) +0:58
    16 Gesink (BEL) +0:58
    17 van den Broeck (LTB) +0:58
    18 van Garderen (BMC) +0:58
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Last 8km just gone up on http://www.steephill.tv/vuelta-al-pais-vasco/

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