Vuelta starts tomorrow Saturday move to spoilers
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I don't think he'll deliberately lose time (like Majka in the Tour), but he may not have a choice. It will be in the best interests of others to go hard in the early stages to make sure.DeVlaeminck wrote:I think Contador will ride for the GC at the Vuelta, whatever he says I don't think he'll be able to resist giving it a go.Twitter: @RichN950 -
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5ks carnage.Contador is the Greatest0
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Pardilla, Arroyo, Landa with 15secson on Quintana, Moreno, three Astana and a few others. 3ks.Contador is the Greatest0
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My man makes his move. Game on. 2.5km.Contador is the Greatest0
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Rambo comes past a group of three like a rocket.Contador is the Greatest0
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WOW, my man bridges and flies past Rambo. Moreno latched onto the wheel.Contador is the Greatest0
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Rambo and Brajkovic now with those two. 1.5km.Contador is the Greatest0
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Quintana lighting it up. Dropped everyone but Landa is hanging on for dear life.Contador is the Greatest0
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That doesn't really narrow it down for us.frenchfighter wrote:My man makes his move.Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:
That doesn't really narrow it down for us.frenchfighter wrote:My man makes his move.
Lol, the avi is the clue.
He takes the win in fine form. Vuelta is going to be carnage.Contador is the Greatest0 -
ugo.santalucia wrote:Pokerface wrote:He's in a no-lose situation really. If he goes well, he looks the hero. If he goes poorly, he can use the excuse that he wasn't ready to come back this soon.
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Stage 6 is the first tricky one so he still has 2 weeks to get some sort of form. If he can stay with the leaders for a couple of medium mountain/flat stages he may well see how he goes. As said it's a no lose situation for him. tbh I can't see him living with Quintana and Froome, look at Purito in the Tour, way off pace and no staying power.0 -
Lotto:
Lotto-Belisol for the Vuelta a España: Sander Armée, Vegard Breen, Bart De Clercq, Jens Debusschere, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson, Pim Ligthart, Maxime Monfort and Jurgen Van den Broeck.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Movistar confirms both Valverde and Quintana are riding.0
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frenchfighter wrote:Lotto:
Lotto-Belisol for the Vuelta a España: Sander Armée, Vegard Breen, Bart De Clercq, Jens Debusschere, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson, Pim Ligthart, Maxime Monfort and Jurgen Van den Broeck.
A weak team with little chance of anything decent except for a top 5 in the sprints if they are lucky.0 -
Yeah, although VDB may be happy to try for GC placing.
Forgot Uran was racing as he has not been mentioned.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Top 15 for VdB, no more I reckon.0
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VDB should lose time in the first week, will leave him free to take a mountain stage, like Barguil did last year0
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Betancur lost 38mins yday...
Unfortunately Tekle was 15mins down.Contador is the Greatest0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Hoping for a nice showing from him and Louis. Both are brave riders and climb like demons. I hope Tekle does well but then I always do and am often disappointed - done more or less ok but lost a packet on the hardest stage in V Burgos.
Anyone reckon the younger riders in MTN will be pulled by management after roughly 2nd rest day like Yates was. I really hope not.Contador is the Greatest0 -
I think the Vuelta is a step below the Tour in terms of intensity, so less risk of irreparable damage to a young rider if they see the race through to the end.
I think if Simon Yates was making his GT debut in the Vuelta, OGE would let him ride to the end. As I imagine they'll do with Adam Yates.0 -
Yeah I suppose thats fair.Contador is the Greatest0
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The fact that neither Meintjes nor Kudus have ridden since June could go against them. Plus I don't think Kudus is good enough to win in the WT yet... although still should have a solid race.
But being the African team, I think they'll ride for Pardilla and Ciolek.0 -
Sky: C Froome, D Cataldo, P Deignan, P Kennaugh, V Kiryienka, C Knees, M Nieve, L Rowe, K Siutsou0
