Vuelta a Pais Vasco ***Spoiler***

The_Boy

Above The Cows wrote:

Greetings from Portland, Oregon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_9CzLCbkY

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above_the_cows

The_Boy wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Greetings from Portland, Oregon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_9CzLCbkY

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Yes. Portland. And it is exactly like that. Although being a European, Dutch resident I do think they overplay the bikes and beer thing. Sure they have beer here and bikes, but pah!

The_Boy

Above The Cows wrote:

The_Boy wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Greetings from Portland, Oregon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_9CzLCbkY

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Yes. Portland. And it is exactly like that.

Well jell .

Anyway, I see Peanut has the same bidon as me. Copycat bastard.

above_the_cows

Ugh TJVG.

RichN95.

I think Jon Izagirre may win the TT today. The course is basically his back yard. A real GC danger too.

The_Boy

Costly for Spilak. Team My Man may well be grateful come the end of the day.

above_the_cows

Oh dear Tony. Should have had a bike change?

The_Boy

Quintana getting a push for about 200m after bike change. Lightweight.

above_the_cows

Teejay bested by my man Peanut!

The_Boy

Above The Cows wrote:

Teejay bested by my man Peanut!

*my* man, I think you'll find. I let him borrow my bidon and everything.

RichN95.

Someone please tell Kirby that Izagirre is ahead of Quintana.

Anonymous

What kit is J-Rod in?

Anonymous

Anyone see the guy with one leg next to Heano there?

The_Boy

RichN95 wrote:

Someone please tell Kirby that Izagirre is ahead of Quintana.

Is he?

edit: On the road. yes.

above_the_cows

Carlton is doing my head in. You'd think Quintana was in yellow or something.

above_the_cows

Woooo JRod!

above_the_cows

Oh shame for Henao.

emadden

Kirby commenting on Henao as if it were a bunch sprint ...

gsk82

he was watching that for hours and didn't notice that it took them 30 seconds from appearing under the arch to get to the finish.

joelsim

I missed it. What happened to Spilak?

slim_boy_fat

Joelsim wrote:

I missed it. What happened to Spilak?

Bike problem straight off the ramp.

RichN95.

Joelsim wrote:

I missed it. What happened to Spilak?

This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QsxvhsIiA

joelsim

Unbelievable. Took JRod out of my road.cc team this morning and replaced him with Spilak.

Major fail.

thegibdog

gsk82 wrote:

he was watching that for hours and didn't notice that it took them 30 seconds from appearing under the arch to get to the finish.

Yeah, but to be fair to him he doesn't really pay attention to what's going on.

Good win for Rodriguez.

hammerite

thegibdog wrote:

gsk82 wrote:

he was watching that for hours and didn't notice that it took them 30 seconds from appearing under the arch to get to the finish.

Yeah, but to be fair to him he doesn't really pay attention to what's going on.

Good win for Rodriguez.

At least he's nowhere near the cobbles tomorrow. He'd have no idea what is going on between different groups on the road.

frenchfighter

Pleased for Joaquim Rodriguez but would have been nice for Henao to take that GC.

Final General Classification
ESP 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 21:49:38
COL 2 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 13
ESP 3 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOVISTAR) + 29
COL 4 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR) + 38
GBR 5 YATES, Simon (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 46
ITA 6 SCARPONI, Michele (ASTANA) + 1:06
POR 7 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAMPRE - MERIDA) + 1:14
POL 8 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 1:15
RUS 9 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KATUSHA) + 1:25
FRA 10 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 1:33

thegibdog

hammerite wrote:

thegibdog wrote:

gsk82 wrote:

he was watching that for hours and didn't notice that it took them 30 seconds from appearing under the arch to get to the finish.

Yeah, but to be fair to him he doesn't really pay attention to what's going on.

Good win for Rodriguez.

At least he's nowhere near the cobbles tomorrow. He'd have no idea what is going on between different groups on the road.

Great news!

Shame that Simon Yates faded in the 2nd half of the TT but he still took the young riders jersey.

frenchfighter

rick_chasey

frenchfighter wrote:

Pleased for Joaquim Rodriguez but would have been nice for Henao to take that GC.

Final General Classification
ESP 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 21:49:38
COL 2 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 13
ESP 3 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (MOVISTAR) + 29
COL 4 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR) + 38
GBR 5 YATES, Simon (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 46
ITA 6 SCARPONI, Michele (ASTANA) + 1:06
POR 7 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (LAMPRE - MERIDA) + 1:14
POL 8 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 1:15
RUS 9 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KATUSHA) + 1:25
FRA 10 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 1:33

Very heavyweight top 10 that. Especially for a week long race.

bobbydazzla

hammerite wrote:

thegibdog wrote:

gsk82 wrote:

he was watching that for hours and didn't notice that it took them 30 seconds from appearing under the arch to get to the finish.

Yeah, but to be fair to him he doesn't really pay attention to what's going on.

Good win for Rodriguez.

At least he's nowhere near the cobbles tomorrow. He'd have no idea what is going on between different groups on the road.

As you can see, there's a group of riders riding bikes, 100k to go, in the zone of hurt, as they enter the hurt zone, as you can see, 99k to go, there's a group of bike riders, as you can see, 98k to go, this is the zone of hurt, there's some cobbles coming up, as you can see, the cobbles are coming up, the group of riders is on the cobbles, the cobbles are a whole zone of hurt, there's many more cobbled sections to go, each one is a zone of hurt, then they'll enter the velodrome, a real hurt zone, 97k to go, as you can see......repeat ad nauseum.

It's soul destroying. How is this clampit employed as a professional commentator.