La Vuelta 15 #2 - Alhaurín /Caminito del Rey **SPOILERS*
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Chucking Nibs off the race would be justified for that IMO.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0
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Jury want Nibs out.
Astana asking for mercy and if they'll apply a 10 minute penalty instead.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
Jury want Nibs out.
Astana asking for mercy and if they'll apply a 10 minute penalty instead.
I bet they are. Nibs showed at the Tour how good he is as a loose cannon.0 -
Wow, missed that.
Thought it was great work how he went from being in a big group one minute then working back up through the cars the next - even commented as such!0 -
I think it's just us here today Bob.
Hehe, I was meant to be out on my bike but it's raining and my legs hurt from doing Colombiere and Aravis yesterday...
It's fine to take the day off. Good work yesterday. I climbed the Côte d'Hilversum which peaks at a mighty 39m.
In the end just did a 25km spin up through Sixt to Frenalay, got extremely wet... Glad I bought the Gabba with me!
How these guys descend mountain roads in the wet at the speeds they do is beyond me, I was a right pussy on the way back.0 -
I don't want to see him chucked out, but he should be. It's not like he was on his own, struggling to get back. The entire group he was with sat up as if to say 'wtf was that'? It really has to be a DQ.0
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Got to be out for that. Can't keep him in even 10 mins down with the other cards Astana have to play.
Forum meltdown a la Giro if he stays in.0 -
IAM rider David Tanner broke his hip in the crash today. Season over (via @badencooke)0
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He's out
Good callFckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
Nibbles has been dq'd0
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Twitterati saying he's been DQd
Well...after my criticism after Portegate I have to give the UCI Jury some grudging respect for that. Some rare consistency from them.
Horror season for NibblesWe're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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He's out
Good call
Even Lance says his cheating was "unfuckingbelievable"“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
The correct decision.0
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The DS involved should go as well.“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
Wilier Cento Uno SR/Wilier Mortirolo/Specialized Roubaix Comp/Kona Hei Hei/Calibre Bossnut0 -
The DS involved should go as well.
He has been according to same sources as Nibali decision.0 -
He had to go for that.
I can imagine the response of some if that had been Froome and Sky.
BURN THEM ALL.
What on earth was the Astana car thinking. Mental. Amateur hour.
Mind you it just means Aru is sole leader as long as Landa doesn't get too frisky.Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.0 -
From this article from about a week or so ago:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nibali-and-aru-show-united-front-ahead-of-vuelta-a-espaa/"We haven't seen each other since the Tour. There are lots of incidents in races, and what happens in the race stays in the race," Nibali said, adding: "At the time, I preferred not to mention it, but in 2010 Froome was excluded from the Giro for being towed by a car…"
My guess is he won't be bringing it any time in the future either. At least he can't claim ignorance of the rules.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Credit do Mr _f
@iain_forfar
Nalini need to make the most of it. "Nalini mitts : for when you really need to hang onto that bottle"We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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From this article from about a week or so ago:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nibali-and-aru-show-united-front-ahead-of-vuelta-a-espaa/"We haven't seen each other since the Tour. There are lots of incidents in races, and what happens in the race stays in the race," Nibali said, adding: "At the time, I preferred not to mention it, but in 2010 Froome was excluded from the Giro for being towed by a car…"
My guess is he won't be bringing it any time in the future either. At least he can't claim ignorance of the rules.
Ha,, very surprised he risked it.0 -
should have kept him in with a massive penalty. would be far bigger punishment for someone who didn't want to be there and doesn't want to be in the team.
hopefully the hype around him will go away now he's finally racing the big boys and making himself look foolish. fully expect to see him going back to hiding at the giro next year, building up a palmares against second rate riders! LOSER!"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
The Spanish and Dutch press were onto it pretty quickly. No escape these days for a sticky water bottle
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marca.com%2F2015%2F08%2F23%2Fciclismo%2Fvuelta_espana%2F1440351657.html0 -
Delighted they've done the right thing - that's just the sort of thing that destroys a sport's credibility (like the er other stuff).
How do he or the Astana DS/driver think they can just do that right in front of other riders? Astounding arrogance and contempt for their colleagues, and cycling fans globally of course.0 -
I think it's just us here today Bob.
Hehe, I was meant to be out on my bike but it's raining and my legs hurt from doing Colombiere and Aravis yesterday...
It's fine to take the day off. Good work yesterday. I climbed the Côte d'Hilversum which peaks at a mighty 39m.
In the end just did a 25km spin up through Sixt to Frenalay, got extremely wet... Glad I bought the Gabba with me!
How these guys descend mountain roads in the wet at the speeds they do is beyond me, I was a right pussy on the way back.
I have been known to call in team support on wet Alpine descents and do worse than Nibbles and actually get in the car... Nothing worse than descending when you're freezing cold and get the shakes.Correlation is not causation.0 -
The Spanish and Dutch press were onto it pretty quickly.No escape these days.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marca.com%2F2015%2F08%2F23%2Fciclismo%2Fvuelta_espana%2F1440351657.html
I suspect a few riders in that group may have said something along the lines of "you may wanna have a quick gander at our group with 16km to go",“I saw the video, I know what we did!” added Martinelli.
“It happens in the Tour, I’ve seen it 1000 times. Try to find me an honest person in the peloton. Any sports director would have done the same thing to save their leader.
Astana, Ethically WatertightWe're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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That was an 80kph bottle. So blatant, I just love this sport! I'm surprised they didn't just put him on the roof rack0
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@JaunePeril · 10m10 minutes ago
Nibali drags a team car back into the race and is DQ'ed! where's the justice in that? #lawyersangle
*applause*“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -