La Vuelta 15 #9 Torrevieja / Cumbre del Sol **SPOILERS**
Sad day yesterday with too man nasty crashes and many peoples favourite rider taken out with a shoulder injury from a great position in the GC
156 MARTIN Daniel TCG withdrawal
111 BOECKMANS Kris LTS withdrawal
51 BOUHANNI Nacer COF withdrawal
38 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC withdrawal
Torrevieja / Cumbre del Sol. Benitatxell
With the lack of imagination (apart from the hoopy TTT) predominant in the Vuelta so far we have a hundred miler finishing with a MTF
The two mountains are actually one - the first time around the ascent is only partial and the route takes the riders on a loop before the full ascent to the mountain top finish
Take the percentages with a pinch of salt -- Dan Martin has, among others, already said that the road book is regularly incorrect.
As an offer to pro-teams for next years Vuelta - next year I will personally survey any of the climbs you want; no need to pay me just lend me one of those bikes, some free kit and give me the nod. How is is possible these huge outfits can be surprised? Just plain poor management - a GT and they are acting as if they had no idea what the route was till the morning of the race.
156 MARTIN Daniel TCG withdrawal
111 BOECKMANS Kris LTS withdrawal
51 BOUHANNI Nacer COF withdrawal
38 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC withdrawal
Torrevieja / Cumbre del Sol. Benitatxell
With the lack of imagination (apart from the hoopy TTT) predominant in the Vuelta so far we have a hundred miler finishing with a MTF
The two mountains are actually one - the first time around the ascent is only partial and the route takes the riders on a loop before the full ascent to the mountain top finish
Take the percentages with a pinch of salt -- Dan Martin has, among others, already said that the road book is regularly incorrect.
As an offer to pro-teams for next years Vuelta - next year I will personally survey any of the climbs you want; no need to pay me just lend me one of those bikes, some free kit and give me the nod. How is is possible these huge outfits can be surprised? Just plain poor management - a GT and they are acting as if they had no idea what the route was till the morning of the race.
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No team - even those with the biggest budgets - are going to devote staff and time to recceing and filming every single stage of every race they line up for.
Call it a quirk of the sport, if you like. If they were really that bothered about it, they'd try to apply pressure via the AIGCP or whatever it's called, to come up with more accurate roadbooks. But they're really not that arsed about it.
And that's why it is bad management - the teams that adapt tip the scales in their favour. Not that many years ago scoping out the routes would have been a serious dent in a teams budget - nowdays with clever enough sponshorship wheezes they could do it at a profit.
On a different note - and really sad - to add to the list of witdrawals at the top of this thread
Peter Sagen
http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/peter-sagan-retire-vuelta-espana/
Jasper Suyven
@Jasperstuyven 12 hours ago
On the other hand.. @lavuelta is finished for me after I broke my scaphoid in the big crash off the day..
Went very early and they have just under 3 minutes after 20kms.
one of my favourite riders
some one wake me up for the crashes or the last 15K
zzzzzz zzzzzzz
the feds def making themselves felt. all good. and what a climb oooft
HAHAHA goood man bagging the points Omar Fraile non world tour rider in the climbers jersey
Valverde lining them out.