Volta a Catalunya *spoilers*

specialgueststar

Valverde looked like he had started about three miles from the finish

Richmond Racer 2

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

Valverde looked like he had started about three miles from the finish

Standard Piti

Richmond Racer 2

Snowage in pic tweeted by Dan Martin this morning

carbonclem

Decision on start location expected at 1130

carbonclem

CarbonClem wrote:

Decision on start location expected at 1130

Race will start at the 58km point

inseine

EnacheV wrote:

Shadowrider wrote:

BMC now winners and Herman leader.

good

if french can send Bardet home for sticky cars then it's the normal thing to do here. curious how mnay minutes penalty for Movistar.

Unless I've misunderstood, all this Spanish/French thing is nonsense since it's the UCI who dish out the fines and punishments, not the local organisers?

slim_boy_fat

inseine wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

Shadowrider wrote:

BMC now winners and Herman leader.

good

if french can send Bardet home for sticky cars then it's the normal thing to do here. curious how mnay minutes penalty for Movistar.

Unless I've misunderstood, all this Spanish/French thing is nonsense since it's the UCI who dish out the fines and punishments, not the local organisers?

Cycling Podcast were talking about this after Bardet incident and they agreed that whilst it is the UCI who hand out the penalties there has been the suspicion of 'home field' advantage in the past.

Richmond Racer 2

Slim Boy Fat wrote:

inseine wrote:

EnacheV wrote:

Shadowrider wrote:

BMC now winners and Herman leader.

good

if french can send Bardet home for sticky cars then it's the normal thing to do here. curious how mnay minutes penalty for Movistar.

Unless I've misunderstood, all this Spanish/French thing is nonsense since it's the UCI who dish out the fines and punishments, not the local organisers?

Cycling Podcast were talking about this after Bardet incident and they agreed that whilst it is the UCI who hand out the penalties there has been the suspicion of 'home field' advantage in the past.

Race juries arent made up of all commies parachuted in from Aigle. UCI appoints the Chief Commie, and the entire panel for WT races for example - but for the main part it means they've been assessed and qualified by the UCI as UCI Intl Commissaires. They've hold licences with the local national fed. So it'll mainly be a Spanish race jury here.

jimmythecuckoo

I heard on The Cycling Podcast this will be an ASO event next year.

Shame as the haphazardness is part of the charm.

blazing_saddles

Riding on, but it looks like Zakarin has done his collar bone.

Dorset_Boy

What are the conditions like, and how short is the stage now?

blazing_saddles

Lovely and 60kms shorter

topper_harley

Lol the dawg on the attack

Richmond Racer 2

Gah. Tuned in just in time for a Kirby Fenton love splurge

dish_dash

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Riding on, but it looks like Zakarin has done his collar bone.

my man

shame...

dish_dash

Can't see any confirmation of the Zakarin collarbone break yet...

Top 10 - It's a win from RR's fav rider...

1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:04:27
2 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ
3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott
4 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-Scott
5 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
6 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
8 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
9 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek - Segafredo.

TJ still top of the GC

RichN95.

Apparently Zakarin finished in the front group, which has raised some eyebrows.

But he's not going to start tomorrow

RichN95.

Movistar (well Rojas at least) now complaining that TJVG took his helmet off at one point to adjust/scratch something.

ridgerider

You read it here first...Gesink to win on Friday.

dav1d1

in this episode of Volta a Catalunya Tejay Van Garderen takes off his helmet while in the peloton to remove his cap underneath disqualified

3.3. Rider taking off the mandatory helmet during the race

disqualified and 100

EnacheV

Dav1d1 wrote:

in this episode of Volta a Catalunya Tejay Van Garderen takes off his helmet while in the peloton to remove his cap underneath disqualified

3.3. Rider taking off the mandatory helmet during the race

disqualified and 100

you mean like COntador in Giro 2015

there were plenty of similar complains in the past, all ignored, which establishes the "adjusting the helmet" as legal and not subject of that rule.

wombly_knees

^they should just disqualify him for being van Garderen, to be fair.

gweeds

Tit for tat against BMC there and entirely predictable from a Spanish race. Embarrassingly parochial. Grow up eh.

Richmond Racer 2

wombly knees wrote:

^they should just disqualify him for being van Garderen, to be fair.

With absolutely no provision for appeals

Richmond Racer 2

Gweeds wrote:

Tit for tat against BMC there and entirely predictable from a Spanish race. Embarrassingly parochial. Grow up eh.

Tat for a tit in Rojas's case

gweeds

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

Gweeds wrote:

Tit for tat against BMC there and entirely predictable from a Spanish race. Embarrassingly parochial. Grow up eh.

Tat for a tit in Rojas's case

rick_chasey

So Eurosport is giving this priority over E3?


*stomps off like an angry child*

blazing_saddles

Rick Chasey wrote:

So Eurosport is giving this priority over E3?


*stomps off like an angry child*

Sporza have almost 4 hours live Rick.

rick_chasey

Yeah yeah, but I can't record illegal sporza streams while I'm at work, but I can record Eurosport :P.

gweeds

That's odd. Says E3 until 2pm and then they show an hour of yesterday's stage before going live to today's. Wtf.