Vuelta 2017:Stage 15: Alcal la Real - Sierra Nevada. Alto Hoya de la Mora. Monachil 129.4Kms *Spoile

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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    hypster wrote:
    I don't understand Froome's tactics at all. Why let dangerous men like Lopez and Contador get over one minutes lead and then let Nibali dictate when the race is going to kick off?

    Maybe Froome is not on a good day, maybe he is hampered by injuries from the crashes, maybe he thinks he is better served not going to feel today then gaining lots of time in Tuesdays ITT, maybe they think they can reel in Contador etc towards the end. Maybe they don't consider them as danger men.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    thegibdog wrote:
    Eurosport Player seems to be a bit temperamdental since it was updated. On the plus side it thinks I'm in Germany so no Kirby!

    Bit temperamental? Understatement of the year!
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    r0bh wrote:
    thegibdog wrote:
    Eurosport Player seems to be a bit temperamdental since it was updated. On the plus side it thinks I'm in Germany so no Kirby!
    Bit temperamental? Understatement of the year!
    To be honest this is the first time I've used the updated version. Have just been catching the Vuelta highlights on ITV4 due to the vastly superior commentary.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,787
    hypster wrote:
    I don't understand Froome's tactics at all. Why let dangerous men like Lopez and Contador get over one minutes lead and then let Nibali dictate when the race is going to kick off?

    Why would Froome was to attack early or chase those moves and risk losing his team mates with a long way to go.

    Judge it at the end of the stage. If they reel everyone in then the tactics were perfect.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    edited September 2017
    Froome group are catching Contador group. Gap now under 40s now.

    So the answer to the conundrum is: Sky slow and steady wins the race tactic
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    Yates starting to look a bit laboured. Red jersey group now less than 40s behind Contador group
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    Gap coming down now, looks like a catch before the end.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Why did they have to change the route to this usual plod up Sierra Nevada?
    This is like watching paint dry.

    Contador hasn't done a tap for kms, letting Lopez mule for him all the way.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    Sky opening up the gas now
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Contador dropped
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    Lopez goes, Contador can't follow
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Lopez on a flyer. Bardet dropped too
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,532
    Lopez showing his potential. Shame about the first few days of the Vuelta otherwise he would be well placed.
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Fantastic scenery, far more attractive than the TdF and Giro.
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    edited September 2017
    Contador looking for some help from the motorbikes.
    Bo Duke wrote:
    Fantastic scenery, far more attractive than the TdF and Giro.


    Eh? Surely you jest.
    Nothing compares to Italy and the Dolomites.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Yates' advantage is crumbling. Lopez to take it easily IMO.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Froome group closing quickly. Time gap ticking down very quickly

    Edit: curse you predictive text
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Lopez catches Yates
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Under a minute to Froome. Yates cracks. Bertie caught
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,532
    Yates cracks. Contador caught
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,570
    I've stayed I to watch this :roll:

    I thought it was a savage climb but guess not
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Contador and Bardet caught... Proving why everyone ignored him when he went.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Is that Jack Haig on the back of the group of favourites for Orica Scott? Bloody good ride from him again.
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,537
    Lopez hardly breathing...
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Contador's showboat is sunk. :lol:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Froome pinches a few seconds off the Shark.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Let down by Spanish tv there, they didnt show any of the Froome group final kilo! Whackos...
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    Great ride again by Lopez. Shame about Simon Yates though. All this GC racing inside the final few hundred metres for a few bonus seconds on the line is getting boring though.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    Kelderman takes 3rd and the 4s bonus. Froome 47s behind Lopez on the line. Nibali loses maybe 5s. Contador well dropped by the line
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    edited September 2017
    GC top 5
    Froome, Nibs 1'01", Zakarin 2'08",Kelderman 2'11", Chaves 2'39"

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