Vuelta a Espana Stage 1 *SPOILER*

inseine
inseine Posts: 5,788
edited August 2018 in Pro race
I'm almost embarrassed to create this thread after the cracking TdF threads, but we're getting to the last few riders so i thought someone should do it.
Anyway, Nelson Oliveira splitting the two Sky riders, Kwiatkowski and Dylan van Baarle. Before the top two it was very close at the top. Kwiatkowski smashed it.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,387
    Good ride by Little Flower. Dennis going well. Aru rubbish.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,387
    Simon Yates 23 secs down
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,387
    Nibbles 20 secs down at intermediate.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,387
    Dennis takes it by 6 secs
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,387
    Nibbles loses 40 secs, 64th
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Dennis as expected.
    Poor rides by the EF pair and Pinot. Porte obviously still ill, but that's tough on him.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'm a bit late to post this, but I see Aru was riding.

    gonzo-face-smashed.jpg

    Shame about MY MAN Kiwato.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Unless I'm mistaken, BMC are the first team to lead all three GTs in the same year since 2006 (Discovery Channel).
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Porte was probably the worst of the GC hopefuls, but he was only 37secs behind Kelderman, who was the best. Smallish gaps.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Different timings on the official site and Cycling News which is confusing. Yates and Quintana only 1sec apart (possibly).
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    inseine wrote:
    Porte was probably the worst of the GC hopefuls, but he was only 37secs behind Kelderman, who was the best. Smallish gaps.

    The thing is, will Toblerone Boy think it's a bit sh1t?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Above The Cows wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Porte was probably the worst of the GC hopefuls, but he was only 37secs behind Kelderman, who was the best. Smallish gaps.

    The thing is, will Toblerone Boy think it's a bit sh1t?
    Sick as a dog
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    20 seconds between 1st and 5th. The next 20 seconds covers 5th to 66th.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    A few GC type guys.

    2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
    10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
    16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
    20 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
    28 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
    30 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
    33 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
    34 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
    35 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
    41 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
    44 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
    57 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
    59 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
    63 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
    64 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
    71 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
    73 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
    80 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
    88 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
    97 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
    122 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    inseine wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Porte was probably the worst of the GC hopefuls, but he was only 37secs behind Kelderman, who was the best. Smallish gaps.

    The thing is, will Toblerone Boy think it's a bit sh1t?
    Sick as a dog

    Yeah gastro ain't fun.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    inseine wrote:
    Porte was probably the worst of the GC hopefuls, but he was only 37secs behind Kelderman, who was the best. Smallish gaps.
    I think already 30 odd secs back to Keldermann (and also to Ion Izaguirre) over such a short distance (not just Porte but also Henao) puts those latter two already under pressure.
    Maybe it'll mean stages 3 and 4 are enlivened.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Rohan Dennis is the 15th rider to have won a time trial (including prologues) in all three Grand Tours. Now there's a trivia question - name the other 14 (I do have a list)
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rohan Dennis is the 15th rider to have won a time trial (including prologues) in all three Grand Tours. Now there's a trivia question - name the other 14 (I do have a list)
    Good question. Off the top of my head, David Millar and Miguel Indurain for two?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rohan Dennis is the 15th rider to have won a time trial (including prologues) in all three Grand Tours. Now there's a trivia question - name the other 14 (I do have a list)

    I'll have a guess at a few...
    Jacques Anquetil
    Bernard Hinault
    Tony Martin
    Sean Kelly
    Laurent Fignon

    I have idea really
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Big Tom has won in all three....I wasn't thinking so recently
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    edited August 2018
    DeadCalm wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rohan Dennis is the 15th rider to have won a time trial (including prologues) in all three Grand Tours. Now there's a trivia question - name the other 14 (I do have a list)
    Good question. Off the top of my head, David Millar and Miguel Indurain for two?
    Millar - yes. That's two,

    Indurain - no. Never won a Vuelta stage of any kind
    inseine wrote:
    I'll have a guess at a few...
    Jacques Anquetil
    Bernard Hinault
    Tony Martin
    Sean Kelly
    Laurent Fignon
    Anquetil and Hinault, yes. No to the others.
    Correct with Dumoulin.

    Anquetil, Dennis, Dumoulin, Hinault and Millar so far (none of the others are from after 2000)
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    How about Thierry Marie? He was pretty handy
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    inseine wrote:
    How about Thierry Marie? He was pretty handy
    Yes he was.

    Anquetil, Dennis, Dumoulin, Hinault, Marie and Millar
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  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    With these sorts of questions my stock answer is always Merckx, and im usually right :D
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Omar Little wrote:
    With these sorts of questions my stock answer is always Merckx, and im usually right :D
    Merckx is always a correct answer

    Anquetil, Dennis, Dumoulin, Hinault, Marie, Merckx and Millar

    Eight left (I'll give some clues tomorrow)
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  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anquetil, Dennis, Dumoulin, Hinault, Marie, Merckx and Millar.
    Eight left
    What about Rominger, Boardman and Ullrich?
    Although I think Ullrich's TT-win in Italy may have been later nullified following the Fuentes scandal.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,529
    Jean-François Bernard
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,529
    Bernard Hinault and maybe Laurent Fignon
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    RichN95 wrote:
    DeadCalm wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rohan Dennis is the 15th rider to have won a time trial (including prologues) in all three Grand Tours. Now there's a trivia question - name the other 14 (I do have a list)
    Good question. Off the top of my head, David Millar and Miguel Indurain for two?
    Millar - yes. That's two,

    Indurain - no. Never won a Vuelta stage of any kind
    inseine wrote:
    I'll have a guess at a few...
    Jacques Anquetil
    Bernard Hinault
    Tony Martin
    Sean Kelly
    Laurent Fignon
    Anquetil and Hinault, yes. No to the others.
    Correct with Dumoulin.

    Anquetil, Dennis, Dumoulin, Hinault and Millar so far (none of the others are from after 2000)
    Yikes. So not Cancellara or Tony Martin which would have been my next guesses. Rominger has already been suggested. How about Zulle? Also, how about Honchar, or is he post 2000?
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    Pretty sure Roche won time trials in the Giro and TDF in '87. Did he ever ride the Vuelta?
    Coppi? Probably never rode the Vuelta.

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