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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    A certain Anti Doping Body is targetting riders for sure. I thought that was WADA, who else is there to do that? UCI or National Bodies? :? I'm confused now. Mr iainf72, can you let on who you think is targetting riders? You seem to be a man who knows. :wink:
    Cheers Jerry
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    jerry3571 wrote:
    A certain Anti Doping Body is targetting riders for sure. I thought that was WADA, who else is there to do that? UCI or National Bodies? :? I'm confused now. Mr iainf72, can you let on who you think is targetting riders? You seem to be a man who knows. :wink:

    I'm not "in the know" but WADA are a policy body. The actual policing is left to the UCI and the anti-doping agencies. So for Sammy that would be the Spanish ADA.

    The UCI would test him the most.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,858
    victorponf wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Not that well see it, as it's all over inside the first 50kms of the stage.

    It´s a very good warm up to Monachil-Sierra Nevada by Sabinas (a combination almost like Telegraphe - Galibier).

    A very good stage in my opinion

    Oh, it is, definitely. Monachil has been the contenders graveyard in recent editions.
    Those final 27+kms climb over 1700 vertical metres.
    Just a pity that we won't get to see this first climb and the gap between the two peaks is so big.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    All the profiles in (today actualized)

    http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recor ... a.html?e=p

    3 ITT
    5 High mountain stages
    5 Medium mountain stages
    If you like Flandes, Roubaix or Eroica, you would like GP Canal de Castilla, www.gpcanaldecastilla.com
  • cswebbo
    cswebbo Posts: 220
    I'm looking forward to this tour, good field,just hope they sort out the Valverde situation one way or the other before next Friday. How long does it take the blazer brigade to make a decision? Maybe they need a few more liquid lunches?

    I'm going to see the two Murcian stages and the Valverde supporters will be out in full.
    Route goes within a couple of kms of his residence.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,128
    Kloeden is out, apparently the decision was made before he injured his wrist in the Eneco Tour.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/no-vuelta-for-kloden
  • pabloweaver
    pabloweaver Posts: 444
    afx237vi wrote:
    shannyla wrote:
    phips wrote:
    It'll be a snorefest in a dust bowl. Like usual then.

    +1 for truth. Long, long stages with no one watching, not even a donkey, through the arid moonscape.

    Maybe no donkeys (unless Bruseghin is riding), but lots of these:

    bull.jpg


    thats probably a load of bullocks to be honest ............................ :)
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  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    Spanish hour:

    Main rider in today´s TT:

    Hammond 15:31
    Henderson 15:46
    Fuglsang 16:21
    Kreuziger 16:23
    Barredo 16:43
    Millar 16:55
    Del Nero 16:56
    Gerrans 16:59
    O Grady 17:05
    Devolder 17:15
    D. Martin 17:17
    Gomez Marchante 17:21
    Kirchen 17:58
    Danielson 18:01
    Horner 18:08
    Boom 18:15
    Mosquera 18:17
    Gerdeman 18:19
    Grabsch 18:20
    Boonen 18:21
    Cunego 18:22
    Farrar 18:23
    Cobo 18:24
    Taaramae 18:28
    Vinokurov 18:30
    Tondo 18:31
    Cancellara 18:33
    Evans 18:34
    Basso 18:35
    Valverde 18:36
    Gesink 18:37
    S S'anchez 18:38
    If you like Flandes, Roubaix or Eroica, you would like GP Canal de Castilla, www.gpcanaldecastilla.com
  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    Overall names and leader before TT:

    1 GREIPEL, André GER THR 024:21:13
    7 BASSO, Ivan ITA LIQ a 27
    8 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP GCE a 27
    9 EVANS, Cadel AUS SIL a 28
    13 FUGLSANG, Jacob DEN SAX a 38
    18 GESINK, Robert NED RAB a 42
    22 ZUBELDIA, Haimar ESP AST a 43
    26 VALJAVEC, Tadej SLO ALM a 44
    28 GERDEMANN, Linus GER MRM a 46
    30 DANIELSON, Thomas USA GRM a 47
    37 COBO, Juan José ESP FUJ a 51
    40 SÁNCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUS a 51
    41 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel ESP XAC a 51
    42 VINOKOUROV, Alexander KAZ AST a 54
    49 TONDO, Xavier ESP ACA a 57
    62 EFIMKIN, Alexander RUS ALM a 01:08
    66 SCHLECK, Frank LUX SAX a 01:11
    68 CASAR, Sandy FRA FDJ a 01:11
    69 GÓMEZ MARCHANTE, J. Ángel ESP CTT a 01:11
    70 KREUZIGER, Roman CZE LIQ a 01:12
    75 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin ESP GCE a 01:17
    80 CUNEGO, Damiano ITA LAM a 01:20
    85 ANTON, Igor ESP EUS a 01:25
    86 SCHLECK, Andy LUX SAX a 01:26
    89 SZMYD, Sylvester POL LIQ a 01:29
    91 MONCOUTIE, David FRA COF a 01:31
    99 ZAUGG, Oliver SUI LIQ a 01:54
    If you like Flandes, Roubaix or Eroica, you would like GP Canal de Castilla, www.gpcanaldecastilla.com
  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    Overall after TT

    1 Fabian Cancellara SAX 24:58:12
    2 Tom Boonen QST +00:00:51
    3 David Herrero Llorente XAC +00:00:59
    4 Daniele Bennati LIQ +00:01:03
    5 Vasil Kiryenka GCE +00:01:08
    6 Cadel Evans SIL +00:01:12
    7 Alejandro Valverde GCE +00:01:14
    8 Thomas Danielson GRM +00:01:19
    9 Samuel Sánchez EUS +00:01:20
    12 Haimar Zubeldia AST +00:01:43
    14 Alexandre Vinokourov AST +00:01:48
    17 Ivan Basso LIQ +00:01:52
    19 Robert Gesink RAB +00:01:57
    41 Ezequiel Mosquera XAC +00:02:52
    51 Andy Schleck SAX +00:03:10
    53 Frank Schleck SAX +00:03:15
    77 Igor Antón EUS +00:03:59

    Except Mosquera and Schleck brothers everybody under 2 minutes. Tomorrow (8 climbs) is gonna be very funny
    If you like Flandes, Roubaix or Eroica, you would like GP Canal de Castilla, www.gpcanaldecastilla.com
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    victorponf wrote:
    Tomorrow (8 climbs) is gonna be very funny

    :D

    Hoping it will be a good one.
    Contador is the Greatest

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