Vuelta a Castilla y Leon - SPOILER

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited April 2010
    Yeah Soler is on form. Nice job Anton. Contador on form. Mosquera good. Pretty long stage and tons of snow. Would expect Contador to take the overall with the TT tomorrow.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • pitchshifter
    pitchshifter Posts: 1,476
    Anyone noticed that the spanish feed translates Contador into accountant!

    Brilliant.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Good stage to watch. Very tough conditions at the top, so a great ride by Anton. Hasn't really fulfilled the potential he showed from the Vuelta a couple of years back, but maybe this'll be the year he steps up a gear.

    Also caps a pretty good week for Euskaltel.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    GC:

    1. Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 12:45:12
    2. Alberto Contador (Astana) a 13
    3. Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) m.t.
    4. Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) a 1:10
    5. Tiago Machado (RadioShack) a 1:21
    6. David Bernabeu (Barbot) a 1:23
    7. Javi Moreno (Andalucía-CajaSur) a 1:27
    8. Raúl Santamarta (Burgos 2016) a 1:31
    9. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) a 1:34
    10. Stefan Denifl (Cervélo) m.t.

    TT tomorrow:

    http://www.vueltacastillayleon.com/file ... 000027.jpg

    Contador is a dead cert, but it'll be interesting (err, to me anyway) to see if Mosquera can stay on the podium. Machado is a threat.
  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    If this was a PTP race I would pick Brajkovic for the TT.
  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    afx237vi wrote:
    Hurrah!

    http://www.fromsport.com/video-229231.html

    Same link works today, Contador has just started.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Bertie fastest at first check
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    that was some quick time by bertie

    half a min quicker than the russian!
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  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Bertie didn't even look that out of breath either. Love the way he batted the guy on the motorbike out of the way just before one of the last corners...he's not afraid to use his fists that lad.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Look forward to seeing the highlights of a champion in action. So many wins this season already. If I have time I will start a thread on what supposed Grand Tour top tenners have done this season so there can be no doubt in anyone's mind who is the most complete and amazing rider and by how much he outclasses his peers as well as seeing who else is up there with good showings..
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Stage 3 final climb:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTLLYaBfVjs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiuHwNHM5L0
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Looks like Menchov will be riding with a superdomestique role in July....
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FJS wrote:
    Looks like Menchov will be riding with a superdomestique role in July....

    Good point. I forgot about his participation. 3mins back on GC.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,163
    FJS wrote:
    Looks like Menchov will be riding with a superdomestique role in July....

    No he won't. He's won three Grand Tours and his record in the week long tours has always been pretty bad. Gesink - OK, he's done well in a couple of Vueltas, but nothing yet to suggest he's Menchov's superior.
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Look forward to seeing the highlights of a champion in action. So many wins this season already. If I have time I will start a thread on what supposed Grand Tour top tenners have done this season so there can be no doubt in anyone's mind who is the most complete and amazing rider and by how much he outclasses his peers as well as seeing who else is up there with good showings..

    I could have sworn i saw a post from you saying you don't have a hero !
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,858
    Moray Gub wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Look forward to seeing the highlights of a champion in action. So many wins this season already. If I have time I will start a thread on what supposed Grand Tour top tenners have done this season so there can be no doubt in anyone's mind who is the most complete and amazing rider and by how much he outclasses his peers as well as seeing who else is up there with good showings..

    I could have sworn i saw a post from you saying you don't have a hero !

    No, when FF calls his beloved boy complete and amazing, it's an indisputable observation, not a piece of soppy hero worship. Everybody knows that. :wink:
    Lightweight. :P
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Moray Gub wrote:
    I could have sworn i saw a post from you saying you don't have a hero !

    No, when FF calls his beloved boy complete and amazing, it's an indisputable observation, not a piece of soppy hero worship. Everybody knows that. :wink:
    Lightweight. :P
    whatever ?
    I am appreciative of the youtube links to see some outstanding racing. thanks
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    10mins of the ITT
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETLKIMqsRk4
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Final general classification

    1. Alberto Contador (Astana) in 16h56'01
    2. Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 0'41
    3. Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) at 1'20

    That's 3 overall wins for Contador in 1 week stages with a win in each so far this year.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Its a shame that Ezequiel doesn't get a contract with a bigger team. He is such a good climber.
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