Stage 20 Vuelta San Lorenzo - Cercedilla *Spoilers*
Arguably the most significant stage of a grand tour this year, and no spoiler thread?
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6 seconds in it.
Apparently headwind on the last climb - doesn't favour attackers/Aru
Let's see what happens. What we know will happen is that a young new rider will win a grand tour, potentially the first of several. But will it be the first Dutch grand tour victory sine Joop Zoetemelk early 80s, or first Italian since, well, last year
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6 seconds in it.
Apparently headwind on the last climb - doesn't favour attackers/Aru
Let's see what happens. What we know will happen is that a young new rider will win a grand tour, potentially the first of several. But will it be the first Dutch grand tour victory sine Joop Zoetemelk early 80s, or first Italian since, well, last year
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Massive breakaway group with about 9 minutes, chasing Ruben Plaza with 2 more minutes:
Ruben Plaza (Lampre - Merida) now has 37 riders 1 minute behind him.
Sky: Sergio Henao, Nicolas Roche
AG2R - La Mondiale: Matteo Montaguti
Astana: Luis Leon Sanchez, Andrey Zeits
BMC: Alessandro De Marchi, Amael Moinard
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA: David Arroyo, Pello Bilbao, José Gonçalves
Cofidis: Dani Navarro
Colombia: Alex Cano, Carlos Quintero
Etixx - Quick Step: Carlos Verona
FDJ: Kenny Elissonde, Kevin Reza
IAM Cycling: Larry Warbasse
Lampre - Merida: Valerio Conti, Nelson Oliveira
Lotto Soudal: Jasper De Buyst, Adam Hansen, Jelle Vanendert
Movistar: Andrey Amador, Jose Joaquin Rojas, Francisco Ventoso, Giovanni Visconti
MTN - Qhubeka: Jaco Venter
Cannondale - Garmin: Joe Dombrowski, Moreno Moser
Europcar: Yuliya Arashiro, Antoine Duchesne, Romain Sicard
Katusha: Alberto Losada, Eduard Vorganov
Lotto NL - Jumbo: George Bennett
Tinkoff - Saxo: Jay McCarthy
Trek Factory: Haimar Zubeldia0 -
On the penultimate climb. Bonus sprint after this one, but all seconds going to the breakaway0
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When you said massive break you were not kidding!
I wonder which of these protagonists will clinch it.
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COME ON ARU AND ASTANA RIPPING IT UP!!
LLS and Zeits in the break. Landa and Catldo have destroyed the field. Dumoulin has a small gap off the back.
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Now it is Landa, Aru, Quintana, Tom, Majka, Nieve, JRod and one or two othersContador is the Greatest0 -
Giant should have had one in front, eh.0
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Eurosport playing a blinder by timing all their ad breaks for the climb everyone regards as the likely action area."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Landa back on, brilliant from him.
Normal order restored, got to hope Aru holds this. It is a monster long way to go.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Losing due to weak team. Shame.0
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What did I say? Eurosport= fecking a*sholes.
It's like showing a football game but not the winning goal."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19701522#p19701522]Blazing Saddles[/url] wrote:It's like showing a football game but not the winning goal.
Or watching ITV as we call it.Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
Help arrives from Astana, Gap doubles in no time at all
Tommy's head drops0 -
Help arrives from Astana, Gap doubles in no time at all
Tommy's head drops
Game over. Lets see if Rodriguez attacks up the next Cat 1.0 -
Astana played a blinder here. JRod now has a rider from the break and I guess he may get wide eyes at the prospect of 2nd. Lets see what Tom D can do on climb. It is a shame that he only has the worst time triallest of the top guys with him in this valley to help him.Contador is the Greatest0
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Astana getting motopaced,thats when the gap went out quick0
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Good team, that Astana team. Aru winning from that. Which is fair enough.. which is why TTT's are, of course, fair enough as well.0
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Where's Lotto when you need them! Hopefully he can have his team car give him some sly pulls when the camera is not on him.
Given the way Aru dropped Tom on that climb, I would be almost certain he would be able to get a big enough gap on the final climb solo, without any team help.
Such excitement this Vuelta. Last stage too, just like that nail-biter in the Giro.Contador is the Greatest0 -
How demoralising for Tom D, a long straight stretch of road and nobody in sight. Crap team cost him this.0
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Dumoulin going to finish outside podium way going. Is there a fight on for 3rd?0
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How demoralising for Tom D, a long straight stretch of road and nobody in sight. Crap team cost him this.0
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Quintana attacking, Majka following him.0
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Tom D shelling time on this climb. Nieve dropped him. Definite that Aru would have gained all the time he needed and more solo.
Nice move by Quintana and impressive that Majka covers. Real shame he suffered that fever and lost a bunch of time - would definitely be right up there for the win otherwise.
Joaquim doesn't really have the aggression does he.
Great riding by Plaza...been solo for very very long.
A shame that Chaves and Meintjes are getting blown away.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Battle for 3rd on the GC has started between Quintana and Majka. Dumoulin over 2min behind Aru now.
At the front, can Plaza stay out in front for the win?0 -
A shame that Chaves and Meintjes are getting blown away.
Things are looking pretty good for Plaza if there's nobody closer to him than 1' 47" now he's over the top of that climb...0