Vuelta Stage 15 *Spoilers*

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    RichN95 wrote:
    Froome all on his own now.

    Nah.
    Sky car way down the rank after yesterday.

    OBE have woken up.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I wish we had seen the start of all this craziness.

    Would you like me to describe it to you? :twisted:
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I wish we had seen the start of all this craziness.

    Would you like me to describe it to you? :twisted:



    Wont you think of the children?? Not until the aftershed, plz
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I wish we had seen the start of all this craziness.

    Would you like me to describe it to you? :twisted:

    I am sitting comfortably.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • professeur
    professeur Posts: 232
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I wish we had seen the start of all this craziness.

    Contador shredding the peleton: http://video.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/tour-d-espagne/2016/vuelta-2016-l-attaque-de-contador-en-descente-comment-froome-a-ete-piege_vid890015/video.shtml

    * nicked from CN forum
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    professeur wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I wish we had seen the start of all this craziness.

    Contador shredding the peloton: http://video.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/tour-d-espagne/2016/vuelta-2016-l-attaque-de-contador-en-descente-comment-froome-a-ete-piege_vid890015/video.shtml

    * nicked from CN forum

    He got his panache back. #truechampion
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    professeur wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I wish we had seen the start of all this craziness.

    Contador shredding the peloton: http://video.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/tour-d-espagne/2016/vuelta-2016-l-attaque-de-contador-en-descente-comment-froome-a-ete-piege_vid890015/video.shtml

    * nicked from CN forum

    Gracias!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    An absolute horror show of a day for Sky - Froome isolated after 3km and bridging to the second group himself as Contador led Quintana and several of both their teammates off the front. I've seen the coverage but I've still no real idea how Sky let that happen.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Samu has made Rolland soil himself. :lol:
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,471
    Just caught up on yesterday which was one of the best GT stages in recent memory, turn on live expecting a dull day as everyone recovers and I see this chaos! Froome to take it a bit easier until the final climb and then go on a charge like a few days ago or has he cooked himself to limit the losses this far? It's not the first time Sky have been caught napping early in a stage. Konig must be a bit fed up after moving himself up the leaderboard yesterday!!
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    How come a few domestiques up front have wrecked Greenedge, Astana, a couple of Sky Guys et al?

    Also, I saw the start and wandered off and Froome was with Quintana at one point when it was starting to kick off. Froome must have drifted back as he was such a long way from home. Crazy days. :)
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    How long left??
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,149
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    How long left??
    21km. Final climb is 14.5km long.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Just tuned in after ToB... not a good day for a few people then?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,149
    JSCL wrote:
    Just tuned in after ToB... not a good day for a few people then?
    But a good day for a few others. Such is sport.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    RichN95 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Just tuned in after ToB... not a good day for a few people then?
    But a good day for a few others. Such is sport.

    Most definitely. Great to see Bertie up the road, I guess.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    RichN95 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    How long left??
    21km. Final climb is 14.5km long.
    Might be able to get home and watch the end...
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    JSCL wrote:
    Just tuned in after ToB... not a good day for a few people then?
    Well it's not a good day for my PTP that's for sure.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Just tuned in after ToB... not a good day for a few people then?
    Well it's not a good day for my PTP that's for sure.

    Haha, start as we mean to go on...
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,471
    It's going to make the final wee really interesting. Can't see Froome pulling back 3 minutes in the TT, I think he'll be happy if he can get 30 seconds back on this current gap but Nairo should have had an easier day. Why on earth are Astana doing the riding?
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Scarponi is 7th and he's not wanting to drop further. Greenedge the same thing.
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    I was watching flipping Sporza during yet another ES ad break and the blurted out the ToB result.
    They do this with every race and without a thought for a spoiler alert. :(

    Anyhows, I am seeing the GC battle shifting from 1st and 2nd, to 2nd and 3rd.
    Bertie v Froomy, with neither guy particularly keen on being the RU.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,471
    I still reckon Froome may win this overall. Sky 25 minutes down other than Froome.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Don't forget you will be missing Slovakia play England towards the 2018 world cup...
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    edited September 2016
    Peloton 25 minutes back, nice day off for them. Would,'t have expected most of Sky to be taking one though!
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Quintana finally pushing on the front. He's been sat in the wheels all day.
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,471
    Gap down below 2 minutes on the final climb.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,471
    Interesting to see if the front group keep riding together or whether they start attacking each other. Group 2 should work together as they are all losing their position as it stands.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,471
    Contrador and Quintana losing their men, Nairo being forced to work but gap not dropping.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Pross wrote:
    Interesting to see if the front group keep riding together or whether they start attacking each other. Group 2 should work together as they are all losing their position as it stands.
    I assume Yates is there too so that's 3 of them who have an awful lot to lose.

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