Vuelta a Espana 2018 Stage 4 *SPOILER*
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from CN ticker:
Nairo Quintana is looking pretty comfortable and Valverde is further back in the group. Aru has been distanced slightly and is chasing furiously to get back on. Sepp Kuss is setting a blistering pace.
In the peloton, Michal Kwiatkowski is sitting behind George Bennett, but it looks like he has no teammates with him. It seems that De la Cruz has been dropped.0 -
Would be worth watching now.0
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Anyone else having Eurosport player issues? Mine says no content available...0
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King takes it, unlikely to be in Red though. Rolland eventually clawed them back but was toast by the time he got to them (King and Stalnov) so King attacked and won.0
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Kwait loses 2s to Valverde and about 3.15 to King, so still leads by 1.15 (over King). Yates gains 25s on Red.0
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blimey it all happened in the last 15mins. I guess the preceeding period is a softener0
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Top 10 on GC
1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 13:47:19
2 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:07
3 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:10
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:12
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:25
6 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:30
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:33
8 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:33
9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:37
10 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:420 -
dish_dash wrote:Anyone else having Eurosport player issues? Mine says no content available...
I am pleased to say that Sky Go can now be watched when using multiple screens, so no Eurosport player for me and no hidden mobile at work.0 -
TheBigBean wrote:dish_dash wrote:Anyone else having Eurosport player issues? Mine says no content available...
I am pleased to say that Sky Go can now be watched when using multiple screens, so no Eurosport player for me and no hidden mobile at work.
Yeah... am on Virgin...0 -
That's happening on my mobile but not on my laptop.dish_dash wrote:Anyone else having Eurosport player issues? Mine says no content available...
Missed it all anyway so I will see if the PS4 version of ES player will let me watch anything and try to see the highlights...0 -
Interesting but not particularly exciting stage. So, who is favourite now?
The new GC:
Rnk Prev Delta Rider Team UCI Time
1 1 KWIATKOWSKI Michał Team Sky 20 13:47:19
2 7 ▲5 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA - hansgrohe 0:07
3 12 ▲9 YATES Simon Mitchelton-Scott 0:10
4 2 ▼2 VALVERDE Alejandro Movistar Team 0:12
5 3 ▼2 KELDERMAN Wilco Team Sunweb 0:25
6 5 ▼1 IZAGIRRE Ion Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 0:30
7 8 ▲1 GALLOPIN Tony AG2R La Mondiale 0:33
8 9 ▲1 QUINTANA Nairo Movistar Team ,,
9 11 ▲2 KRUIJSWIJK Steven Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:37
10 13 ▲3 MAS Enric Quick-Step Floors 0:42
11 14 ▲3 MAJKA Rafał BORA - hansgrohe ,,
12 16 ▲4 PINOT Thibaut Groupama - FDJ 0:43
13 17 ▲4 BENNETT George Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:45
14 25 ▲11 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Astana Pro Team 0:46
15 18 ▲3 ARU Fabio UAE-Team Emirates 0:47
16 19 ▲3 URÁN Rigoberto Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:48
17 24 ▲7 DE LA CRUZ David Team Sky 0:53
18 71 ▲53 KING Ben Team Dimension Data 1:05
19 4 ▼15 DE PLUS Laurens Quick-Step Floors ,,
20 26 ▲6 HERRADA Jesús Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 2:00Team My Man 2022:
Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet0 -
Simon Yates looks well placed0
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bobmcstuff wrote:
That's happening on my mobile but not on my laptop.dish_dash wrote:Anyone else having Eurosport player issues? Mine says no content available...
Missed it all anyway so I will see if the PS4 version of ES player will let me watch anything and try to see the highlights...
I had it yesterday. There's a new version of the Android app and that sorts it."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Is BUCHMANN anyone to be worried about? He's a newbie??“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."
-Jacques Anquetil0 -
Definitely pushed on today. Tricky to know if the rest were holding back or Buchmann was stronger. Almost catching Yates was pretty good riding. Might be one to watch.
Surprised at Teo not making it though.“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."
-Jacques Anquetil0 -
It warms the cockles of my heart to see a Cofidis rider in the top twenty and another in the mountains jersey, give it a week though.0
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Credit to Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale for being 1:15:58 down after 4 stages.....'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0
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I just watched the ITV4 highlights show. Can anyone explain to me why David Millar persists with the view that Valverde is a "loyal teammate and domestique for Quintana"? I've never seen any evidence of this in any race over the years. The only person Valverde rides for is Valverde.
I think in a lacklustre field this year he sees his chance for one final crowning glory.0 -
Well there's no point in Valverde wasting his efforts riding for Quintana as Nairo seems to only ever want to follow wheels anymore, and he's (NQ) unlikely to win a GT that way.0
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True, never seen Valverde pulling for anyone. He'll put in attacks which he will benefit from if they pay off but otherwise he's about as useful as a kick up the butt. Sure he's trying to relive past Vuelta glories.“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."
-Jacques Anquetil0 -
so no one criticising lotto jumbo mountain train .if it was sky certain people would be all over it . BORING
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Just actually got round to watching this, Yates looks like he is going very well. Surely has a good chance here for the overall.0
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If he and his team have learned well the lessons from the giro, Yates is in a good position experience wise to race this one at an optimal level. What price a British clean sweep of the GTs this year?2015 Canyon Nerve AL 6.0 (son #1's)
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Then there should be value to be had elsewhere. I'd suggest those odds are lower because he's a Brit. Given his collapse at the Giro, there has to be a significant question mark over his ability to sustain a challenge over three weeks. Hope he can do it though.RichN95 wrote:
Around 5/2 favourite at most bookmakerslarkim wrote:What price a British clean sweep of the GTs this year?Team My Man 2022:
Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet0 -
If he doesn't keep attacking like a madman I'd think he has a reasonable shout. This attack seemed quite well timed, but in the post stage interview he definitely had his tail between his legs. Sounds like he's been told not to do so many attacks like that!DeadCalm wrote:
Then there should be value to be had elsewhere. I'd suggest those odds are lower because he's a Brit. Given his collapse at the Giro, there has to be a significant question mark over his ability to sustain a challenge over three weeks. Hope he can do it though.RichN95 wrote:
Around 5/2 favourite at most bookmakerslarkim wrote:What price a British clean sweep of the GTs this year?0 -
I think I read that Jumbo acknowledged that having done the 'train' thing, they didn't have the rider to finish it off in style...So presumably they won't be doing that again!tim000 wrote:so no one criticising lotto jumbo mountain train .if it was sky certain people would be all over it . BORING
More interesting surely was the fact that there was no Skytrain*
(*obscure Freddie Laker reference)Half man, Half bike0 -
I wasn't sure whether his demeanour was after a dressing down, or a reality check after he hadn't really closed out the last km or so as well as he might have expected.bobmcstuff wrote:
If he doesn't keep attacking like a madman I'd think he has a reasonable shout. This attack seemed quite well timed, but in the post stage interview he definitely had his tail between his legs. Sounds like he's been told not to do so many attacks like that!DeadCalm wrote:
Then there should be value to be had elsewhere. I'd suggest those odds are lower because he's a Brit. Given his collapse at the Giro, there has to be a significant question mark over his ability to sustain a challenge over three weeks. Hope he can do it though.RichN95 wrote:
Around 5/2 favourite at most bookmakerslarkim wrote:What price a British clean sweep of the GTs this year?2015 Canyon Nerve AL 6.0 (son #1's)
2011 Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc (son #4s)
2013 Decathlon Triban 3 (red) (mine)
2019 Hoy Bonaly 26" Disc (son #2s)
2018 Voodoo Bizango (mine)
2018 Voodoo Maji (wife's)0
