2016 Vuelta a España

[Pah Bear]

I'm still reading Cav's last contribution.  Did the race start? 

[Pah Bear]

LOL.

 

I also fell asleep during the stage. LOL.

 

Now ... just one more sleep that's all I can say.

[Pah Bear]

Know what, the peloton road so slow my recording ended before they came in. At least I caught the break away finish. Happy for Conti.

[Mntboy]

Know what, the peloton road so slow my recording ended before they came in. At least I caught the break away finish. Happy for Conti.

That was one helluva ride! Timed his final attack well and got himself a very well deserved win!

 

Also a bit strange from the Movistar lead peloton allowing the break to balloon like that, even though I could see why.

 

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[Frosty]

Has the peloton finished?

[Mntboy]

Has the peloton finished?

Some three hours later, yes..........................................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok more like 30 minutes later.

 

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[Pah Bear]

Also a bit strange from the Movistar lead peloton allowing the break to balloon like that, even though I could see why.

They saving up for the fireworks tomorrow. No danger in the break anyway.

[Gen]

That was one helluva ride! Timed his final attack well and got himself a very well deserved win!

 

Also a bit strange from the Movistar lead peloton allowing the break to balloon like that, even though I could see why.

 

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Tomorrow is a hectic stage...going to be tiring just watching it.

[Mntboy]

They saving up for the fireworks tomorrow. No danger in the break anyway.

Tomorrow is a hectic stage...going to be tiring just watching it.

One reason yes and probably the main one they'll give but I can't help wonder if it wasn't also to nullify Beefy Berto from launching a surprise attack considering there was a Tinkoff rider (Golg - spelling) in the break. Having him too far up the road to be of use to Berto? It wouldn't be the first time that we would have seen such a tactic.

 

Looking forward to the fireworks on the Col d'Aubisque or as I am calling it 'the mountain of oww biscuits'!

 

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['Dale]

Tomorrow is a hectic stage...going to be tiring just watching it.

That'll warm me up ????????????

['Dale]

“Now I have a new level of respect for just about everything. Getting bottles is not as easy as it looks. Riding on the front is definitely not as easy as it looks. It’s definitely given me a new perspective.

 

“I definitely think riding for the GC is one of the easiest jobs in the world. You get waited on hand and foot and your teammates take care of you and shelter you through the whole stage, and all you have to do is go hard in the final. Yes, absolutely, this helps understand the work they do for me.”

 

Tejay van Garderen

 

Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/09/news/van-garderen-gains-new-level-respect-domestique_419666#AghkILEoVaVSuM3W.99

[Bonus]

I watched the last 50 kms or so and what was going on in the break was very exciting.

 

The peloton was another story . . .  but I guess they deserved a bit of a rest.

 

Big day tomorrow!

[Mntboy]

The previous thoughts of how

Movistar looked worn out and how

Alberto Contador had to be the

favourite for this Vuelta a España

have been disastrously wrong. Yes, I now have egg on chin.

 

I could hide behind Contador's crash for the challenging position he now finds himself in but let’s face it, his first week wasn't great. Of course he still can win, but it won't be easy to outwit the opposition and certainly a

lot more complicated than the wiping up I have to do.

 

Poor Alberto now sits between a rock and a hard place, not climbing well enough to stay with Nairo Quintana on the steep finishes and not confident enough to stay with Chris Froome and rely on picking off a few seconds where he can and hoping, praying for a return of his super TT days.

 

Theoretically, his only option is an

ambush which is certainly possible – however, given the strengths of

Movistar and Sky he'll need some

allies, which brings us to Orica-

BikeExchange. Remember Esteban

Chaves' quiet start, how he was

saving himself for the final week?

Well that time to show if he is serious has arrived. Probably a bit earlier than he thought but since he's in the same position of being minutes and not seconds behind, he doesn't really have much choice. Orica have Simon Yates to assist and if Tinkoff can find more friends amongst those interested in the mountains competition then everything could change.

 

Guys like Omar Fraile and Thomas De Gendt have nothing to lose and have to gamble on getting their GPM points from a break, likewise FDJ and specially Cofidis who have business interests in Spain. At the moment it all looks rather far-fetched but if Sky and Movistar keep slugging it out on the medium mountain days, then it might come down to who can take advantage of the two top favourites having no or at least little support left. - Robert Millar's opinion concerning Beefy Berto and how he could ambush both NQ and Froome.

 

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[BouncingBrain]

I thought I was just tired when I fell asleep during yesterday's stage..

[Bonus]

TV coverage has just started in Spain. Trying to work out what I'm looking at . . . .

 

Possibly a very big group of riders in a break, 40 secs off the front.

[Bonus]

With 150 km to go there's a break of about 30 plus riders in it at 3 min 47. The break contains riders from pretty much all the teams, including Sky and Movistar.

 

In the peloton, Sky have 6 riders setting pace at the front, followed by Friome, then Tinkoff & Movistar followed by the other teams.