Author Topic: La Vuelta (Read 9225 times)

tenacious1 · « **on:** August 24, 2014, 07:52:00 AM »

Stage 1 TTT surprises

Sky and Garmin were not fast. Millar didn't even finish with his team. I wonder if he had a mechanical?

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Froome, meanwhile, admitted that he had “hoped for better” but warned that the race is still long. But if Sky were way off their hopes of a top-three finish with a 27 second time loss and eleventh place, Garmin-Sharp’s 18th place represented an unexpected setback for Dan Martin and Ryder Hesjedal in a discipline where traditionally the American squad have shone far more brightly.

Moviestar was first putting Valverde and Quintana in good position.

wherestheportojohn · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2014, 09:46:31 AM »

Wish we had free access to all things Univision.
Cycling.
Track and field.

*sigh*

tenacious1 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2014, 01:27:00 PM »

psst . . . Spartacus is racing.

wherestheportojohn · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2014, 05:20:43 PM »

Quote from: tenacious1 on August 24, 2014, 01:27:00 PM

psst . . . Spartacus is racing.

in the Vuelta? What about prepping for the Worlds? (I didn't miss that, did I?)

tenacious1 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2014, 07:29:07 PM »

The Vuelta is the best prep for worlds. Chances are he'll pull out after two weeks or so.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2014, 04:31:24 PM »

Dan Martin took second on today's stage.

Mrtambourineman · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2014, 01:47:07 PM »

Is Micheal Mathews out of the Vuelta? He was in the lead at the end of stage 5 and now he's nowhere to be seen on the rankings after stage 6.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2014, 04:41:36 PM »

He's still in. He lost 13 minutes today.

In fact, all 198 who started are still in the race. I can't remember a grand tour not losing any riders in the first 6 stages. That's a pretty cool stat.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 02, 2014, 09:56:45 AM »

36k TT today. We'll see if Froome can claw back some time.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 02, 2014, 10:20:44 AM »

Velonews has a photo essay on the La Vuelta first week in case anyone wants to see what they've missed.

The opening ceremonies were on an air craft carrier? http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/09/gallery/photo-essay-blazing-saddles-vueltas-hot-first-week_343501

ctjim · « **Reply #10 on:** September 02, 2014, 02:42:26 PM »

Quintana crash !!!
Contador in red jersey !!!!!!

tenacious1 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 02, 2014, 03:36:40 PM »

I saw he lost about four minutes. Is he okay?

Froome didn't go that well either.

Tony Martin first. Cancellara third. Is this a preview of worlds?

tenacious1 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 02, 2014, 10:21:51 PM »

Quintana's analysis of his ride: "I'm screwed."

I appreciate the honesty.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quintana-loses-vuelta-a-espana-lead-in-near-catastrophic-crash

ctjim · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2014, 09:01:22 AM »

The crash didn't look that bad, all things considered. Musta hurt, though.
He definitely picked the wrong time to tighten his shoe.

I agree he's screwed. It's going to be really hard to make up four minutes on el pistelero in the mountains. He said he's going to help Valverde now.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 03, 2014, 09:18:52 AM »

His "I'm screwed" comment and volunteering that he's working for his teammate are turning me into a fan. He seems pretty down to earth.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 03, 2014, 09:20:18 AM »

I jinxed him.

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Movistar rider quits on stage 11

Nairo Quintana has abandoned the Vuelta a Espana on stage 11 after suffering his second crash in as many days. The Movistar rider crashed heavily on stage 10 during the individual time trial and dropped out of the top ten as a result.

Quintana started today’s stage saying that his ankle and hip were hurting him but climbed off after approximately 20km of racing after being involved in another crash. He has been taken to hospital for checks.

The Giro d'Italia winner was lying 11th overall, 3:25 behind race leader Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) after the time trial stage. Alejandro Valverde is now Movistar's sole team leader for the Vuelta a Espana.

For complete live coverage from today's stage, click here.

ctjim · « **Reply #16 on:** September 03, 2014, 09:31:26 AM »

aw, that's too bad.

ihop · « **Reply #17 on:** September 03, 2014, 10:04:34 AM »

tenacious1 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 04, 2014, 09:09:04 AM »

The crash that took out Quintana must have been really bad. It took out Morabito, too -- a dislocated shoulder plus he was run over by a race motorcycle. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/morabito-out-of-vuelta-a-espana-due-to-motorbike-incident

And Pinot is out with a fever.

ETA: Quintana is having surgery for a displaced fracture of his scapula.

ihop · « **Reply #19 on:** September 04, 2014, 09:47:18 AM »

That was a bad crash.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 08, 2014, 01:38:41 PM »

Umm......today's stage might be interesting to watch.

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Brambilla, Rovny ejected from Vuelta a España for fighting
By: Cycling News Published: September 08, 2014, 17:42 BST, Updated: September 08, 2014, 17:42 BST Race: Vuelta a España, Stage 16

Slap-fight mars stage 16

The Vuelta a España became more than just a fight with the legs when Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider Gianluca Brambilla and Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff-Saxo) engaged in a prolonged slapping match while in the day's breakaway on stage 16 from San Martín del Rey Aurelio to La Farrapona. Lago de Somiedo on Monday.

The two were climbing the penultimate climb of the stage with about 37km to go when they were caught by the cameras exchanging blows - but they were also seen mid-fight by the race official, who was following just behind the breakaway.

Brambilla then went off the front of the breakaway and was leading the race together with teammate Wout Poels and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) when the officials came up to him some 25km later to inform him he had been disqualified.

Rovny, too was ejected from the race after helping his team leader Alberto Contador return to the lead group after a mechanical.

ctjim · « **Reply #21 on:** September 08, 2014, 02:15:05 PM »

FIGHT !! FIGHT !! FIGHT !! FIGHT !!
There are vids up on youtube already.

ihop · « **Reply #22 on:** September 08, 2014, 03:03:55 PM »

Goodness.

tenacious1 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 08, 2014, 04:32:18 PM »

http://universalsports.com/video/2014-vuelta-a-espana-stage-16-fight/

tenacious1 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 14, 2014, 03:00:06 PM »

Pistol Pedro rides again.

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