2010 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya

[issoisso]

He's an actual rider, and he's Portuguese, look him up

Yes, but I don't get it. "Cera" just means "Wax" over here.

Call me dumb, or call me sleepy (it is late after all), but I don't get it. I'm an idiot, I guess

 

[theyoungest]

Yes, but I don't get it. "Cera" just means "Wax" over here.

Call me dumb, or call me sleepy (it is late after all), but I don't get it. I'm an idiot, I guess

In Dutch, it means third generation EPO

 

[karlboss]

This is by a very long margin the worst course I've ever seen for this race.

Where are the two usual mountain finishes?
First the Tour de Suisse, now this. What cool race are they going to neuter next?

bah

I race bikes and triathlon, I feel the same way when they allowed drafting in the bike leg. With drafting in a bikeleg, all you need to do is swim fast enough, hang onto strong cyclists and then out run them. Makes the whole thing a running race. Sure the time gaps at the end are smaller but that doesn't necessarily make for a good race. Same with dumping mountain top finishes, makes the leader board close at the end, but not necessarily good racing.

 

[issoisso]

In Dutch, it means third generation EPO

d'oh.

right. sorry.

 

[Sasquatch]

Cavendish is close to getting back on form. A win isn't far away. Technically, he should win this stage today. It should be a sprint finish.

 

[python]

this was some wierd prologue

wow. just watched a recap.

I can’t recall so much diversity in equipment selection in an itt - from a regular stage bike w/o clipons (not even a rear aero wheels) to the latest and slickest aero technology.

even within the same team, equipment choices varied widely. For ex, kloeden essentially rode a road bike whilst levi rode a full aero machine.

average speed of the winner was quite slow - 3.6 km @ 43.6 km/h. a ‘normal’ prologue this length should elicit 53-55 km/h.

a guess, a fit and daring rider with good enough bike did well yesterday.

kloeden must be in a hell of a shape to do this good on a road bike.

 

[Bala Verde]

Over here Rabobank means "B-U-T-T Bank", so I wouldn't laugh if I were you, Dutch individual person type guy

Haha, that is pretty funny. I always thought it was tail-bank, which doesn't bode well for their overall competitiveness or combined team ranking either. But(t) anyways I can see how tail/rear-end is intimately related to your translation...

Is the Italian 'Saddle' riding?

 

[Bike Boy]

wow. just watched a recap.

I can’t recall so much diversity in equipment selection in an itt - from a regular stage bike w/o clipons (not even a rear aero wheels) to the latest and slickest aero technology.

even within the same team, equipment choices varied widely. For ex, kloeden essentially rode a road bike whilst levi rode a full aero machine.

average speed of the winner was quite slow - 3.6 km @ 43.6 km/h. a ‘normal’ prologue this length should elicit 53-55 km/h.

a guess, a fit and daring rider with good enough bike did well yesterday.

kloeden must be in a hell of a shape to do this good on a road bike.

Suprised me as well, although I don't think riding a fully equiped TT bike would be very advantageous considering the conditions.

On a different note, I don't think Cavendish handled that 180 degree bend very well. Makes it even more impressive. Sastre was downright horrible not that he would care.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Kloden >>>>>>> Levi

 

[Ferminal]

Kloden >>>>>>> Levi

Destroyed him.

 

[Bike Boy]

Not exactly easy to be Leipheimer. Looks like he's finally on form but no way we can acknowledge anything he ever does.

 

[Hammerhed]

IceFire's vid

IceFire, Thanks for the video. You know, I don't recall Contador from those days at all, but the whole package was there already: He looks identical to the AC of today: Great footage of AC's first stage race overall victory.

 

[Jamsque]

With today's pancake-flat finishing circuits and the relative lack of sprinting talent in the field, I think we have to expect Cav to finally get that first win of 2010.

 

[python]

Suprised me as well, although I don't think riding a fully equiped TT bike would be very advantageous considering the conditions.

On a different note, I don't think Cavendish handled that 180 degree bend very well. Makes it even more impressive. Sastre was downright horrible not that he would care.

see pereiro comment below.

few other interesting observations.

(i) as i noticed earlier, pereiro’s 5:07 shows he’s getting where martinelli wants him to be
(ii) post-stage, pereiro complemented levi saying he placed so well despite taking no risk on a downhill
(iii) rabo’s best man ardilla (5:05, 16th)) rode last kilometer 4 seconds slower than his teammate menchov (5:22, 120th). van houwelingen explained - menchov took zero risk but on a last straight km he rode at full gas.
(iv) ll sanchez’s 5:03 is further proof hes the man to beat here.

 

[Four Winds]

Andy Schleck didn't start stage 2. Bad start to the year and not seeming to get any better yet.

 

[Publicus]

Andy Schleck didn't start stage 2. Bad start to the year and not seeming to get any better yet.

Did they say why? Is it his knee or lack of fitness? He's not finished a race yet....

 

[Four Winds]

No reason given as yet

 

[TourOfSardinia]

v.short video stage 1

http://www.elsesports.cat/video/2791250

is a 1 minute video of the highlight of stage 1 the TT in Catalano.

 

[Four Winds]

Back to the online translation amusement

OSCAR FREIRE = OSCAR I WILL FRY

He certainly fried on saturday. Not racing in Catalunya obviously but was mentioned.

 

[Ferminal]

Did they say why? Is it his knee or lack of fitness? He's not finished a race yet....

He finished T-A, but who would've known? No one saw him at all.

Prior to that, the last race he finished was the TdF.

 

[python]

the race’s lead group has passed the main climb of the day.- alt els angeles.

After 65 km, Castroviejo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) - Stetina (Garmin-Transitions) are in the lead

@3:30 Merino (Footon-Servetto-Fuji)

@ 8:30 the peloton

 

[issoisso]

Back to the online translation amusement

OSCAR FREIRE = OSCAR I WILL FRY

He certainly fried on saturday. Not racing in Catalunya obviously but was mentioned.

"Friar", actually. Like Friar Tuck. Who the heck made these dumb translators?

 

[python]

the break is doomed (gap @1:30 per the latest ticker)

I can see (in mind of course ) how cav is licking his lips

 

[Bike Boy]

First win of the season for Cavendish.....

It has to be

 

[Tyke1968]

What other sprinters are riding?
No other top names jump out at me from the startlists.