2010 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

[Ryo Hazuki]

Wasn't there a headwind on Arcalis? But overall I think your point is well taken. Wind is not his friend.

there was also headwind in criterium international mountaintop finish where contador had lots of trouble.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Anton is a much better itt guy than mosquera in short itt's in long itt's he usually fails. but in short itt's anton is not bad at all as this result shows which was when he was only 23...

1 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 12.12
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02
3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16
4 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.26
5 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30
6 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.32
7 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 0.35
8 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.36
9 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 0.40
10 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Kaiku 0.41
12 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.44
13 Jesús Tendero (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu
14 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 0.45
15 José Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.48
16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 0.49
17 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 0.50
18 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 0.51
19 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea
20 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.52

 

[thehog]

Needs to get the Chris Horner "motivation" juice into his system and ride like a F1 car.

Anton is a much better itt guy than mosquera in short itt's in long itt's he usually fails. but in short itt's anton is not bad at all as this result shows which was when he was only 23...

1 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 12.12
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02
3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16
4 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.26
5 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30
6 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.32
7 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 0.35
8 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.36
9 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 0.40
10 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Kaiku 0.41
12 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.44
13 Jesús Tendero (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu
14 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 0.45
15 José Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.48
16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 0.49
17 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 0.50
18 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 0.51
19 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea
20 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.52

 

[icefire]

Alberto's Kryptonite

If there is one thing that I see him consistently struggling with, it's the wind. And I think he knows it. I tend to believe the result would have been more positive for him had there been less wind.

BTW, Is there a torrent of today's stage yet?

Summary of the climb is already on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTLLYaBfVjs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiuHwNHM5L0

 

[Publicus]

there was also headwind in criterium international mountaintop finish where contador had lots of trouble.

Oh yeah that's right. Forgot all about Criterium International. He was struggling with the wind. My bad. Thanks for the reminder.


I spy....

 

[Publicus]

Anton is a much better itt guy than mosquera in short itt's in long itt's he usually fails. but in short itt's anton is not bad at all as this result shows which was when he was only 23...

1 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 12.12
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02
3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16
4 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.26
5 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30
6 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.32
7 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 0.35
8 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.36
9 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 0.40
10 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Kaiku 0.41
12 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.44
13 Jesús Tendero (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu
14 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 0.45
15 José Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.48
16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 0.49
17 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 0.50
18 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 0.51
19 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea
20 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.52

2006 Clasica a Alcobendas Stage 3 9.7KM. He lost 40 seconds in 9.7KM.

In the 2010 Volta ao Cataluyna he lost 13" in 3.6KM to the eventual winner (Kloden and Levi were 2" and 1" off the lead for reference). But save a 60 m climb, it was largely flat.

At the Monoco ITT (last year's TdF), 15.5KM with a cat 4 climb that would favor him, he finished 69th, 1'38" off the pace (1'20" behind AC). Small cat 4 climb, with a technical descent. This route may more closely reflect the profile of this ITT--though none of the riders are in TdF form.

 

[python]

we have the 1st goal post. Oscar Pujol finishhed few minutes ago and took 23 minutes to complete.

looks like i was in the ball park yesterday as i estimated 20-21 minutes for the winner on the rather technical, slow course.

live streaming in 30 minutes.

 

[Publicus]

Stef Clement (Rabo) new best time 21'53"

 

[luckyboy]

Any feeds around?

 

[issoisso]

Mark my words. There is no way in hell Antón keeps the jersey without Contador having a crash/something similar. None. Whatsoever.

 

[python]

Any feeds around?

both work for me (i keep both in case one quits):

http://www.fromsport.com/video-229231.html

http://www.rtvcyl.es/emisiononline.cfm

 

[Publicus]

Any feeds around?

The link I am using can be found here:

http://www.fromsport.com/c-9.html

 

[luckyboy]

Thanks

 

[Publicus]

Looks like its raining. Should make things interesting.

EDIT: Macho Man is on deck!

 

[Publicus]

Gustavo Cesar has new best intermediate time of 11:53 (8.7 KM). Menchov has yet to make it to the first time check.

 

[icefire]

Best time at the moment 21:38, Gustavo Cesar Veloso

 

[Publicus]

Nice hairpin turnaround.

 

[python]

berto is starting.

can't be sure (too small a line) but it looked like menchov had second best intermediate split

 

[Publicus]

berto is starting.

can't be sure (too small a line) but it looked like menchov had second best intermediate split

He did. I think it was 11'56"

 

[Publicus]

It looked like Menchov CRUSHED the best time. He was sub 19 minutes????

 

[icefire]

It looked like Menchov CRUSHED the best time. He was sub 19 minutes????

TV made a mistake, it wasn't Menchov

 

[Publicus]

TV made a mistake, it wasn't Menchov

Ok. I was shocked.

Kind of a disappointing ride from Menchov, no?

 

[Highlander]

I was actually wondering if Menchov had somehow cut the course based on how much of a lead the TV time gave him.

 

[luckyboy]

Menchov 22:15. Not bad.

 

[icefire]

I was actually wondering if Menchov had somehow cut the course based on how much of a lead the TV time gave him.

It was Moorenhout, who started 2 mins before