2010 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yeah and he doesn't have a permanent solution for that injury. He is riding with a bit of pain atm.
Don't think Clement will figure this race

 

[theyoungest]

Yeah and he doesn't have a permanent solution for that injury. He is riding with a bit of pain atm.
Don't think Clement will figure this race

He anesthetized it in Hel van het Mergelland. Worked pretty well, as he immediately picked up the KoM prize. Don't know if he'll do it every day, though.

 

[theyoungest]

Stage 2: victory for Theo Bos.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. Theo Bos (Cervélo) 4:45:55
2. Graeme Brown (Rabobank) m.t.
3. Oscar Grau (Burgos 2016) m.t.
4. Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
5. Filipe Cardoso (LA-Rota dos Moveis) m.t.
6. Alberto Contador (Astana) m.t.
7. Stefan Denifl (Cervélo) m.t.
8. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) m.t.
9. Tiago Machado (Team RadioShack) m.t.
10. Arnold Jeannesson (Caisse d'Epargne) m.t.

 

[theyoungest]

And against some heavy competition too...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Which is exactly what I said before the race even started

I see Theo Bos winning the first two stages, apart from Brown and Steegmans he has no competition here

Thank you, thank you

 

[theyoungest]

Which is exactly what I said before the race even started




Thank you, thank you

You're such a visionary, pair Brown to a random sprinter and you know he's going to come out the weakest

 

[Jamsque]

What are the odds on Brown running Bos into the barriers on the next flat stage (if he can manage to actually get alongside him, that is)?

 

[theyoungest]

What are the odds on Brown running Bos into the barriers on the next flat stage (if he can manage to actually get alongside him, that is)?

The odds are second to none, because the "if" you included is never going to happen

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

always good to see a dutch win, irregardless of the competition

 

[Publicus]

Looking at the ticker, it looks like Rabobank blew the race up in the last few kilometers. I was wondering why AC was placed so highly at the sprint finish, but that would explain why.

Really sucks that this race doesn't have a consistent live stream feed.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yeah Rabobank decided it would be a good idea to split up the peloton and try and suprise some GC riders and maybe even Bos, but Bos was there. According to what I read on people who could follow the stream, a small group returned but certainly not the entire peloton

 

[tonyvalente]

Portuguese riders

The Portuguese riders are doing well in Castilla y Leon... too bad they're noted as spaniards...

FYI - Tiago Machado, José Mendes, Filipe Cardoso, Edgar Pinto are Portuguese ... so, if you please, post their nationality correctly guys...

 

[The Sheep]

What are the chances we'll get to see tomorrow's stage?

 

[Big GMaC]

Contador 6th in the sprint.

Destroys Machadooo who can only manage 9th.

Why bother with the Green Jersey at the Tour when it is obviously Contadors for the taking

 

[ratatata]

78 Juan Mauricio Soler (Col) Caisse d'Epargne + 0:02:51

 

[issoisso]

Contador 6th in the sprint.

Destroys Machadooo who can only manage 9th.

Why bother with the Green Jersey at the Tour when it is obviously Contadors for the taking

Cancellara as a GT contender my ***. The real metamorphosis will be Contador becoming a field sprinter

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

78 Juan Mauricio Soler (Col) Caisse d'Epargne + 0:02:51

Yeah, only 44 in the same time because Rabobank made echelons.
And we all know, when they do that on the flat, guys from Colombia get completely lost.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Looking at the ticker, it looks like Rabobank blew the race up in the last few kilometers. I was wondering why AC was placed so highly at the sprint finish, but that would explain why.

Really sucks that this race doesn't have a consistent live stream feed.

Slim, but possible. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
French tv (sport+) have the weekend stages live, so they will have to get things sorted.
Also Sport+ often gets feeds posted on Justintv etc.

Soler? At least he doesn't appear to have fallen off this time. That's his normal echelon position!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

always good to see a dutch win, irregardless of the competition

I'm dutch too and I don't give a **** if a rider wins with a dutch passport. it's the person and type of rider that counts. not whose flag you have standing by your name. that is so lame

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Yeah, only 44 in the same time because Rabobank made echelons.
And we all know, when they do that on the flat, guys from Colombia get completely lost.

a guy like soler yes because he's not a good steerer in peloton but a guy like duque you won't drop him.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yes Gerrit-Jan/Drunkensailor, that is true

But I always liked Bos, talked with him at the 6-days a year before the road switch, he was already severely doubting his track career then. Real nice guy (which is why the Impey incident was so strange to me)

 

[theyoungest]

Yes Gerrit-Jan/Drunkensailor, that is true

But I always liked Bos, talked with him at the 6-days a year before the road switch, he was already severely doubting his track career then. Real nice guy (which is why the Impey incident was so strange to me)

I think this clip of Theo Bos after Paris-Roubaix is fantastic: clearly exhausted, and barely able to produce a story that makes sense, but savouring the moment.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Yes Gerrit-Jan/Drunkensailor, that is true

But I always liked Bos, talked with him at the 6-days a year before the road switch, he was already severely doubting his track career then. Real nice guy (which is why the Impey incident was so strange to me)

oh Im not saying he's not a nice guy. but then you should rather say I like bos because he's a good guy instead of he happens to be born within the same borders as I am

 

[Polish]

Soler lost chunks of time today.....3 minutes back now on GC

These 44 riders are still on the same time GC wise:
108 riders started

1 Theo Bos (Ned) Cervelo TestTeam 8:38:03
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
3 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 Filipe Cardoso (Por) La-Rota Dos Moveis
5 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack
6 Edgar Pinto (Por) La-Rota Dos Moveis
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
8 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
9 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
10 Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos 2016-Castilla
11 Jose Mendes (Por) La-Rota Dos Moveis
12 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
14 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper
15 Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack
17 Diego Gallego (Spa) Burgos 2016-Castilla
18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
19 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
20 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
21 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
22 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank
23 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Astana
24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
25 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank
26 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
27 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack
28 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29 Mario Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne
30 Aketza Peña (Spa) Caja Rural
31 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur
32 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
33 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo TestTeam
34 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper
35 Markel Irizar (Spa) Team RadioShack
36 Arturo Mora (Spa) Caja Rural
37 Raul Santamarta (Spa) Burgos 2016-Castilla
38 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana
39 Jose Rubiera (Spa) Team RadioShack
40 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
41 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur
42 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
43 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana
44 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia