2010 Vuelta a Murcia 3rd-7th March

[Anonymous]

you have podium??

Nope.

Jufre new GC leader though.

 

[skidmark]

favorite quotes from internet-translated spanish tickers?

Mine is:

15:05 the leader Robert Hunter has left the race because woman has put itself of childbirth

 

[Anonymous]

Etapa 3:
1. Luke Roberts (Team Milram)
2. Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) m.t.
3. Josep Jufré (Astana) m.t.
4. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) m.t.
5. Andreas Kloden (RadioShack) m.t.
6. Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) m.t.
7. Stefan Denifl (Cervélo) m.t.
8. Michel Kreder (Garmin-Transitions) m.t.
9. Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) m.t.
10. José Herrada (Caja Rural) m.t.

General:
1. Josep Jufré (Astana)
2. Luke Roberts (Milram) m.t.
3. Frantisek Rabon (Team HTC-Columbia) m.t.
4. Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) m.t.
5. Thomas Rohregger (Team Milram) m.t.
6. Tomasz Marczynski (CCC) m.t.
7. Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil) m.t.
8. Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) m.t.
9. Peter Weening (Rabobank) m.t.
10. Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) a 5
11. Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) m.t.
12. Martin Velits (Team HTC-Columbia) m.t.
13. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) m.t.
14. Andreas Kloden (Team Radio Shack) m.t.
15. Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) m.t.
Lance Armstrong (Team RadioShack) m.t.


Rpm's prediction was a bit out then..

 

[python]

Josep Jufre is new leader of the race!!!

congratulations ! and thanks for keeping the astanafans.com site interesting.

may i request more english translations please!

 

[Big GMaC]

favorite quotes from internet-translated spanish tickers?

Mine is:

15:05 the leader Robert Hunter has left the race because woman has put itself of childbirth

So has his wife had a baby or has he stopped by the side of the road to help a pregnant damsel in distress?

What is the full GC? Is LA on the mt as Deny M and Wigan?

 

[Anonymous]

congratulations ! and thanks for keeping the astanafans.com site interesting.
!

Ditto! .........

 

[sublimit]

What was Hunter up too? i presume Wiggins starts after Kloden and Texasstrong tommorow.

 

[python]

ive just canceled one chore tomorrow in the (vain) hope that murcia tele
will broadcast live tomorrow. oh well.

 

[issoisso]

What was Hunter up too?

His wife went into labour, so he dropped out.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Vacansoleil (another kick in the BMC bollocks) crushingly dominant in the team Comp, which we all know, is now more important than actually winning the race....
....Which is lucky, since one of those weakling Astana riders is currently wearing the leader's jersey.

(I'm peed off there's no live feed, this year.)

 

[maltiv]

According to Lars Petter Nordhaug, Armstrong was really struggling today. Apperently, Wiggins felt great and asked for Nordhaug and Froome to go to the front in the climb, and they got a small gap back to Armstrong and Klöden but they eventually got back together with the group.

http://www.syklingensverden.com/baglercms.php?articleID=23327&catID=-1

 

[Anonymous]

from LA's twitter

Tough st 3 2day. Suffered like a dog on cat 1
climb. Team was very solid as was SKY. TT 2morrow. I hope I'm within a minute of @bradwiggins!

 

[van nelle]

Wiggins this, Armstrong that... It will be funny when Rabon wins's the race GC tomorow

 

[cineteq]

The overall winner will be one of these 4:

Pos
11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
19 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack

 

[Publicus]

from LA's twitter

I thought he lost all that weight and having last year under his belt was going to make a difference....

 

[issoisso]

Wiggins, Rabon, Menchov, Klöden, Clement, Velits
One of them will win.

And I'm 90% sure the winner will be one of
Rabon, Velits, Clement


The first two of the three, especially, are not climbers. At all. If they're in good enough form to finish in this group, they're likely to blitz the time trial.

And very well done Jack Bauer. Good luck for the 24 (kms) tomorrow

 

[taiwan]

The overall winner will be one of these 4:

Pos
11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
19 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack

Out of those 4 I would say Menchov, but I think: Rabon.

 

[Polish]

from LA's twitter
Tough st 3 2day. Suffered like a dog on cat 1 climb. Team was very solid as was SKY. TT 2morrow. I hope I'm within a minute of @bradwiggins!

Does Lance mean a minute ahead of Brad or a minute behind??

Just kidding, Lance is just an old man having a BLAST this season.
ENJOYING the racing while earning and raising millions of bucks.
And millions of fans around the world are ENJOYING the show.

Even Lance is suprised at the Murcia fan support...

And muchas gracias to the people for the support here. I must say though, I'm a little surprised by it!
8:37 AM Mar 4th via UberTwitter

And no pressure on Lance at the TdF....pressure will be on Brad though.

 

[stefrees]

Wiggins, Rabon, Menchov, Klöden, Clement, Velits
One of them will win.

And I'm 90% sure the winner will be one of
Rabon, Velits, Clement


The first two of the three, especially, are not climbers. At all. If they're in good enough form to finish in this group, they're likely to blitz the time trial.

And very well done Jack Bauer. Good luck for the 24 (kms) tomorrow

those 3 are good tt'ers but I don't think they're going to be beating wiggo menchov etc. Wiggo has to be strong favourite

 

[issoisso]

those 3 are good tt'ers but I don't think they're going to be beating wiggo menchov etc. Wiggo has to be strong favourite

On his first race of the season?

Heh.

We'll see tomorrow, but I'd be extremely surprised to see Wiggins win

 

[python]

Lance is just an old man having a BLAST this season.

this phrase alone (i bet your lemond poster at work that i know who you are but dont worry i could really care less who you are and care even less outing you) tells me all i need to know about you.

the same statement, 'armstrong is just an old man' can be conveniently turned around 180. all to armstrong's positive image

variant 1: look at age 38 he is still that good.
variant 2: look at age 38 he is just...what do you expect of an old man but still mixing it out with them.

 

[Publicus]

On his first race of the season?

Heh.

We'll see tomorrow, but I'd be extremely surprised to see Wiggins win

I thought this was Wiggins' third race of the year.

 

[issoisso]

this phrase alone tells me all i need to know about you.

I've kept an eye on his posts. You're right on the money. "Fanboy 4 Life Yo"

 

[Publicus]

this phrase alone (i bet your lemond poster at work that i know who you are but dont worry i could really care less who you are and care even less outing you) tells me all i need to know about you.

the same statement, 'armstrong is just an old man' can be conveniently turned around 180. all to armstrong's positive image

variant 1: look at age 38 he is still that good.
variant 2: look at age 38 he is just...what do you expect of an old man but still mixing it out with them.

We saw that last year at the Tour. Versus commentators were riding his jock like nobody's business after Stage 3, marveling at what he was doing at 37 plus years, etc. And then Verbier happened. And variant 2 was all you heard from the moment AC went. It's the same dynamic and it will be repeated often this year.

If he's clipped in, I assume he has the legs to race. No excuses if he loses.

 

[Anonymous]

On his first race of the season?

Heh.

We'll see tomorrow, but I'd be extremely surprised to see Wiggins win

Why do people keep insisting this is wiggos first race of the season..
He won the TTT in qatar, and was 2nd in the TT in Andalucia