2010 Vuelta a Murcia 3rd-7th March

[reyan12]

any link on the live feed of todays stage...?

 

[craig1985]

Look out for Mike Kreder from Garmin. I know he is rated highly, especially when it comes to climbing. Another rider poached from the Rabo u23 system.

 

[theyoungest]

Look out for Mike Kreder from Garmin. I know he is rated highly, especially when it comes to climbing. Another rider poached from the Rabo u23 system.

His strength is the uphill sprint. We won't be seeing much of that in Murcia.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Could also be a year of being a team mate then anything else for him. Learn the ropes a bit. I do see him as a good stage racer in the future though.

 

[karlboss]

text at biciciclismo

 

[python]

the gap by km 38: 2:40 and falling

the four escapees are: Pate (Garmin-Transitions), Blain (Endura Racing), Reig (Caja Rural) and Westra (Vacansoleil).

 

[karlboss]

back up to 3:27

 

[karlboss]

up and back down again 2:04 after 64km

keeping them on a tight leash, one for the sprinters

 

[python]

cervelo and rabo are controlling the peloton and the gap atm.

 

[taiwan]

Bos FTW. Anyone got any tips on riders form Spanish U23 team, German or Russian teams, CCC, Caja Rural?

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

25km to go. Lead group is 55 seconds clear. Peleton chasing hard and beginning to split in stiff cross winds. Might not be a straight forward sprint afterall.

Wonder if Sky will be caught out in the cross winds again!!

 

[python]

Garmins Hunter takes the cake !

 

[Anonymous]

Garmins Hunter takes the cake !

And Impey 5th

Good day for barloworld

 

[mortand]

Bos FTW. Anyone got any tips on riders form Spanish U23 team, German or Russian teams, CCC, Caja Rural?

CCC: Watch out for Krzystof Jesowski in the sprints. Reigning Polish champion, pretty fast, won a ton of races last season. Admittedly in races like Tour du Maroc and Tour de Taiwan, but, hey, a win's a win! Tomasz Marczynski's quite a good climber, who have proven his worth in stage races like Vuelta a Asturias, Clasica a Alcobendas and Route du Sud. The race profile of Vuelta a Murcia probably don't fit him, I suspect. Time trialist Lukasz Bodnar may surprise in the TT (but probably won't).

Caja Rural: José Herrada's a pretty decent climber. He's done alright in these Spanish stage races before, and was second in the Queen stage of Vuelta a Murcia last year.

The German team's got veteran track racing star Robert Bartko. Don't know much about the rest. Don't know a thing about the Russian team or the Spanish U23, but Manuel Antón, Antonio Cabello and José Carlos Lara all got great cycling names. Anybody know if there's any relation to Igor, Francisco and Francisco, respectively?

 

[Mellow Velo]

And Impey 5th

Good day for barloworld

Nice to see a proper Brit team doing so well.

 

[Anonymous]

Nice to see a proper Brit team doing so well.

Two brits in the top 10

 

[theyoungest]

Could also be a year of being a team mate then anything else for him. Learn the ropes a bit. I do see him as a good stage racer in the future though.

He's more an Ardennes classics type of guy. At least, that's why Garmin have added him to the roster.

 

[Polish]

Robbie the Stage 1 Winner tweets...

Today's winner, Mr Hunter, tweets his "thank you"....

"Gotta say thanks to @lancearmstrong & his guys they did a lot of work in the front to rip the bunch to pieces. they rode real impressively!"
37 minutes ago via UberTwitter

Lance himself tweets Wiggins to be the overall winner...

"@bradwiggins looks strong too. For my money he's the favorite here."
about 3 hours ago via UberTwitter

 

[Mellow Velo]

What a surprise.
I wondered who would be the first to mention Mr Twatter and it turns out to be Polish, as if I couldn't guess.

 

[Polish]

Bosco Martin took some good snaps of today's stage.
Hard to pick a favorite...lots of good ones...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/30th-vuelta-ciclista-a-la-region-de-murcia-2-1/stage-1/photos/
.
.
.

 

[MacRoadie]

Lance himself tweets Wiggins to be the overall winner...

Sell, that saves us three more days of pointless racing...

 

[Dedelou]

Today's winner, Mr Hunter, tweets his "thank you"....



Lance himself tweets Wiggins to be the overall winner...

I missed it. Did he say something about "winning is not really what matter. The important is to not be 47th in the GC."?

 

[python]

Bosco Martin took some good snaps of today's stage.
Hard to pick a favorite...l[/url]
.
.
.

not hard at all. my favourite. valv-piti was not so lucky with gardia civil

is this bpc ? isnt he a tad phat ?

 

[Polish]

I missed it. Did he say something about "winning is not really what matter. The important is to not be 47th in the GC."?

I did not see that tweet.

But anyway, all the favorites finished with the first group - same time...

Lance, Wiggins, Menchov, Klöden, Jezowsky, Marczynski, & Zabriskie.

 

[Condorman]

/2/vueltamurcia_et1_amstrong_fan_600.jpg[/IMG]

Rent boy drew a blank?