2011 Volta a Catalunya

[DJ Sprtsch]

Dumoulin!!!

 

[cineteq]

Rojas FTW.... or maybe sweet old Dumoulin

Would like to see Nizzolos first pro win though.

You called it!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rojas 2nd

So, Rojas keeps his streak of not winning races.

 

[theyoungest]

Lol. This Rojas guy... unbelievable.

 

[Kazistuta]

You called it!

And won some money by doing so... yea'

 

[Moondance]

Danielson abandons. Oh no!

Oh noes!

I had such high hopes for this Danielson kid, but I'm starting to fear that he'll never be able to fulfill his potential.

Congrats to Rojas btw.

 

[boomcie]

And won some money by doing so... yea'

Oh noes!

I had such high hopes for this Danielson kid, but I'm starting to fear that he'll never be able to fulfill his potential.

That's what she said...

 

[hrotha]

Okay, Dumoulin is a very good rider, very fast, especially in this kind of uphill finish. So is Cardoso (although Dumoulin is better). Petacchi too, obviously. But still, this is just too funny.

 

[Descender]

So, if a crippled turtle and José Joaquín Rojas start a race, who wins?

 

[Moncoutie]

Would love to see a one on one race between Bennati & Rojas:

After you...
No, no, after you...
No, really, I insist...
I couldn't possibly...

 

[hrotha]

Would love to see a one on one race between Bennati & Rojas:

After you...
No, no, after you...
No, really, I insist...
I couldn't possibly...

Bennati has nothing on Rojas. He has 44 victories in his palmares. Rojas has 4.

 

[boomcie]

So, if a crippled turtle and José Joaquín Rojas start a race, who wins?

Rojas, because a crippled turtle can't ride a bike, which is needed to win a bike race. But if the crippled turtle is a metaphor for "a really bad rider", you have yourself a race.

 

[Jamsque]

Would love to see a one on one race between Bennati & Rojas:

After you...
No, no, after you...
No, really, I insist...
I couldn't possibly...

And then Graeme Brown comes out of nowhere and wipes out the lot.

 

[theyoungest]

Bennati has nothing on Rojas. He has 44 victories in his palmares. Rojas has 4.

Seriously? That's even worse than I thought. 4 victories, for a sprinter...

 

[El Pistolero]

Seriously? That's even worse than I thought. 4 victories, for a sprinter...

He might beat Andy in overall wins soon though

 

[theyoungest]

Paul Martens on twitter:

In this race there aren't the famous sprinters,so everyday it's 80km full racing till the group's gone...conclusion...don't allow sprinters.

...For getting more excitement in the races i guess it's not a serious option, but ....

Apparently it's exciting if you're there.

 

[Tuarts]

Would love to see a one on one race between Bennati & Rojas:

After you...
No, no, after you...
No, really, I insist...
I couldn't possibly...

Brilliant.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Paul Martens on twitter:



Apparently it's exciting if you're there.

that was often how cycling was in 80s and 90s until cipo

 

[boomcie]

Apparently it's exciting if you're there.

That's what she said.

Guess who's on fire today?
Please don't give fake answers, because we all know it's me.

 

[Escarabajo]

Somebody needs to send a message to Steephill.tv about fixing the way their profiles look in their site. Look at Saturday Stage. They make it look like a glorious mountain stage. That's ridiculous

 

[Anonymous]

Somebody needs to send a message to Steephill.tv about fixing the way their profiles look in their site. Look at Saturday Stage. They make it look like a glorious mountain stage. That's ridiculous

they have just gone from the official profiles which were also equally ridiculous.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Is it me or do many of the stage races that are World Tour have gone from good to sucky profiles.

Paris Nice was the same, TDU always is unchallenging. Then there's Romandie which used to be much nicer in the past than it was the past few years. Suisse, same story... Poland, 5 sprint stages and 1 or 2 nice hilly ones. ENECO Tour, well that's just a sad case. Etcetera.

 

[Ildabaoth]

Is it me or do many of the stage races that are World Tour have gone from good to sucky profiles.

Paris Nice was the same, TDU always is unchallenging. Then there's Romandie which used to be much nicer in the past than it was the past few years. Suisse, same story... Poland, 5 sprint stages and 1 or 2 nice hilly ones. ENECO Tour, well that's just a sad case. Etcetera.

That's why they use to put 500 m in the top of a huge vertical scale in the profile, so any bump is seen as a hard climb and my ride to the university is like going up the Tourmalet.

 

[greatking88]

Nico Roche to try and go in the breakaway tomorrow..

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Is it me or do many of the stage races that are World Tour have gone from good to sucky profiles.

Paris Nice was the same, TDU always is unchallenging. Then there's Romandie which used to be much nicer in the past than it was the past few years. Suisse, same story... Poland, 5 sprint stages and 1 or 2 nice hilly ones. ENECO Tour, well that's just a sad case. Etcetera.

yeah this is a pretty poor course.
Giro makes up for it I guess