2011 Vuelta a España, Stage 19: Noja - Bilbao (158,5km)

[Mellow Velo]

Looks like Wiggins is still protected and that we have a Sky fail coming up.

 

[Havetts]

Cmon Igor, you've got this!

 

[goggalor]

Wiggins will never drop Cobo by riding tempo. Froome needs to attack himself to win the Vuelta.

 

[webvan]

Wigans is going faster now, not fast enough though.

 

[Ferminal]

Block the road boys!

 

[Havetts]

Wiggo going fast, Barredo dropping.

 

[webvan]

Surely Wigans can up the pace a bit, let's go girls!

 

[Dancing On The Pedals]

I'm torn between wanting Anton to win in the Basque country and for him to look back to some kind of form (only a couple of weeks too late, but there you go) and Froome to do something spectacular and take time out of Cobo.

 

[Descender]

Laughable stuff from Sky.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Fan almost causing Anton to crash lol.

 

[Havetts]

Wiggo you might want to up the pace... Lol

 

[Dancing On The Pedals]

Wiggins out the saddle

 

[Gingerale]

Anton alone in a sea of basque, a beautiful thing.

this is his road. come on igor!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wiggo going fast, Barredo dropping.

Well, the gap to Anton has grown.
Sean Kelly is......................disappointed.

 

[Ragerod]

Hopefully the idea is let some guys get ahead so there is a group for Froome to join over the top but that's not going to happen.

 

[Frosty]

Looks good for Anton although have we seen the gap to Bruseghin? Motorbike has often been behind so havent had much chance to look back and see if he is in the background.

Edit: 19 seconds - could be a good chase to the finish, not sure who is the better descender.

 

[webvan]

Froome not looking great today...Wigans did drop him last week when Froome had the red jersey.

 

[superconfex]

Come on Wiggins push it

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Eurosport very gently suggesting poor tactics by sky, funny to listen to...

 

[Havetts]

2;19 to Froome from Anton. What the hell is SKY doing!?!?!?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nibali dropped again

 

[Ferminal]

Good race Nibbles.

 

[zapata]

I don't know what they're shouting at him, but I concur.

 

[Havetts]

Nibali cracking again, not the Nibali of last year.

 

[Frosty]

Nibali getting dropped - will hope to get back on the descent.