2011 Vuelta a España Stage 20: Bilbao → Vitoria, 185km

[Moose McKnuckles]

any live streams ?

http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-7.php

Edit, ugh, that crapped out!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Radioshack killing it on the front. The group is seriously splitting up.

Up front Bakelants has to let go in the lead group

 

[SoNiK4]

British Eurosport:


http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-8.php

 

[hrotha]

hint: Zubeldia is basque

So? Doesn't make sense anyway.

 

[Jukebox]

Barredo keeps pushing the pace in the break.

Edit: he's solo, not in the break anymore.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Igor Anton dropped with Malacarne

 

[Gingerale]

if only txurruka could get a win... someday

 

[BillytheKid]

You mean in this race? Didn't know Robbie was in the Vuelta this year..

Sorry a little early here on a Saturday. Didn't click that is was PB for moment on the FREEDOCAST which titled it as the Vuelta. I've had little time for Vuelta this year, which is too bad.

 

[Benotti69]

any live streams ?

http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-6.php

eurosport with Harmon and kelly

 

[Jukebox]

There's no chance whatsoever for any GC drama today, right?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

There's no chance whatsoever for any GC drama today, right?

Only if there's somehow wind on the flat in the final. Who knows

 

[maltiv]

Come on Froome, attack! Might as well try...if nothing else, just to make it exciting to watch.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Oh man.
A grown up middle-aged in a full rainbow-kit, and he didn't look like Thor.
Perhaps it was the MTB- or track- worldchampion.

 

[zapata]

Peloton doesn't seem to be gaining on Barredo. Wish I knew the distance to Txurruka. Guess it'll be a bunch sprint anyway.

 

[maltiv]

Seems like Sky's tactic is to not try at all. I thought they would either go for intermediate sprints or to go for the attack but instead they're doing nothing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wout Poels hanging in the back.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Boring climb. Sky has packed it in. Shocking.

 

[maltiv]

The most shocking thing is that more or less no one tried anything, what's up with that? They just rode up the entire climb holding hands.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Boring climb. Sky has packed it in. Shocking.

Unjustified criticism. In this stage you really can't attack on that climb. With 40km flat behind.
I never expected it either.

 

[zapata]

Yes, a nice climb, but nothing much happening. Understandable, but disappointing. Give the good people a show when they have shown up in such numbers.

 

[hatcher]

Froome should have attacked, broken Cobo, all his Geox teammates, plus the rest of the peloton, and then held them off for 46k on the flat. No idea why he didn't.

 

[cineteq]

Colombian stream: http://www.rojadirecta.me/goto/canal3tvdeportiva.blogspot.com

PS: Moncoutié just won his 4th consecutive climber's title

 

[Maxiton]

Unjustified criticism. In this stage you really can't attack on that climb. With 40km flat behind.
I never expected it either.

So I guess Sky attacks on the flat, or they don't attack at all.

EDIT: For Sky, not for you.

 

[BillytheKid]

Unjustified criticism. In this stage you really can't attack on that climb. With 40km flat behind.
I never expected it either.

Well said. They're not a few Ks from the finish.

 

[Vitapen]

Sky had to set the pace, break all sprinters and try to win a stage and bonus seconds. But they didn't.