2011 Vuelta a Espana Stage 10: Salamanca ITT, 47km (28/9)

[Sylvester]

Biggest victory of Chris Froome so far, not that difficult considering he has only won one race as a pro:

Giro del Capo II - Durbanville (145.2 km), 5/03/2009

1. FROOME Chris 3h31'37"
2. THOMSON Jay Robert 03'31"
3. IMPEY Daryl 03'31"
4. KACHELHOFFER Hanco 03'31"
5. SOUTHAM Tom RCR 03'31"

Froome's results in 2011

Incredible performance.

 

[dlwssonic]

TBH, im quite surprised about phinney what a ride by him. He just shows how good he can be when he is on form. To bad this years vuelta doesn't have a prologue. He is only 21 and I believe he can challange cancellara and martin in the future if he develops well.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Nibbles still the obvious favourite, but you know what, unless he cracks again on La Manzaneda (which doesn't suit him), J-Rod could well fancy his chances if he gives it a go early on Anglirú and Peña Cabarga, with time bonuses available.

people should disregard purito at their own peril.

anyway yawn at the he cheated / he is low etc.

sure bmc riders wouldn't do such a bit (he barely did much wrong imo. if anything -- go rewatch)

 

[dlwssonic]

I give my respect to sky they have really surprised me this vuelta. Chris froome was also looking pretty good yesterday, I believe he can do better than wiggins. He is a real surprise. However they might lose big time on the angliru so I don't think either can win.

 

[Mellow Velo]

In retrospect, Wiggins' ride was pretty disappointing. He was never going to contest the stage win given how hard he worked yesterday, but he needed to take a lot more time on Nibali to have enough buffer for the mountains to come.

Bradley blew, while Froome flew.

TBH, im quite surprised about phinney what a ride by him. He just shows how good he can be when he is on form. To bad this years vuelta doesn't have a prologue. He is only 21 and I believe he can challange cancellara and martin in the future if he develops well.

Meh. He's been finishing in the bus each day, saving himself for this.
There's more to this cycling lark that just riding against the clock.
It's his GC riding that needs to develop. We all know he can time trial.

 

[Maxiton]

In retrospect, Wiggins' ride was pretty disappointing. He was never going to contest the stage win given how hard he worked yesterday, but he needed to take a lot more time on Nibali to have enough buffer for the mountains to come.

Agreed. Wiggo must be even more wiggo now. It'll be interesting to see what happens now. Fantastic ride by Froome, though.

 

[spalco]

Dangerous? Man he has it in the bag...

Well, a lot can happen in two weeks.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Biggest victory of Chris Froome so far, not that difficult considering he has only won one race as a pro:

Giro del Capo II - Durbanville (145.2 km), 5/03/2009

1. FROOME Chris 3h31'37"
2. THOMSON Jay Robert 03'31"
3. IMPEY Daryl 03'31"
4. KACHELHOFFER Hanco 03'31"
5. SOUTHAM Tom RCR 03'31"

Froome's results in 2011

Incredible performance.

Come on, the quality in that field is clearly not that good.

TBH, im quite surprised about phinney what a ride by him. He just shows how good he can be when he is on form. To bad this years vuelta doesn't have a prologue. He is only 21 and I believe he can challange cancellara and martin in the future if he develops well.

agreed, that was a great ride.

Seriously, he didn't do anything. He wasn't really on Mollema's wheel except for the tiniest length of time. Oh wait, Spanish cheater.

Don't be a tool, it does sometimes happen in other races but it is not a cool thing to do. It is an INDIVIDUAL time trial

 

[Maxiton]

Bradley blew, while Froome flew.

Quote of the Vuelta!

 

[just some guy]

people should disregard purito at their own peril.

anyway yawn at the he cheated / he is low etc.

sure bmc riders wouldn't do such a bit (he barely did much wrong imo)

Nothing like last years race when GVA waited for Gilbert and they did a 2 man TTT for a few km´s.


J-rod did not to get people knickers all tied up

 

[hfer07]

This Vuelta is going crazy love it -two Brits in Contention along with Fuglsang & Nibali fighting their way up to the GC-damn I can't wait for next Wednesday & the beginning of the "real test" when the insane gradients decide who's the best

 

[sublimit]

In retrospect, Wiggins' ride was pretty disappointing. He was never going to contest the stage win given how hard he worked yesterday, but he needed to take a lot more time on Nibali to have enough buffer for the mountains to come.

He's climbing OK though on the less steep stuff, looking good for a podium or a top 10 but Nibali will probably win yes.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Well, maybe JVDB will start taking timetrials more seriously now. All the time he takes on hills and mountains, he loses on 15 kms. The timegaps after this stage alone are larger than after an entire vuelta without a TT.

 

[Tuarts]

Must say I'm quite pleased for Froome. Always liked him since his Barloworld days when he rode the Tour under Kenyan nationality

 

[thehog]

Biggest victory of Chris Froome so far, not that difficult considering he has only won one race as a pro:

Giro del Capo II - Durbanville (145.2 km), 5/03/2009

1. FROOME Chris 3h31'37"
2. THOMSON Jay Robert 03'31"
3. IMPEY Daryl 03'31"
4. KACHELHOFFER Hanco 03'31"
5. SOUTHAM Tom RCR 03'31"

Froome's results in 2011


Incredible performance.

But Froome didn't win today so not a victory.

 

[auscyclefan94]

people should disregard purito at their own peril.

anyway yawn at the he cheated / he is low etc.

sure bmc riders wouldn't do such a bit (he barely did much wrong imo. if anything -- go rewatch)

When I see a BMC rider do it, I willl call them out and call it a low act. I just didn't liek like others. People called him scum yet you and hrotha only seem to say something about my comment.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Well, maybe JVDB will start taking timetrials more seriously now. All the time he takes on hills and mountains, he loses on 15 kms. The timegaps after this stage alone are larger than after an entire vuelta without a TT.

not like he has been taking time on mountains anyway.

 

[roundabout]

Gaps are small. There are 4 MTFs and one potentially very dangerous stage to go. Even Rodriguez can win it.

 

[theyoungest]

Well, maybe JVDB will start taking timetrials more seriously now. All the time he takes on hills and mountains, he loses on 15 kms. The timegaps after this stage alone are larger than after an entire vuelta without a TT.

He was supposed to have trained on his TT, and improved?

 

[JRanton]

Froome finished the 2009 Giro in 35th place as a 23 year old. That's pretty good going.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

When I see a BMC rider do it, I willl call them out and call it a low act. I just didn't liek like others. People called him scum yet you and hrotha only seem to say something about my comment.

the constant Spanish negative / cheaters thing is quite annoying imo.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Well, maybe JVDB will start taking timetrials more seriously now. All the time he takes on hills and mountains, he loses on 15 kms. The timegaps after this stage alone are larger than after an entire vuelta without a TT.

So, how is your take on Mollema and JvdB now this vuelta, changed your mind yet

 

[Jamsque]

Tactically it would seem the thing for Sky to do in the mountains is attack with Wiggins and have Froome follow wheels. I do wonder how Wiggo's ego will react to being asked to take a supporting role, though.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Did Wiggins REALLY blow though? I mean, he's a world class ITT rider, but he still finished 3rd. Martin bombed the course, it's just that Froome - who carried him most of the way yesterday - mysteriously still had more in the tank than Wiggins today. Froome is on the way to being the Velits this year. He's tackled some really steep stuff in racing before, which Wiggins hasn't really (he faced the Zoncolán in 2010 but was in no real form, everything else is from before he started his conversion), and is obviously in the best form he's ever been in.

I think people were being optimistic about just how great Wiggins is against the clock (very) when saying that he'd be in red by a minute - obviously Froome's performance was a shock, but they were being very dismissive of Fuglsang and Nibali's ITT skills, which are very good as well. Not in Wiggins' league, but plenty enough to keep them within the 2 minutes they needed to lose for these posters' thoughts to come to fruition.

I don't think Wiggins failed today. He did pretty well. People's expectations were set a little high given that unlike Martin he was working his backside off all the way up the climb yesterday. Froome - who did even more work - was the big surprise, not Wiggins.

 

[Zoncolan]

Overall:
1 183 FROOME, Christopher SKY 38h 09' 13''
2 103 FUGLSANG, Jakob LEO + 12''
3 188 WIGGINS, Bradley SKY + 20''
4 1 NIBALI, Vincenzo LIQ + 31''
5 131 KESSIAKOFF, Fredrik AST + 34''
6 104 MONFORT, Maxime LEO + 59''
7 157 MOLLEMA, Bauke RAB + 1' 07''
8 61 COBO, Juan José GEO + 1' 47''
9 201 BRAJKOVIC, Janez RSH + 2' 04''
10 209 ZUBELDIA, Haimar RSH + 2' 13''
11 118 BRUSEGHIN, Marzio MOV + 2' 15''
12 127 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen OLO + 2' 21''
13 65 MENCHOV, Denis GEO + 2' 35''
14 81 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 3' 23''
15 117 PARDILLA, Sergio MOV + 3' 23''
16 206 MACHADO, Tiago RSH + 3' 28''
17 11 ROCHE, Nicolas ALM + 3' 47''
18 155 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven RAB + 3' 52''
19 85 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 3' 59''
20 161 SÖRENSEN, Chris SBS + 4' 07''
21 148 SEELDRAYERS, Kevin QST + 4' 18''
22 91 SCARPONI, Michele LAM + 4' 22''
23 217 POELS, Wouter VCD + 4' 41''
24 196 MARTIN, Daniel GRM + 4' 58''
25 54 NIEVE, Mikel EUS + 5' 06''