2011 Vuelta a Espana Stage 11: Verín - Estación de Montaña Manzaneda 167,0 km (31/8)

[DJ Sprtsch]

Alto da Gonza (Cat. 2)

1. MONTAGUTI Matteo (018)
2. MONCOUTIE David (044)
3. BERNABEU ARMENGOL Vicente David (021)

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Alto da Gonza (Cat. 2)

1. MONTAGUTI Matteo (018)
2. MONCOUTIE David (044)
3. BERNABEU ARMENGOL Vicente David (021)

Montaguti must want that jersey a lot.

 

[Fetisoff]

It's not clear who is working. Somebody obviously is, because the gap hasn't really gone out.

Could easily be leakys and Sky as well. Duarte is a little too close in the GC

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

if still half hour until live coverage starts, how you guys getting updates?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

if still half hour until live coverage starts, how you guys getting updates?

The official ticker and the Sky ticker.

 

[Tuarts]

Sure Duarte is only 4 places ahead of LLS on the GC but there's 3 minutes in difference. The break would be doomed if he caught on.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Sure Duarte is only 4 places ahead of LLS on the GC but there's 3 minutes in difference. The break would be doomed if he caught on.

God bless his little heart if he forces Sky and Liquigas to chase.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

The official ticker and the Sky ticker.

got it. thanks!

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Durate and co. are there now. 5.10 ahead of the peloton.

 

[Tuarts]

Yes. The peloton will have to chase pretty hard if they want to stop a break that big from racking up a solid lead before the climb. And there still really aren't too many teams likely to do that.

Bad news for those of us hoping for a big dust up on the final climb.

God bless his little heart if he forces Sky and Liquigas to chase.

They will have to when it gets to 8-10mins

 

[Mellow Velo]

The 16 become 19, as the 3 chasers bridge, with 76kms gone.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

That was a bit of a screw up by the break, letting them across.

 

[Sasquatch]

3 mins at the base of the climb for someone like MoncoutIe is enough for him to win the stage. A couple climbers in there will be able to go with him but his form outweighs all of them

 

[Jakob747]

The peloton are insane if they give Duarte too much leeway.

This will however be a very good test for him ahead of Angliru. If on top-form (or anything remotely close), very few riders in the world are capable of matching Duarte on a climb like Angliru. The steeper it gets, the better he goes.

 

[Lexman]

3 mins at the base of the climb for someone like MoncoutIe is enough for him to win the stage. A couple climbers in there will be able to go with him but his form outweighs all of them

i wouldn't underestimate Duarte nor Montagutti...

 

[Jamsque]

Duarte has looked flat this whole Vuelta.

 

[jens_attacks]

i'd love txurruka to get this but also i can't look past one of my favourite riders,duarte.i hope he's recovered and he feels better
vamos duarte!

 

[dlwssonic]

Frank has 0 chance.

 

[Moncoutie]

Come on Moncoutie!!! Wouldn't be the Vuelta without a Moncoutie stage win!

 

[salixcycling]

The peloton are insane if they give Duarte too much leeway.

The logic (for Sky) is easy - give the breakaway enough time to take the stage and get rid of the bonification points, but be within a couple of minutes of the winner. Judging the time gap to leave is a little harder - between 5 and 8 minutes? Duarte does cause a problem though...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

3 mins at the base of the climb for someone like MoncoutIe is enough for him to win the stage. A couple climbers in there will be able to go with him but his form outweighs all of them

I'm not so sure to be honest. We'll see..

 

[sublimit]

Nice to see Duarte back amongst things. Sky should let Liquigas chase because they have the favourite for overall gc and maybe do a token effort themselves.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

The peloton are insane if they give Duarte too much leeway.

This will however be a very good test for him ahead of Angliru. If on top-form (or anything remotely close), very few riders in the world are capable of matching Duarte on a climb like Angliru. The steeper it gets, the better he goes.

indeed. the guys is 55-54 kg, even less than rodriguez, although he is much different rider, more power rider

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The gap is coming back a little. It would be ideal if it was pulled back to about 3 mins at the base of the climb.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Duarte has looked flat this whole Vuelta.

because he had had only 3 weeks of training prior ro the vuelta and 0 racing days in nearly 3 months