2011 Vuelta a Espana Stage 14:Astorga → La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo, 173km

[hrotha]

Shame for Katusha having given the race a good go today.

Kind of a lame go, all things considered. Moreno just followed Bruseghin's wheel and Purito did ****-all.

 

[jens_attacks]

weirdest shiit i've seen since some few nights back in a car....

chapeau bruseghin!
grande cobo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!he will win this vuelta,gracias matxin.

the duel between wiggins and froome is fuccin epic,i love this sport.i think they hate each other like hell.
my god that was strange stage,how the hell was taramaee putting time on everybody?epic ride

 

[Moondance]

Blabla if you ask me Nibali is getting weaker day by day.

This was the case in the Giro as well. At the end he got really bad. But there he had a downhill where he made up 1 minute he lost on the previous climb. Now he has nothing to recuperate that loss with.

Funny how just when you declare yourself to be in the Neebs camp, his performance lives down to all the negative words you said about it before.

 

[Tyke1968]

Just thinking (hoping) that Sky might set a hard pace on and prior to the Angry Lu tomorrow and try and strip the pack down to limit their losses?

 

[killswitch]

I wouldn't rule Nibali out just yet. He had his customary bad day, but the Angliru suits him and if Wiggins is a little bit weaker there he could easily lose lots of time. But in principle it's between Wiggins, Cobo and TGBM. Froome could win this if he wasn't working for Wiggins all the time.

I'm quite disappointed in Van den Broeck. I realize his form is not that good, but it's quite a contrast with Fränk Schleck's attitude last year.

Well... So far he has not.

Kash & Vino 06 replay. Only Vino >>> Wiggins.

 

[spalco]

the duel between wiggins and froome is fuccin epic,i love this sport.i think they hate each other like hell.

Where the hell are you getting that from?

 

[Ferminal]

What is wrong with this race, crazy things happening all over the place, never mind, whoever does the damage tomorrow will be a deserving winner.

 

[Ragerod]

All that will happen if Wiggins wins the Vuelta is that next July the British media will declare him the overwhelming favourite to win the Tour de France.

Which would be successful at drumming up a lot of interest.

 

[hatcher]

I'm getting flashbacks to 2006. Only nobody's good enough to play Valverde to the comically dominant duo.

Look at the riders that are still within 100 seconds of them. They are not exactly dominating great grand tour riders.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well... So far he has not.

Kash & Vino 06 replay. Only Vino >>> Wiggins.

Yea, basically the same. Only Vino and Kash are entertaining.

We'll leave the clinic implications to the clinic. Wiggins hasn't been that much of a surprise. Surprisingly strong, but that he's competitive has hardly been a surprise.

 

[The Hitch]

I think if Wiggins wins they definitely won't ignore it. I mean, I would certainly hope not.

They wont. Thats the thing, they just wont. whether wiggins comes first or last, it means NOTHING!!!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I'm quite disappointed in Van den Broeck. I realize his form is not that good, but it's quite a contrast with Fränk Schleck's attitude last year.

The guy had 6 weeks, of which he lost the first two weeks due to a collapsed lung in which he could do virtually nothing. He's in the top 10 and lost his 2 minutes in the TT. If you would make up a classification based on the mountains, he would still be within seconds. I'm not sure what people expect.

 

[killswitch]

Great win for Taaramae.

Anton, Scarponi, Nibali, Rodriguez. The big four. Good lord.

Crazy Vuelta.

Nice observation. And all of them rode the Giro. :zomegnan:

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

The problem is Mollema has to attack to win. But he can just about hold on to Wiggins/Froome, that's his limit.

Expect more to come from Cobo.

The Angrilu is a very diffrent climb to all the others were Wiggins and Froome did very well though. I don't see their tactics working tomorrow.
So if there is a climb they can be attacked it is tomorrow.

 

[The Hitch]

Why is Sastre up on the Geox team podium rather than Fuente?

Whats up with J Rod. Why does he fail so much so often?

He seems content with 2 stage wins, a day in red and maybe points jersey though.

 

[hrotha]

It's a minor miracle he could even start the race at all. I'm deeply impressed how well he does. Have you forgotten about his injuries at the Tour???

I haven't forgotten at all, hence the comment about his form not being that good. But he's good enough to be top 10, good enough to follow wheels when someone attacks (often before anyone else responds), but not good enough to try ANYTHING on his own?

Blabla if you ask me Nibali is getting weaker day by day.

I didn't ask you.

The guy had 6 weeks, of which he lost the first two weeks due to a collapsed lung in which he could do virtually nothing. He's in the top 10 and lost his 2 minutes in the TT. If you would make up a classification based on the mountains, he would still be within seconds. I'm not sure what people expect.

I criticized his attitude, not his performance.

 

[Spare Tyre]

What is wrong with this race, crazy things happening all over the place, never mind, whoever does the damage tomorrow will be a deserving winner.

That sounds like a damn good race if you ask me. I love it when crazy things happen all over the place.

 

[luckyboy]

What the **** was that? Shocked at Nibali collapsing.

Geox were very impressive today. Hope Mollema does ok tomorrow.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Nice observation. And all of them rode the Giro. :zomegnan:

They would be in the gruppetto like Kreuziger if they rode the Tour.

 

[The Hitch]

weirdest shiit i've seen since some few nights back in a car....

chapeau bruseghin!
grande cobo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!he will win this vuelta,gracias matxin.

the duel between wiggins and froome is fuccin epic,i love this sport.i think they hate each other like hell.
my god that was strange stage,how the hell was taramaee putting time on everybody?epic ride

Why do you want Froome and Wiggins to hate eachother. This is one of those sports where 2 rivals can be friends. Froome seemed very happy at the finish offering his hand to Wiggo.

 

[killswitch]

They would be in the gruppetto like Kreuziger if they rode the Tour.

Probably . I'm not Contador's biggest fan, but that makes his fifth place even more remarkable.

 

[The Hitch]

Which would be successful at drumming up a lot of interest.

Not really. Britain wouldnt care about the Tour de France if Armstrong was British.

 

[Ferminal]

That sounds like a damn good race if you ask me. I love it when crazy things happen all over the place.

Oh I'm not complaining at all, it's just impossible to predict. Just when you think you know it (e.g. Rodriguez coming good, Froome fading) it snaps back at you.

 

[Scirea]

Why do you want Froome and Wiggins to hate eachother. This is one of those sports where 2 rivals can be friends. Froome seemed very happy at the finish offering his hand to Wiggo.

We will see how happy is Froome tomorrow when he has to stop help Wiggins instead of going for a GT win.

 

[The Hitch]

Unzue being asked on TDP about bringing The Great One to Movistar.