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

[auscyclefan94]

Hello, Thibaut!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

i bet Lampre are very happy about that

why would they care? nobody in lampre or italy cares for vuelta. scarponi rode excellent giro

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Either JRod or Moreno will go on the San Lorenzo. Which one though?

defintely rodriguez

 

[auscyclefan94]

this move is very good for rodriguez, kuschynski and vorganov are excellent to pull back after san lorenzo to help rodriguez out in the downhil and all the false flat km in the final climb.

Rodriguez to do a Schleck-Galibier attack on the San Lorenzo?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Rodriguez to do a Schleck-Galibier attack on the San Lorenzo?

rodriguez doing a rodriguez-finestre-sestrieres attack

 

[search]

That's strange indeed. Taaramae did well in the stage that Martin won, but that form was apparently just for one day. Because of this result, I actually thought that he was saving for a stage win.

he was sick for a couple of days (fever etc.) but I think he did okay yesterday. He came over the climb together with the favorites and just didn't want to (or wasn't able to) ride flat out till the finish - but there was nothing to gain for him anyway

 

[Tank Engine]

defintely rodriguez

My thoughts too. He's further down on GC, so he's the one to go early (although it's not as early as on the Galibier stage).

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

he was sick for a couple of days (fever etc.) but I think he did okay yesterday. He came over the climb together with the favorites and just didn't want to (or wasn't able to) ride flat out till the finish - but there was nothing to gain for him anyway

Hmm, ok, thanks for the update. With just this 5 minutes lead, it will be hard to win the stage anyway.

 

[spalco]

If my tv program doesn't lie, then coverage is starting at 15 CET already today, so all of the action should be live, nice.

 

[jens_attacks]

this move is very good for rodriguez, kuschynski and vorganov are excellent to pull back after san lorenzo to help rodriguez out in the downhil and all the false flat km in the final climb.

i'm wondering too...but my bet is that dani moreno will go first,if they will chase him and wiggins will be isolated,then purito might have a go on san lorenzo too.
two strong rouleurs are perfect on that little rise till farrapona kicks in.
we might have a battle today.

 

[auscyclefan94]

how many km's to go?

 

[spalco]

how many km's to go?

According to the official live ticker, they have done 42km so far, 130 left.

 

[cineteq]

Rodriguez to do a Schleck-Galibier attack on the San Lorenzo?

Barredo, who is from Asturias, this is the hardest of the two, so looking forward to Purito wreaking the field havoc!

 

[auscyclefan94]

According to the official live ticker, they have done 42km so far, 130 left.

That's good and bad. It means they are going quite slowly = less sleep but it also means that I will see all 3 climbs of the day.

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

According to the official live ticker, they have done 42km so far, 130 left.

Uhh, according to the official live ticker, they have done 79km so far...

 

[Jamsque]

Scarponi gone, damn shame he wasn't there to compete with Nibbles for the overall.

 

[Frosty]

how many km's to go?

Just under 100. You can follow the action on the link below (the spanish version tends to get updated before the english so looking at the spanish version can give you the latest info if you can understand it)

http://www.lavuelta.com/11/en/online/index.html?e=14

 

[Frosty]

According to the official live ticker, they have done 42km so far, 130 left.

Official ticker has been quite poor. The text says they are just approaching the sprint point.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Scarponi gone, damn shame he wasn't there to compete with Nibbles for the overall.

Meh, the vuelta has seen many of the favourites falter. A lot of lesser riders + Nibali are competing ftw. It is a good opportunity for a lesser rider to win a GT. Don't want to sound mean but I think that is the way it has been.

 

[spalco]

Uhh, according to the official live ticker, they have done 79km so far...

Really? This is what it tells me. Or is the english ticker so far behind the spanish one?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

i'm wondering too...but my bet is that dani moreno will go first,if they will chase him and wiggins will be isolated,then purito might have a go on san lorenzo too.
two strong rouleurs are perfect on that little rise till farrapona kicks in.
we might have a battle today.

they are not going to chase moreno and besides rodriguez is their leader. he is supposed to win the vuelta

 

[auscyclefan94]

that last page of the forum has a big vuelta ticker that has covered 3 posts. Seems that page has ****ed up. Anyone else got that?

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

@spalco: The textual version is much faster:

http://www.lavuelta.com/11/en/online/index.html?e=14

 

[spalco]

that last page of the forum has a big vuelta ticker that has covered 3 posts. Seems that page has ****ed up. Anyone else got that?

That's a screenshot I made and uploaded. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[spalco]

@spalco: The textual version is much faster:

http://www.lavuelta.com/11/en/online/index.html?e=14

Ah, alright, thanks.