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

[Tank Engine]

Taaramae, LLS, De La Fuente are the strongest in the break, you'd expect them to climb the best.

Good move by Geox and Rabobank.

 

[auscyclefan94]

no Barredo in the break? I thought he might go in the break as he seemed motivated to do something here.

Can someone post a full list of the break?

 

[Moondance]

Good move by Geox and Rabobank.

Sanchez finished a long way back yesterday. Don't know whether he really cracked on the Ancares, or softpedaled there to have a go today.

 

[LaFleur]

Taaramae, LLS, De La Fuente are the strongest in the break, you'd expect them to climb the best.

I don't even understand what Taaramäe is doing.. he said like 2 days ago that he will not try anything and will take it easy till the rest day. He tried really hard yesterday but his legs were dead after 1 hour. Yesterday he said in his blog that he will stay in the grupetto today and will see after the rest day what he will do next (maybe even abandon). So he is quite a mystery.. Don't expect him to climb very well tho today.

 

[Moondance]

no Barredo in the break? I thought he might go in the break as he seemed motivated to do something here.

Can someone post a full list of the break?

BELLOTTI Francesco (009), BONNAFOND Guillaume (012), MONDORY Lloyd (017), BENITEZ ROMAN Jose Alberto (022), KROON Karsten (039), BAGOT Yohan (041), TAARAMAE Rein (047), ISASI FLORES Inaki (052), AZANZA SOTO Jorge (058), DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David (063), HOWARD Leigh (076), KUSCHYNSKI Aliaksandr (083), VORGANOV Eduard (089), RIGHI Daniele (097), SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon (158), JÖRGENSEN Jonas Aaen (165) y VANMARCKE Sep (199).

 

[auscyclefan94]

The Dutch Mafia are live and well on the forum quite early. Starting to get a bit more confident about Bauke?

 

[hatcher]

They struggled yesterday with the Ancares and dropped back quite a bit. The upside for them is that I think Katusha may just set the pace on the San Lorenzo to set things up for Rodriguez.

They had 4 riders left after two cat 1 climbs. Riders fresh enough to close that gap for Wiggins. That is pretty good.

 

[Frosty]

I don't even understand what Taaramäe is doing.. he said like 2 days ago that he will not try anything and will take it easy till the rest day. He tried really hard yesterday but his legs were dead after 1 hour. Yesterday he said in his blog that he will stay in the grupetto today and will see after the rest day what he will do next (maybe even abandon). So he is quite a mystery.. Don't expect him to climb very well tho today.

Yeah i read that too, maybe he feels stronger today.

 

[Moondance]

The Dutch Mafia are live and well on the forum quite early. Starting to get a bit more confident about Bauke?

I will say that Bauke's potential to do really good here has significantly spiked my interest in the Vuelta. Last year I kinda gave the Vuelta a pass, but this year I'm all eyes and ears.

 

[Tank Engine]

BELLOTTI Francesco (009), BONNAFOND Guillaume (012), MONDORY Lloyd (017), BENITEZ ROMAN Jose Alberto (022), KROON Karsten (039), BAGOT Yohan (041), TAARAMAE Rein (047), ISASI FLORES Inaki (052), AZANZA SOTO Jorge (058), DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David (063), HOWARD Leigh (076), KUSCHYNSKI Aliaksandr (083), VORGANOV Eduard (089), RIGHI Daniele (097), SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon (158), JÖRGENSEN Jonas Aaen (165) y VANMARCKE Sep (199).

Lloyd to beat Leigh in the sprint then

 

[Tank Engine]

BELLOTTI Francesco (009), BONNAFOND Guillaume (012), MONDORY Lloyd (017), BENITEZ ROMAN Jose Alberto (022), KROON Karsten (039), BAGOT Yohan (041), TAARAMAE Rein (047), ISASI FLORES Inaki (052), AZANZA SOTO Jorge (058), DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David (063), HOWARD Leigh (076), KUSCHYNSKI Aliaksandr (083), VORGANOV Eduard (089), RIGHI Daniele (097), SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon (158), JÖRGENSEN Jonas Aaen (165) y VANMARCKE Sep (199).

On a more serious note, 2 Katusha guys... mmm... interesting

 

[theyoungest]

Sanchez finished a long way back yesterday. Don't know whether he really cracked on the Ancares, or softpedaled there to have a go today.

Kruijswijk and Sanchez brought back the early break with Wiggins, Nibali et al. And were properly cooked (at least Kruijswijk says he was).

The Dutch Mafia are live and well on the forum quite early. Starting to get a bit more confident about Bauke?

I still don't see him making the podium.

 

[auscyclefan94]

They had 4 riders left after two cat 1 climbs. Riders fresh enough to close that gap for Wiggins. That is pretty good.

They seemed to go backwards quite quickly imo. Rabobank & Astana looked very strong imo.

 

[MatchstickMan]

On a more serious note, 2 Katusha guys... mmm... interesting

2 Ag2Rs too. Roche and JRod thinking of having a go?

 

[hrotha]

Whoa, Sep is riding!

Very disappointing, that Scarponi fella. Does he have an excuse like Antón?

 

[LaFleur]

The Sky tracker is like 30km behind the official one, that sucks.

 

[LukeSchmid]

Whoa, Sep is riding!

Very disappointing, that Scarponi fella. Does he have an excuse like Antón?

He did crash, came down quite heavily, seemed okay but maybe was not.

 

[Tank Engine]

2 Ag2Rs too. Roche and JRod thinking of having a go?

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

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

I don't even understand what Taaramäe is doing.. he said like 2 days ago that he will not try anything and will take it easy till the rest day. He tried really hard yesterday but his legs were dead after 1 hour. Yesterday he said in his blog that he will stay in the grupetto today and will see after the rest day what he will do next (maybe even abandon). So he is quite a mystery.. Don't expect him to climb very well tho today.

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.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The Dutch Mafia are live and well on the forum quite early. Starting to get a bit more confident about Bauke?

No I'd still be happy with just top 5. He has never done a top 10 in a GT prior (although he would have without l'aquila, but that's another discussion), so top 5 would already be awesome.

 

[Tank Engine]

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.

Hope you're not risking the loss of a victory in Lombardy by posting today. Good luck.

 

[auscyclefan94]

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

Neither. They should just have the team set a nasty tempo. Send Moreno/karpets off the front early on the Farrapona and then Rodriguez can let rip at 7km to go (maybe earlier).

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

Hope you're not risking the loss of a victory in Lombardy by posting today. Good luck.

I've already won ;-)

 

[LaFleur]

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 got ill after the stage. 39 fever, sore throat.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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.