2011 Vuelta a Espana, Stage 16: Villa Romana La Olmeda (Palencia) - Haro, 180km

[TourOfSardinia]

JRod at 11.05 down?

 

[Scirea]

Cobo 10th at 3s

Was this neutralised within 3km?

Not sure. That is just for crashes, not if somebody goes the wrong way.

 

[thirteen]

ooooooooh... Purito just coming in

luckily, the lead guy knew which way to go around the rotunde.

 

[Scirea]

If it stands, Cobo got back the 2 seconds.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cobo at 2 sec
Froome at 4 sec
Monfort/Mollema at 7 sec (wiggins too)

But they will probably let the gaps go, hopefully

 

[Mellow Velo]

10 61 COBO, Juan José GEO + 2''
11 11 ROCHE, Nicolas ALM + 4''
12 38 VAN AVERMAET, Greg BMC + 4''
13 183 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 4''
14 1 NIBALI, Vincenzo LIQ + 4''
15 103 FUGLSANG, Jakob LEO + 4''
16 215 LAGUTIN, Sergey VCD + 4''
17 46 SIJMENS, Nico COF + 4''
18 85 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 4''
19 157 MOLLEMA, Bauke RAB + 7''
20 104 MONFORT, Maxime LEO + 7''
21 117 PARDILLA, Sergio MOV + 7''
22 188 WIGGINS, Bradley SKY + 7''
23 118 BRUSEGHIN, Marzio MOV + 7''
24 127 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen OLO + 7''
25 142 CATALDO, Dario QST + 7''
26 8 AGNOLI, Valerio LIQ + 7''
27 217 POELS, Wouter VCD + 7''

 

[max_powers]

One might figure the team directors are using radios to give riders an accurate desription of the finale...

I would agree to not barricade the wring side for safety, but have some large indication of the correct way to go

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

well apparently it is the race guide, obviously still porrly designed, but it could mean the gaps stay i think.

 

[TeoSheva]

from Twitter

leopardtrek LEOPARD TREK
Benna sprints to third in a scrappy finale in Haro. Great leadout by the team!

of course great leadout, Wagner put off Sagan

 

[Scirea]

well apparently it is the race guide, obviously still porrly designed, but it could mean the gaps stay i think.

Yeah, i think the gaps will stay if it was correctly showed in the roadbook.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yeah, i think the gaps will stay if it was correctly showed in the roadbook.

I can hardly imagine this.

I'm pretty sure there will be a storm of protest.

 

[Scirea]

I can hardly imagine this.

I'm pretty sure there will be a storm of protest.

Protests or not, i think it'll depend on what the roadbook shows.

 

[Epicycle]

It looked like one of the motorcycles went the wrong way first so that probably added to the confusion.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I can hardly imagine this.

I'm pretty sure there will be a storm of protest.

Which will fall on deaf ears, since Cobo is the beneficiary.

 

[hfer07]

Sagan must be angry as hell -he was well positioned to take the win-until the Le0-retards fvcked him up

 

[sultanofhyd]

Sagan must be angry as hell -he was well positioned to take the win-until the Le0-retards fvcked him up

I wonder what the leakies were doing, its well and good utilizing another team's leadout, but having your team is always handy.

 

[max_powers]

Yeah, Big Mig presenting the jersey!

 

[phanatic]

Sagan must be angry as hell -he was well positioned to take the win-until the Le0-retards fvcked him up

I guess now that they've picked up Levi, they no longer want to pull for Sagan.

 

[Mellow Velo]

A whole pile of riders lost between 45 seconds to a couple of minutes. Kessiakoff, Duarte, Zaugg, Zubeldia, Anton, Sastre......Suggests there were more splits than those caused by the roundabout.

 

[Frosty]

A whole pile of riders lost between 45 seconds to a couple of minutes. Kessiakoff, Duarte, Zaugg, Zubeldia, Anton......Suggests there were more splits than those caused by the roundabout.

Yeah the shots in the last few kms showed a lot of riders just easing down.

 

[JRanton]

They now have Froome as +22 down on the official website. I guess they haven't included Froome's two seconds for finishing 3rd in the sprint?

 

[humble]

I wonder what the leakies were doing, its well and good utilizing another team's leadout, but having your team is always handy.

Don't think the Sagan-Nibali combo is any better than Basso-Nibali.

 

[salixcycling]

Not that it is likely to matter - but any sensible reason why Froome is now 22" behind Cobo instead of 20"? He gained 2" bonus in the second intermediate sprint and lost 2" in the final sprint.

Edit: They have given Fuente his 6" bonus

 

[hrotha]

They now have Froome as +22 down on the official website. I guess they haven't included Froome's two seconds for finishing 3rd in the sprint?

Honestly, at this point it's better not to try to make any sense of this race. Give its GT status to the Tropicale Amissa Bongo.

 

[Hartog]

Strange, he was put at 20 secs when I checked it just minutes ago.

Perhaps the Spanish organiser found a way to relegate him from the intermediate?