2011 Vuelta a Espana Stage 5: Sierra Nevada - Valdepenas de Jaen, 186km (24/8)

[just some guy]

Lead coming down 1.15 now ???????????????????

 

[sublimit]

Moviestar not having any luck recently.

 

[Sylvester]

Oh damn, that's sad. Not Txente

 

[TeoSheva]

Lead coming down 1.15 now ???????????????????

who is chasing in the peleton?

 

[MatchstickMan]

Lead coming down 1.15 now ???????????????????

Elastic holding, I reckon: should catch them before the final climb. Gap now down to 1min...

 

[Oltean_RO]

Albasini is now 15 sec ahead of the leading group.

 

[just some guy]

Albasini off on his own now

the rest of the break 16 sec behind

 

[icefire]

peloton not slowing down a bit? gap is not growing at any if i see right!

Weird day!


Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta (Movistar) crashed and left vuelta after that!

Bad news the oldest man in the field is out.

 

[The Hitch]

Just for the same reason people want Contador in a race.

Without it, it's boring times 10000.

Most boring 1 day race of the year - Bjarsnte pjil
Most broing stage race of the year - Catalunia
Most boring monument of the year - LBL
Most boring gt of the year - Giro.

Who were the winners of those?

12 more off the front


54 Nieve (ESP, EUS) +1:17
147 D. Malacarne (ITA, QST) +2:24
84 Losada (ESP, KAT) +3:52
173 Fröhlinger (GER, SKS) +6:14
116 D. López (ESP, MOV) +10:57
8 Agnoli (ITA, LIQ) +14:04
47 Taaramäe (EST, COF) +17:56
132 Gasparotto (ITA, AST) +25:13
152 Breschel (DEN, RAB) +25:38
119 Madrazo (ESP, MOV) +26:33
42 Edet (FRA, COF) +32:54
25 Palomares (ESP, ACG) +37:33


chasing

159 Slagter (NED, RAB) +23:58
71 M. Albasini (SUI, THR) +26:00

WTF why was one of the favourites trying to get into the break?

 

[The Hitch]

if they ar e stupid, they'll let it go... Because 'The ******* of the North' could raise hell later in the Vuelta

Who is the " ******** of the North"?

 

[nesocip]

Who is the " ******** of the North"?

Mikel Nieve (Snow).

The filtered out word is b.astard.

 

[WorldsGreatest]

why the f are eurosport showing yesterday's highlights still

 

[The Hitch]

Mikel Nieve (Snow).

The filtered out word is b.astard.

Why is he the b. of the north?

why the f are eurosport showing yesterday's highlights still

No pictures yet.

 

[sublimit]

Mikel Nieve (Snow).

The filtered out word is b.astard.

Michael Snow, sounds like an English cricketer of the seventies and not one of the best climbers around lol.

He should join Sky.

 

[just some guy]

Gap going up 2.08 to Albasini

the other 7 right in the middle @ 58 sec to the leader

 

[theyoungest]

Bjarsnte pjil

Wow. Close, but no cigar.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Boogerdse Pijl

 

[nesocip]

Why is he the b. of the north?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Snow_(A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire)#Jon_Snow

I strongly suggest you read these books, or at least watch HBO's TV show based on them, they are fantastic.

 

[El Pistolero]

Most boring 1 day race of the year - Bjarsnte pjil
Most broing stage race of the year - Catalunia
Most boring monument of the year - LBL
Most boring gt of the year - Giro.

Who were the winners of those?



WTF why was one of the favourites trying to get into the break?

Erm, Gilbert was part of the awesomeness of Milan-San Remo and the Ronde, so what are you trying to prove here? Contador was also part of the awesomeness of the Tour. And Gilbert as well.

Catalunya was actually quite exciting stuff if we can believe the cyclists who entered it, but the race wasn't shown live unless on some obscure tv channel(so how can you even judge?)
Besides, Paris-Nice was by far the most boring race. Guess who was lacking?

And Brabantse Pijl was ten times more exciting than Vattenfall cyclassics, G-W or tons of other one day races. Doubt you even watched the race.

 

[LukeSchmid]

There is pleasure to see a close race with the result in doubt up until the final metres, but there is also pleasure in seeing the best at what they do show us why they are the best at what they do. I enjoy both.

 

[The Hitch]

Erm, Gilbert was part of the awesomeness of Milan-San Remo and the Ronde, so what are you trying to prove here? Contador was also part of the awesomeness of the Tour. And Gilbert as well.

Catalunya was actually quite exciting stuff if we can believe the cyclists who entered it, but the race wasn't shown live unless on some obscure tv channel(so how can you even judge?)

And Brabantse Pijl was ten times more exciting than Vattenfall cyclassics, G-W or tons of other one day races. Doubt you even watched the race.

I know Gilbert and especially Contador (who sometimes does more than wait for the last hill) can make some races exciting. But you said races are 1000 times more boring without them. Is a close battle for victory really so much more boring than a foregone conclusion?

 

[El Pistolero]

I know Gilbert and especially Contador (who sometimes does more than wait for the last hill) can make some races exciting. But you said races are 1000 times more boring without them. I find a close battle for a victory a lot more exciting than a foregone conclusion.

Gilbert actually missed the break at Brabantse Pijl and had to close the gap on his own
Plus I also enjoyed E3 Prijs very much and that was the most dominating fashion a one day race was won this season(also because of the lesser field though).

And Leukemans said that he had to stop Gilbert from attacking with 5 laps to go at that race because there was still enough time. To answer your silly sentence between the brackets. Plus there are plenty of examples of Gilbert attacking before the final hill.

I don't find a close victory exciting because that means that 90% of the time the fact that it's so close, is because they never attacked.

Yes, I find GTs without Contador an incredible bore from time to time because no one ever seems to attack from 8km out like he does all the time. They wait for the final km like Joaquim Rodriguez. I can enjoy a dominating performance, knowing you're seeing a freak of nature riding is a lot more fun than seeing a bunch of second tier climbers not being able to drop each other IMO.

 

[just some guy]

2nd group has splint into 2 with 5 about to be caught by the peloton

 

[Oltean_RO]

Live Coverage started on cyclingnews.

 

[AussieGoddess]

well all I know is that this race would be a LOT more exciting if Phil was in it.

Anyway - I am off to bed. will watch the stage in the morning .....