2012 Vuelta a España: Stage 2: Pamplona → Viana (181.4km)

[Ney the Viking]

Btw, i noticed that AC stated giving interviews in english again, and he has improved quite a bit since joining Riis. It's nice to see, and will probably improve his relations with the saxons

 

[BillytheKid]

Good luck to all the competitors. This years Vuelta should be epic.
With the high volume of uphill finishes, I predict a high volume of race leaders.

How many times will the Leader's Jersey changes hands? 3, 4, 8......

 

[Miburo]

Good luck to all the competitors. This years Vuelta should be epic.
With the high volume of uphill finishes, I predict a high volume of race leaders.

How many times will the Leader's Jersey changes hands? 3, 4, 8......

When Contador takes it it won't change anymore

I'm not being a fanboy, once he has the leaders jersey in a GT he just never lost it.

 

[BillytheKid]

When Contador takes it it won't change anymore

I'm not being a fanboy, once he has the leaders jersey in a GT he just never lost it.

I think you will find the one who takes it and tries to hold it early will lose in the end. This is more a race of attrition than any I've seen in the past. I do not discount Alberto, but he will pick the time and place, and I predict it will not be early.

 

[The Hitch]

Btw, i noticed that AC stated giving interviews in english again, and he has improved quite a bit since joining Riis. It's nice to see, and will probably improve his relations with the saxons

Got a link to the interview? Where did you see it?

 

[hrotha]

Btw, i noticed that AC stated giving interviews in english again, and he has improved quite a bit since joining Riis. It's nice to see, and will probably improve his relations with the saxons

He probably figured that, no matter how bad he thought his English was, it would be much better than Vidarte's (his press officer).

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think you will find the one who takes it and tries to hold it early will lose in the end. This is more a race of attrition than any I've seen in the past. I do not discount Alberto, but he will pick the time and place, and I predict it will not be early.

Meh, if he goes for the stage win tomorrow (which I don't think he will) he might get it but that doesn't mean he has to defend it till the end, it's okay to lose it and then take it again later on.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Btw, i noticed that AC stated giving interviews in english again, and he has improved quite a bit since joining Riis. It's nice to see, and will probably improve his relations with the saxons

His Twitter updates are always both in spanish and english and he has really improved in the latter.

(His spanish is still useless though)...

 

[LaFlorecita]

Btw, i noticed that AC stated giving interviews in english again, and he has improved quite a bit since joining Riis. It's nice to see, and will probably improve his relations with the saxons

Lol

 

[cineteq]

His Twitter updates are always both in spanish and english and he has really improved in the latter.

(His spanish is still useless though)...

I'm under the impression it's Fran (his brother) who is behind Alberto's tweets.

 

[DominicDecoco]

I'm under the impression it's Fran (his brother) who is behind Alberto's tweets.

I'd be a bit surprised and disappointed if so.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I'm under the impression it's Fran (his brother) who is behind Alberto's tweets.

 

[*G*K*S*]

Matti B ftw!

 

[DominicDecoco]

Apparently a lot of wind and rain out there at the finish.

 

[Miburo]

I'm under the impression it's Fran (his brother) who is behind Alberto's tweets.

Probably, although some are impossible to be his based on some pictures we see in his tweets (like a picture in the saxo bus)

He prob gets help with the translation though.

 

[El Pistolero]

He obviously doesn't write his own English tweets. He probably has someone around him that speaks decent English when he's out training or doing whatever I know.

 

[DominicDecoco]

They have upped the picture quality this year haven't they? Usually horrible even on Eurosport HD. It's not Tour-level but definitely something has been improved.

 

[dgodave]

Not sure how I feel about the 100ths of a km ticker on eurosport.
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[LaFlorecita]

He obviously doesn't write his own English tweets. He probably has someone around him that speaks decent English when he's out training or doing whatever I know.

Please explain why it is obvious.

 

[DominicDecoco]

it's pouring down at the finish

 

[El Pistolero]

Please explain why it is obvious.

Because his English is too good on his tweets. You'd expect him to make grammatical mistakes like Cancellara and Gilbert when he tweets in English.

 

[hrotha]

Because his English is too good on his tweets. You'd expect him to make grammatical mistakes like Cancellara and Gilbert when he tweets in English.

You can't really compare English to Cancellaran though.

 

[No_Balls]

He writes in spanish/english on Facebook too.

 

[icefire]

it's pouring down at the finish

It lasted 2 minutes.

 

[DominicDecoco]

It lasted 2 minutes.

It's still raining on my tv