2012 Vuelta a España: Stage 3: Faustino V → Eibar (Arrate) (155,3km)

[Fight.The.Power]

Great to see Contador back !!

 

[JibberJim]

Contador loses time and bonus seconds!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It's between the first 4

Valverde wins?

 

[ElChingon]

That's a fast finish!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Valverde?
Vuelta>Tour already.

 

[ferryman]

Welcome back Alberto

 

[SiAp1984]

Nice stage! It has to be a good sign that 2 guys are able to follow AC easily on a climb which suits him and a guy who already rode the TdF (Froome) at his best can come back every time. Froome did not gice his all, but outsprinted AC to the finish. Oh, and what happened to Valverde, by the way? This might get interesting...

 

[JibberJim]

"Masterful ride by Froome, comfortably covered every move by Contador then nipped out and took 4seconds..." (says Sky Fan)

 

[No_Balls]

In the end not much distance between them all. But this will be sorted out in the longer stages.

 

[ElChingon]

Photo finish, who won?

 

[SetonHallPirate]

Pretty sure Valverde took that one...

 

[T-Nielsen]

No time today, but wait until Contador has grinded them over three mountains.

 

[*G*K*S*]

That there was some fine racing action!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Not bad stage, missed ac. He deserved the win, ahwell.

Thought gesink did well on a climb that I don't think suits him a lot

 

[gustienordic]

Easily some of the best racing all year!! That was amazing!! I'm surprised Contador let Froome beat him though, but he attacked on a downhill now that shows real aggression! LOVING the Vuelta!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

It's nice to see bike racing again, unlike the garbage we saw at the Tour.

Wiggins would be destroyed here.

 

[Arnout]

Meh. 4 on the front, none of them one of my favorites. What a disappointment. Good racing nonetheless. Contador looks like a few years back in which he can accelerate but not really maintain pace after that.

 

[The Hitch]

im starting to see the advantage of 10 mountains over 10 stages rather than all in 1 stage and only last 2 raced.

 

[Lexman]

Purito what an idiot, stops pedalling at 20 meters from the finsih line, what did he think , that he lost Valverde with 50 meters or so??

 

[Animal]

You can vent your anger in the clinic.

Vent your own.

 

[goggalor]

Purito gave that away in the last 20 m.

 

[luckyboy]

Great finish to the stage, nice to see AC back and attacking.
Should be a fun race!

 

[ILovecycling]

Best cycling day of the year!Without discussion..omg Vuelta gonna be best race of the year!Im crying

 

[richwagmn]

Wow, what a great GT already. After the horrible TDF, this is great.

AC's already shown Froome that team Sky won't be much help to him this year.

 

[GroupDK]

nice to you see you back..

u certainly been missed

mountain stages in creme brulee with contador back.. looking forward