2012 Vuelta a España: Stage 4:Barakaldo-Estación de Valdezcaray 160.6 Km

[TourOfSardinia]

BTW what's happening in the break?

 

[Alpehue]

Saw Conta on Froomes wheel 2 min ago

Great, thanks for the update. Im having some problems understanding the Spanish commentators...

 

[JimPanzen]

It's not only Sky making the pace in the group but still Sky gets all the hate.

It IS only Sky.

 

[Publicus]

Karma is a motherfuka...

 

[T-Nielsen]

Where is contador?, only Valverde thats behind?

Right behind the sky train.

 

[LaFleur]

It IS only Sky.

No it's not, look closer

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

To be completely fair, Valverde benefited greatly from Evans' misfortune a couple years ago.

 

[No_Balls]

Contador might just have won a top domestique in Valverde.

That would happened anyway if Valv was out of competition.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

It's not only Sky making the pace in the group but still Sky gets all the hate.

It's 90% Sky and 10% Katusha. And Sky were the ones on the front in the immediate aftermath of the crash.

No other teams are working.

 

[sartoris]

Bravo, SKY. Bravo

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

With this wind and sky's predisposition to go for it? I say we would have had blood anyway.

Yes, but the favorites were all in front. After the fall, certainly Valverde + a few others were held back. So it becomes a whole different situation. I don't like it.

 

[Miburo]

What is all this hating on Sky? I do not like them much either, but this is what racing is.

But they are acting hypocrite, remember what Wiggins said?

If it were the last 30 km and they were already pulling ok then but they were just starting and directly BAM.

 

[Alpehue]

Im not really sure what to think... its a **** move, but i guess they are going to use every chance they get.

 

[issoisso]

Well, SKY is setting a precedent. If crash, race to take advantage. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

No, people will still be selective about it: Andy gained two minutes on Contador by attacking when Conta crashed. No polemics. A week and a half later Contador attacked when Andy's chain slipped. HUGE polemics

 

[LaFleur]

It's 90% Sky and 10% Katusha. And Sky were the ones on the front in the immediate aftermath of the crash.

No other teams are working.

Yes, but you can't ignore that Rodriguez is taking advantage from this aswell, yet I've only seen 1 person mention Katusha taking advantage of this and about a 100 people hating Sky for this on this thread alone.

 

[Fidolix]

This could very well end up as the spanish armada, Valverde out of the gc course of a crash with Sky pushing on...

There will be bills to pay, no matter it´s part of racing.

 

[BillytheKid]

Valverde down & Sky doing the dirty by pulling the pace???? WTF???

Shades of TDF 2010.

 

[sartoris]

To be completely fair, Valverde benefited greatly from Evans' misfortune a couple years ago.

Completely different scenario. Sprinting when the leader (or anyone) has crashed is unmanly, to put it mildly.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Well, Moviestar are not popular among a lot of teams. A bit of karma back at them.

But it's still not reason why this is okay. This is racing. Tough luck, Valverde..

 

[LaFlorecita]

Boooooo I hate Sky.

 

[JimPanzen]

Damn...I hate it when riders fall out of contention due to random stuff like this. But that's what racing is I guess. But still...it'll be a booe-festival for Sky at each sign-in from now on I predict.

 

[spalco]

It's not only Sky making the pace in the group but still Sky gets all the hate.

Damn, wind looks crazy. Cool formations on the road.

 

[Afrank]

Anybody Know if Igor Anton avoided the crash?

 

[Bavarianrider]

Sky= A disgrace for British sportsmanship

 

[trevim]

Ahah all my friends said I was being a cynic when I said Sky only waited for Evans because they had won the race already. It's fair play they said

Completely legit from Sky anyway this is bike racing and not bike riding. And Movistar aren't the ones who should complain.