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

[CasperVg]

To be honest ive no idea why they call him piti,clinic related huh?
Only call riders by nicknames to make it look like i know diddly squat about pro cycling

Had to look it up myself; apparently the codename for Valverde in Fuentes' records was either '18' and sometimes 'Valv.Piti', Piti being the name of Valverde's dog.

 

[The Hitch]

Valverde probably complaining.

lol good photo. sky no doubt learned some new words

 

[El Pistolero]

Dauphine? Meh.

“don’t make me talk about those idiots”

 

[The Hitch]

Not gonna happen, btw Alberto looked good but so did Froome, on the big mountains they'll gain minutes. I'm afraid this is gonna get decided in the TT.

there are, even if we ignore the small uphill finishes, some big mountains in asturias and then the great homecoming, the big mountain stage intO bola del mundo, 60k north of little pinto here baby Alberto and baby fran got their first bycicles.

 

[The Hitch]

Yup!

"Montan un abanico, tiran y se cruzan. Muy antideportivo"

that is what is known as the diplomatic version.

 

[The Hitch]

Is that guy doing a face palm lol or did Piti hit him

lol, didnt know you had that in your repetoir, good one

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Unsportsmanship got to a new level today. New marginal gain for SKY.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Unsportsmanship got to a new level today. New marginal gain for SKY.

Oh, dear.

Tough luck, Piti. This is racing. Sky was racing. They were racing before the crash. They were racing after the crash. Moviestar has been doing exactly this for several occasions - in that particularly incident it is important to have 'friends' in the peloton and they didn't have that.

Harden up. Move on. Valverde did great to recover.

 

[LaFlorecita]

there are, even if we ignore the small uphill finishes, some big mountains in asturias and then the great homecoming, the big mountain stage intO bola del mundo, 60k north of little pinto here baby Alberto and baby fran got their first bycicles.

Alberto has to win that one at the very least. And if Froome beats him there in a sprint I will find him and throttle him. (And no Susan that is no threat it is a joke, look at the smileys and breathe, breathe)

Unsportsmanship got to a new level today. New marginal gain for SKY.

Lol gotta love these marginal gains jokes.

 

[Christomir]

Are you serious?

Absolutely. I can guarantee to you that, if our boy Danail manages a 4th place in a stage too, he will celebrate it even more enthusiastically. We have never had a cyclist even ride a Grand Tour, let alone get a Top 5 stage finish in one. Likewise, that small Basque team hadn't been in a Grand Tour for many years...

 

[DominicDecoco]

Absolutely. I can guarantee to you that, if our boy Danail manages a 4th place in a stage too, he will celebrate it even more enthusiastically. We have never had a cyclist even ride a Grand Tour, let alone get a Top 5 stage finish in one. Likewise, that small Basque team hadn't been in a Grand Tour for many years...

Nonsense.


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[bobbins]

Why on earth would anyone stop racing and wait? The race was on at the time. Valverde didn't seem unduly concerned at the time, stood round and leisurely got back into the race. Should have raced back then. Too slow Valverde but your own fault entirely.

 

[User Guide]

Unsportsmanship got to a new level today. New marginal gain for SKY.

LOL
Your sky hate knows no bound's.
Sky did zero wrong +what goes around comes around, plenty wanted to pile on Valverde.

All the sky hate almost makes me want to like them. I cant but I nearly want too.

 

[LouieLouie]

I suddenly realized I despise Sky more than even US Postal.

 

[Pharazon]

Hayden Roulston ‏@HaydenRoulston

Crazy day with the x wind/crash in the last 40k here in Spain. We escaped the carnage! Paris-Nice was talked about a lot in our group up the last climb!

seems some of the peloton have long memories as well

 

[The Hitch]

What's wrong with Vino and Rebellin? Personality wise, not doping wise. Because they're all juiced.

funny, just 4 months ago you were ferociously arguing that Phil was innocent until proven guilty.

What a rider you dont like winning a few races can do to principles, eh,.

 

[hrotha]

seems some of the peloton have long memories as well

Hadn't they already got payback for Paris-Nice, though? It's going to keep escalating.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Oh, dear.

Tough luck, Piti. This is racing. Sky was racing. They were racing before the crash. They were racing after the crash. Moviestar has been doing exactly this for several occasions - in that particularly incident it is important to have 'friends' in the peloton and they didn't have that.

Harden up.

That's how much you nono's understand about cycling. When you have ever riden in a peloton you KNOW when the leader is DOWN you wait.

I don't care one bit about Valverde, just name him by his name and don't be an internet fool and try to be popular with that 'PITI'; Fuentes did too, this was disgusting. Just like Orica Greenedge in the Tour, those guys have no morals.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Oh, dear.

Tough luck, Piti. This is racing. Sky was racing.

LOL
Your sky hate knows no bound's.

Hang on, were those Fearless Greg's words, or a translation of Piti's words?

 

[Christomir]

Nonsense.


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So you can't imagine teams and individual riders that are modest and realistic - having lower goals and being happy with less than a win?

 

[The Hitch]

Exactly, this forum is full of childish fanboyism and double standards.

clenbutador does make a direct mocking link between Contadors name and a doping substance.

Piti is just a dogs name which Valverde used in his doping plan, but the name itself is harmless and has nothing to do with his name or drugs themselves.


Like how people call lance wonderboy, Liestrong oR Lanceypoo - which still mocks him, but has nothing to do with drugs or his name, but arent allowed to call him uniballer or pharmstrong anymore which the mods think go too far.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Oh, dear.

Tough luck, Piti. This is racing. Sky was racing. They were racing before the crash. They were racing after the crash. Moviestar has been doing exactly this for several occasions - in that particularly incident it is important to have 'friends' in the peloton and they didn't have that.

Harden up.

That's how much you nono's understand about cycling. When you have ever riden in a peloton you KNOW when the leader is DOWN you wait.

I don't care one bit about Valverde, just name him by his name and don't be an internet fool and try to be popular with that 'PITI'; Fuentes did too, this was disgusting.

Lol gotta love these marginal gains jokes.

The point is, there is no reason for SKY to have any fear for a guy like Valverde. Froomy boy will rock him with minutes at any given TT.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Is there a twitter war going on already between Froome's and Valverde's girlfriends?

Between Froome's girlfriend and Valverde's gynecologist, more likely.

 

[Der Effe]

clenbutador does make a direct mocking link between Contadors name and a doping substance.

Piti is just a dogs name which Valverde used in his doping plan, but the name itself is harmless and has nothing to do with his name or drugs themselves.


Like how people call lance wonderboy, Liestrong oR Lanceypoo - which still mocks him, but has nothing to do with drugs or his name, but arent allowed to call him uniballer or pharmstrong anymore which the mods think go too far.

How about just calling people by their names instead of giving them pathetic nicknames even a 2-year old would be ashamed of if he came up with them?

 

[Miburo]

The point is, there is no reason for SKY to have any fear for a guy like Valverde. Froomy boy will rock him with minutes at any given TT.

I agree, valverde was not a big threat. He would drop eventually on the steeper climbs and in the TT Froome can make up a lot of time.

Now they've made of movistar an enemy, not smart.