2012 Vuelta. The Return of the King.

[LaFlorecita]

Wow, you're either being overly pessimistic lately or you just underestimate "people"

I'm trying to stay close to reality. If that's pessimistic,okay, I don't care. I just know that if I'd follow you all I'd end up majorly disappointed because well, Alberto is only human and he can't live up to those expectations.

BTW, did someone hack your account. Since when did it become "a stupid excuse"??

Those people that'll only remember him for his "stupid excuse", will probably think of it as a "stupid excuse". Needless to say that's not how I feel.

 

[The Hitch]

If this Giro - wait till 2k for attacks, type of racing, is how it is going to be nowadays then this Vuelta course is starting to look genius.

 

[LaFlorecita]

If this Giro wait till 2k for attacks racing, is how it is going to be nowadays then this Vuelta course is starting to look genius.

Explain please.

 

[jsem94]

If this Giro-wait-till-2k-for-attacks-racing is how it is going to be nowadays, then this Vuelta course is starting to look genius.

More readable now.

 

[Red Rick]

Explain please.

Short stages, so less snoredom and 10 uphill finishes, meaning a grand total of 20km of action in more than 3000km. That's 0,67%, which is much more than this giro

 

[LaFlorecita]

Short stages, so less snoredom and 10 uphill finishes, meaning a grand total of 20km of action in more than 3000km. That's 0,67%, which is much more than this giro

Nah Alberto will attack from further out. Probably 4-5km to go.

 

[Red Rick]

Nah Alberto will attack from further out. Probably 4-5km to go.

Depends on wether he gets bored before that or not

 

[The Hitch]

Bradley Wiggins - "the Vuelta is probably harder than the Tour," in an interview with Eurosport.

 

[jsem94]

Alberto will win with however many minutes he wants to.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto will win with however many minutes he wants to.

Also if he wants 30?

 

[jsem94]

Well. Not 30. But def 10

 

[LaFlorecita]

Bradley Wiggins - "the Vuelta is probably harder than the Tour," in an interview with Eurosport.

Probably because he has a better result in the Vuelta.

Or did he say that about this year's races?

 

[The Hitch]

Probably because he has a better result in the Vuelta.

Or did he say that about this year's races?

He was comparing doing the world tt after the Vuelta to doing the olympic tt after the Tour and arguing that he shouldn't find the latter a problem.

 

[ggusta]

The racing is much more exciting without Contador. Even the die-hards must agree?

Yes, and golf is so much more exciting now that Tiger Woods is pretty much a non-factor, too!

 

[ggusta]

I would not agree. The racing is good, don't get me wrong, but I'm always waiting for one or more of the riders to separate the wheat from the chaff. Very defensive riding--no one is going for the win in the Giro, so much as they are trying to maintain their current gap or not lose any time. Kudos for Hesjedal for riding his race yesterday, but I think Basso waited too long to start trying to apply pressure to win (should have, IMHO, been looking to gain time in the first two weeks as well).

When a Canadian injects the passion that the Italians and Spaniards do not have or refuse to display, there's a problem! just kidding, but it seemed a bit ironic to me. This isn't to say they weren't on the rivet, but still it just was so dull with the exception of Hesjedal. Catching youtube synopses at the end of the day was more than sufficient.

my people let me down!!!

When someone throws it down, even what little Hesjedal did, Alberto looks forward to that moment, what I saw at the Giro this year looked like a bunch of guys who dreaded the moment when they would have to dig down to find out what they had left. To say this is better racing is just crazy.

I am curious to see how the next two GT's will compare to this passionless parade. Especially when AC will have so little racing leading up to the Vuelta. It will be like watching Ali defending his title after a very long layoff.

 

[ggusta]

Maybe because Pantani is a legend and Alberto isn't and will never be one?

What happened to you?

 

[LaFlorecita]

I am curious to see how the next two GT's will compare to this passionless parade. Especially when AC will have so little racing leading up to the Vuelta. It will be like watching Ali defending his title after a very long layoff.

So you also think Alberto won't be really dominant?

 

[LaFlorecita]

What happened to you?

Nothing..?

 

[marioni]

Alberto will win with however many minutes he wants to.

True. I can't wait.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Depending on news later today, this could become the greatest Vuelta ever.

When it rains, a ray of sun, seems like spring.

 

[Cancellator]

Depending on news later today, this could become the greatest Vuelta ever.

When it rains, a ray of sun, seems like spring.

Let's hope a certain Luxembourgian baby can look past the disappointment and see the light as well.

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

Return of the Kings!

 

[T-Nielsen]

Return of the Kings!

Rumble in the.... eehhhhh.... (I knew my lack of knowledge, regarding Spanish geografi, would come back and bite me some day).

 

[vcampbell]

Return of the Kings!

Kings? What? They cloned Contador?

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

Rumble in the.... eehhhhh.... (I knew my lack of knowledge, regarding Spanish geografi, would come back and bite me some day).

Rumble on the Bola?