2013 Vuelta a España, Stage 1: Vilanova de Arousa - Sanxenxo 27Km (TTT)

[ILovecycling]

Astana deserved win,great tt
Looking forward tomorrow,action!

 

[Orbit501]

Brajkovic in red by the looks of it. Nibs 2nd.

 

[pastronef]

Jani in red! great! so glad for him after his bad luck!

 

[gustienordic]

Astana!! Or as they say on Eurosport - (A$$-ten-aw)

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Jani will defend red for a couple of weeks (I hope). hopefully he will get a new contract with some days in the red.

 

[cineteq]

Stage 1
Nibali (AST)
Horner (RLT) +10
Henao (SKY) +22
Valverde (MOV) +29
Majka (TST) +32
Keuziger (TST) +32
Mollema (BEL) +49
Scarponi (LAM) +56
Rodriguez (KAT) +59
Sanchez (EUS) +1.14
De Gendt (VCD) +1.18
Pinot (FDJ) +1.25
Basso (CAN) +1.26
Martin (GRS) +1.41
Pozzovivo (ALM) +1.41
Betancur (ALM) +1.41

 

[Carols]

Winners:
Nibs
Horner
Henao

Losers:
Valverde
Purito
Samu
Basso

It was a great stage. Visually engaging, taunt drama...good stuff!

And an uphill finish tomorrow...I love the Vuelta

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 1
Nibali (AST)
Horner (RLT) +10
Henao (SKY) +22
Valverde (MOV) +29
Majka (TST) +32
Keuziger (TST) +32
Mollema (BEL) +49
Scarponi (LAM) +56
Rodriguez (KAT) +59
Sanchez (EUS) +1.14
De Gendt (VCD) +1.18
Pinot (FDJ) +1.25
Basso (CAN) +1.26
Martin (GRS) +1.41
Pozzovivo (ALM) +1.41
Betancur (ALM) +1.41

Very poor performance by ag2r. Anyway a pretty exciting TTT.

 

[Rollthedice]

So much for Basso's hopes.

 

[Red Rick]

How big are the bonifications in the road stages?

 

[Cyivel]

How big are the bonifications in the road stages?

10, 6, 4 at the finish plus 3, 2, 1 for the intermediates I believe

 

[murali]

Expecting a defensive ride by nibali in tomorrow's stage. Also, an attack from betancur?

 

[murali]

10, 6, 4 at the finish plus 3, 2, 1 for the intermediates I believe

there is no bonuses for TTs, right?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Isn't Betancur even further behind though as he was dropped?

 

[manafana]

very solid run by astana considering they dont have a martin or fab really well drilled

 

[Cyivel]

there is no bonuses for TTs, right?

Thats right

 

[roundabout]

Betancur, Intxausti (mechanical?) and De Gendt GC riders dropped by their teams

Edit: forgot Anton

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

very solid run by astana considering they dont have a martin or fab really well drilled

Well, a Grivko, Kangert, Iglinsky, Brajko and Nibali combo will outdo just a Canc or Martin

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Notable late arrivals:

Winner Anacona (Lampre) +1'30
Carlos Betancur (Ag2r) +1'59
(just wait for Ryo to regale us with tales of how all Colombians are actually super strong TTT guys, without any hint of irony)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) +2'22
Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) +2'27
Igor Antón (Euskaltel) +2'43
Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil) +3'23
Cayetano Sarmiento (Cannondale) +3'42
Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) +3'50
Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) +4'09
Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) +4'16
Mikel Landa (Euskaltel) +4'31
Luca Paolini (Katyusha) +4'45
Giampaolo Caruso (Katyusha) +5'03

edit for roundabout: yes, Intxausti had a mechanical. That probably hurt Movistar as he is quite a strong TT engine while they were reliant on Szmyd at the end there who was fading a little. Don't know about any of the others.

 

[murali]

something happened for OPQS between first and second timecheck. I don't understand how they lost 11 secs in that segment

 

[Orbit501]

The big puzzle there for me is EBH getting dropped.

1) Feeling the effects of that broken collarbone?
2) Saving himself for stage wins here?
3) Just not strong enough?

Can't see how he'd be given the freedom not to contribute today, given how valuable he would have been to a decent TTT, so it must be a combination of 1&3, or did he have a mechanical does anyone know?

Lot of talk of Betancur losing big time, but did anyone really expect anything different from his team today? Definite stage hunting for him here I'd say whilst preparing for Worlds.

TTT's really aren't very fair in the grand scheme of things anyway are they.

 

[gthx_gthx_]

Well on Eurosport Goubert said that Betancur had family problems in columbia and he couldn't prepare correctly , Pozzovivo will be Ag2r leader.
That'd explain the poor performance of Betancur today.

 

[search]

something happened for OPQS between first and second timecheck. I don't understand how they lost 11 secs in that segment

yeh, they lost Vandewalle and van Keirsbulck (who I'd had expected to be stronger today) in that part and were very unorganized afterwards. don't know what happened though, or if they just were not strong enough

 

[jens_attacks]

astana really rode like a well-drilled machine,that was superb

tomorrow i want to see an angry ivan basso and chris horner the new race leader.

 

[ToreBear]

The big puzzle there for me is EBH getting dropped.

1) Feeling the effects of that broken collarbone?
2) Saving himself for stage wins here?
3) Just not strong enough?

Can't see how he'd be given the freedom not to contribute today, given how valuable he would have been to a decent TTT, so it must be a combination of 1&3, or did he have a mechanical does anyone know?

Lot of talk of Betancur losing big time, but did anyone really expect anything different from his team today? Definite stage hunting for him here I'd say whilst preparing for Worlds.

TTT's really aren't very fair in the grand scheme of things anyway are they.

Too me it looked like EBH struggled to get on after doing a shift. My guess is that he over estimated himself and took too long turns in the beginning. I remember in the tour when Thomas mentioned EBH and Froome being the big engines in the TTT, so I would expect him to have worked heavily up until he was dropped.

It's probably a combination of needing a few race km to get going and overestimating his own form on the first stage.

That's my guess anyhow. His coach Arvesen commented for Eurosport and joked that he is going to get nasty looks when he goes down to join the team in Spain as both EBH and Knees were dropped and they are his guys.

Arvesen thought he might need a a couple of stages, but really couldn't know what happened until he talked to him. Eurosport was in commercial when EBH dropped, but I switched to a different channel and saw EBH drop. I don't think the Eurosport commentators saw it happen.