2013 Vuelta a España, Stage 10: Torredelcampo → Alto Hazallanas (186,8 km)

[Escarabajo]

Yes and it proves the point for next year at the TDF, Nibali has no hope of living with Froome and Quintana. Great attack today yet did not yield much time, dont no about you but the attack looked like Froome he had to break in the corner lol, i thught it would yield more time to the cowards behind? -Basso and Pinot of course.

It is practically impossible to extrapolate results like that. No way. There are many variables that plays behind the scenes. That includes riders exhausted for being at the end of a season. Especially those coming from the Tour de France. Nibali in Giro form might be faster than this anyway. If history has taught us something is that results from one GT cannot be translated into other one just like that. Too many examples to show.

 

[jens_attacks]

papyyyy horner!!! yeay!

awesome win, what a great attack


in my opinion i still believe both purito and valverde will crack at one point in this vuelta. so there is hope for basso to get on the podium. nobody can challenge horner, he will drop them again in the pyrenees.
great racing, chapeau!

 

[aarononymous]

So glad about Uran, enjoy it next year Uran. You will realise how good Sky have been to you. You cant beat Froome thats why your leaving and you have more people to beat than Froome next year.

I think Uran has earned a team leader role. At Sky he was never going to get a dedicated role with all the talent they have. He may not be a top 3 rider but I would consider him a top 10 talent. There aren't too many guys available at this age so it's a good signing for OPQS. Ok not going to win the Tour next year but they seem to be building the team around him already with the signing of Acevedo.

Don't see what's wrong with him being ambitious.

 

[barmaher]

Apologies...that is the last time I trust the Vuelta website.

A quick calculation gives me this:

Horner
Nibbles +48
Roche +57
Valverde +1'07"
JRod +1'40"

 

[Inquitus]

Soo hard to discern sarcasm and cynicism from people who truly worship the false idol Papa Horner.

 

[hrotha]

Hahahaha, Nibali couldn't get back a single second from Horner, and Horner didn't need to sit on the saddle more than 5 nanoseconds during the whole climb according to the most conservative calculations.

 

[wirral]

Official website producing some very wacky results. Don't believe them. e.g Moreno docked points, Rodriguez dead-heating with Rodriguez on the second KOM, stage times put in overall slot, etc.

 

[Descender]

What do you guys think about my little climb?

Remember they only climbed half of it.

 

[Asturiano]

What do you guys think about my little climb?

Remember they only climbed half of it.

Spanish TV gave two really good picturve about this climb, one of them was the curves of the road being taking from the helicopter and some images from Sierra Nevada to Veleta.

 

[Afrank]

What do you guys think about my little climb?

Remember they only climbed half of it.

Only one word that can describe that climb, tortures.

 

[Carols]

Well I'm just Speechless......

 

[webvan]

Strange riding by Nibs today, thought he wasn't here to win the Vuelta...racing like in the Giro but finding some tougher opponents! Seems to confirm that he wasn't really that much stronger at the Giro than at the 2012 TDF.

 

[Parrulo]

What do you guys think about my little climb?

Remember they only climbed half of it.

Very awesome!!! Now lets hope they use your stage design next

 

[Parrulo]

Strange riding by Nibs today, thought he wasn't here to win the Vuelta...racing like in the Giro but finding some tougher opponents! Seems to confirm that he wasn't really that much stronger at the Giro than at the 2012 TDF.

What makes you think he is in top shape? He has been saying all along that he will only hit top shape for the third week in the order to keep it till the worlds.

 

[Bushman]

How do you know if it is the opposition being stronger or Nibali being weaker than in the Giro. I doubt he has prepared as well for the Vuelta.

 

[roundabout]

Very awesome!!! Now lets hope they use your stage design next

Horner would have won by 2 minutes in that case

 

[willbick]

Well horner was very bullish about his chances in this Vuelta so maybe he will vindicate it

 

[Escarabajo]

Strange riding by Nibs today, thought he wasn't here to win the Vuelta...racing like in the Giro but finding some tougher opponents! Seems to confirm that he wasn't really that much stronger at the Giro than at the 2012 TDF.

How can you conclude this out of this showing???

Total different scenarios.

 

[Descender]

GC:
1 Christopher HORNER RLT 40:29:14
2 Vincenzo NIBALI AST 43
3 Nicolas ROCHE TST 53
4 Alejandro VALVERDE MOV +1:02
5 Joaquin RODRIGUEZ KAT +1:40
6 Daniel MORENO KAT +2:04
7 Ivan BASSO CAN +2:20
8 Thibaut PINOT FDJ +3:11
9 Rafal MAJKA TST +3:16
10 Domenico POZZOVIVO ALM +3:28

 

[Escarabajo]

GC

1. USAHORNER, Christopher 184 RADIOSHACK LEOPARD 40h 29' 14''
2. ITANIBALI, Vincenzo 31 ASTANA PRO TEAM 40h 29' 57'' + 43''
3. IRLROCHE, Nicolas 205 TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF 40h 30' 07'' + 53''
4. ESPVALVERDE, Alejandro 1 MOVISTAR TEAM 40h 30' 16'' + 1' 02''
5. ESPRODRIGUEZ, Joaquin 121 KATUSHA TEAM 40h 30' 54'' + 1' 40''
6. ESPMORENO, Daniel 127 KATUSHA TEAM 40h 31' 18'' + 2' 04''
7. ITABASSO, Ivan 71 CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING 40h 31' 34'' + 2' 20''
8. FRAPINOT, Thibaut 101 FDJ.FR 40h 32' 25'' + 3' 11''
9. POLMAJKA, Rafal 202 TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF 40h 32' 30'' + 3' 16''
10. ITAPOZZOVIVO, Domenico 11 AG2R LA MONDIALE 40h 32' 42'' + 3' 28''
11. CZEKONIG, Leopold 151 TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA 40h 33' 12'' + 3' 58''
12. ITACAPECCHI, Eros 2 MOVISTAR TEAM 40h 33' 23'' + 4' 09''
13. ITASANTAROMITA, Ivan 58 BMC RACING TEAM 40h 33' 49'' + 4' 35''
14. ESTKANGERT, Tanel 36 ASTANA PRO TEAM 40h 33' 56'' + 4' 42''
15. COLURAN, Rigoberto 198 SKY PROCYCLING 40h 34' 26'' + 5' 12''
16. NEDTEN DAM, Laurens 48 BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM 40h 35' 19'' + 6' 05''
17. ESPSÁNCHEZ, Samuel 91 EUSKALTEL EUSKADI 40h 35' 47'' + 6' 33''
18. ESPARROYO, David 61 CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA 40h 35' 47'' + 6' 33''
19. GERNERZ, Dominik 56 BMC RACING TEAM 40h 35' 50'' + 6' 36''
20. ESPNIEVE, Mikel 96 EUSKALTEL EUSKADI 40h 35' 53'' + 6' 39''

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

How can you conclude this out of this showing???

Total different scenarios.

Don't even bother with some peoples logic at this forum. To some people here Froomes performance in Utah means he will not contest for the tour victory next year

 

[Alphabet]

What do you guys think about my little climb?

Remember they only climbed half of it.

It was absolutely brutal, as bad as Lagos or Cuitu Negru last year. Combined with that heat, I was reminded of Lapize's 'Vous êtes des assassins!' quote.

 

[manafana]

had horner backed, but after that i assume the clinic is buzzing a bit.

Nibali looks strong too to leave a strong group behind.

 

[the asian]

Strange riding by Nibs today, thought he wasn't here to win the Vuelta...racing like in the Giro but finding some tougher opponents! Seems to confirm that he wasn't really that much stronger at the Giro than at the 2012 TDF.

Lol, you must be trolling.

 

[Descender]

As a reminder, this is the complete pass of Collado de las Sabinas, with the final couple of kms until Sierra Nevada. Today's stage finished at El Dornajo.

BUT WAIT, there's more. One could go on climbing towards the astronomical observatory IRAM.