2013 Vuelta a España, Stage 17: Calahorra→Burgos (189km)

[goggalor]

That was clever stuff from Bauke.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

.... We can only assume that no one had the ressources to catch Mollema, because any reasonable man wouldnt allow someone to just ride away like that with under 1 k to go

 

[Netserk]

Oh yeah, finally a dutch win a GT again. Last year Weening in the Giro, or was that 2 years ago allready?

Weening won the strade bianche stage in '11.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Mollema finished 3rd on a flat stage in the Tour.

 

[Bushman]

incredible , this cyclists iq must be so small. rarely you can see so often a bunch of guys tricked like 2y's old

gz mollema

How is it dumb? Noone had any team mates left to pull him back and if they would go after him early they would screw Their own chances (what Cancellara was criticised for in the stage where Martin nearly won)

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Wow, awesome by Mollema!

I just saw the last few km, were there echelons or something?

 

[nepetalactone]

Maybe Cancellara doesn't want to get himself marked out of WC?

 

[escartin]

haha, that was odd to see. i was sat here thinking that surely the sprinters will need to react soon. and they didn't!

 

[TomasC]

Konig lost as well I think. I saw only one NetApp rider in the front group and that seemed to be Paul Voss.

 

[T-Nielsen]

There will be some questions tonght.

Lampre will be asking how they just let a man sail away when they have an inform sprinter and EBH will be wondering why he is on a team when he never gets any help.

 

[Afrank]

 

[Marco Pantani]

Saxo smashed it up in the wind. Pozzovivo and Pinot lost 1:30 each.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I just saw the last few km, were there echelons or something?

Yes. Saxo did it with about 25 km to go.

 

[ruamruam]

Wow, awesome by Mollema!

I just saw the last few km, were there echelons or something?

Saxo created echelons with about 25 k to go

 

[jsem94]

Weening won the strade bianche stage in '11.

Wrong. Weening won a different stage. Evans won the Strade Bianche stage with Vino on his wheel.

 

[Afrank]

So was Konig in the 2nd group as well?

 

[classicomano]

TGBM GREATNESSS

 

[Netserk]

Wrong. Weening won a different stage. Evans won the Strade Bianche stage with Vino on his wheel.

That was 2010.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Now 14 podium finishes without a win for Richeze in 2013.

 

[icefire]

Wrong. Weening won a different stage. Evans won the Strade Bianche stage with Vino on his wheel.

Different years

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Mollema speaks excellent English.

 

[SafeBet]

Maybe Cancellara doesn't want to get himself marked out of WC?

Everybody knows he's in monster shape by now.

 

[T-Nielsen]

TGBM GREATNESSS

Why do bikeriders dedicate themselves to a sport that creates wonderfull legs and backsides only to insist on showing of their scrawny torsoes.

 

[wirral]

I see the commissaires have given up on the "strict gap" policy.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

If only Richeze hadn't wasted that energy with that pointless attack on the uphill.

So the sprint stages here have been won by Matthews, Morkov, Stybar, Gilbert, Barguil and Mollema, it's like a who's who of sprinters.