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

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classicomano said:
TGBM GREATNESSS :D

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Somebody feed that man a sandwich! :eek:
 
Bernie's eyesore said:
If only Richeze hadn't wasted that energy with that pointless attack on the uphill.:D

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.

No really dedicated Sprint teams and a lack of top tier quicks this year is probably the reason. In 2009 & 10 it was HTC (Greipel & Cav), 2011 it was Liquigas (Sagan) and Argos (Degenkolb) last year.
 
Really enjoyed that stage.

1) Everybody loves echelons.
2) Everybody likes it when a team with a guy in the top 10 actually try to advance rather than ride conservatively.
3) Everyboy likes it when some opportunist makes fools of the sprinters right at the end.

Also, finally, this year TGBM goes from being the talented rider who places strongly but never actually wins anything to a guy with some decent wins on his palmares. I doubt if anyone imagined that his first GT stage victory would come on a sprint stage, mind you.
 
Zinoviev Letter said:
3) Everyboy likes it when some opportunist makes fools of the sprinters right at the end.
Yes...but not when it happens all the ****ing time. Some balance would be cool. In this Vuelta, there's only been one slightly normal bunch sprint.

It's like you're watching, and you know that if someone (anyone) attacks they'll hold off, because the sprint trains are so incredibly slow.
 
maltiv said:
Yes...but not when it happens all the ****ing time. Some balance would be cool. In this Vuelta, there's only been one slightly normal bunch sprint.

It's like you're watching, and you know that if someone (anyone) attacks they'll hold off, because the sprint trains are so incredibly slow.

There's no real Sprint train or top flight sprinter at this Vuelta. If a Greipel, Cav, Sagan, Kittel, Degenkolb or even someone like Viviani was here then a team would be motivated to do the donkey work and keep it together for a bunch sprint. As it is Eddy Bos is probably the best Sprinter in the field and Sky won't work for him until Madrid simply because he's not the Manx Express.
 

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