2013 Vuelta a España, Stage 20: Avilés→Alto de L´Angliru (142 Km)

[Cyivel]

Your time is now Chris.

 

[murali]

vulture is already circling the peloton. Today is going to be a carnage!

 

[murali]

one abandon already.


my feed seems to be a bit slow, or my connection is slow

 

[Je ne sais quoi]

The standing v. sitting thing... I think some of the concern comes from the Zonc where there was a bit of gravel strewn on the road and the back wheel would slip... Contador had to sit down, not a big deal, but it takes away a weapon.

It's also a bit of a concern that Horner hasn't ridden this climb, especially since he pushes such a big gear. Remember how Cobo nailed the gearing perfectly (sitting down) and Wiggins was doing the paper boy weave? The Angliru is like the ocean, you can never underestimate it...

 

[RedheadDane]

Love how the categorised climbs on the stage is basically 3... 2... 1... BOOM!

 

[murali]

second sprint:

1º Antonio Piedra (67)
2º Diego Ulissi (139)
3º Imanol Erviti (3)

 

[icefire]

Gears for today's climb:

Horner, Samu: 34x32
Nibali: 34x29
Valv: 36x29
Purito: 36x28

 

[il_cobra]

Are Tv pictures going to be affected by the weather coming in?

undoubtely

btw we will see last 500 meters in any condititons

 

[Afrank]

Hmm, Tiralongo setting things up for Nibs?

 

[Je ne sais quoi]

Gears for today's climb:

Horner, Samu: 34x32
Nibali: 34x29
Valv: 36x29
Purito: 36x28

Ok, thanks, that looks like a good choice for Horner as he shouldn't be overgeared if he has to sit down.
Purito - powerful!

 

[Orbit501]

Nibali+rain+descent=bad news for everyone else. You just watch, Nibali's been saving it for this stage, and today he unleashes it, Horner won't be able to deal with the kind of pain he'll bring.

(I'm going into fanboy mode for the stage. )

For the sake of watching some quality racing I hope it does rain and Nibali does attack on the descent.

I'm not really fussed who wins, just want the excitement to be as good as possible. If I had any fanboy(ish) wish then it's that Purito knocks AVV off the podium and that Roche does well.

 

[SafeBet]

Hmm, Tiralongo setting things up for Nibs?

Honestly, I think Astana is playing its cards for a stage win. But I could be wrong.

 

[il_cobra]

Nibali+rain+descent=bad news for everyone else.

yeah we saw that at downhill to pescara

 

[Cyivel]

Horner

 

[thrawn]

Lol @ Horner.

 

[Netserk]

Horner

 

[Ferminal]

Nice Horner, I think he will go very close to Heras today.

 

[il_cobra]

papi want to рiss at other contenders faces?

 

[Afrank]

WTH is Horner thinking there.

 

[Rollthedice]

Horner thinks he's on Angliru!

 

[roundabout]

Huh? And I thought Horner was tactically smart?

Did that Eskaltel guy say something bad about Papi?

 

[Descender]

Gears for today's climb:

Horner, Samu: 34x32
Nibali: 34x29
Valv: 36x29
Purito: 36x28

For the sake of comparison, Tonkov in 1999: 39x26.

 

[Piz Buin]

What a joke!

 

[Flamin]

I hope FoxxyBrown switched off the TV already, because it won't be pretty

 

[Netserk]

For the sake of comparison, Tonkov in 1999: 39x26.

That's just comical