2013 Vuelta a España, Stage 3: Vigo - Mirador de Lobeira 184.8 Km

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JRanton said:
So his name is ''Chris'' and he comes to the Vuelta without a contract for next year having done very little all season...

Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?

Yes. It is chris horner. i got you :p

He must be retiring after the vuelta!?!:confused:!
 
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JRanton said:
Whoever is in charge of posting the results for this Vuelta should be shot.

Did you mean they should take a couple of shots, before they sit for getting the results by the officials?
:D:D:D
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Aug 16, 2011
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JRanton said:
So his name is ''Chris'' and he comes to the Vuelta without a contract for next year having done very little all season...

Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?

I'm thinking you should head to the correct sub-forum. :rolleyes:
 
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Descender said:
I remember it as being even longer than 1 hour. That is when they get the top 10 up right away...

The TdF is a bit better in that regard, but on the whole they're all very clumsy.

Even TdF was pathetic earlier. they used to show provisional results in TV, and then it took like an hour or so for the results of some stages to show up in browser. I am saying early 2000s.
 
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JRanton said:
It wasn't a clinic reference, just saying that we could be in for another surprise. Although to be fair to Horner, him winning the Vuelta, even at 41, wouldn't be at all surprising in comparison to Froome's near miss.

Ah, okay. Now I see what you meant, my mistake then.
 
Escarabajo said:
He already stated that he is here for training for the worlds and to help Pozzovivo if he can.

Ah thanks, must have missed that statement.
I'd been hoping since the giro for a Majka Betancur replay. I guess it won't happen :).
At least Pinot is not doing terribly yet, so that's one good young hope.
 
Arnout said:
If it is common sense infrastructure, probably. Google Ciudad Real Airport and decide if projects like that will help the Spanish economy :)
It was a private built airport. Though building it was good for the economy, they apparently had some loans from the regional bank which came back to haunt the taxpayers when the private built airport defaulted. It's a complex issue.

murali said:
I like that better. :D
i didn't get the sarcasm part first. had to revisit the trademark post to figure it out.



Is it possible for the organizers to come up with some RFID like tag to keep track of the racers? Technology is there, expertise is there; i think these guys are not just interested in spending money. they are not even making money the right way. ppl like me would have paid for watching this, if they had just broadcast it on TV. Wake up organizers!

Cycling is about twenty years behind in presentation. I think it's a combination of conservative race organizers and a UCI probably having some weird rule somewhere.

A simple rfid chip and some kind of rfid readers on motorbikes driving past the riders would give enough information to understand the race situation in a second. But we are left with commentators with very little information doing their best to explain the situation.:(


Interesting race, though it would have been nice to have an idea who was in the differing groups while the race was unfolding....
 
Lol, Horner sounds like Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds. Olano should have got on the saddle to stick it up to Guillén.

Also, I don't mean to alarm anyone but it looks like frickin' Eijssen could be one of the revelations of this Vuelta.
 
murali said:
this is confusing.....

bad vuelta. first they don't say clearly how many groups were formed. then no clarity on the stage result. now changing the results very frequently.:mad:

as far as I can see this is being a great vuelta, big names as winners, nice landscapes, nice show... am I missing something?
 
roundabout said:
The coverage of the final today was horrible though.

Indeed, this constant going back to check where freaking Arroyo was. Come on.

rantanplan said:
Nibali can suffer a lot tomorrow if Purito attacks in Ezaro with Moreno... In my opinion is the most dangerous stage for the italian.

Completely disagree. Nibbles is fine on steep ramps. And he's got one of the strongest team in the race anyway, they would bring him back.
 
SafeBet said:
Indeed, this constant going back to check where freaking Arroyo was. Come on.



Completely disagree. Nibbles is fine on steep ramps. And he's got one of the strongest team in the race anyway, they would bring him back.

Also Ezaro is 30 plus km from finish and is only 1.8 km climbing. Nothing will happen for GC tomorrow. Horner still in red?
 
hrotha said:
Lol, Horner sounds like Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds. Olano should have got on the saddle to stick it up to Guillén.

Also, I don't mean to alarm anyone but it looks like frickin' Eijssen could be one of the revelations of this Vuelta.

He's quietly having a good season this year.
 
ToreBear said:
It was a private built airport. Though building it was good for the economy, they apparently had some loans from the regional bank which came back to haunt the taxpayers when the private built airport defaulted. It's a complex issue.

This is off-topic, but since you're at it, google Aeroport de Castelló. Built 100% on taxpayers' money, as of yet zero flights.