2013 Vuelta a España, Stage 4: Lalín/a Estrada - Fisterra 189 Km

[burning]

80 riders coming 14' 21" down. nearly 41% of riders coming together in an essentially flat race with a single 3rd cat climb @35 km from he finish.(@ half that distance was flat)

Thats a big WOW!!


Am wondering what will happen if they have a single cat 1 climb with 17km flat roads before finish

They simply rode slowly to preserve energy

 

[djconnel]

Curiously Cancellara bridged a 1-2 second gap from Matthews to Moreno, so Horner would have come much closer to holding onto the jersey without Cancellara's bid for victory. But of course he had to go for it -- he had no way of knowing there was a gap behind him.

 

[rantanplan]

80 riders coming 14' 21" down. nearly 41% of riders coming together in an essentially flat race with a single 3rd cat climb @35 km from he finish.(@ half that distance was flat)

Thats a big WOW!!

in an essentially flat race? Flat doesn´t exist in Galicia mate, today more than 2600 m of climbing!

And Ezaro is not a "normal" 3 cat climb anyway, we saw riders walking there today

 

[Pippo_San]

So my man Ivan lost 6 secs...darn it

Still on track for destroying everyone on the Angliru...I can see Piti & Purito form is slowly descending...COME ON IVAAAAAAAAAN!!!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The red splodge in this picture is Horner - gapped on the line

 

[Netserk]

Radioshack protested re the gap, but it was 1.01 seconds, so it counts.

 

[shalgo]

The red splodge in this picture is Horner - gapped on the line

I think that "red splodge" is actually Dominik Nerz. In the results, the gap is between Huzarski in 21st and Nerz in 22nd. You can see the Cannondale jersey of Basso (23rd) to the left of Nerz. Horner was a few places back in 26th.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Poor Horner. He'll be muy muy muy disappointo.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I think that "red splodge" is actually Dominik Nerz. In the results, the gap is between Huzarski in 21st and Nerz in 22nd. You can see the Cannondale jersey of Basso (23rd) to the left of Nerz. Horner was a few places back in 26th.

Okay, I bow, my bad.

 

[murali]

in an essentially flat race? Flat doesn´t exist in Galicia mate, today more than 2600 m of climbing!

And Ezaro is not a "normal" 3 cat climb anyway, we saw riders walking there today

Accept your point. the 80 rides were taking it easy because of the 33% rule on time limit.

Ezaro is not a normal climb and giving it only cat 3, esp after what we saw in the race, suggests that either the organizers are sadists or hey dont give a dan abt is said about them.
clearly, it should have been a higher cat climb, or they should not have put 34.3 km after it.
Those disgruntled riders chose the easy way out.

 

[Bushman]

Good to see Cance in shape, I hope he will try again later in the race. I think he started his sprint a little too late, but great performance by Moreno.

 

[iceman999]

W. Sulzberger is out with a broken collarbone. Bad luck for him

 

[manafana]

fab couldnt be blamed today he had a chance he had go for it.

 

[Pricey_sky]

W. Sulzberger is out with a broken collarbone. Bad luck for him

Very bad luck, I think OGE were expecting him to do something this Vuelta with the form he was showing.

 

[The Hitch]

Ezaro is not a normal climb and giving it only cat 3, esp after what we saw in the race, suggests that either the organizers are sadists .

Cant be that because at the end of the day they got some very easy climbs ranked as first and super cat.

 

[darwin553]

So my man Ivan lost 6 secs...darn it

Still on track for destroying everyone on the Angliru...I can see Piti & Purito form is slowly descending...COME ON IVAAAAAAAAAN!!!

And is now 1min 32sec behind Nibali now

 

[Netserk]

Cant be that because at the end of the day they got some very easy climbs ranked as first and super cat.

No they don't.

Hazallanas is not 'very easy'.
Angliru is not 'very easy'.

Envalira is the Cima Fuente.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

fab couldnt be blamed today he had a chance he had go for it.

agree, winning stages is more important than dressing in red this early in the race.

 

[Descender]

No they don't.

Hazallanas is not 'very easy'.
Angliru is not 'very easy'.

Envalira is the Cima Fuente.

True, but the final climb on Stage 2 was a 1st cat, while Ezaro yesterday was 3rd cat... not very proportionate.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Gotta say, there is nothing wrong with the surroundings during the first couple of stages. Very beautiful coastline with limited amounts of trash hotels and concrete.

 

[anuroc]

Hello. Here you have your yesterday cat3 climb: Ezaro

 

[murali]

No they don't.

Hazallanas is not 'very easy'.
Angliru is not 'very easy'.

Envalira is the Cima Fuente.

calling Angliru easy or very easy is like calling potato a cereal.