2013 Vuelta a España, Stage 5: Sober → Lago de Sanabria (174 km)

[rantanplan]

Oh there certainly are many climbs in this Vuelta: almost invariably featuring a finish line at the top.

Some of us would like to see something different from time to time.

I´m totally agree, your stage is very, very hard to be 5th stage

 

[rantanplan]

43" for Antonio Piedra, Nicolas Edet, Jurgen Van De Walle y Arnaud Courteille

 

[TeoSheva]

43" for Antonio Piedra, Nicolas Edet, Jurgen Van De Walle y Arnaud Courteille

again a really poor group...

 

[search]

Oh there certainly are many climbs in this Vuelta: almost invariably featuring a finish line at the top.

Some of us would like to see something different from time to time.

yeh, sure, but not instead of today's stage, scrap one of the the mountain finishes then

 

[rantanplan]

Gap 6:22 Km 45. Astana let them go, no susprise....


106 Nicolas EDET COF +20:27

163 Winner ANACONA GOMEZ LAM +33:55

165 Arnaud COURTEILLE FDJ +34:13

166 Jurgen VAN DE WALLE LTB +34:19

179 Antonio PIEDRA PEREZ CJR +39:01

 

[murali]

Any chance for anacona today?


After yesterday's spectacle, i somehow can't trust what unipublic calls a cat 3 climb. is there any harsh segments in today's hills?

 

[Descender]

yeh, sure, but not instead of today's stage, scrap one of the the mountain finishes then

In a heartbeat.

 

[murali]

what's wrong with mountain finishes?

this is a climber's GT, and we should have more climbers getting into the mix. right?

 

[willbick]

Arent all GTs climbers GTs?

 

[fraserhughes]

Gap is 9.30.

Astana really want to keep red

 

[rhubroma]

Where can I get a live internet feed please? Anyone?

Cheers

 

[murali]

i thought feeds start only after an hour.

Tour is a TTers GT. an average climber + a very good TTer can win TdF(do i need to give example here?). Tell me whether anyone has won vuelta using TT skills

 

[therhodeo]

Arent all GTs climbers GTs?

You must have missed the tour last year.

 

[fraserhughes]

Where can I get a live internet feed please? Anyone?

Cheers

Don't think this is one for another hour:
http://www.steephill.tv/vuelta-a-espana/#live

I'm keeping an eye on CN's live text updates at the moment.

 

[rhubroma]

i thought feeds start only after an hour.

Tour is a TTers GT. an average climber + a very good TTer can win TdF(do i need to give example here?). Tell me whether anyone has won vuelta using TT skills

Ok, after an hour???

 

[murali]

Gap is 9.30.

Astana really want to keep red

now its 10:25 with 104km and two cat 3 climbs to go. Astana can allow a further 10min for the break.


Astana don't need to chase the break. It's going to be the other teams, like OPQS(Meerrsman), Sky(EBH), Shack, Argos or (i know i will miss one team), who will need to work for the stage win.

 

[fraserhughes]

Ok, after an hour???

In an hour I believe. Starts at 1600 CEST.

 

[fraserhughes]

now its 10:25 with 104km and two cat 3 climbs to go. Astana can allow a further 10min for the break.


Astana don't need to chase the break. It's going to be the other teams, like OPQS(Meerrsman), Sky(EBH), Shack, Argos or (i know i will miss one team), who will need to work for the stage win.

Agree they don't need to work but I thought it was common for the GC leading team to cut a deal with the sprinters teams on stages like this, where the former moderates the gap for the first 1/2 of the stage then the sprinters teams take over for the final half.

Will probably still get pulled back for a sprint I'm just surprised they've given them this much.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Garmin doing the work. 8.37 now.

 

[rhubroma]

In an hour I believe. Starts at 1600 CEST.

Sorry to be such a dumbass, but then?

 

[fraserhughes]

Sorry to be such a dumbass, but then?

No worries

Steephill has most streams: http://www.steephill.tv/vuelta-a-espana/#live

I've been using: http://www.sportlemon.tv/20130822/vv52161ad8838643.14133344-625488.html

 

[rhubroma]

No worries

Steephill has most streams: http://www.steephill.tv/vuelta-a-espana/#live

I've been using: http://www.sportlemon.tv/20130822/vv52161ad8838643.14133344-625488.html

Cheers to you sir!!!

 

[manafana]

Garmin doing the work. 8.37 now.

suspected astana would get plenty of help to bring make this break which isn't that big

 

[murali]

Agree they don't need to work but I thought it was common for the GC leading team to cut a deal with the sprinters teams on stages like this, where the former moderates the gap for the first 1/2 of the stage then the sprinters teams take over for the final half.

Will probably still get pulled back for a sprint I'm just surprised they've given them this much.

thats what we all expect. somehow the current bunch of riders seem to be lacking in this sort of thing. Too many instances of "crash happened after we had started the move" or "we had to work otherwise we lose our spot" or other such things are around.

 

[murali]

No worries

Steephill has most streams: http://www.steephill.tv/vuelta-a-espana/#live

I've been using: http://www.sportlemon.tv/20130822/vv52161ad8838643.14133344-625488.html

is there any feed better than the sportlemon one?

i have also been using it for a while now, but sometimes the screen freezes for me.