2014 Volta Catalunya stage 4: Alp › Vallter 2000-Setcases 166.4 Km

[Der Effe]

bye Froome.

Kill your idols?

 

[Netserk]

Contador @ 2''
Purito @ 3''

From what I can see.

 

[Kazistuta]

No,he is not a climber,never a contender in GT,week stage race?maybe...

Strange statement considering todays win....

 

[TourOfSardinia]

no bonuses today right?

Lol can even see the winner on stage coz of fog!

BTW - One on see Aru coming in?

 

[ILovecycling]

and AGAIN, we dont know ANYTHING about the form of Purito and Froome

 

[classicomano]

Anyone spotted Kelderman?

Someone resembling Kelderman came in at 1 minute, was hard to see though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Not really. I doubted he could do this, but I really hoped I was wrong.

He finished at around 1 minute of the leaders. At least, it had to be him, lanky figure with black jacket and belkin bianchi bike..

 

[arvc40]

TVG no doubt took the win because of the infighting between the others. TVG will be smashed to pieces when it really matters. Good win though.

 

[Afrank]

By the way...

Contador
Amsterdam, Armchair cyclist, Avoriaz, benreynoldsnz, brilleaben, bursaomentalis, Cance > TheRest, Carols, Catwhoorg, Cimber, CrohnieRider, CycloAndy, Dedelou, etymology, fantomas, Ferminal, forkboy84, GJB123, gooner, GuyIncognito, Hugo Koblet, Iker_Baqueiro, ILovecycling, jens_attacks, Jspear, Jukebox, LaFlorecita, Lexman, Malmeren, martinvickers, maxmartin, melkemugg, MKirilenko, murali, Need2Ride, Netserk, nikohale, Opalius, pblazer, pdluz7, perico, phanatic, Popchu, Pricey_sky, PunchingRouleur, R0BL4MBT0N, Red Rick, robertocarlos, sacrifice&hardwork, seabridge, Shardi, Skibby the bush kangaroo, sometriguy, struklknedl, sultanofhyd, the sceptic, thirteen, thrawn, TommyPlus, Tournesol, veganrob, Vino attacks everyone, vino2001, webvan
64 52.89%

Dawg
archa55, b.broadhurst, bangnz, barmaher, bedders50, benswift3, benzwire, Bookbuild, Bumeington, chavenel2, Christian, funnie, Gerrans2, Guybrush, helium2, Honderclass, hydrogen2, iodine2, Kokoso, NUFCrichard, Publicus, quintana2, ralphbert, Spicco, stijndefieuw
25 20.66%

J-Rod
Arredondo, BoxCoppi, Butterhead, coimbrawu, contessador, Crevaison, Dazed and Confused, Flamin, Fzotrlool, Hugo87, MADRAZO, manafana, metaCYCLE, Mikeoc, Njbb1995, Peter von, RiccoDinko, Rollthedice, SKSemtex, The Blues, Wizard
21 17.36%

Quintana
gospina, karaev, Lanceo, Marco Pantani, Oltean_RO, saneguy, Somar13
7 5.79%

Pozzovivo 0 0%

TJVG
Afrank, Bye Bye Bicycle, NairoQ, woodburn

Called it!

 

[Der Effe]

Kelderman finished 1 minute down, someone said he had a mechanical but I don't know if that's true.

 

[perico]

No,he is not a climber,never a contender in GT,week stage race?maybe...

He's 25 years old and has a top 5 Tour under his belt. He's not an explosive climber by any means, but being one of many busts on BMC last year shouldn't discount him from all future contention.

Doesn't mean he should be overhyped, but he's shown as much or more than a lot of overhyped riders here and in other places. He's still a young talent with a bright future ahead.

 

[kingjr]

Strange statement considering todays win....

To be a climber you need to have a spanish/italian sounding name, and go out of the saddle lots of times.

 

[LaFlorecita]

TVG no doubt took the win because of the infighting between the others. TVG will be smashed to pieces when it really matters. Good win though.

Yep............

 

[Butterhead]

and AGAIN, we dont know ANYTHING about the form of Purito and Froome

looool right

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Strange statement considering todays win....

"climbers" doesn't really exists today. Pozzo barely able to hang on etc.

 

[Afrank]

Being serious though, Tejay really seems to have improved on his climbing this year. Being up there and now beating guys like Contador, Froome, Quitnana, and Purito shows some big improvements from him. Very good to see.

 

[ILovecycling]

Strange statement considering todays win....

I dont know what the climber for you means,but for me its the guy who can climb multiple mountains in one stage, in high pace, responding to attacks to the best riders etc. ,this stage was just another mountain sprint,nothing else.

 

[Netserk]

It was quite clear that the gap was bigger at the bend than at the end, so Contador was fastest at the end.

 

[Oltean_RO]

By the way...

Contador
Amsterdam, Armchair cyclist, Avoriaz, benreynoldsnz, brilleaben, bursaomentalis, Cance > TheRest, Carols, Catwhoorg, Cimber, CrohnieRider, CycloAndy, Dedelou, etymology, fantomas, Ferminal, forkboy84, GJB123, gooner, GuyIncognito, Hugo Koblet, Iker_Baqueiro, ILovecycling, jens_attacks, Jspear, Jukebox, LaFlorecita, Lexman, Malmeren, martinvickers, maxmartin, melkemugg, MKirilenko, murali, Need2Ride, Netserk, nikohale, Opalius, pblazer, pdluz7, perico, phanatic, Popchu, Pricey_sky, PunchingRouleur, R0BL4MBT0N, Red Rick, robertocarlos, sacrifice&hardwork, seabridge, Shardi, Skibby the bush kangaroo, sometriguy, struklknedl, sultanofhyd, the sceptic, thirteen, thrawn, TommyPlus, Tournesol, veganrob, Vino attacks everyone, vino2001, webvan
64 52.89%

Dawg
archa55, b.broadhurst, bangnz, barmaher, bedders50, benswift3, benzwire, Bookbuild, Bumeington, chavenel2, Christian, funnie, Gerrans2, Guybrush, helium2, Honderclass, hydrogen2, iodine2, Kokoso, NUFCrichard, Publicus, quintana2, ralphbert, Spicco, stijndefieuw
25 20.66%

J-Rod
Arredondo, BoxCoppi, Butterhead, coimbrawu, contessador, Crevaison, Dazed and Confused, Flamin, Fzotrlool, Hugo87, MADRAZO, manafana, metaCYCLE, Mikeoc, Njbb1995, Peter von, RiccoDinko, Rollthedice, SKSemtex, The Blues, Wizard
21 17.36%

Quintana
gospina, karaev, Lanceo, Marco Pantani, Oltean_RO, saneguy, Somar13
7 5.79%

Pozzovivo 0 0%

TJVG
Afrank, Bye Bye Bicycle, NairoQ, woodburn

Called it!

Good call. Congrats'.

 

[Arredondo]

Kelderman finished 1 minute down, someone said he had a mechanical but I don't know if that's true.

I saw a Belkin guy in the ditch at 1 k to go, so probarly it was Kelderman.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I dont know what the climber for you means,but for me its the guy who can climb multiple mountains in one stage, in high pace, responding to attacks to the best riders etc. ,this stage was just another mountain sprint,nothing else.

And who does that these days?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Good call. Congrats'.

ditto ......

 

[Hugo87]

Being serious though, Tejay really seems to have improved on his climbing this year. Being up there and now beating guys like Contador, Froome, Quitnana, and Purito shows some big improvements from him. Very good to see.

He got some respect no doubt, the win considering the field is impressive.

 

[T-Nielsen]

By the way...

Contador
Amsterdam, Armchair cyclist, Avoriaz, benreynoldsnz, brilleaben, bursaomentalis, Cance > TheRest, Carols, Catwhoorg, Cimber, CrohnieRider, CycloAndy, Dedelou, etymology, fantomas, Ferminal, forkboy84, GJB123, gooner, GuyIncognito, Hugo Koblet, Iker_Baqueiro, ILovecycling, jens_attacks, Jspear, Jukebox, LaFlorecita, Lexman, Malmeren, martinvickers, maxmartin, melkemugg, MKirilenko, murali, Need2Ride, Netserk, nikohale, Opalius, pblazer, pdluz7, perico, phanatic, Popchu, Pricey_sky, PunchingRouleur, R0BL4MBT0N, Red Rick, robertocarlos, sacrifice&hardwork, seabridge, Shardi, Skibby the bush kangaroo, sometriguy, struklknedl, sultanofhyd, the sceptic, thirteen, thrawn, TommyPlus, Tournesol, veganrob, Vino attacks everyone, vino2001, webvan
64 52.89%

Dawg
archa55, b.broadhurst, bangnz, barmaher, bedders50, benswift3, benzwire, Bookbuild, Bumeington, chavenel2, Christian, funnie, Gerrans2, Guybrush, helium2, Honderclass, hydrogen2, iodine2, Kokoso, NUFCrichard, Publicus, quintana2, ralphbert, Spicco, stijndefieuw
25 20.66%

J-Rod
Arredondo, BoxCoppi, Butterhead, coimbrawu, contessador, Crevaison, Dazed and Confused, Flamin, Fzotrlool, Hugo87, MADRAZO, manafana, metaCYCLE, Mikeoc, Njbb1995, Peter von, RiccoDinko, Rollthedice, SKSemtex, The Blues, Wizard
21 17.36%

Quintana
gospina, karaev, Lanceo, Marco Pantani, Oltean_RO, saneguy, Somar13
7 5.79%

Pozzovivo 0 0%

TJVG
Afrank, Bye Bye Bicycle, NairoQ, woodburn

Called it!

I almost feel sorry for Pozzovivo. He must have other friends then James Taylor.

 

[SKSemtex]

and AGAIN, we dont know ANYTHING about the form of Purito and Froome

We know something for sure. Last year SKY is gone. At least till July.