2014 Vuelta a España, Stage 15: Oviedo → Lagos de Covadonga (152Km)

[cineteq]

So it seems the break is,
Degenkolb, presumably going for sprint points,
Meyer
Vandewalle
Aramendia
Niemic.

No Piedra or Navarro in the break?

 

[Arredondo]

Ye the third week was a gut feeling but I checked it and you're at least partially right on that. Let's just say I don't expect him to improve.

No but i don't expect either he will improve in the third week. But i expect he will hold his level, while Valverde will drop in form.

So normally you've got Contador vs. Froome, then Purito vs. Aru, where i think Purito will hold Aru off (not by much, but enough).

 

[l.Harm]

No but i don't expect either he will improve in the third week. But i expect he will hold his level, while Valverde will drop in form.

So normally you've got Contador vs. Froome, then Purito vs. Aru, where i think Purito will hold Aru off (not by much, but enough).

Fair enough!



Degenkolb entering the break, already got eight minutes. Sagan style.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Weak break as evidenced by the amount of time they've already been given (over 8 mins)

 

[ExtraSpoke]

I'd also like to die like the gentleman in the photo, while riding. Well, not riding quite the same beauty, but you know what I mean.
Alas, with all those morons in the streets, I'm afraid I'll be riding my bicycle instead.
Anyway, I hope I have another 50 years at least...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Rain on the Peloton
Rain at the Finish

 

[Asturiano]

Peloton came to my house in Gijón and now it goes to Covadonga.

Weather in Asturias now: big storm and rain, the worst day of the week by far. It was sunny until the Vuelta came along.

It always happens when people from abroad come here, they always say "Asturias is ****ing amazing but it is always raining".

And Asturian people reply: "It rains because of you, when you are not here it's sunny".

LOOK AT THIS VIDEO, PLEASE. It's REALLY GOOD and only a few seconds long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54ZykX7DhU

 

[gooner]

No Eurosport live.

I have to wait 30 mins to watch live on TG4 instead with Irish language commentary and mine is rusty to say the least. What a downer.

 

[classicomano]

Almost 11 minutes with 80km to go. Degenkolb will win this easily.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

No Eurosport live.

Any streams yet - in any language?

 

[the sceptic]

omertasport is the worst.. who the **** wants to watch tour of britain

 

[ExtraSpoke]

Degenkolb will drop himself after the 2nd sprint and before the 1st climb.

 

[cineteq]

Any streams yet - in any language?

RTVE is not up yet.

 

[Miburo]

Almost 11 minutes with 80km to go. Degenkolb will win this easily.

They can still come back but they'll have to ride soon though.

 

[roundabout]

Any streams yet - in any language?

16.00 CET I think is the normal Vuelta stage coverage start

 

[Pricey_sky]

omertasport is the worst.. who the **** wants to watch tour of britain

Well I do later in the week when the route is better! but today there is no contest between a great Vuelta stage and boring city Britain stage.

 

[Asturiano]

It starts at four o'clock on Spanish Tv so don't put the blame on Eurosport .

Meanwhile you can watch this short video of cycling and Asturias:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54ZykX7DhU

 

[Eclipse]

It's not like there's anything of interest happening today till 40k to go anyway, and most likely we'll be waiting till 12k or whatever.

 

[icefire]

Broadcast will start just when they start the cat 2 climb

 

[ILovecycling]

It starts at four o'clock on Spanish Tv so don't put the blame on Eurosport .

Meanwhile you can watch this short video of cycling and Asturias:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54ZykX7DhU

very nice,asturias looks amazing,Ï have to show up there one day

 

[spalco]

I haven't been able to watch any Vuelta so far this year, hope today's good.

 

[armchairclimber]

The road up to the lakes is fab.

 

[jens_attacks]

so again a breakaway on lagos lol. it's too bad, years now since the favourites won, 96-97, a decade. it's too bad for the status of the climb to have only breakaway winners...

i highly doubt that they will catch them. so my scenario is just like 1994 with jalalbert the sprinter, covadonga to make another miracle, degenkolb to beat everyone

sky should ride i hope

 

[cineteq]

Perico Puertos => http://youtu.be/qxkUnckADmo

 

[Miburo]

Does he have a choice? And you do know what you're talking about...you of all people? LOL

He had a choice many times before. Remember giro '12? But no he was too much of a ***** and decided to rely on that stupid 1km sprint.