2014 Vuelta a Espana, stage 7: Alhendín-Alcaudete (169 km)

[Dazed and Confused]

Fizzled out a bit in the end, but a great win for De Marchi nevertheless and make no mistake most of the stage was raced pretty hard.

Froome looks fine, but he needs to stay on his bike moving forward.

 

[TANK91]

Exactly - no gradient. Doesn't really work as a strength indicator in the mountains. Good for Froome, that he has learnt to sprint, but hardly a weapon when the big climbs begin

Lol trust you the number 1 Froome hater, excuse me did you miss that steep climb yesterday? Froome is clearly as strong as anyone maybe except Valverde. Why would he not be better on climbs like Covodonga.


Froome completely blew Quintana up yesterday then has a crash takes 3 seconds on lil ramp and your here saying it proves nothing?.That is hilarious, absoloute hilarious.

 

[Alcanelo]

Lol trust you the number 1 Froome hater, excuse me did you miss that steep climb yesterday? Froome is clearly as strong as anyone maybe except Valverde. Why would he not be better on climbs like Covodonga.


Froome completely blew Quintana up yesterday then has a crash takes 3 seconds on lil ramp and your here saying it proves nothing?.That is hilarious, absoloute hilarious.

Oh yeah cuz it was Froome alone who dropped Quintana

 

[roundabout]

I would expect that to be corrected to same time since his crash was in the final 3 Km.

Good luck finding the rule book. Boo.

 

[No_Balls]

They all sprinted or do you think Bala and Contador coming at 9th and 10th didn't gave at least 85%?

They seldom engage for sprints no but often just keeping in touch with their closest rivals. This new Froome seems a bit desperate when he jumps at everything.

And it's always good to finish ahead your opponents to get morale, probably he needs that just like you said.

The only morale he needs doesnt come from a sprint no one cares about but an ability to stay upright on a bike. Like the Tour he fell trice and went out - one to go?

 

[Rollthedice]

They gave Froome one second for every meter he had in front of the Valverde group. Tomorrow he'll battle out with Nacer.

 

[TANK91]

They all sprinted or do you think Bala and Contador coming at 9th and 10th didn't gave at least 85%?

And it's always good to finish ahead your opponents to get morale, probably he needs that just like you said.

Completely agree Valverde is a great sprinter and he and Contador sprinted like hell when Froome had a split.

 

[Roude Leiw]

I would expect that to be corrected to same time since his crash was in the final 3 Km.

Thats how i understand it, but my spanish is a bit rusty

17:30Warren Barguil
Caída de Warren BARGUIL (111) en el sprint del grupo principal. El francés no perderá tiempo al encontrarse dentro de los 3 km finales.

From vuelta www

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Lol trust you the number 1 Froome hater, excuse me did you miss that steep climb yesterday? Froome is clearly as strong as anyone maybe except Valverde. Why would he not be better on climbs like Covodonga.


Froome completely blew Quintana up yesterday then has a crash takes 3 seconds on lil ramp and your here saying it proves nothing?.That is hilarious, absoloute hilarious.

If you managed reading properly, you would see that I only referred to today's stage. Winning by 1 sec on a flat finish doesn't prove that he's stronger than anyone else, especially not when he couldn't beat everyone yesterday.

 

[Alcanelo]

There was no way it took Contador et al. 3 seconds to cross after Froome

 

[Coat-O]

I might as wel ride the Vuelta then. Give me 60 seconds for every attempt lol

Well, I'm not saying that he should get the same time as Martin and Gilbert, but there is definitely a gap between him and the rest of the peloton.

After all, it shows that the organizers do not favor the Spanish riders that much.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

pathetic pace,what about bmc? going to do nothing like always? idiots...

But a BMC* rider won the stage.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Thats how i understand it, but my spanish is a bit rusty

17:30Warren Barguil
Caída de Warren BARGUIL (111) en el sprint del grupo principal. El francés no perderá tiempo al encontrarse dentro de los 3 km finales.

From vuelta www

Don't think it should be corrected on a stage like today imo.

 

[Dr. Juice]

The gap from Martin/ Gilbert to Froome was just around the 1 sec mark. Probably just not enough for a gap. And the gap from Froome to the rest was just a little over that 1 sec. 2 or 3 tenths of a second made the difference between gaining 1 second and gaining 3 seconds.

Contador still lacks some explosiveness especially when the gradient is 5-6 % which means high speed. Like the other day when he just managed to not lose time in that uphill sprint.

Was Bala sleeping? He should have been able to mix it with Gilbert and Martin.

 

[TANK91]

They seldom engage for sprints no but often just keeping in touch with their closest rivals. This new Froome seems a bit desperate when he jumps at everything.



The only morale he needs doesnt come from a sprint no one cares about but an ability to stay upright on a bike. Like the Tour he fell trice and went out - one to go?

Dude Froome has attacked early in 2013 TDF and 2014 TDF he attacked in Corscia in 13 on a littlehill. He is a showboater when on form. It is usually a sign of good form look at my avatar Froome in stage 2 or 3 of this years Tour look at the look TJVG and Contador have on their face.

Froome has went for 2 sec bonus aswell this GT clearly he is on it. Road rash in Dauphinee was bad for him just admit it today is a great ride i thought he may struggle to stay in the bunch.

 

[Hugo87]

They seldom engage for sprints no but often just keeping in touch with their closest rivals. This new Froome seems a bit desperate when he jumps at everything.



The only morale he needs doesnt come from a sprint no one cares about but an ability to stay upright on a bike. Like the Tour he fell trice and went out - one to go?

How do you know his morale doesn't improve with his result today? Sprinting is a good way to improve your handling and position.
I'm not saying he's stronger than any of his rivals, but winning 3 seconds for sprinting 300 meters it's positive.

You are so blind with him, that you criticize the guy whether if he got a cat or if he doesn't have it.

 

[LaFlorecita]

The gap from Martin/ Gilbert to Froome was just around the 1 sec mark. Probably just not enough for a gap. And the gap from Froome to the rest was just a little over that 1 sec. 2 or 3 tenths of a second made the difference between gaining 1 second and gaining 3 seconds.

?

To me it seemed like the gap between Martin and Froome was bigger than the one between Froome and Brambilla, and I am not the only one.

 

[MBotero]

Good win for De Marchi,Froome was going berserk again but he got some seconds for his efforts.He's trolling his haters everyday,it could be a long Vuelta for them

 

[TANK91]

If you managed reading properly, you would see that I only referred to today's stage. Winning by 1 sec on a flat finish doesn't prove that he's stronger than anyone else, especially not when he couldn't beat everyone yesterday.

No mate don't back track you said when the mounatains start, why would he be weaker then did you not witness yeaterday a steepclimb. Froome had great tempo sat down yesterday on 9% ramps wait till we see 7% it will be insane. I thought he would lose time because of the crash but clearly his sprint was strong Valverde was not closing it.

 

[Afrank]

The gap from Martin/ Gilbert to Froome was just around the 1 sec mark. Probably just not enough for a gap. And the gap from Froome to the rest was just a little over that 1 sec. 2 or 3 tenths of a second made the difference between gaining 1 second and gaining 3 seconds.

Contador still lacks some explosiveness especially when the gradient is 5-6 % which means high speed. Like the other day when he just managed to not lose time in that uphill sprint.

Was Bala sleeping? He should have been able to mix it with Gilbert and Martin.

Don't know if it's so much Contador lacking explosiveness as much as it is Froome caught the other off guard today.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Don't think it should be corrected on a stage like today imo.

Well lets hope for him, i get that it might be considered a MTF, but he was clearly up there with the front of the group on a leveling out road when he fell. He's french, ASO will keep him in the race

 

[kingjr]

?

To me it seemed like the gap between Martin and Froome was bigger than the one between Froome and Brambilla, and I am not the only one.

It was. IMO it should have been Martin, Gilbert --> 2 sec--> Froome --> 1 sec--> Peloton

 

[LaFlorecita]

It was. IMO it should have been Martin, Gilbert --> 2 sec--> Froome --> 1 sec--> Peloton

That is, funnily enough, also what CQ ranking has listed as the result:

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=26611

6. IRL MARTIN Daniel GRS 02'17" 7
7. GBR FROOME Chris SKY 02'19" 5
8. ITA BRAMBILLA Gianluca OPQ 02'20" 3

 

[Afrank]

Don't think it should be corrected on a stage like today imo.

Why not?

If he hadn't gone down he would have come in with the pack that was 2:20 back. And he probably only walked his bike to the finish (losing more time in the process) because he probably thought he would get same time. Wouldn't be very fair if he wasn't given same time IMO.

 

[TANK91]

Good win for De Marchi,Froome was going berserk again but he got some seconds for his efforts.He's trolling his haters everyday,it could be a long Vuelta for them

Yep i love to know their reason for the hate unbelievable this guy is excactly like Contador he is exciting yet he his hated far more. Isit even a stretch to say since 2011 he as been the most attacking rider(in mountains) even more than Alberto? The excuse he was bad then great wears thin aswell considering he was just 26 when contending for a 1st GT.