2014 Vuelta al País Vasco, Stage 2: Ordizia → Dantxarinea (Urdazubi), 155.8 km

[Grupetto1]

And here comes Andy...

 

[T-Nielsen]

And here comes Andy...

A sentence feared in bedrooms all over Luxembourg.

I know... I will leave...

 

[Panda Claws]

Gilbert might actually be in form this year.

 

[manafana]

credit to swift getting up their not many hung around on what was difficult terrain

cunego showing well in 4th.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nice flat stage. Great win by the panzerwagon.

Kwia is ready to go for sure.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

credit to swift getting up their not many hung around on what was difficult terrain

cunego showing well in 4th.

Yes well done to him for hanging around, but his sprint wasn't exactly dominant one on one against a non-specialist. Although, obviously Kwiatkowski is fast.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Panzerwagon _O_

That's 4th time Swift has won the sprint behind a breakaway in Pais Vasco.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

If only that had happened 10 years ago...

he did that 10 years ago just like now, but he used different fuel back then. after that he became a coward when he needed to be clean. but since last year he's more aggressive again like in his young years

 

[yespatterns]

I assume no ooverall change in GC?

 

[fowlyetti]

Who thought it was a good idea to let Martin go out into the break? Apart from OPQ.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

he did that 10 years ago just like now, but he used different fuel back then. after that he became a coward when he needed to be clean. but since last year he's more aggressive again like in his young years

He may have been more aggressive in his early years than in those since, but he was never a complete lunatic before. This year he has been,

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Who thought it was a good idea to let Martin go out into the break? Apart from OPQ.

Yes, you'd think sprint teams would react to that like GC teams seeing a rider in the top five trying to go up the road. But, well, OPQS are the strongest sprinters team, and the others may have been too weak or not had much faith in their own sprinters making it to the end.

 

[ILovecycling]

He may have been more aggressive in his early years than in those since, but he was never a complete lunatic before. This year he has been,

He was,check couple videos from his first,second etc. Tour e.g.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Vichot and slagter seem good for me. A break might take it too, as there are no bonus, why would saxo chase everybody? There are a lot of people already at 10+minutes

Lol, vichot dead last

At least i was right with the break, panzerwagen with a nice win

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Are there WT points for this stage?

6-4-2-1-1

char

 

[rghysens]

yes: 6-4-2-1-1

 

[Bushman]

Gilbert might actually be in form this year.

Why is that? He was dropped yesterday.

 

[JRanton]

Great to see Swift the underdog outsprint Kwiatkowksi

Looks like the ''Ian Stannard'' troll has returned. Ban him mods.

 

[Sykhrzon]

Looks like the ''Ian Stannard'' troll has returned. Ban him mods.

Yup. But not just the this account, the entire IP. No more ghost profiles.

 

[Panda Claws]

Why is that? He was dropped yesterday.

Yesterday's climb suited him a lot less.

 

[VeloHuman]

yes: 6-4-2-1-1

It's always weird to me that 4th and 5th are the same number of points.

 

[Bushman]

Yesterday's climb suited him a lot less.

But that was more of an Ardennes climb, if we are talking LBL at least.

 

[Panda Claws]

But that was more of an Ardennes climb, if we are talking LBL at least.

Was that last climb (on the 1st stage) not like 2,5 km at 13%?