2014 Vuelta Stage 3: Cadiz - Arcos de la Frontera

[SKSemtex]

Greenedge deserved that. Good effort by Bouhanni.

Exactly. I started to be quite sorry for them as they all disappeared in the end from the front. And suddenly Metthews was there in the end. Nice win.

In pink and red this year. Impressive.

 

[willbick]

Weird mixture.

Practically every type of rider in that top 10. I guess that means it was a good parcours!

 

[RedheadDane]

1. Matthews
2. D. Martin
3. Rodriguez
4. Kelderman
5. Paul Martens
6. Evans
7. Mondory
8. Bouhanni
9. Moreno
10. Froome

Now there's a top-10 you don't see every day!

 

[Kotar_Rhakoz]

Mur de Bretagne is uncomparable to this today. MUCH harder climb

Okay, perhaps it was much harder.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

First home decision for Bertie getting matched with the front group.

 

[Red Rick]

Contador sprinted a bit like on Montevergine di Mercogliano

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. AUS MATTHEWS, Michael 186 Orica GreenEdge 5h 12' 14''
2. IRL MARTIN, Daniel 102 Garmin Sharp 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
3. ESP RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin 131 Team Katusha 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
4. NED KELDERMAN, Wilco 31 Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
5. GER MARTENS, Paul 36 Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
6. AUS EVANS, Cadel 43 BMC Racing Team 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
7. FRA MONDORY, Lloyd 17 AG2R La Mondiale 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
8. FRA BOUHANNI, Nacer 91 FDJ.fr 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
9. ESP MORENO, Daniel 137 Team Katusha 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
10. GBR FROOME, Christopher 191 Team SKY 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
11. COL URAN, Rigoberto 177 Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
12. ESP SÁNCHEZ, Samuel 41 BMC Racing Team 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
13. COL QUINTANA, Nairo Alexander 159 Movistar Team 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
14. NED GESINK, Robert 34 Belkin Pro Cycling Team 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
15. ESP ARROYO, David 53 Caja Rural Seguros RGA 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
16. ESP CONTADOR, Alberto 201 Tinkoff - Saxo 5h 12' 14'' + 0''
17. COL CHAVES RUBIO, Esteban 182 Orica GreenEdge 5h 12' 21'' + 7''
18. ESP PARDILLA, Sergio 161 MTN - Qhubeka 5h 12' 21'' + 7''
19. COL ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian David 212 Trek Factory Racing 5h 12' 21'' + 7''
20. GBR KENNAUGH, Peter 194 Team SKY 5h 12' 21'' + 7''

Valverde at 7 seconds

 

[Fzotrlool]

1 MATTHEWS MichaelOrica GreenEDGE5:12:14
2 MARTIN DanielGarmin Sharp,,
3 RODRÍGUEZ JoaquimTeam Katusha ,,
4 KELDERMAN WilcoBelkin-Pro Cycling Team,,
5 MARTENS PaulBelkin-Pro Cycling Team,,
6 EVANS CadelBMC Racing Team,,
7 MONDORY LloydAG2R La Mondiale,,
8 BOUHANNI NacerFDJ.fr ,,
9 MORENO DanielTeam Katusha ,,
10 FROOME ChristopherTeam Sky,,
11 URAN RigobertoOmega Pharma - Quick-Step,,
12 SÁNCHEZ SamuelBMC Racing Team,,
13 QUINTANA NairoMovistar Team,,
14 GESINK RobertBelkin-Pro Cycling Team,,
15 ARROYO DURAN DavidCaja Rural - Seguros RGA,,
16 CONTADOR AlbertoTinkoff-Saxo,,¨

17 CHAVES RUBIO Johan EstebanOrica GreenEDGE 0:07


Contador just made it!

 

[Bushman]

Come on give him a break, he's probably riding with a semi-healed fracture and I'm not even a fan.

I'm not dissin' him or anything, of course he is not in shape to compete for the victory. I was just reacting to someone who said that he looked good, because honestly there is no chance that he will be in the mix in gc.

 

[trevim]

Dennis so strong

 

[Miburo]

Contador sprinted a bit like on Montevergine di Mercogliano

I remember how people were considering that a bad sign.

It's obvious he's here for GC and not for a stage win, he barely lost any time. Now survive until rest day. If he's not behind more than 1 minute on quintana at that point i'm pretty sure he'll be a happy man.

Contador didn't lose time?

I'm a Contador fan but that's bs.

Contador clearly lost 5 sec LOL I bet that if that was froome he would have lost 5 sec, oh well i won't complain.

 

[burning]

Outsprinted by Gesink

Gesink is a specialist on uphill sprints

 

[Arredondo]

Valverde definitely had some problems with his crash. Normally he's always well placed. Finishing 39th isn't good at all.

 

[Red Rick]

Contador closed down a big gap when the whole peleton was stretched out and lost a lot of places when everything got back together

 

[bigcog]

I'm not dissin' him or anything, of course he is not in shape to compete for the victory. I was just reacting to someone who said that he looked good, because honestly there is no chance that he will be in the mix in gc.

Fair enough Agree on the latter point.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

http://www.strava.com/segments/5317633

Well, Belkin's recon definitely paid off.

 

[Arredondo]

Some who lost time.

50. Winner Anacona + 30 sec
51. Maxime Monfort + 30 sec
58. Kenny Elissonde + 43 sec
72. Wout Poels + 1.03
78. Lawson Craddock + 1.29
83. Merhawi Kudus + 1.38
120. Adam Yates + 3.31

The fat cat is missing at the moment.

 

[DFA123]

Great effort by Bouhanni to be up there with mostly climbers. He seems to be in as good as form, if not better, than he was in the Giro - could easily pick up 3 or 4 stages here and have a shot at the World Champs if he can maintain it.

 

[Miburo]

Some who lost time.

50. Winner Anacona + 30 sec
51. Maxime Monfort + 30 sec
58. Kenny Elissonde + 43 sec
72. Wout Poels + 1.03
78. Lawson Craddock + 1.29
83. Merhawi Kudus + 1.38
120. Adam Yates + 3.31

The fat cat is missing at the moment.

what about VDB2?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Some who lost time.

50. Winner Anacona + 30 sec
51. Maxime Monfort + 30 sec
58. Kenny Elissonde + 43 sec
72. Wout Poels + 1.03
78. Lawson Craddock + 1.29
83. Merhawi Kudus + 1.38
120. Adam Yates + 3.31

The fat cat is missing at the moment.

This is how you start an anonymous GC campaign.

 

[gunara]

Practically every type of rider in that top 10. I guess that means it was a good parcours!

Weird mixture.

It's nice to have something like this once in awhile in GT, although Vuelta is always the likeliest, with route, forms, and riders composition as factors.

 

[Jspear]

Some who lost time.

50. Winner Anacona + 30 sec
51. Maxime Monfort + 30 sec
58. Kenny Elissonde + 43 sec
72. Wout Poels + 1.03
78. Lawson Craddock + 1.29
83. Merhawi Kudus + 1.38
120. Adam Yates + 3.31

The fat cat is missing at the moment.

He can be hard to get in touch with at times....maybe he went back to Colombia....

 

[SKSemtex]

You can't enter a race during the period of one that you were already entered, so if he does two weeks here, he can't start any races until the Vuelta finishes.

You can occasionally get special dispensation, for example Cavendish got to ride the Tour of Britain a couple of years ago after crashing out of the Vuelta in week 1, because the Tour of Britain started the day the Vuelta finished and he had already been out of racing for two weeks at that point. If Sagan crashed out now, maybe he could get that dispensation. If he is in the race for two weeks, he more than likely wouldn't.

good to know. thanks.

 

[Arredondo]

what about VDB2?

At 7s seconds. In the group of Valverde.

You didn't expect it, don't you?

 

[roundabout]

what about VDB2?

lost 7 seconds