2015 Vuelta stage 16: Luarca > Ermita de Alba 185km

[Eyeballs Out]

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Kirby losing his voice

If only

 

[Domulec]

The TT is going to be fantastic

 

[Ruby United]

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About 30 seconds on stage and just two minutes overall for Dumoulin. Wednesday going to be crazy.

Yes, I still think Tom has very little chance of winning this race

 

[Rollthedice]

Tom will kick these guys so hard in the TT that they'll remember today's climb for the rest of their lives.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Dumoulin could really win this. Not over after the TT though, will be hard for dumoulin to hold on to the jersey even once he's got it given his lack of team

 

[TI-Raleigh]

Tough stuff by Dumoulin! Didn't lose much at all. Now he just needs to recover tomorrow and crush the TT. I think he will win the Vuelta.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Schleck looking like brother Andy at the end of Galibier.

what was the medal thing ?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Good job, Dumoulin.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Landa seemed to be domming for Nieve interestingly enough once Purito attacked and Aru went past them too

 

[TomLPC]

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Yeah well done Joachim, attack 700m out, thatll learn em

Do you not know his characteristics? He can't set a high pace for long. On the rare occasions he attacked from farther out he - extremely predictably - faded after 700m and got dropped like a stone

It's like criticizing a sprinter for not sprinting from 2kms out...

I know, it's something he has done really well for a long time, but when you need maybe a minute, minimum on a 6ft 70kg time trialler, I would love to see him attacking from at least a few K out, even if theres an 90% chance of him blowing, a 10% chance of pulling it off and gaining the time he is going to need is better than the 20(?) seconds he gained by attacking from 700m in my opinion.

 

[fungusbear]

This TT is gonna be incredible

 

[Sasquatch]

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Moser got 3rd on the stage.

Well, that's his 2015 result done then. More next year.

It's awesome. Momentum for 2016

 

[No_Balls]

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Good teammate Landa keeping an steady pace to control the attacks. When his steady rhytm ended he left over to Aru.

Top dog.

 

[BigMac]

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Bunch of cowards. Good news is things are looking much better for Dumoulin now.

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[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

11. MAJKA Rafal 201 TINKOFF - SAXO 05h 58' 59'' + 09' 03''
12. QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 125 MOVISTAR TEAM 05h 58' 59'' + 09' 03''
13. NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 6 TEAM SKY 05h 59' 01'' + 09' 05''
14. LANDA MEANA Mikel 23 ASTANA PRO TEAM 05h 59' 02'' + 09' 06''
15. MEINTJES Louis 133 MTN - QHUBEKA 05h 59' 03'' + 09' 07''
16. DUMOULIN Tom 174 TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN 05h 59' 14'' + 09' 18''
17. MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 186 TEAM KATUSHA 05h 59' 29'' + 09' 33''
18. POZZOVIVO Domenico 11 AG2R LA MONDIALE 05h 59' 44'' + 09' 48''



GC

 

[hrotha]

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Bunch of cowards. Good news is things are looking much better for Dumoulin now.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/322850/?

http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/it/

 

[The Hitch]

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Yeah well done Joachim, attack 700m out, thatll learn em

Do you not know his characteristics? He can't set a high pace for long. On the rare occasions he attacked from farther out he - extremely predictably - faded after 700m and got dropped like a stone

It's like criticizing a sprinter for not sprinting from 2kms out...

I don't believe that. If that was true he would never have matched Contador and even beaten him on all those Vuelta stages in 2012 when Contador was attacking from 7k out and Murito had to keep attacking Valverde to get back to Contador.

Also I looked at the Nvegal tt results and Murito came 30 seconds behind Nibali, much of which he lost on the flat section, so he seems to me capable of riding steadily up a mountain.

 

[Escarabajo]

Landa did a great job for Aru. Contolled the pace most of the way up the last climb!

 

[StannisBaratheon]

Dumoulin to put at least 2:30 on Aru and Purito Wednesday.

 

[hrotha]

Purito is at his best in short bursts =/= Purito can't climb

How hard to grasp is this.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Landa did a great job for Aru. Contolled the pace most of the way up the last climb!

He was great indeed. For Tom too.

 

[fauniera]

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Bunch of cowards.

Word! They don't deserve the win, least of all Purito, who is doing his Hesjedal number again. Majka also doesn't seem to know that there is life outside the slipstream.

 

[jsem94]

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Only meaningful attacks on the very final ramps. Purito to take time on rivals. Break FTW.

For once I'm right about something.

 

[Carols]

Purito in Red is a good thing . But this race is still Wide Open!!! The Vuelta is delivering again!

 

[rm7]

Neither Purito, Aru or Majka deserve to win this Vuelta. I hope Tom wins.

Aru obviously wasn't better, but Purito and Majka didn't want to risk anything. Purito will loose this GT again, because of his cowardness and bad TT.