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

[No_Balls]

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They're going at like 26 km/h. What a great race.

Must be the organisers fault. The damn people!

 

[cantalupe]

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I am at work and this stage is putting me to sleep.

Try working. Or watch ToB

 

[jsem94]

Rumor has it that this slow pace is a form of protest against the race organizers for insane amount of long transfers between stages in this Vuelta.

 

[WheelofGear]

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If Tom limit his loses to 1 min today, I honestly think he will win. They need to take more time.

Opinions on this seem to differ greatly. Flecha just said they won't lose more than 1:30 in the ITT

Them losing only 1:30 is near physically impossible unless Dumoulin is very tired.

A big guy like Tom who is the second-best WT time trialist should easily be able to take minutes on tiny climbers in such a time trial. He was able to take more than a minute and twenty on Majka and Purito in a 14k TT.

If the climbers gain 1:30 or more on Dumoulin today, then the GC is not over yet. 1 min is not enough IMO.

 

[ice&fire]

The bunch misses the time limit and Schleck wins the Vuelta

 

[WheelofGear]

So slow....
They better start charging up the mountains from 40km to go to tire Dumoulin out.

Nobody is helping Katusha. It's frustrating to look at.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Any idea of the estimated time of finish?

 

[Billie]

this is perfect for Dumoulin

 

[70kmph]

Finish at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern)

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

If Tom limit his loses to 1 min today, I honestly think he will win. They need to take more time.

Opinions on this seem to differ greatly. Flecha just said they won't lose more than 1:30 in the ITT

Them losing only 1:30 is near physically impossible unless Dumoulin is very tired.

A big guy like Tom who is the second-best WT time trialist should easily be able to take minutes on tiny climbers in such a time trial. He was able to take more than a minute and twenty on Majka and Purito in a 14k TT.

If the climbers gain 1:30 or more on Dumoulin today, then the GC is not over yet. 1 min is not enough IMO.

This isn't a one week stage race.
In the third week of a grand tour it's quite normal for a climber to beat a specialist time trialist, especially when said TTer isn't used to going all out every day for GC. No offense, but not making the assumption of what will happen in a third week time trial is one of the basic rules of following a grand tour

That said, I'd quite like it if Tom won.

 

[Rollthedice]

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I am at work and this stage is putting me to sleep.

I am not at work and currently sleeping.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Finish at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern)

Thanks! Although that sounds a bit optimistic

 

[Billie]

Lol dumoulin stopped to take a piss, they should attack now

edit: he stopped to take piss with 45 km to go on this stage pathetic racing

 

[Andro]

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Finish at around 5:40pm CET
(11:40am U.S. Eastern)

70 minutes from now? I don't think they will be able to ride 45 km full of mountains that fast. I think it will be at least 18 CET.

 

[jsem94]

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Lol dumoulin stopped to take a piss, they should attack now

edit: he stopped to take piss with 45 km to go on this stage pathetic racing

More like 57km to go for the peloton.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

At least we should get to see most of two races (stage and GC)

 

[WheelofGear]

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Lol dumoulin stopped to take a piss, they should attack now

edit: he stopped to take piss with 45 km to go on this stage pathetic racing

Yeah. Where the f*ck is Astana? It's a day like today they should shred to peloton and set a brutal pace. Maybe they want Lulu to get a podium place in the TT instead of winning the overall?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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If Tom limit his loses to 1 min today, I honestly think he will win. They need to take more time.

Opinions on this seem to differ greatly. Flecha just said they won't lose more than 1:30 in the ITT

Them losing only 1:30 is near physically impossible unless Dumoulin is very tired.

A big guy like Tom who is the second-best WT time trialist should easily be able to take minutes on tiny climbers in such a time trial. He was able to take more than a minute and twenty on Majka and Purito in a 14k TT.

If the climbers gain 1:30 or more on Dumoulin today, then the GC is not over yet. 1 min is not enough IMO.

Uran Uran is physically impossible then

 

[Bushman]

Edit: wrong thread

 

[WheelofGear]

This would never had happened with a Sky-led peloton.

 

[WheelofGear]

Cance, Uran is not a pure climber. I'd say he is closer to Dumoulin than Chaves. A strong tempo horse. Both on the flat and uphill.

 

[Gigs_98]

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This would never had happened with a Sky-led peloton.

Actually you are right, but if sky would ride here, we also wouldnt have any action before the last climb, so at the end it doesnt make a big difference.

 

[Andro]

This better be good in the end, because my god it's boring right now.

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

I would enjoy a Schleck win.

 

[KyoGrey]

Tinkoff uppens the pace at last.