2015 Vuelta Stage 17 : Burgos - Burgos ITT 39 km

[TourOfSardinia]

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Ohwell, if only Landa had waited

Fair point

 

[Descender]

There is no hard climb left in the Vuelta. All the climbs left are moderate (not even hard) Cat 2/Cat 1 climbs.

 

[luckyboy]

Can't believe this sport is making me cheer for Astana now

 

[pastronef]

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Ohwell, if only Landa had waited

imagine if he loses for 3 seconds. wow
I hope, but Astana will go like mad on Navacerrada

 

[Carols]

Re:

Ohwell, if only Landa had waited

Landa is a loose canon. Not a team player that one......

 

[DFA123]

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Dumoulin would win if he had a team. In these conditions holding off Astana is impossible.

There will be no need for a 'holding off', nobody will seriously attack him.

Of course they will. Even if it's just in the last few hundred metres; that's all Aru needs. Just one time bonus would be enough.

 

[Ruby United]

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Ohwell, if only Landa had waited

Quote of the day

 

[StannisBaratheon]

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There is no hard climb left in the Vuelta. All the climbs left are moderate (not even hard) Cat 2/Cat 1 climbs.

A Cat 1 climb as the one tomorrow is enough to make Dumoulin give up 3 seconds. And Tom has problems in descents, as seen in Andorra.

 

[Gloin22]

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Dumoulin would win if he had a team. In these conditions holding off Astana is impossible.

He has a new team - Lotto Jumbo.

That team is worse than Giants support team lol

 

[DFA123]

Quintana will try a long range attack to make the podium as well. That will play into Astana's hands by making the race hard from far out.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Dumoulin would win if he had a team. In these conditions holding off Astana is impossible.

There will be no need for a 'holding off', nobody will seriously attack him.

Katusha should send out the whole team and have JRod bridge. However, Astana would probably close it, indirectly dom'ing for Dumoulin

 

[woodburn]

Seems like Dumoulin really tapered off in the last half. Didn't gain much on Aru or Purito.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pity Aru came so close as we will just have more wheelsucking and a little sprint.

Anyway, what a great performance by Dumoulin.

 

[DFA123]

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Seems like Dumoulin really tapered off in the last half. Didn't gain much on Aru or Purito.

I thought he went out a bit hard; it definitely seemed like his cadence increased in the second half. Still an amazing time, but possibly could have got even more with a better paced effort.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Ohwell, if only Landa had waited

Landa is a loose canon. Not a team player that one......

Let's hope so going forward. Loose cannons make races exciting

 

[fungusbear]

Shout out to Nairo for climbing up into the top 5- very good TT. Also great to see Louis Meintjes keep his 10th position- that guy is talent.

 

[gunara]

I'm sure I prefered Dumoulin to win over Aru until this stage started, I liked Fabio less after the Giro (thanks to the team), but suddenly I like Aru more again after this stage That boy really want it.

 

[Rollthedice]

Dumoulin will attack everybody. Like in Eneco Tour.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Will be fun to see Aru going for boni's

 

[ice&fire]

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The battle for 5th place in GC is on: Moreno vs Nieve vs Chaves

They all lost it

 

[StannisBaratheon]

Intermediate sprints will be fun.

 

[fungusbear]

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The battle for 5th place in GC is on: Moreno vs Nieve vs Chaves

They all lost it

Nieve TT was so abysmal

 

[SergeDeM]

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Shout out to Nairo for climbing up into the top 5- very good TT. Also great to see Louis Meintjes keep his 10th position- that guy is talent.

Yeah, I get all the praise for Aru, but Quintana's monster performance seems to have flown under the radar, so most people here still won't realize how much he's been improving in ITT until it hits them in the face next time.

 

[BigMac]

Purito on twitter;

''I'm sorry
I will keep trying
It doesn't end here''

Not sure if he means this Vuelta or another shot in years to come.

 

[StannisBaratheon]

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Purito on twitter;

''I'm sorry
I will keep trying
It doesn't end here''

Not sure if he means this Vuelta or another shot in years to come.

This was his last chance, it is over.