2015 Vuelta stage 18: Roa > Riaza 204km

[luckyboy]

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This sums up today's stage:

Just the short colours are wrong

 

[MatParker117]

Roche rescues Sky's Vuelta and still has a shot at grabbing a jersey.

 

[BigMac]

Gonçalves third, nice. If only those two old farts...

 

[Taxus4a]

Very strong Aru... Tom should put time tomorrow in the cobblestones of the Avila s Wall becouse Cotos is not hard but more than today climb. Today was very though as I said but better profile for Domoulin.

 

[gunara]

Haimar start to show a slight sign of addiction to the camera, Voeckler might start preparing himself to replace him as the great ninja, although that means he need to retire first

 

[vedrafjord]

At the weekend Ireland lost to England, Mayo lost to Dublin, and Kilkenny won the All Ireland. Thanks Nico, I needed that.

 

[MatParker117]

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At the weekend Ireland lost to England, Mayo lost to Dublin, and Kilkenny won the All Ireland. Thanks Nico, I needed that.

He could still win the points jersey.

 

[Velolover2]

Great stage. Lots of fun. More race designs like this!

But really gutted for Zubeldia. He deserve to a stage victory. Hope he will continue one more year. At 38, he finally seems to have find his niche. Being an aggressive stage hunter.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Very strong Aru... Tom should put time tomorrow in the cobblestones of the Avila s Wall becouse Cotos is not hard but more than today climb. Today was very though as I said but better profile for Domoulin.

There are cobbles tomorrow

 

[Arredondo]

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Valverde targets Green.

You can have it Alejandro. If Purito gets the podium

Don't worry about Piti. You saw how bad he was on Ermita del Alba - the real threat is Quintana/Majka.

Majka is good, but not good enough to drop Purito by 1 minute. You already saw him chasing Valverde to defend his 4th place.

Quintana was on his limit too. He saw that Purito was in trouble, but he did absolutely nothing. Only some useluss attack downhill. He will not get 1.5 minutes on Saturday.

 

[ice&fire]

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Very strong Aru... Tom should put time tomorrow in the cobblestones of the Avila s Wall becouse Cotos is not hard but more than today climb. Today was very though as I said but better profile for Domoulin.

La Quesera has 7 final kms @ 6% and Cotos has 7 final kms @ 6%. The approach to Cotos is even easier. Only the accumulated fatigue of previous climbs can make a difference. If they wait to Cotos they'll get together to the finish.

 

[Valv.Piti]

A motivated @majkaformal countered and initiated loads of attacks on the final climb of stage 18!!


Roflcopter.

 

[BigMac]

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A motivated @majkaformal countered and initiated loads of attacks on the final climb of stage 18!!


Roflcopter.

Majka did counter and initiate some attacks.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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A motivated @majkaformal countered and initiated loads of attacks on the final climb of stage 18!!


Roflcopter.

Majka did counter and initiate some attacks.

Meh, Majka didnt initiate anything, those 'attacks' or whatever you'd like to call it he put in was suuuper weak

 

[Escarabajo]

That was a ninja sprint by Zubeldia

+1 LOL.
My thoughts exactly.

 

[yaco]

Three seconds b/w 1st and 2nd on GC after 18 stages - Gotta say it's been one of the more exciting GT's.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Quality racing today, Chapeau. Also to Roche.

And thanks for the boxing gif. Man what a left hook.

 

[BigMac]

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A motivated @majkaformal countered and initiated loads of attacks on the final climb of stage 18!!


Roflcopter.

Majka did counter and initiate some attacks.

Meh, Majka didnt initiate anything, those 'attacks' or whatever you'd like to call it he put in was suuuper weak

Then so were Valverde's and Quintana's and Chave's and pretty much everyone's.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

They all gave it a shot. TD looking strong right now.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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A motivated @majkaformal countered and initiated loads of attacks on the final climb of stage 18!!


Roflcopter.

Majka did counter and initiate some attacks.

Meh, Majka didnt initiate anything, those 'attacks' or whatever you'd like to call it he put in was suuuper weak

Then so were Valverde's and Quintana's and Chave's and pretty much everyone's.

Did we watch the same stage? Majka barely got a gap once, maybe twice before backpedalling again. I have no problem with that since he isnt that strong, so he probably cant go harder without blowing himself up, but they werent proper attacks by NO MEANS which is why i lolled at initiated 'loads of attacks' when he didnt, at all.

Valverde's were at least somewhat proper and decent since he wanted to animate the group to go faster so he had a chance for the stage.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Great to see Nico get his win, although would have been fun for the ninja to win the sprint! One day down for Dumoulin.

 

[Brullnux]

Haimar must've gotten sick of his ninja status

He is just going: HEY! Look at me! I exist

 

[HelloDolly]

Here is an ACTUAL interview with Haimar ....I know ...madness

http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/20911

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Haimar must've gotten sick of his ninja status

He is just going: HEY! Look at me! I exist

I think he and Schleck has learned something from this Vuelta....

 

[LaFlorecita]

Damn I didn't watch today. Haimar was 2nd ??? A shame he did not win