2015 Vuelta stage 19: Medina del Campo > Ávila 185.8km

[Ruby United]

Hinault and Fignon on its way to Ávila in 1983:

Thanks to baroncheli of the Spanish forums.

Cant believe how massive they look compared to todays GC contenders (except our current leader). They weren't counting their grains of rice in the 80's were they.

Yes they looked like humans then!!! But in person where still very slim but Not Skeletors!

They would get dropped by the skeletons though. Unfortunately.

There were only a couple skeletons Gert-Jan Theunisse, Robert Millar. Guys that didn't win GC.

I think that riding bread and water and all things such as equipment being the same the GC guys nowadays would blow them apart on a climb.

 

[Escarabajo]

Re: Re:

Carols take it to the Clinic on don't comment on stuff that nobody has any clue off!

What the heck are you talking about?????

Your Contador comment. Nobody knows anything their true potential.

 

[BigMac]

Machado.

 

[cineteq]

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Machado.

Whre is IzNoGoud?

 

[Carols]

Re: Re:

Carols take it to the Clinic on don't comment on stuff that nobody has any clue off!

What the heck are you talking about?????

Your Contador comment. Nobody knows anything their true potential.

In this subforum everyone rides on bread and water. And it's the only forum I participate in. Nowhere do I ever refer to anything clinical, Period.

 

[BigMac]

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Machado.

Whre is IzNoGoud?

In your dearest memories.

In moments such as this.



edit: Apparently he's there spreading tacks behind Machado. Chaser had a flat.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Go Alexis......

 

[Escarabajo]

Re: Re:

Carols take it to the Clinic on don't comment on stuff that nobody has any clue off!

What the heck are you talking about?????

Your Contador comment. Nobody knows anything their true potential.

In this subforum everyone rides on bread and water. And it's the only forum I participate in. Nowhere do I ever refer to anything clinical, Period.

LOL. You got me. I am in.

 

[Bushman]

Alexis Gougeard is real good.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Just tuned in. What's the status?

 

[BigMac]

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Just tuned in. What's the status?

Machado attacks. Machado is caught. Machado drops.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

Just tuned in. What's the status?

Machado attacks. Machado is caught. Machado drops.

Machado getting dropped isn't news. That he attacks is though

 

[yespatterns]

Also, the peloton are on their Sunday club ride.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Just tuned in. What's the status?

Machado attacks. Machado is caught. Machado drops.

Machado getting dropped isn't news. That he attacks is though

He really has become a parody of his younger self.

Oh well.

 

[Flamin]

Acceleration from Movistar!

 

[Gigs_98]

Giant is really weak. If he wins it was the fault of the other teams.

 

[SantiBotero]

Re: Re:

Just tuned in. What's the status?

Machado attacks. Machado is caught. Machado drops.

Machado getting dropped isn't news. That he attacks is though

He really has become a parody of his younger self.

Oh well.

He is fighting for the stage, which is something that the other 19-guys from the breakaway can't say.

 

[DFA123]

Valverde really wants to finish on the podium

 

[glassmoon]

Piti trolling

 

[rainman]

If TD has a 56x11 he could do some damage on that drop

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Gougeard is a confirmed beast. Great victory for him!

 

[Arredondo]

Re:

Valverde really wants to finish on the podium

But he's the least dangerous tbh. His attacks are not impressive at all.

 

[Flamin]

Yep, impressive from Gougeard.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Just tuned in. What's the status?

Machado attacks. Machado is caught. Machado drops.

Machado getting dropped isn't news. That he attacks is though

He really has become a parody of his younger self.

Oh well.

He is fighting for the stage, which is something that the other 19-guys from the breakaway can't say.

In his first years he would never have been dropped like that. And now is struggling to keep up on the flat.

 

[DFA123]

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Valverde really wants to finish on the podium

But he's the least dangerous tbh. His attacks are not impressive at all.

Pretty hard to attack on a 4% climb though. He's probably just using it for training; getting some real zip back in the legs before the big one day races he's got lined up.