2015 Vuelta stage 2: Alhaurín de la Torre / Caminito del Rey

[nuvolablu]

Aru-Pozzovivo group is back

 

[Irondan]

Tiralongo looks like he's been through a meat grinder.

 

[Carols]

Paulo not pretty...at the dr car. Lots of blood on his face

 

[Red Rick]

Re: 2015 Vuelta stage 2: Alhaurín de la Torre / Caminito del

Nice from froome to show how much he cares about fair play

 

[happytramp]

Shameful stuff

 

[DFA123]

Re: Re:

Katusha and Movistar making sure Nibali is no longer a GC contender.

sky went to the front after the crash

maybe, but for the last 10mins Katusha and Movistar are driving the peleton

At least Movistar and Katusha can say they have genuine contenders for the stage win and need to catch the break. What is Sky's excuse?

How is Henao not a contender?

yeah, Sky pushed the pace on because they're working for Henao

 

[the sceptic]

I guess Landa and Aru will have to save this vuelta from Team Sky.

 

[Red Rick]

Valverde taking the intermediate?

 

[Irondan]

Re: 2015 Vuelta stage 2: Alhaurín de la Torre / Caminito del

Nice from froome to show how much he cares about fair play

He only cares when he's in the yellow jersey.

 

[Arredondo]

Re:

Valverde taking the intermediate?

Valverde in front of Purito

 

[Carols]

Nibs down to 2 mates pulling, at +41

 

[Eagle]

Valverde gets 2 seconds, JRod 1

 

[the sceptic]

Nibali is done. ***.

 

[Flamin]

Nibali 1'30" behind. *** this

 

[Roude Leiw]

Nibali alone ?!?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Sky kind of did the same when Valverde was in red in 2012 though.

It was doubly stupid then because they'd whined so heavily about Movistar not waiting for Leipheimer (who wasn't leading the race) when he crashed when Movistar pushed the pace on a descent in Paris-Nice that year. We know Froome is willing to cheat because of the Giro expulsion in 2010 and the illegal feed in 2013, so what's the surprise when he does something not outside the rules but outside the "code"?

There is now a fairly long-standing list of all of the major teams playing foul, and Sky for all their moral pontificating that they did back then are no better than any of them when it comes to being unscrupulous with the "unspoken codes". And they've got into more than their fair share of controversies including Wheelgate, the feeds mentioned above, the 2012 Vuelta and so on, though how much of that is due to them playing unfair and how much is due to their prominent position is something that probably varies depending on your opinion.

 

[cadence]

Not a fan of taking advantage on someone's misfortune, but how are Movistar and Katusha not getting stick for driving the pace up massively and Sky are being portrayed as the only bad guys?

 

[TI-Raleigh]

Nibs very unlucky. Again.

 

[Miburo]

love movistar, they never wait xD

i bet froome is gonna complain about it later today

 

[Carols]

Nibs alone....

 

[happytramp]

Yeah, Katusha and Movistar are bloody awful. Don't forget that.

 

[jsem94]

Poor Nibbles. Cycling is unfair sometimes.

 

[DFA123]

Re:

Not a fan of taking advantage on someone's misfortune, but how are Movistar and Katusha not getting stick for driving the pace up massively and Sky are being portrayed as the only bad guys?

Because the team leaders of Movistar and Katusha will have targetted this as an important chance to win a stage. They probably should have waited as well, but with the break up the road it's kind of understandable.

Sky just seem to want to get revenge on Nibali.

 

[Miburo]

I don't think nibali had a chance anyways in this vuelta.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Did Nibali just get the most sticky of all sticky bottles there?