2016 Vuelta a España, stage 10: Lugones > Lagos de Covadonga

[Billopoulos]

Anyone has a time schedule for today's stage according to the current riding tempo?

 

[Isaak-Gabriel]

In french broadcast, the journalist said Quintana was involved in one crash earlier in the stage, don't know if he fell down.

 

[Samamba]

Re: Re:

Hope Reza is oké, doesn't look good at all.

Break is finally formed: Bakelants, Hermans, Campenaerts, Vervaeke, Gesink, Groezdev, Ludvigsson, Silin, Moser, Laengen, Mate, Felline, Dombrowski, Rolland, Fraile en Gonçalves.

Again 4 Belgians, they're doing ridiculously good this Vuelta.
Also 3 Cannondale guys

Campenaerts riding for Gesink so that leaves 3 who might try to go for the stagewin

If they make it (and that's a big if) Hermans will be the only one with a chance (a big chance though). Maybe Vervaeke has the potential, but the second part of his season has been pretty bad and it doesn't look like he has better legs this week.

 

[staubsauger]

Gesink and Dombrowski must be in horrible shape to lose out against Hermans on a col like Lagos de Covadonga!

 

[Lexman]

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Gesink and Dombrowski must be in horrible shape to lose out against Hermans on a col like Lagos de Covadonga!

I think indeed battle for stage win might be interesting : Hermans, Rolland, Gesink, Dombrowski, Fraile, Goncalves....

 

[sir fly]

The group won't let the breakaway go all the way.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Gesink and Dombrowski must be in horrible shape to lose out against Hermans on a col like Lagos de Covadonga!

Hermans was actually really good in Burgos, basically helped Contador to win that race.

 

[Pantani_lives]

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Gesink has to save his season by going in the breakaway and win the stage.

Well, he listened to my advice. Now the question remains whether his shape is good enough to win. Rolland is a strong contender as well, it's very open. Something tactical might happen before the final climb.

 

[RattaKuningas]

Movistar wants todays stage it seems.

 

[Pantani_lives]

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Movistar wants todays stage it seems.

That possibility almost escaped my mind.

 

[staubsauger]

Too bad Movistar seems to be chasing today. Would be lovely if Gesink celebrates a major career victory and nets polka dot as well!

 

[klintE]

There was a deal between M and E yesterday and E promised control the race today despite the very low chance to keep red.

 

[sir fly]

Looks like the breakaway will sink into the peloton at the bottom of the lake.

 

[Ricco']

Re: Re:

Hope Reza is oké, doesn't look good at all.

Break is finally formed: Bakelants, Hermans, Campenaerts, Vervaeke, Gesink, Groezdev, Ludvigsson, Silin, Moser, Laengen, Mate, Felline, Dombrowski, Rolland, Fraile en Gonçalves.

Again 4 Belgians, they're doing ridiculously good this Vuelta.
Also 3 Cannondale guys

Campenaerts riding for Gesink so that leaves 3 who might try to go for the stagewin

If they make it (and that's a big if) Hermans will be the only one with a chance (a big chance though). Maybe Vervaeke has the potential, but the second part of his season has been pretty bad and it doesn't look like he has better legs this week.

Vervaeke was aiming exclusively for the Vuelta in the 2nd part of the season and he has been saving his legs for a stage win on a breakaway, his goal for this year.

In Tour de l'Ain he blow up the peloton to pieces in the penultimate climb on the 3rd stage and was on the break on Colombiere in the last stage.

 

[hfer07]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 10: Lugones > Lagos de Covad

seems like the MoviStar crew has a plan

 

[Lexman]

lol Campenaerts killing Baekelants

 

[saganboss]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 10: Lugones > Lagos de Covad

seems like the MoviStar crew has a plan

and what's the plan. they are going very slow on this climb

 

[Miburo]

I don't get movistar, why do you go hard on the flat to then let it go on the hill?

 

[Lexman]

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I don't get movistar, why do you go hard on the flat to then let it go on the hill?

positioning the leader

 

[Arredondo]

Boring stage till now. You always have a little bit of hope that something will happen on Fito.

But i guess i'm expecting too much. The 2014 stage was proper raced though.

 

[Flamin]

Keeping doms who are not top climbers on board to pull hard after Fito.

 

[RattaKuningas]

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I don't get movistar, why do you go hard on the flat to then let it go on the hill?

Breakaway is breaking itself apart and working harder now. I think they will be tired when last climb starts and they will lose time on flat before it also. Everything is under Movistar controll at the moment.

 

[Arredondo]

Fraile ffs. Keep it calm! You can win the stage dude!

 

[Valv.Piti]

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I don't get movistar, why do you go hard on the flat to then let it go on the hill?

20 kms of flat/false flat before the last climb

 

[staubsauger]

Movistar looks worse than US Postal Service! At least US Postal was consequent with either chasing down attacks or giving away stage wins as a gift!