2016 Vuelta a España, stage 11: Colunga > Peña Cabarga

[Miburo]

Never seen a tinkoff train like that this close to the finish. Come on timelords

 

[Billopoulos]

Contador to lose his position now, lol...

 

[Brullnux]

Oh my he's lost so many positions

Edit: regained most of them

 

[Ramira]

Re:

Contador to lose his position now, lol...

Yeah incredible. All that work and they're burned out so early they fail to drop Contador off at the front at the bottom of the climb.

 

[GuyIncognito]

More likely he wants to increase his chances of a stage win because he's so far down on GC he'll be given more freedom. Regardless of how he's feeling

 

[Billopoulos]

Rojas is doing an incredible Vuelta by the way.

 

[Miburo]

It's weird, froome never yoyo's in the tour. I guess cause then he's just far above the rest that he doesn't need to and cause of the train.

 

[Ramira]

Re:

More likely he wants to increase his chances of a stage win because he's so far down on GC he'll be given more freedom. Regardless of how he's feeling

The problem is having to make up ground at the bottom of the climb forced him to use energy he can't really afford to lose. They worked to hard so no-one was left to position Contador. And in doing so they decreased his chances of victory significantly. Better to give the break another 30 seconds or so and save a bit of energy.

 

[Gigs_98]

Froome still in the peloton.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Froome still there meaning he'll lose time today.

 

[TMP402]

Re:

It's weird, froome never yoyo's in the tour. I guess cause then he's just far above the rest that he doesn't need to and cause of the train.

And the train is vaguely in evidence today.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Cobo for the win today. bank on it.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Who's that Katusha troll?

 

[Miburo]

Gotta wait for last 2 km for GC action

 

[Billopoulos]

Pace seems really steady and high so far.

 

[carton]

Re:

Rojas is doing an incredible Vuelta by the way.

As is Fernandez.

 

[portugal11]

Contador is going for stage win

 

[Billopoulos]

Re: Re:

Rojas is doing an incredible Vuelta by the way.

As is Fernandez.

Even more, correct.

 

[King Boonen]

Someone will go soon...

 

[portugal11]

Tinkoff was working for nothing i guess...

 

[TomLPC]

Richie Fernandez super strong this vuelta

 

[Ramira]

We've hit 2k, the steepness starts very soon. So things should be about to explode.

Edit: There it is, Chaves.

 

[Poursuivant]

Fernandez is impressive.

 

[Rollthedice]

Chavito is alive.

 

[King Boonen]

No one wanted a jump for the downhill. Disappointed.