2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarinea

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Will the peloton actually make the time limit?

Group of more than percent of the starters can't be outside the time limit.

I'd like to know the person who made up that rule and show him my displeasure

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

Will the peloton actually make the time limit?

Group of more than 25% percent of the starters can't be outside the time limit.

If someone would ride away from the peloton would he get disqualified because he isn't in a group of 25% of the starters :lol:

 

[Poursuivant]

I could even keep up at this pace. By car like

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Will the peloton actually make the time limit?

Group of more than 25% percent of the starters can't be outside the time limit.

If someone would ride away from the peloton would he get disqualified because he isn't in a group of 25% of the starters :lol:

Pretty sure you can't go outside the time limit if people behind you get to stay

 

[TourOfSardinia]

What the time limit today?

 

[saganboss]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarin

well, from my calculations 52min is the time limit so i think they are safe anyway

 

[shalgo]

Re:

Will the peloton actually make the time limit?

If I am reading the rules correctly (http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/la-vuelta/2016/reglements/V16-Reglamento-ES-FR-EN-v4_.pdf), then this stage is a "special mountain stage" (group 4), and given that the average speed was between 38-40km/h, the cutoff is 16% of the winner's time. With a winning time of 5:29:04, the cutoff should therefore be about 52 minutes.

So the peloton is safe.

 

[Red Rick]

Valverde wins the sprint. Legendary

 

[MacBAir]

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Valverde wins the sprint. Legendary

All smiles. Let's hope tomorrow Sky can detonate Moviestar and Froome annihilates Quintana. A rider like that should only have podiums, not GT wins.

 

[Scarponi]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarin

That is one of the most disgusting disgraceful days in cycling ever. I am sickened

 

[Mr.White]

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Valverde wins the sprint. Legendary

Did you doubt it

 

[PremierAndrew]

Can't wait for Flecha to tell us about how exciting today's stage was

 

[Irondan]

Finally....

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Valverde wins the sprint. Legendary

All smiles. Let's hope tomorrow Sky can detonate Moviestar and Froome annihilates Quintana. A rider like that should only have podiums, not GT wins.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

For the first time I can remember in a GT, I tuned in with 5 km's left and turned the TV off again as I couldn't even be bothered to watch 5 km's. We need more flat stages to have some excitement in the last km's.

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

Will the peloton actually make the time limit?

Group of more than 25% percent of the starters can't be outside the time limit.

If someone would ride away from the peloton would he get disqualified because he isn't in a group of 25% of the starters :lol:

You may have just broken cycling.

 

[lejarreta]

I have written and deleted my post so many times. I have no words. Everybody at the finish line should show their backs to the podium guys (except those in the breakaway)

Edit: We need also a rest day, so no claps

 

[argyllflyer]

I'll sleep well tonight.

 

[veji11]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarin

That is one of the most disgusting disgraceful days in cycling ever. I am sickened

REally ? Why ??? Honestly ?

The peloton taking days off on some stages has ALWAYS happened, and it use to happen a lot more in the past !

 

[Irondan]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarin

That is one of the most disgusting disgraceful days in cycling ever. I am sickened

REally ? Why ??? Honestly ?

The peloton taking days off on some stages has ALWAYS happened, and it use to happen a lot more in the past !

Agreed.

This wasn't a highly unusual occurrence, although the time back to the peloton was a little more than I've seen but still the same, the peloton takes days off in the middle of grand tours.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarin

That is one of the most disgusting disgraceful days in cycling ever. I am sickened

REally ? Why ??? Honestly ?

The peloton taking days off on some stages has ALWAYS happened, and it use to happen a lot more in the past !

Agreed.

This wasn't a highly unusual occurrence, although the time back to the peloton was a little more than I've seen but still the same, the peloton takes days off in the middle of grand tours.

The biggest reason I find it acceptable is me having good streams for the US Open

 

[lejarreta]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarin

That is one of the most disgusting disgraceful days in cycling ever. I am sickened

REally ? Why ??? Honestly ?

The peloton taking days off on some stages has ALWAYS happened, and it use to happen a lot more in the past !

Agreed.

This wasn't a highly unusual occurrence, although the time back to the peloton was a little more than I've seen but still the same, the peloton takes days off in the middle of grand tours.

Sorry, even if they take it easy, they don't arrive so late and they do some fighting in the last kms, or they do a little sprint. No consideration to they colleagues that had to wait for them to have their deserved rest, no consideration to the people that were at the finish line, no consideration to the TV stations or fans watching.

 

[Billie]

Not sure what the fuss is about. This is normal. Used to happen twice every GT in the past. Think it started to happen less since Oscar Pereiro

 

[carton]

I think the problem is powermeters. Before they came along, this never happened. Oh wait, that's wrong. This used to happen all the effing time.

 

[veji11]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 13: Bilbao > Urdax-Dantxarin

That is one of the most disgusting disgraceful days in cycling ever. I am sickened

REally ? Why ??? Honestly ?

The peloton taking days off on some stages has ALWAYS happened, and it use to happen a lot more in the past !

Agreed.

This wasn't a highly unusual occurrence, although the time back to the peloton was a little more than I've seen but still the same, the peloton takes days off in the middle of grand tours.

Sorry, even if they take it easy, they don't arrive so late and they do some fighting in the last kms, or they do a little sprint. No consideration to they colleagues that had to wait for them to have their deserved rest, no consideration to the people that were at the finish line, no consideration to the TV stations or fans watching.

bah honestly you guys need to be a bit more tolerant. Even if the route has been not that hard, there has been battle everyday to get in the breakaway unlike what we have seen in the Tour and Giro, some stages have been ridden very hard by a peloton wanting to reel in the breakaway, it's the last GT of the season and everybody got 60 race days in their legs already, it was mighty hot, it's the longest stage of this Vuelta (which could have been a great stage fit just anywhere else in the Vuelta) AND it comes on the eve of the big scary king mountain stage tomorrow.

I don't blame the guys. You guys should just chill a bit in your armchair.