2016 Vuelta a España, stage 15: Sabiñánigo > Aramón Formigal

[Red Rick]

Contador for combativity I imagine?

Time limit?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Contador showing his quality again. Chapeau, Alberto. Made the race today.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

will the grupetto make the time limit?

 

[Brullnux]

Re:

Brambilla from a break.

Great call.

Not the circumstances you expected I'd dare to say

 

[DBotero]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 15: Sabiñánigo > Aramón Form

Good racing.Quintana super strong.It looks like Froome will have to settle for a podium place.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Greatest GT stage of the year!

 

[veji11]

Contador took Froome with him Balrog style... I can't win the Vuelta anymore ? Well at least you'll know I made you lose it too. Awesome.

 

[sir fly]

Vuelta just keeps giving...
Another great stage.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Re: Re:

:lol:

Congrats cap'n

 

[Jelantik]

what a stage!!!!.... chapeu to brambila.. Great ride by Quintana and Contador. Not sure what Orica is doing? So Yates effort yesterday is just a waste..

 

[doperhopper]

Stage of the decade! And without any rain or snow.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

Brambilla from a break.

Great call.

Not the circumstances you expected I'd dare to say

Yup, the favorite to win the stage won

 

[DFA123]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 15: Sabiñánigo > Aramón Form

Good racing.Quintana super strong.It looks like Froome will have to settle for a podium place.

Based on today's form, he might struggle even to do that. Chaves and Contador should be improving into the third week, while Froome should be getting worse. TT might still be enough to save him though.

 

[Jelantik]

Re:

Contador took Froome with him Balrog style... I can't win the Vuelta anymore ? Well at least you'll know I made you lose it too. Awesome.

when contador doesn't have a chance to win, he can decide "who are not going to win".. That's a fun position to be .. :lol:

 

[klintE]

horrible stage.

The day with the shitty climbs. Not much will happen.

Waste of a stage. It needed to be a lot harder to have any impact with the distance involved.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 15: Sabiñánigo > Aramón Form

Good racing.Quintana super strong.It looks like Froome will have to settle for a podium place.

Based on today's form, he might struggle even to do that. Chaves and Contador should be improving into the third week, while Froome should be getting worse. TT might still be enough to save him though.

There isn't much climbing left, though, is there? And I don't expect Contador to improve his form. Chaves surely will, but not enough to beat Froome for second place.

 

[carton]

Chapeau Contador! Chapeau Quintana! A truly epic stage.

Also, the way Movi forced Sky to chase all day yesterday and Quintana worked over Froome up Aubisque were crucial to giving us this stage.

 

[Robert5091]

Sunday ambush! Chapeau Bertie & Quintana !

 

[jsem94]

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Stage of the decade! And without any rain or snow.

Wouldn't go that far. Fuente De, Andy on Galibier, Gardeccia?

But what a stage. Cycling at its best.

 

[Bolder]

Shows how hard it is to win 2 GTs in a year. If Froome had skipped the olympics, maybe...

I think he's lost too much time to recover, but who knows? Stage 20 could produce huge gaps.

 

[Lexman]

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what a stage!!!!.... chapeu to brambila.. Great ride by Quintana and Contador. Not sure what Orica is doing? So Yates effort yesterday is just a waste..

luckily yesterday Orica's tactics were seen as masterly developed..

 

[fantomas]

1. QUINTANA Nairo 7 MOVISTAR TEAM 61h 36' 07''
2. FROOME Christopher 21 TEAM SKY 61h 39' 44'' + 03' 37''
3. CHAVES Johan Esteban 51 ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE 61h 40' 04'' + 03' 57

Contador should be at around 4' 05.

 

[rainman]

Great stage and great Quintana/Bertie. I dont hate Dawg at all but I'm delighted to see the wheels fall off the Sky wagon this time.

 

[dacooley]

Re: Re:

Contador took Froome with him Balrog style... I can't win the Vuelta anymore ? Well at least you'll know I made you lose it too. Awesome.

when contador doesn't have a chance to win, he can decide "who are not going to win".. That's a fun position to be .. :lol:

ah, come on, that's a fan mythology.

 

[LaFlorecita]

What a stage! Mythical ride by everyone in the first group