2016 Vuelta a España, Stage 20: Benidorm → Alto de Aitana

[huangho]

Latour!! Massive display today from him, massive!!

 

[Poursuivant]

Insane camera work

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Haha! Pierre "Roger" Latour, ftr

 

[IndianCyclist]

Crazy man has won

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Latour! Wow he really rode his heart out!

 

[doperhopper]

Latour can go incredibly deep... meanwhile Felline looks like new Mercx in making

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Latour !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Chaves -> contador???

2 minutes or so probably

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

Felline gaining

Unlikely, besides Trek did not appear to be prepared to meet his demands before the Vuelta, so now...

What are you talking about?

are you a native speaker of one of those languages where "gain" = "win"? it just means he gained ground on the others, not that he would win the stage

 

[Billopoulos]

Re: Re:

Chaves -> contador???

2 minutes or so probably

Optimistic for Contador.
It may be more.

Latour, what a great ride.

 

[trevim]

Atapuma wanted it too much couldn't win even with Latour riding most of the final km. Hats off to both

 

[gregrowlerson]

Re: Re:

Quintana looks like he's on a sunday club ride..

Froome clearly hasn't modified his tactics when behind since Ancares and Farrapona in 2014.

Tbf, Froome tried quite a few times today. He tried at the start of the stage and over the top of Puerto de Tudons

Correct. Couldn't do anything more against this Quintana. Someone jokingly said that Nairo is better in his second GT so should try the Giro-Tour double....and maybe he seriously should??

 

[TomLPC]

Quite like the aesthetic of this finish

 

[dacooley]

Re: Re:

Quintana looks like he's on a sunday club ride..

Froome clearly hasn't modified his tactics when behind since Ancares and Farrapona in 2014.

What tactics? Nothing you can do 1 minute down against another climber who's at least as fast as yourself.

Certainly not if you don't attack properly until the last 5km.

come on. your rider is a well-deserved winner. no reason to thrown stones in the others.

 

[Thepirateisgood]

France, this is the one.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

That finish reminded me of Barguil and Uran two or three years ago

 

[LaFlorecita]

Chaves still riding well, 3rd place is his. Bravo, brave ride

 

[Tonton]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, Stage 20: Benidorm → Alto de Aitan

WOW!!!!

What a win!!!! Bravo Latour!!!!

 

[Carols]

Wow Latour! And what a great name for a bike racer . 22 years old, bright future!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Wish we could see Vuelta Nairo vs. Tour Froome.

 

[Savant12]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, Stage 20: Benidorm → Alto de Aitan

Best climber wins the Vuelta.

 

[DFA123]

Re: Re:

Quintana looks like he's on a sunday club ride..

Froome clearly hasn't modified his tactics when behind since Ancares and Farrapona in 2014.

What tactics? Nothing you can do 1 minute down against another climber who's at least as fast as yourself.

Certainly not if you don't attack properly until the last 5km.

come on. your rider is a well-deserved winner. no reason to thrown stones in the others.

Quintana's not 'my rider'. Tbh, I'm a bit disappointed that Sky didn't try to destroy the race continuously for the first 150km.

They gave themselves no chance with these tactics.

 

[Melo]

Nairo was insanely strong this Vuelta. Chapeau.

 

[huangho]

Kudos to Froome, great effort, a gentleman... Chaves podium

Congratulations to Quintana, awesome GT!

 

[gregrowlerson]

Damn, Alberto nearly saved his podium....