2016 Vuelta a España, stage 7: Maceda > Puebla de Sanabria

[CheckMyPecs]

What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?

 

[arvc40]

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There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.

Yes there was !, Stay at the front

 

[bigcog]

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Was Froome the man behind AC?

Looked like it.

I just looked in slow-mo, both movistars behind him. Not sky.

Good spot

 

[Brullnux]

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What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?

Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.

 

[rainman]

Van der sande robbed his line but yes he should have stayed on his team mates wheel.

 

[El Pistolero]

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There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.

Yes there was !, Stay at the front

He was at the front.

 

[silvergrenade]

Contador cant position himself it seems.
Nervous like a guy riding his first GT.
Probably shows that he's putting too much pressure on himself.
Bad. Really bad

 

[Dedelou]

these crashes are getting tiresome. it's time that riders causing crashes get penalized and their teams get fined .. Perhaps they will invest in teaching their riders how to ride

 

[DFA123]

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Van der sande robbed his line but yes he should have stayed on his team mates wheel.

Yep, either stay right at the front with your team mates or drop to the back before the action starts. Don't just hover, slowly drifting back, in the middle of the action zone if you have no plans to contest the sprint.

 

[deValtos]

Didn't look like Contadors fault tbh, I've just rewatched the slowmo 5 times. Was a mixture of the lotto and the ag2r guy.

Having said that, Sagan doesn't crash there.

 

[burning]

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What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?

Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.

I am sure that he never rode a bike in his life or he's trolling in his every single post, I am not sure which one is true though.

 

[hfer07]

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Contador cant position himself it seems.
Nervous like a guy riding his first GT.
Probably shows that he's putting too much pressure on himself.
Bad. Really bad

position means nothing if the rider in front of you crashes

 

[arvc40]

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There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.

Yes there was !, Stay at the front

He was at the front.

No mate, he wasn't, he dropped back at the worst possible time

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 7: Maceda > Puebla de Sanabr

At least Flechas english is improving

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?

Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.

Call it "trolling" all you want, but the elephant in the room is getting too big to ignore.

 

[Brullnux]

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Only in these finishes can I see that Valverde got old. In other years he would've smoked everybody.
Great win by the IAM rider. 3 wins in 3 GTs.

It was valverde fault

Wrong. It was a lotto guy.

Piti hit that guy

I agree, it seeemed that Piti slid, bumped the lotto guy who then went into Contador.

 

[hfer07]

Contador said somebody's wheel touched his and then went down

 

[kingjr]

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There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.

Yes there was !, Stay at the front

He was at the front.

Dropping back in the corner is asking for trouble, because faster riders from behind can do very little to evade him.

 

[Thepirateisgood]

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What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?

Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.

Call it "trolling" all you want, but the elephant in the room is getting too big to ignore.

No you aren't

 

[scurrrr]

Alberto cant handle his bike - fact
Flecha cant speak english - fact

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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What good is saving a couple of pounds in forearm muscle when it means you hit the tarmac once a week?

Ffs please stop trolling with your forearm strength bs. When you begin sliding there is very little anyone can do, no matter how strong your forearms are.

Call it "trolling" all you want, but the elephant in the room is getting too big to ignore.

No you aren't

Nobody ever solved a problem by stubbornly refusing to acknowledge its cause.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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There was nothing Contador could do to prevent that crash.

For starters he could stop drifting back like that inside the last 600-700 metres. Not really smart.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

I never thought I'd say it, but the Vuelta has been worse than the Tour so far, with little signs of improvement.

 

[Mr.White]

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Van der sande robbed his line but yes he should have stayed on his team mates wheel.

Yep, either stay right at the front with your team mates or drop to the back before the action starts. Don't just hover, slowly drifting back, in the middle of the action zone if you have no plans to contest the sprint.

Exactly! His positioning and bike handling is very poor at the moment

 

[Irondan]

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