57th Vuelta al Pais Vasco 3-8 April 2017

[Carols]

Mas Impressive, only 22. Boy with a future!

 

[Arredondo]

Bala so-so today. Was he hampered by that crash? Or does he lack some pure speed atm?

 

[luckyboy]

Decent finish but too many stages like this in this edition. Needs 2 hilltop finishes instead of just 1

 

[DFA123]

Re:

Either there was another crash in the last km, or Contador just rolled home the last bit.

Could be a time gap then, if the commisares see that he wasn't affected by it.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Contador didn't crash at the end there. He slowed down then took his time rolling in. No point wasting energy if he gonna get the same time anyway.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Either there was another crash in the last km, or Contador just rolled home the last bit.

Yeah, he completely avoided that crash. If he just rolled in > if managed to crash on his own after that > Reckon he won't get s.t. because he was in the group after that crash and just cruised to the finish

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Either there was another crash in the last km, or Contador just rolled home the last bit.

In which case he should be penalised if he just strolled home which would be stupid to do for no apparent reason. He must have been down again

 

[Stan955]

He changed bike

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

He changed bike

Lol lol surely not

 

[Arredondo]

Re:

Decent finish but too many stages like this in this edition. Needs 2 hilltop finishes instead of just 1

We need a Muro-stage. Only small time gaps but proper racing between the big GC-guys

 

[Netserk]

Of course he will get the same time. He was held up/slowed down by the crash, just like several others were. Whether or not he rolls home with them or walks from there on doesn't matter.

 

[WheelofGear]

Contador to get the nursery home jersey.

 

[Screecher]

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Decent finish again. Matthews a bit too hesitant - surely he realised no-one else would pull with him around. Should have been looking to close gaps himself in that final 1.5km.

Matthews would rather lose to an attacker than to someone else in the sprint it seems.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Bala so-so today. Was he hampered by that crash? Or does he lack some pure speed atm?

Lacking pure speed in all the finishes I've seen, also during a few sprinter stages in Catalunya. Which is smart, Ill take less explosiveness and better climbing all day.

 

[Vroome.exe]

Contador will get away with it he's no Alaphilippe, it's in Spain after all.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

He changed bike

Lol lol surely not

They showed a picture of Contador getting a new bike for about one second, shortly after the finish line.

 

[Carols]

Chapeau Roglic! He who is brave gets rewarded

 

[Stan955]

Re: Re:

He changed bike

Lol lol surely not

When they showed him again after everyone finished he was getting on a bike so he either changed the bike or fell down which was not shown

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Of course he will get the same time. He was held up/slowed down by the crash, just like several others were. Whether or not he rolls home with them or walks from there on doesn't matter.

If you look at the footage, there was no split caused by the crash. Everyone else managed to stay with the group. Not a clue why the hell he decided to roll in, it almost seems as if he's given up on winning the race, he wasn't too optimistic beforehand and he's constantly hanging at the back, not closing down attacks etc.

 

[Arredondo]

Re: Re:

Bala so-so today. Was he hampered by that crash? Or does he lack some pure speed atm?

Lacking pure speed in all the finishes I've seen, also during a few sprinter stages in Catalunya. Which is smart, Ill take less explosiveness and better climbing all day.

I agree. Although i don't think he can upgrade his climbing to Froome-level in July

But that's a discussion for a couple of weeks time

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

He changed bike

Lol lol surely not

When they showed him again after everyone finished he was getting on a bike so he either changed the bike or fell down which was not shown

just seen that

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Contador definitely didnt fall there, at the turn were LL fell ...

 

[DFA123]

Re: Re:

Bala so-so today. Was he hampered by that crash? Or does he lack some pure speed atm?

Lacking pure speed in all the finishes I've seen, also during a few sprinter stages in Catalunya. Which is smart, Ill take less explosiveness and better climbing all day.

I agree. Although i don't think he can upgrade his climbing to Froome-level in July

But that's a discussion for a couple of weeks time

Maybe he has just dropped a level as well. It could be pretty hard to sustain the level he had at Catalunya all the way through to Liege, so maybe he's at the bottom of a wave right now in terms of form preparing for another mini-peak. I guess we'll see for sure tomorrow.

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

Of course he will get the same time. He was held up/slowed down by the crash, just like several others were. Whether or not he rolls home with them or walks from there on doesn't matter.

If you look at the footage, there was no split caused by the crash. Everyone else managed to stay with the group. Not a clue why the hell he decided to roll in, it almost seems as if he's given up on winning the race, he wasn't too optimistic beforehand and he's constantly hanging at the back, not closing down attacks etc.

Only 25 riders were in the first group over the line.

 

[HelloDolly]

The most important thing Contador needs to do now is race and not crash ....at this rate he wont survice the first week of the Tour where there are several crashes