63a Vuelta a Colombia 2013 - Sun, June 9 to Sun, 23 (landmark)

[slosada]

Going up in El Trigo (cat1) Sevilla, Ortega, Montaña and Calderón ahead
3Km to the KOM
Largo (2nd OA) group at 45"
Baez at 1:06 alone
Millan (leader) group at 1:54

This is the case when cyclists make the race hard rather than design

 

[slosada]

At the top of El Trigo:
Calderon
Montaña, Ortega, Sevilla at 8"
Luis Largo +4 riders at 59"
Pedraza + 4 riders at 1:34
Millán + 3 teammates +20 others at 3:09

 

[jens_attacks]

looking good for babyface but mauricio ortega is such a beast too

 

[slosada]

So let summarize it: After the sprint (giving 3 sec bonus for Sevilla and 2 for Ortega) the 4 ahead surrendered to the second group with Largo. It also allowed for Ortega to get a number of teammates (5 I think).
And Aguardiente Antioqueño put the effort to knock out Millan... Now the leader group is losing around 6 minutes.
Luis Largo will be the new leader, Ortega, Sevilla, Cano, Parra complete the top 5....
Let's see the sprint which also carries 10, 6 and 4 sec bonuses (I think Felix Cárdenas and Sanchez are there as well)

 

[slosada]

Freddy Montaña wins it from far when attacked with John Martinez
Laverde led the group at 14"
Largo lost 20" at the finish line (6" to Ortega, Sevilla and co)
ex-leader Millan arrived at 5:57

 

[slosada]

If yesterday was the bad day for Millán, today is Largo's. So it becomes Ortega vs Sevilla vs Cano vs Parra, all in less than a minute in GC.

BTW, Millán is leading today with 20 Km to go. it's a long and easy descent into Medellín. Then the finish line is close but it has a short uphill right before the end.

 

[jens_attacks]

yep crazy how things change in vuelta a colombia

Etapa 12
1 Jonathan Millán (GW-Shimano) 4:29:47

2 Oscar Pachón (Formesán-Bogotá Humana) a 5 seg.

3 Wilson Cepeda (Movistar) a 9 seg.

4 Félix Cárdenas (Formesán-Bogotá Humana) a 11 seg.

5 Oscar Sevilla (Epm-Une) a 14 seg.

6 Luis Felipe Laverde (Coldeportes-Claro) a 15 seg.

7 Mauricio Ortega (Aguardiente Antioqueño) a 16 seg.

8 Alex Cano (Aguardiente Antioqueño) a 16 seg.

9 Jair Pérez (Indeportes Boyacá) a 16 seg.

10 Alejandro Ramírez (Aguardiente Antioqueño) a 18 seg.

Clasificación General Individual
1 Mauricio Ortega (Aguardiente Antioqueño)

2 Oscar Sevilla (Epm-Une) a 3 seg.

3 Alex Cano (Aguardiente Antioqueño) a 33 seg.

4 Ivan Parra (Formesán-Bogotá Humana) a 45 seg.

5 Alvaro Gómez (Néctar de Cundinamarca) a 1:48

6 Felix Cárdenas (Formesán-Bogotá Humana) a 2:04

7 Alejandro Ramírez (Aguardiente Antioqueño) 2:28

8 Jonathan Millán (GW-Shimano) a 2:29

9 Jair Pérez (Indeportes Boyacá) a 2:40

10 Luis Felipe Laverde (Coldeportes-Claro) a 3:31


ortega-sevillla is like froome-contador only better

geez i feel santa helena will be a tremendous show

 

[Ferminal]

How much time does Ortega need to take into the TT?

 

[slosada]

Sevilla has won almost if not all TTs in the national calendar.

I'd think Cano can be more of a treat than Ortega for the TT, or even Ivan Parra if he still has some of his previous TT skills.
But Cano will need at least 1:30 and Ortega anywhere between 2 and 3 minutes. (I wasn't able to find a reference for Parra).

 

[slosada]

oh, and I forgot to mention, Ortega is the favorite #1 for tomorrow's stage, he won the Trepadores a Santa Elena in 2010, 2011 and was 2nd last year

 

[WindLessBreeze]

Aguardiente * Equipos

Ortega Leader, España a 3 segundos...............

 

[slosada]

They are already climbing Santa Elena. Sevilla with Cano ahead

 

[jens_attacks]

and the battle of the century just begun....vamos babyface!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sevilla and cano up front!!!

ortega dropped.

 

[slosada]

Ortega catches and counterattacks
Sevilla goes for him, and once he connects, Cano goes again.
We called that "the blender"
Now it's Millán.

 

[jens_attacks]

http://www.canaleltiempo.tv/envivo

milan attacks

 

[jens_attacks]

the broadcast shiit as always god damn it

millan is climbing fast it seems

 

[slosada]

Millán wins
2nd Cano shaving some seconds on Sevilla who was third.

Sevilla is the new leader and barring disaster he will win the Vuelta a Colombia

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Millán wins
2nd Cano shaving some seconds on Sevilla who was third.

Sevilla is the new leader and barring disaster he will win the Vuelta a Colombia

What do you mean 'barring' disaster? It's arguably more of a disaster that he will win.

 

[roundabout]

Maybe he will retire in peace now should he win.

 

[Netserk]

Ryo will be happy when he returns Monday

 

[slosada]

What do you mean 'barring' disaster? It's arguably more of a disaster that he will win.

I'm objectively commenting the race as I see. He has the best chances of winning the race. Only a fall, a mechanical or a "Cadel's day" will prevent him from winning.

Now if you ask my preferences, I'd love to see someone from Antioquia winning but that's pretty unlikely.

Sevilla would be the 4th foreigner to win Vuelta a Colombia after the "Josés" (Beyaert, Gomez del Moral and Rujano).

And getting close to the end we can start discussing what happened there: The "old" guys with international experience had an advantage over the youngsters, especially when the most talented didn't compete.

Jonathan Millán is the guy making the best impression.

I didn't like the route design. Nor like I the TV broadcast.

I really want at least 2 Colombian races in the UCI calendar. In my opinion the Vuelta a Colombia could be part of the world tour (probably with different dates, closer to San Luis), or at least 2.HC. And Clasico RCN as 2.1.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Just saw the picture of Sevilla in yellow. Still looks like he is a 22yo neo pro

 

[hfer07]

Gotta give Babyface credit for the way he raced up until this last stage - he knows he ain't that good to keep up with the relentless attacks, so he hid quite cleverly until the final selection was made on the last 3 stages - I personally would have loved to have Cano as a winner - but thats the way it goes...

 

[jens_attacks]

i waited too a lot for this
hope all goes well today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xirc1iiyZyI

curious if millan was already approached by world tour teams

 

[Michele]

I agree that the route wasn't great this year but the leader jersey changed almost daily means it wasn't an easy one.