Vuelta a España Ninja of La Vuelta

[RedheadDane]

Arranged a thunderstorm to blank out the TV coverage to maintain his ninja status.

That's what I was thinking too.

 

[Anderis]

Grossschartner avoided being eliminated from the competition with a very unninjalike performance. Honestly, you would think there was no way he would not finish inside top10 from such break but he managed to do so and also grab a lot of camera time with his attack instead.

 

[movingtarget]

Louis Meintjes is still in the race........I guess. Unless my memory is faulty I can never remember Meintjes attacking nor can I remember him getting into a break. I wonder what the attraction is for team managers when it comes to new contracts for him ?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

To Stage 12

I have added a couple of riders who were unselected, put in the running.

Does top ten in a ITT stage really break ninja status? If the cameraman/producer doesn't pick up on them, then they get a high finish unnoticed.

Rider	Manager	Best placing	Current GC	Gap
Carl Fredrik Hagen	Leinster	11	6	-
Nicolas Edet	-​	11	8	0:50
James Knox	-​	15	18	10:18
Jakob Fuglsang	-​	19	19	11:09
Kilian Frankiny	Hakkie	20	22	14:04
Peter Stetina	Tigerion	12	26	23:11
Louis Meintjes	Wirral	16	39	38:40
Felix Grossschartner	Anderis	14	53	51:12
Antonio Pedrero	Libertine Seguros	32	56	53:26
Sergio Pardilla	Armchair Cyclist	36	62	1:05:55
Sergei Chernetski	Starlord	26	107	01:34:28
Robert Power	Laarsland	60	156	02:16:44
Nicolas Roche	Logic is your friend	2 (st 2)
Alex Aranburu	Scarponi	9 (st 2)
Victor de la Parte	Tobydawq	17	DNF
David de la Cruz	Del1962	9 (st6)
Jesus Herrada	Pantani lives	1 (st6)
Rafal Majka	Koronin	5 (st7)		-
George Bennett	Salvarani	9 (st7)
Oscar Rodriguez	Carton	10 (st7)
Ruben Guerreiro	DJSprtsch	4 (st8)
Tao Geoghegan-Hart	Shadow93	10 (st9)
Herman Pernsteiner	SafeBet	6 (st9)
Wilco Kelderman	Red Rick	8 (st9)
Pierre Latour	Hayneplane	6 (st 10 ITT)
Dani Martinez	JoeD1997	10 (st 10 ITT)
Matteo Fabbro	Cian	8 (st 11)

 

[tobydawq]

Edet still 7th on GC. Ultimate, extreme ninja. Too bad he had the leader's jersey.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well... that's two of the "referee's pick" out in one go.

 

[JosephK]

Edet still 7th on GC. Ultimate, extreme ninja. Too bad he had the leader's jersey.

He is channeling the great Zubeldia. Many are already forgetting that he wore the leader's jersey, which is the mark of extreme ninja capability . . . infliction of selective amnesia on the fan base.
Hagen still lurking.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Well... that's two of the "referee's pick" out in one go.

They're not my picks: I made my nomination Pardilla in the first post. These were just some of the guys in the running who nobody had selected.

 

[Breezy1985]

Hagen looking good for the award. 6th place and I stiil couldn't tell you what he looks like

 

[RedheadDane]

They're not my picks: I made my nomination Pardilla in the first post. These were just some of the guys in the running who nobody had selected.

I meant those you added because no one else did, and they were doing quite well in the Ninja Competition; that is... before they decided to duke it out for the win.

 

[Leinster]

Hagen looking good for the award. 6th place and I stiil couldn't tell you what he looks like

He's actually slipped to 9th now, but still not troubled the highlights reel.

Edet is clinging onto 7th. He's 2.44 behind NAIRO QUINTANA, and still not been in a top 10.

 

[SafeBet]

I deleted Fuglsang and Knox.

Rider	Manager	Best placing	Current GC	Gap
Nicolas Edet	-	11	7
Carl Fredrik Hagen	Leinster	11	9	0:13
Kilian Frankiny	Hakkie	16	19	14:10
Peter Stetina	Tigerion	12	24	31:48
Louis Meintjes	Wirral	16	39	01:08:15
Felix Grossschartner	Anderis	14	42	01:09:45
Antonio Pedrero	Libertine Seguros	32	47	01:21:28
Sergio Pardilla	Armchair Cyclist	36	63	01:42:58
Sergei Chernetski	Starlord	26	100	02:25:48
Robert Power	Laarsland	40	137	03:03:59
Nicolas Roche	Logic is your friend	2 (st 2)
Alex Aranburu	Scarponi	9 (st 2)
Victor de la Parte	Tobydawq	17	DNF
David de la Cruz	Del1962	9 (st6)
Jesus Herrada	Pantani lives	1 (st6)
Rafal Majka	Koronin	5 (st7)		-
George Bennett	Salvarani	9 (st7)
Oscar Rodriguez	Carton	10 (st7)
Ruben Guerreiro	DJSprtsch	4 (st8)
Tao Geoghegan-Hart	Shadow93	10 (st9)
Herman Pernsteiner	SafeBet	6 (st9)
Wilco Kelderman	Red Rick	8 (st9)
Pierre Latour	Hayneplane	6 (st 10 ITT)
Dani Martinez	JoeD1997	10 (st 10 ITT)
Matteo Fabbro	Cian	8 (st 11)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

To rest day 2 (stage 16)

D'oh: worked out all those times -10:27, and then found SafeBet beat me to it by a few minutes

Others within an hour of Edet who would still be in the game, had they been chosen, are Eg, Powless, Tusvled and Christian Rodriguez.

 

[RedheadDane]

Could you argue that the biggest ninjas are the ninjas no one picks? They're so ninja no one even consider them for this.

 

[hrotha]

Edet still 7th on GC. Ultimate, extreme ninja. Too bad he had the leader's jersey.

The fact that Edet is still in contention, in my opinion, is a clear sign that the rules need to be revised. It shouldn't just be about your raw placings. An 11th placing when you went through the trouble of getting in a break is much more against the spirit of the competition than an anonymous 9th or 10th placing from the contenders' group. And a leader's jersey should disqualify you outright.

 

[tobydawq]

The fact that Edet is still in contention, in my opinion, is a clear sign that the rules need to be revised. It shouldn't just be about your raw placings. An 11th placing when you went through the trouble of getting in a break is much more against the spirit of the competition than an anonymous 9th or 10th placing from the contenders' group. And a leader's jersey should disqualify you outright.

True, but boy has he lived up to the criteria since losing the jersey!

 

[hayneplane]

Outrageously good ninja performance from Carl Fredrik Hagen today to stay in the Red Jersey group all the way to the line and not get spotted by the Eurosport commentary at all who were convinced he had been dropped

 

[*G*K*S]

^^This!!^^
He'll leave the Vuelta unseen with a nice little GC placing. Good on him!!

I'd love to see him test himself with an aggressive attack in these final few stages.

 

[limmat]

Meintjes in attack for first time ever!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

By being at the back of the Red jersey group, CFH is always immediately in front of the camera bike. By trying to be unseen, he is the most visible of all.

But although we don't know how far any group behind is from Quintana/Hagen/Meintjes, he has a real danger of finishing in the top 9 today.

 

[SafeBet]

Hagen OUT!

 

[Jagartrott]

Mikel Nieve is doing well - 11th in GC, somehow. Yet he finished 6th in stage 2. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

 

[HelloDolly]

I'm calling this now ...Carl Fredrik Hagen is so elite in this division that I htink he may be related to Hamiar

This guy is a ninja champion.....
He is in top 10 most days and I have never seen him interviewed or know what he looks like...And like Zubeldia he is a top 10 GC rider of some class

 

[Scarponi]

CFH is on camera a lot in groups of other big favs who drop. Hamair literally went entire tours without getting 30 seconds on camera

 

[SafeBet]

With Hagen and Meintjes out, Edet regains the lead here.
Among the riders selected by posters of this forum, Frankiny has a comfortable lead over Stetina.

Rider	Manager	Best placing	Current GC	Gap
Nicolas Edet	-	11	18
Kilian Frankiny	Hakkie	16	20	4:25
Peter Stetina	Tigerion	12	30	35:37
Felix Grossschartner	Anderis	14	45	01:14:28
Antonio Pedrero	Libertine Seguros	32	47	01:16:48
Sergio Pardilla	Armchair Cyclist	36	72	01:56:42
Sergei Chernetski	Starlord	26	103	02:38:30
Robert Power	Laarsland	27	109	02:45:18
Nicolas Roche	Logic is your friend	2 (st 2)
Alex Aranburu	Scarponi	9 (st 2)
Victor de la Parte	Tobydawq	17	DNF
David de la Cruz	Del1962	9 (st6)
Jesus Herrada	Pantani lives	1 (st6)
Rafal Majka	Koronin	5 (st7)		-
George Bennett	Salvarani	9 (st7)
Oscar Rodriguez	Carton	10 (st7)
Ruben Guerreiro	DJSprtsch	4 (st8)
Tao Geoghegan-Hart	Shadow93	10 (st9)
Herman Pernsteiner	SafeBet	6 (st9)
Wilco Kelderman	Red Rick	8 (st9)
Pierre Latour	Hayneplane	6 (st 10 ITT)
Dani Martinez	JoeD1997	10 (st 10 ITT)
Matteo Fabbro	Cian	8 (st 11)
Carl Fredrik Hagen	Leinster	6 (st 18)
Louis Meintjes	Wirral	7 (st 18)