Pais Vasco Stage 3: Villatuerta to Zuia, 180 km

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You can always use bvls.eu
They stream eurosport and nearly all the races, even if it is a belgian soccer stream portal
 
Sep 8, 2009
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let's be prepared.tony martin ready to do a landis,he needs just 30 minutes...he already has 40 seconds! :)
 
May 14, 2009
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Havetts said:
Did he fall? Shame he abandons.

Dunno, doesn't say.

Anyway, Martin has been joined by six others. Looks like they could stay away, good breakaway riders:
Garate (Rabobank), Moinard (BMC), Niemiec (Lampre-ISD), Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) Pineau (Quick Step).

They have 7 minutes, 53 km into the race

Wrong - they have 2.30 at km 65

Come on Egoi!
 
May 6, 2009
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Two Basque riders in the break, I bet they will be motivated, and I will tip the break to stay away.
 
Sep 16, 2009
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The break will stay away...but not by much.

Some of the main favourites will try and make a move on the final climb and catch some of the breakaway but one rider from the breakaway will solo to victory.
 
May 27, 2010
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I will choose moinard for a victory, seems like a typical frenchman who wins stages from breakaways in transition stages.
 
Mar 28, 2011
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Too many of the breakaway are threats to the GC. They will be hauled back but I also think one will manage to stay away to the last summit and possibly to the line with the pack in view behind him hunting him down.
 
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Sasquatch said:
The break will stay away...but not by much.

Some of the main favourites will try and make a move on the final climb and catch some of the breakaway but one rider from the breakaway will solo to victory.

If the gap hadn't been reduced so quickly, I would agree with this.

The final climb is a shorter version of the Mende finish, so along with the usual suspects of Vino and Cunego, You have to consider J. Rodriguez also. My outside pick would be Kolobnev.
 
Jun 25, 2009
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wirral said:
Too many of the breakaway are threats to the GC. They will be hauled back but I also think one will manage to stay away to the last summit and possibly to the line with the pack in view behind him hunting him down.

Yeah, i make it Niemiec at 1:24, Garate at 1:42, Pineau at 3:39. Cant see radioshack allowing them to get too far ahead.
 
Dec 28, 2010
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Carl0880 said:
My outside pick would be Kolobnev.

For me, Kolobnev is more of an inside pick ;) I believe Freire will hang on to win it. He is due to show up somewhere.
 
Mar 11, 2009
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Rocksteady said:
Isn't Fischer in this race for Garmin? If so, I tip him for this one.

He looked averagely not bad yesterday, he's certainly got a chance. I think someone is going to get away on either the last climb or the little uncategorised ramp.
 
Sep 8, 2009
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can't believe rai broadcasts scheldeprijs instead of pais vasco.
but that's all good,this canal vasco stream works just fine...
 
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The little bump at the end is this (the coloured bit):

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