Ruta del Sol 2017

[Scarponi]

Eurosport Australia puts an ad on the final 1km of the climb. Fck off

 

[Scarponi]

Just to show tennis slow motion shots. Are you fcking kidding me ?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

There he goes!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Valverde and Berto crossing the top with a slight gap

 

[sir fly]

Rough surface...

 

[Arredondo]

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I don't get Contador either. Now he's leading Bala to a certain win.

Just **** him and let some Sky rider get the stage.

Who does he dislike more?

Trust me, he hates Bala more then some 'not-Froome Sky rider'

 

[Alexandre B.]

Embarrassing.

 

[Scarponi]

Tight little descent

 

[Jspear]

Better roads now. Valverde in front. AC next.

 

[rune1107]

No surprise in Valverde getting away. Using all energy in one attack near the top is his trademark

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

Embarrassing.

For Contador ? Valverde has extra race days and always wins these events and not GTS. Not the worst way to come second

 

[Rollthedice]

Contador doing a Froome on the descent. What has cycling become?

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Embarrassing.

For Contador ? Valverde has extra race days and always wins these events and not GTS. Not the worst way to come second

I was talking about about the TV ad!

 

[Scarponi]

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Embarrassing.

For Contador ? Valverde has extra race days and always wins these events and not GTS. Not the worst way to come second

I was talking about about the TV ad!

Oh thank god I would describe those ads as disgraceful Haha

 

[Jspear]

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Contador doing a Froome on the descent. What has cycling become?

Well Froome wasn't the first to do it. He was just the first to make it very ugly looking.

 

[sQiD]

Is "Bala" the nickname for Valverde ?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

3-4 seconds gap?

 

[benzwire]

My God, did Alberto just do the Froome top tube pedaling thing?!

 

[Carols]

Re:

Is "Bala" the nickname for Valverde ?

Yes indeed it is.

 

[Arredondo]

Didn't expect Bala would been reeled in.

Still chance for Contador to win this race later on.

 

[portugal11]

My God, did Alberto just do the Froome top tube pedaling thing?!

Marginal gains

 

[DNP-Old]

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Didn't expect Bala would been reeled in.

Still chance for Contador to win this race later on.

He waited for them, obviously. ''Do I want to give away a show again? Nah, I'll just murk them in the sprint''.

 

[kingjr]

Poels looks a bit like Wiggins from the side

 

[Arredondo]

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Didn't expect Bala would been reeled in.

Still chance for Contador to win this race later on.

He waited for them, obviously. ''Do I want to give away a show again? Nah, I'll just murk them in the sprint''.

But it's better to win with a bonus of 25 seconds.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Didn't expect Bala would been reeled in.

Still chance for Contador to win this race later on.

He waited for them, obviously. ''Do I want to give away a show again? Nah, I'll just murk them in the sprint''.

He would not have kept the gap most likely if he'd continued. He had like 4-5 seconds before he started waiting, and Izagirre is not really the kind of rider you want to have chasing you down with 10 km to go with a tiny advantage.