Ruta del Sol - Vuelta ciclista a Andalucia 2014 2.1 (19th - 23rd Feb)

[Vino attacks everyone]

And Rebellin is still playing with the big boys

 

[Netserk]

No Mollema was 2nd. Dunno how you could see Porte there, Porte was already overwhelmed by Mollema and Valverde with 400m to go..Porte finished 6th or 7th
Then Valverde went and everyone was gone

1 Valverde
2 Mollema
3 Rebellin

Yeah, saw it the second time

Porte 4th
Lulu 5th

 

[Lanark]

Weird tactic by Sky. What where they trying to do, have Porte beat Valverde in the sprint?

 

[Butterhead]

Weird tactic by Sky. What where they trying to do, have Porte beat Valverde in the sprint?

No they just expected to be better than everybody else, as usual, the shyt backfired...

 

[straightjacker]

Won't be easy to beat Valverde here.
Sky needs to calculate better than today.
Although they've lost less than I thought they will.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Weird tactic by Sky. What where they trying to do, have Porte beat Valverde in the sprint?

Was asking myself the same? What did they want to achieve besides testing the train?

 

[Parrulo]

Big ring, on the drops, up a steep incline . . . . That my friends is class

Also lol at Sky tactics and Sir wiggo's form. Did they really think Porte could outsprint Valverde?

 

[the sceptic]

my favourite part of this stage was to see Sir Wiggins dropped like a stone.

the skytrain will be back tomorrow and drop everyone except Valverde.

 

[hfer07]

Geraint Thomas looks to be an important rider for Sky this year

I noticed that- Is he the next in line to "transform" into a GT rider too in coming years?

 

[willbick]

They were testing out the train and trying to drop as many GC contenders as they could on the final climb. Obviously it wasnt very successful but what else are they supposed to do? Just cruise up the final climb having a chat?

 

[Netserk]

And Valverde increased his GC lead to 19'' down to Porte.

 

[manafana]

could have put the finish a little sooner, as those bloody cobbles don't like the best place to collapse on

 

[willbick]

my favourite part of this stage was to see Sir Wiggins dropped like a stone.

the skytrain will be back tomorrow and drop everyone except Valverde.

Wiggins has no pretensions as a climber anymore. He job is a rouleur domestique now. His job was done

 

[TourOfSardinia]

mini GC

Yay! Kangert

 

[Netserk]

1 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
2 MOLLEMA Bauke
3 REBELLIN Davide
4 PORTE Richie
5 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
6 SIMON Julien
7 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
8 PLAZA MOLINA Rubén
9 DEGAND Thomas
10 KANGERT Tanel
11 SCARPONI Michele
12 TIRALONGO Paolo
13 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
14 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
15 GARCIA FERNANDEZ Marcos

 

[willbick]

could have put the finish a little sooner, as those bloody cobbles don't like the best place to collapse on

Dont u mean they shudda put the finish a bit LATER?!

 

[theyoungest]

I noticed that- Is he the next in line to "transform" into a GT rider too in coming years?

He was already pretty strong on the climbs in the Dauphiné last year, but then he crashed in the first stage of the Tour, I believe.

Pretty impressive climb by Mollema, who came out of nowhere.

 

[maltiv]

They were testing out the train and trying to drop as many GC contenders as they could on the final climb. Obviously it wasnt very successful but what else are they supposed to do? Just cruise up the final climb having a chat?

They could have used one of their 8 riders to attack when Movistar had 3 riders left...

 

[manafana]

They were testing out the train and trying to drop as many GC contenders as they could on the final climb. Obviously it wasnt very successful but what else are they supposed to do? Just cruise up the final climb having a chat?

agreed they tried break it up and see who could catch out valverde to good either way, Arredondo still has a few lessons to learn too

 

[willbick]

They could have used one of their 8 riders to attack when Movistar had 3 riders left...

'Attacks' are pointless. No-one will bother to chase. They just wait till they tire and come back

 

[jens_attacks]

legendary davide!!! _O_

tomorrow, 3rd in a row for valverde i guess

still it will be close to impossible for him to podium le tour.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

'Attacks' are pointless. No-one will bother to chase. They just wait till they tire and come back

Correct. Still too many riders who are fresh at the business end today. No point in attacking.

 

[willbick]

At this rate they will have to change the 'young rider' jersey to anyone under 33!

 

[Arredondo]

1 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
2 MOLLEMA Bauke
3 REBELLIN Davide
4 PORTE Richie
5 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
6 SIMON Julien
7 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
8 PLAZA MOLINA Rubén
9 DEGAND Thomas
10 KANGERT Tanel
11 SCARPONI Michele
12 TIRALONGO Paolo
13 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
14 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
15 GARCIA FERNANDEZ Marcos

Lindeman does really well, but i'm a little bit disappointed in Dumoulin with that in the back of my mind.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

how big was the first group? I didn't see it