Stage 19, Friday September 12 | Salvaterro do Miño - Cangas do Morrazo | 180.5km

[BigMac]

Thanks.
10char

Sorry Afrank, I meant 18h GMT. My bad.

 

[RedheadDane]

Cataldo finished!

 

[Carols]

Team Sky ‏@TeamSky 38s

Great news that @DarioCataldo is back on his bike and trying to finish the stage. He'll be monitored by the team and we'll update later

Great new indeed!

 

[Beacon Hill]

Adam Hansen is a beast ... been toying with everyone and finally decided enough was enough

 

[MotorRouleur]

Adam is so easy to identify, with those big bare hands on his narrow 38cm bars. Looks odd when he gets up out of the saddle but it works; aero works best when you get narrow, not low.

http://cdn2.crhoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Adam-Hansen.jpg

I now ride on 40s, and find the biggest benefit is handling stability.

 

[qwerty16]

AH is all Jens Voight wants to be.

Funny one.

 

[kingjr]

AH is all Jens Voight wants to be.

 

[Flamin]

The only semi-decent stage designed for attackers won by an attacker. Well done Adam.

 

[shalgo]

When they were soft-pedaling up the last climb, I thought the stage would be a washout. I'm glad that I kept watching and that I was wrong!

 

[Sasquatch]

Great win and good stage finish.

Giant though... But ok, the points win is within reach

The points win is theirs.

39 ahead of Valverde. Valverde needs to come top 3 in the time trial and win tomorrow's stage to steal it from Degenkolb.

49 ahead of Contador. Contador needs to win the next 2 stages to steal it from Degenkolb.

53 ahead of Froome. Froome needs to win the next 2 stages, and pick up a bonus sprint tomorrow.

All 3 need to realistically pick up 4 or 8 points tomorrow at the sprint points and even then Degenkolb won't be worried. Degenkolb will pick them up at the first one to seal the jersey if it isn't sealed already.

Good riding from Degenkolb and Giant. Massive feat for him.

 

[LaFlorecita]

49 ahead of Contador. Contador needs to win the next 2 stages to steal it from Degenkolb.

Challenge accepted

 

[thequestionmark]

Nah, Degenkolb has the best chances of winning it. He might win the first intermediate sprint tomorrow while the gc contenders will sprint for the second.
I'd say it's even doable for Dege to finish in the Top 15 in the final short time trial.

So yes, Alberto might win the last two stages and Piti might finish two times second but that doesn't have to be enough.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Clearly Hansen isn't just an empty PR story. Hes the real deal. A very fine win indeed.

Pics: http://www.steephill.tv/2014/vuelta-a-espana/photos/stage-19/

Saved Lotto's Vuelta too.