Stage 9, Sunday August 31 | Carboneras de Guadazaón - Aramón Valdelinares, 185km

[LaFlorecita]

You should be happy, no boni's now.

I want to see the GC guys battle it out.

 

[Miburo]

I want to see the GC guys battle it out.

Sure, but for Contador it's good that the boni's are gone.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Sure, but for Contador it's good that the boni's are gone.

Perhaps, perhaps not.

 

[Dr. Juice]

Incredible pace. 48.1 km/h after 2 hours.

 

[pink_jersey]

These incredible speed will help the likes of Froome,Contador or Valverde.Quintana and Purito aren't favored.

 

[Arredondo]

These incredible speed will help the likes of Froome,Contador or Valverde.Quintana and Purito aren't favouritised.

Why's that?

 

[LaFlorecita]

These incredible speed will help the likes of Froome,Contador or Valverde.Quintana and Purito aren't favored.

But the weather favors Quintana and Purito. Will be interesting.

 

[Miburo]

Since when is it proven that bad weather is better for purito and quintana and not for froome, contador and piti?

Give me the feats.

 

[Arredondo]

Since when is it proven that bad weather is better for purito and quintana and not for froome, contador and piti?

Give me the feats.

Purito won his 3 classics in bad weather.

 

[Asturiano]

Take a look at the weather in Valdelinares:

http://telly.com/1N4245D

 

[Miburo]

Purito won his 3 classics in bad weather.

So purito is good in bad weather. Didn't answer my question.

 

[Asturiano]

Look at this:

http://telly.com/1N4245D

 

[ILovecycling]

good break by colombians,I expected serpa instead winner,arredondo was a guarantee.even better with anacona tho,and I think he is in better form than Julian.

 

[Arredondo]

So purito is good in bad weather. Didn't answer my question.

Bad weather is relatively well for Purito or Quintana, who are suffering more in heat then the other 3 guys.

 

[Kwibus]

I want to see the GC guys battle it out.

We might have 2 battels today. Breakaway and GC. I like it.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Incredible pace. 48.1 km/h after 2 hours.

for the second day in a row...there will be a lot of heavy legs this evening

 

[Roude Leiw]

if it comes down to the weather, Jungels should be unbeatable, training in Luxembourg....

 

[JRTK73]

I don't think most of the GC contenders have much incentive to really go for it today. I expect we will see them following each other up the mountain with maybe some attacks with about 1km to go.

 

[Dr. Juice]

First time the gap is coming down. Under 8 minutes now. Let's see if there is a team pulling. If the breakaway loses elements in the first ascent, the respective teams might start to pull. Also Tinkoff has no one in the break, but I doubt they want to make the race today.

 

[Rollthedice]

Gap 8.15 to peoloton. So "Anaconda" is the virtual red jersey with over 5 minutes.

 

[Miburo]

Bad weather is relatively well for Purito or Quintana, who are suffering more in heat then the other 3 guys.

You're giving no feats for that. You state something but don't have proof to back it up. The purito thing isn't enough to back up your claim.

 

[LaFlorecita]

We might have 2 battels today. Breakaway and GC. I like it.

GC battle won't be even close to interesting with no stage win up for grabs. Oh well.

 

[No_Balls]

We might have 2 battels today. Breakaway and GC. I like it.

Given the pace it could be well and truly a lot like stage 6 where the run into the hill looked like a leadout to a sprint finish. But without boni seconds it could mean some of the guys has to work it before the next stage.

I suspect Froome to do something now.

 

[LaFlorecita]

You're giving no feats for that. You state something but don't have proof to back it up. The purito thing isn't enough to back up your claim.

Come on dude, just use your brains. It's called common sense. Rodriguez and Quintana are strong in bad weather, Froome and Contador not so much. Don't know about Valverde.

 

[Miburo]

Come on dude, just use your brains. It's called common sense. Rodriguez and Quintana are strong in bad weather, Froome and Contador not so much. Don't know about Valverde.

How is it common sense? If it's so simple then proof it, i've seen froome fail one time in the bad weather. Is that enough to make such a claim? Seems silly.

Froome did also really good in bad weather, last year romandie.