Volta a Catalunya 2012: Stage 3, La Vall d'en Bas - Port-Ainé (211 km)

[Parrulo]

so cherel takes the overall? lol

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. Janez Brajkovic (Astana)
2. Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
3. Mickael Cherel (AG2R)

Your typical MT stage result

 

[Havetts]

Your typical MT stage result

Typical result for a 2 1cat climbs and 1 HC climb :').


Pack to finish like 7 min down, all same time I suppose.

 

[Beech Mtn]

1. Brajkovic
2. Golas
3. Cherel

 

[theyoungest]

I don't think the final kilometers were that hard, maybe it was some kind of small group sprint.

 

[Beech Mtn]

why wouldn't he do well in bad weather? he has a nice barrier of fat to protect him from the cold, just like a baby schleck

Fixed it for you.

 

[Winternet_]

Pics from the finish?

 

[jens_attacks]

congrats to jani,didn't expect it
first astana win then
i want to see some pics and videos

 

[nvpacchi]

ETA for the peloton? Or lack there of?

 

[Beech Mtn]

The race jury better not nullify these time gaps. The break guys earned every second they got.

 

[*G*K*S*]

ETA for the peloton? Or lack there of?

They should be around 8 minutes back.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

cherel wins this stagerace. final nail in the coffon this this race? lol

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

cherel wins this stagerace. final nail in the coffon this this race? lol

there are still some other hard stages left where others can win back time. Can't see it coming fvrom kruijswijk but maybe from someone else like brajkovic

 

[Jaunty Monty]

The race jury better not nullify these time gaps. The break guys earned every second they got.

Problem is the late announcement about the stage being shortened didn't give the peloton (or what was left of it) time to claw back time.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

there are still some other hard stages left where others can win back time. Can't see it coming fvrom kruijswijk but maybe from someone else like brajkovic

brajkovic has no chance. he's too far behind. carrara maybe

 

[Havetts]

brajkovic has no chance. he's too far behind. carrara maybe

Carrara got dropped.

 

[hrotha]

Problem is the late announcement about the stage being shortened didn't give the peloton (or what was left of it) time to claw back time.

The peloton knew or should have known that the last climb was in danger of being cut out all along.

 

[shalgo]

Problem is the late announcement about the stage being shortened didn't give the peloton (or what was left of it) time to claw back time.

I agree--the peloton gave the break a gap and then found out that the stage had been shortened by 60 km when the break was only 10 km from the new finish. Ridiculous.

Although, to be fair, the peloton probably didn't have much interest in chasing regardless of where the finish was, given the conditions.

 

[jens_attacks]

so cherel new leader?are you sure,maybe jani had a gap?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

3Esport showing the snow live now

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Carrara got dropped.

but we don't know how far

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

so cherel new leader?are you sure,maybe jani had a gap?

Brajkovic would have to close 51 seconds on Cherel. Don't think so because the top of the climb was cut 10km lower

 

[Richeypen]

The peloton knew or should have known that the last climb was in danger of being cut out all along.

The decision came way way too late. This whole race has been a joke so far. Nullifying the results will just make it ten times worse though.

 

[hrotha]

so cherel new leader?are you sure,maybe jani had a gap?

The judges haven't decided what to do with the stage times yet. We might find Albasini in the lead, who knows.

(Yes, that'd be unfair, but I wouldn't rule it out)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Strong rumors now that the stage won't count for the GC