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

[jens_attacks]

uber difficult to catch this break again.vandevelde for the win.
i really wonder who is doing the chase,sky?

 

[FF'Wilco]

any of them dangerous foer gc?? carrara I think?

Carrara, Dyachenko, Kruijswijk and Cherel was in the front group yesterday
Ignatenko +51
Rohregger +51
Tschopp +1:49
Soerensen +2:23
Bardet +2:23
Kritskiy +6:51
Golas +6:51
Vandevelde +8:23

Very strong break and not many teams in peleton will be interested in chase. Sky and Movistar are down to six guys and other teams have someone in the break. Time for GreenEdge to show their strength in mountains

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Weird from Quickstep - Can Golas climb as well as sprint? If not he's a pretty pointless person to try and point at and claim they don't have to work.

 

[FF'Wilco]

Weird from Quickstep - Can Golas climb as well as sprint? If not he's a pretty pointless person to try and point at and claim they don't have to work.

He's ok on hills but yes, hes climbing is quite bad. All in all QS will have to work on the last climb i guess.

And the Astana rider is Brajkovic not Dyachenko.

 

[Richeypen]

Weird from Quickstep - Can Golas climb as well as sprint? If not he's a pretty pointless person to try and point at and claim they don't have to work.

The way Levi had them riding yesterday other teams should call their bluff. Levi is up for this big time.

 

[jens_attacks]

well it seems it was brajkovic all along not dyachenko.c'mon greenedge chase for albasini,he can defend it today

 

[theyoungest]

uber difficult to catch this break again.vandevelde for the win.
i really wonder who is doing the chase,sky?

These guys aren't really the strongest riders in the race though. Carrara probably the strongest from this break.

 

[search]

Weird from Quickstep - Can Golas climb as well as sprint?

I don't really think so.

I'm curious to see what Kritskiy can do on this mountains

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

well it seems it was brajkovic all along not dyachenko.c'mon greenedge chase for albasini,he can defend it today

Only if the snow gifts it him. On that final climb he'll be dropped with minimum 5km to go and finish comfortably down. Much worse if they race hard from the bottom.

 

[jens_attacks]

fog in the high mountains.i guess we have to be contend today with dwars door vlaanderen

 

[wirral]

Carrara, Cherel, Kruiswijk for the podium?

 

[Frosty]

Lampre at the front. Maybe Cunego fancies this.

 

[Euskaltel!]

Snowing at the finish, sleet on the course, a breakaway and dangerous roads, hmm...

 

[jens_attacks]

lampre chasing but it won't be enough.carrara to win it overall?too early to tell.the conditions are really bad,let's just say chapeau to the riders

 

[Richeypen]

Whats the gap?

 

[theyoungest]

@laura_meseguer

The road full of snow in the last km of the stage. The firsts cars of the organization were stopped by the autorities #voltacatalunya

 

[dlwssonic]

So are they still climbing the last climb?

 

[theyoungest]

So are they still climbing the last climb?

Yes, it's a very long climb. 24 km.

 

[jens_attacks]

probably not.let's call it the "ryo effect"

it's snowing now on the riders even on this climb

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yes of course. again nothing is said ever about the stage being canceled or altered.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Quintana actually has a special pedalling style which means he rides even quicker on snow than tarmac.

 

[jens_attacks]

yes of course. again nothing is said ever about the stage being canceled or altered.

i hope that too but the conditions are worse than in the morning it seems

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Quintana actually has a special pedalling style which means he rides even quicker on snow than tarmac.

his special style also allows him to fly when no camera's ware watching

 

[theyoungest]

yes of course. again nothing is said ever about the stage being canceled or altered.

If the organizers aren't allowed through on the final kilometers of Port-Ainé, it will be pretty difficult to have a finish line there...

 

[Jaunty Monty]

British Eurosport were speculating about todays stage being changed yesterday so its not simply something that has been picked out of thin air by forum contributors.