Volta a Catalunya 2013 - Stage 3: Vidreres → Vallter 2000 (180km)

[Descender]

 

[airstream]

Wiggins ftw

 

[HiCadence]

Exaggerated profile i think Guardini will win here.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Rafal ftw, he lost 5 minutes on the first day so isn't a threat for GC

 

[jens_attacks]

have to warn you that tomorrow i can't watch. the last time i couldn't watch was kuurne day and gp samyn

will destroy them.

second i think it will be wiggo.

 

[Ruudz0r]

 

[Richeypen]

Wiggo will drill it until 500 to go where Jrod, Valverde, Martin etc will jump him.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Sky train vs Movistar train. One must be derailed...

 

[BlenJones2]

Wiggo will drill it until 500 to go where Jrod, Valverde, Martin etc will jump him.

Yep. This is why I can't see wiggins winning overall.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Lopez to drop everyone bar Cataldo, Uran and Wiggins, none of those three to even get a go at pulling the train. Uran allowed to win to keep him happy, over two minutes back to the fifth placed finisher.

 

[theyoungest]

The Sky train will pull until the final one or two kilometers, like they did in Paris-Nice and Tirreno, and then their leader will take over and drop everyone. Wiggo for world domination (or David Lopez, for all I care).

 

[Ruudz0r]

I am really looking forward to this, hopefully the tv coverage wont disappoint.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A train very deep into the stage is unavoidable.
Valverde FTW.

 

[Lupetto]

LOL. Rujano will attack and one k later leave the race.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

LOL. Rujano will attack and one k later leave the race.

Snow overnight and the temperature staying below 0...

 

[Netserk]

have to warn you that tomorrow i can't watch. the last time i couldn't watch was kuurne day and gp samyn

How dare you! ಠ_ಠ

 

[pdluz7]

Rafal ftw, he lost 5 minutes on the first day so isn't a threat for GC

Dreams, Majka, knee still in recovery. I hope to see at least one saxo-tinkoff to win or it is also more a dream.

 

[Parrulo]

i think purito is going to take it, he will just ride the sky train and then do one of his typical 1km sprints

 

[Jason_Mercier]

If there are not movements from the foot of the climb then riders will enter Purito's Zone. Result: Crushing in the last kilometer.

 

[Pentacycle]

i think purito is going to take it, he will just ride the sky train and then do one of his typical 1km sprints

Some people were expecting this on Prati di Tivo, but he wasn't as good as expected. If Purito has a good day though, he's the huge favourite, and Valverde has a very good chance of winning as well going head to head with him.

Other favourites:
Scarponi, Martin, Elissonde, Rujano, Pinot, Menchov, Moreno, Quintana, Pozzo, Uran, Hesjedal, Kiserlovski, Zubeldia, Anton, JvdB, De Gendt, Geesink and of course good ol' Wiggo.

 

[Richeypen]

hopefully the tv coverage wont disappoint.

Fat chance. Broken up footage with no KM or time graphics

 

[Jason_Mercier]

I can see Dan Martin close to the victory in this kind of stage. IMO he can do it pretty well. The stage of Port Ainé is too much for him though. I wouldnt rate him for the GC.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Maybe the snow will freeze the Skyborgs.

 

[Jelantik]

I have no predictions. But I'm exciting to see what's tomorrow will bring. On paper, Purito and Valverde look good, but Sky team is like a shaolin master who just came down the mountain to smash everyone away. If they are successful, maybe there would be less riders to enter competition since all of them will opt to do high altitude training camp. (maybe the future trend of cycling)

so here we go, science vs instinct.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Do we have a Froome-like Skyborg to pull Wiggo up the steep bit here. If so which one? He seemed to need a babysitter in the TdF last year.