Volta a Catalunya 2013 - Stage 4: Llanars → Port Ainé (217 kms)

[TourOfSardinia]

"Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and up the mountain side"

Nice one Dan.

This!


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[Roude Leiw]

LMAO

loses a MASSIVE 33 seconds to Jrod and Quintana on a warm up race. Im sure hell be crying him self to sleep.

fanboy aside, no sky in the top 10 (of GC) with one of their potential better line ups.... If Wiggo will sleep well, i think that sir david will take a deep look at this

 

[theyoungest]

What a ride by Dan Martin. Also by Quintana, chasing the peloton for 10 kms after a flat, and then attacking.

Gesink showing flashes of his old self again, he remains a fighter.

 

[Richeypen]

Agreed, hope can keep his lead in GC.

Great ride and really hopes he holds on. Katusha really dont deserve to win this after today.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

What a ride by Dan Martin. Also by Quintana, chasing the peloton for 10 kms after a flat, and then attacking.

Gesink showing flashes of his old self again, he remains a fighter.

A handful of riders stepped up today. Great show. Exactly what cycling needs.

Chapeau.

 

[gmedina]

What a ride by Dan Martin. Also by Quintana, chasing the peloton for 10 kms after a flat, and then attacking.

Gesink showing flashes of his old self again, he remains a fighter.

why was Quintana chasing?

 

[King Boonen]

fanboy aside, no sky in the top 10 with one of their potential better line ups.... If Wiggo will sleep well, i think that sir david will take a deep look at this

Why though? Wiggins can afford to lose time in the mountains, especially against guys like Purito. There's what, 77 km of individual ITT and 17 km of TTT in the Giro for him to make inroads in.


Great ride from martin by the sounds of it. Finally living up to the hype?

 

[rantanplan]

....in this race. Will anyone who finished ahead of Wiggins be riding the Giro?

Maybe Purito

 

[Bexon30]

A handful of riders stepped up today. Great show. Exactly what cycling needs.

Chapeau.

This. Just hoping racing stays like this throughout the season and doesn't turn to a train fest.
Props to Nairo, Gesink, VDB and Martin.

 

[willbick]

Let's all come to some overarching conclusions from the evidence of the result of one stage in a relatively minor race in March!!!

Wooohoooo!!!!!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Maybe Purito

If he does I think he will win it. Tour? No chance.

 

[pastronef]

links to the next stages profiles?

can Puruti steal the lead with bonif seconds?

 

[Gloin22]

fanboy aside, no sky in the top 10 (of GC) with one of their potential better line ups.... If Wiggo will sleep well, i think that sir david will take a deep look at this

Still Sky didn't have their 3 strongest climbers here. And yes, at this moment I count Porte as strong as Wiggins. So I wouldn't be worried that much as Sky DS.

Froome
Henao
Porte

 

[King Boonen]

links to the next stages profiles?

can Puruti steal the lead with bonif seconds?

Thread already up. Sprinters stage.

 

[The GCW]

To TourOfSardinia, post #172,

Thanks for sharing that link to watch the showdown live.

I almost posted Dan Martin for this stage and yesterday's stage #3 but chickened out. It was great to see it. Especially being a Colorado High Country, Garmin Sharp fan.

 

[Descender]

links to the next stages profiles?

can Puruti steal the lead with bonif seconds?

Irrelevant stage tomorrow, the last two should be very interesting:

 

[Richeypen]

fanboy aside, no sky in the top 10 with one of their potential better line ups.... If Wiggo will sleep well, i think that sir david will take a deep look at this

The team looks weaker than last year but Wiggins still looks strong. He is in the race as a warm up remember and is his first race in anger this season. If this race had a TT Wiggins would still be massive favorite for the win and all would be rosy. He wouldnt have won Romandie or the Dauphine last year without TT and yet look what he did at the Tour.

 

[jaylew]

Great win for Birmingham, you mean

I was referring to VDB2 v Gesink, of course.

Hes the 5th best climber in the world, and still improving.

I'm pretty sure I know your top 3. Who's 4?


Nice stage today. Loved seeing the guys above having a go early. Skytrain throwing a gear or two early helped, obviously. Great stuff from Danny Boy. Looked like he was about to give birth for the last 10k.

Lampre, Sky, Movistar, Katusha fail.

 

[whittashau]

The rower, Cameron Wurf, 15th place - Basso's training partner finally showing his climbing legs

 

[Ferminal]

I'm pretty sure I know your top 3. Who's 4?

Valverde.

Can't say I disagree.

 

[Ferminal]

The rower, Cameron Wurf, 15th place - Basso's training partner finally showing his climbing legs

Yeh, finally some reward for all those times getting dropped on Teide

 

[JimPanzen]

I'm pretty sure I know your top 3. Who's 4?

My question would be what the basis of quantification for such a list is.

 

[The Hitch]

Valverde.

Can't say I disagree.

no, i think Quintana is slightly better climber than Valverde already. The 4th rider i would rank above Quintana (and i get im probably the last person in the world to still do so) is Andy.

 

[Ferminal]

no, i think Quintana is slightly better climber than Valverde already. The 4th rider i would rank above Quintana (and i get im probably the last person in the world to still do so) is Andy.

2 years inactivity, I say Andy is ineligible (along with Evans/Cobo and to an extent, Sanchez).

 

[The Hitch]

My question would be what the basis of quantification for such a list is.

human opinion