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

[wirral]

Roche was saying he'd need to get into break today:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...-simply-couldnt-push-any-harder-29144686.html

I know its only March, but for him & Gessink, I can't help thinking, its not going to happen at the last chance saloon.

I hear what you're saying. It's off topic but sometimes you wish their teams would chuck them into some mountainous 2.1 stage race to rip it up to build their confidence.

God loves a tryer.

 

[Parrulo]

posted on yesterdays stage thread, by mistake i assume:

No TV coverage today most probably. The Catalan public TV, which produces the TV images for the Volta, is on strike from 10am to 10pm.

has this been confirmed?

 

[Descender]

Yeah sorry I posted it on the wrong thread.

On the TV network's webpage, the time slot betwen 10am and 10pm is blank.

I very much doubt they'll broadcast the stage.

Which is too bad... couldn't they have gone on strike yesterday??

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I hear what you're saying. It's off topic but sometimes you wish their teams would chuck them into some mountainous 2.1 stage race to rip it up to build their confidence.

God loves a tryer.

Gesink > Roche.

Both however should tank an early stage more often and go with big breaks in these type of stage races. Same with lots of other GC contenders. Gives us better racing too imo.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Yeah sorry I posted it on the wrong thread.

On the TV network's webpage, the time slot betwen 10am and 10pm is blank.

I very much doubt they'll broadcast the stage.

Which is too bad... couldn't they have gone on strike yesterday??

fucc it.

max impact I guess.

 

[jens_attacks]

this is tough racing, the legs will be tired on the final climb

38 km/h with all those climbs

i hope quintana will drop everyone including bala...and also hoping wiggo will go harder than yesterday

 

[Parrulo]

Yeah sorry I posted it on the wrong thread.

On the TV network's webpage, the time slot betwen 10am and 10pm is blank.

I very much doubt they'll broadcast the stage.

Which is too bad... couldn't they have gone on strike yesterday??

what about eurosport? they paid for transmission rights . . .

 

[movingtarget]

Gesink has much more potential, although he wastes it all the time. Roche however just isn't a top talent. I don't know if he was ever hyped but those 15th something places in the Tour are just his level. He should be glad AG2R let him be team leader for such a long time. He's also wasting his his best years by riding Tour-Vuelta double every season, and I think that will have significantly shortened his career by now.

I know Gesink has had a lot of problems but in two years time we could be saying the the same thing about him. Kreuziger, Roche, Rujano, Gadret. Gesink has to show something soon otherwise he can forget about being a team leader.

 

[Ferminal]

Yeah sorry I posted it on the wrong thread.

On the TV network's webpage, the time slot betwen 10am and 10pm is blank.

I very much doubt they'll broadcast the stage.

Which is too bad... couldn't they have gone on strike yesterday??

Maybe the moto guys aren't striking

None of the international broadcasters have mentioned anything.

 

[JRanton]

Yeah sorry I posted it on the wrong thread.

On the TV network's webpage, the time slot betwen 10am and 10pm is blank.

I very much doubt they'll broadcast the stage.

Which is too bad... couldn't they have gone on strike yesterday??

If this is true then next year the race should lose its world tour status.

 

[Richeypen]

what about eurosport? they paid for transmission rights . . .

Fingers crossed. Maybe they will just carry on showing the curling instead

 

[JRanton]

''Km 119: Fall of Valverde. The leader seems to be having trouble getting back to race''

 

[Ronde van Flausenthurm]

Valverde crashed.

 

[Richeypen]

If this is true then next year the race should lose its world tour status.

Hardly the organisers' or the races fault. If the race can still be WT after last year it will never stop

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I really hope that's not the case. What am I gonna do this afternoon then?

 

[Descender]

what about eurosport? they paid for transmission rights . . .

And other channels too. In the end it doesn't matter though: if the TV network that has to produce the images doesn't produce, nobody gets any images.

Again, this isn't official, but hey, when has Uncle Descender lied to you? You're welcome to bash me if I'm wrong, but trust me: we won't have live images of today's stage.

 

[Parrulo]

has anyone here ever talked to catalans about catalunya? i have and they are unbearable, the absolute best at everything according to themselves, yet they can't organize a 1 week race without serious problems every year

 

[Descender]

If this is true then next year the race should lose its world tour status.

I'm all for criticising the organisers for their mistakes, but this isn't their fault.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Crash valverde

 

[Descender]

The leader is out of the race.

 

[jens_attacks]

no valverde

i gues it's race ove for him

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Curling is also fun fellows...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The leader is out of the race.

bummer, but perhaps an opportunity for Quintana.

 

[Ferminal]

Wow, that's terrible. Capecchi too?

 

[Dedelou]

no valverde

i gues it's race ove for him

any details on how it happened?