Volta a Catalunya 2013 - Stage 7: El Vendrell → Barcelona (122km)

[garyhoop1]

Videos

Videos just added from Stage 7 - http://bit.ly/116Sa6S

 

[pdluz7]

Videos just added from Stage 7 - http://bit.ly/116Sa6S

Purito happy with second place, he prefers security to try first.

 

[Winterfold]

I'm not sure how people can be so certain Wiggo will not crush Porte and Froome when he gets round to doing an ITT?

I have seen nothing from then yet which comes close to Wiggo in Tour 12 and Olympics ITTs.

 

[wwabbit]

I'm not sure how people can be so certain Wiggo will not crush Porte and Froome when he gets round to doing an ITT?

I have seen nothing from then yet which comes close to Wiggo in Tour 12 and Olympics ITTs.

Huh what's the context? Are you in the right thread?

 

[Winterfold]

Jelantik - maybe some of it has come from other threads

 

[manafana]

He's not ready for prime time just yet. Supporting Alejandro's the right call.

didnt do Rodriguez any harm

 

[postmanhat]

didnt do Rodriguez any harm

Apologies. You called this stage much better. I give up on Rodriguez.

 

[manafana]

Apologies. You called this stage much better. I give up on Rodriguez.

Firstly Id just like say my point regards rodriguez was that he rode in the shadow of valverde for years and look what hes won now.

Secondly, yeah well sometime we get it wrong, but I just didnt see rodriguez getting away from the pack on this type of finish. it was the easier side of the climb too. He was odds on with some books such pity no markets to go against him.

 

[cineteq]

Secondly, yeah well sometime we get it wrong, but I just didnt see rodriguez getting away from the pack on this type of finish. it was the easier side of the climb too. He was odds on with some books such pity no markets to go against him.

Rodriguez said, in hindsight, he was counting more on Sky to catch the break on stage 4, and his team should have pulled more.

Yet another case of KAT failing again to take control of its own destiny.

 

[rainman]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...ff-Joaquim-Rodriguez-to-win-in-Barcelona.html

Chapeau Dan Martin.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Rodriguez said, in hindsight, he was counting more on Sky to catch the break on stage 4, and his team should have pulled more.

Yet another case of KAT failing again to take control of its own destiny.

Perhaps the issue is J-Rod's relative late career promotion to leader which sometime catches him out. A bit too reactive at critical moments. He will get better at reading the races, but he is also pilling on the years.

 

[cineteq]

He will get better at reading the races, but he is also pilling on the years.

He's definitely doing it, but time's running out.

 

[SUFFERvision]

De Gendt easily!

Here is De Gendt's power and GPS telemetry over video of the final kms:
http://suffervision.appspot.com/v/360002

 

[Panda Claws]

Rodriguez at a monster CQ score of 3429 atm

Highest ever?

 

[jaylew]

Gilbert would have had 3606 from 9/15/10 to 9/14/11. As good as his 2011 was, he had a better close to 2010, winning Lombardia, Piemonte and one of the last stages of La Vuelta.

 

[Panda Claws]

Gilbert would have had 3606 from 9/15/10 to 9/14/11. As good as his 2011 was, he had a better close to 2010, winning Lombardia, Piemonte and one of the last stages of La Vuelta.

Interesting numbers, thank you.

 

[movingtarget]

Rodriguez said, in hindsight, he was counting more on Sky to catch the break on stage 4, and his team should have pulled more.

Yet another case of KAT failing again to take control of its own destiny.

After's Martin's stage win Rodriguez was only 10 seconds behind and the race was still winnable. Letting Martin take bonus seconds and losing three seconds on another stage was just careless. Maybe Rodriguez didn't want it as much as everyone assumed even though it was his home race or maybe he thought Martin had the race won once the gap reached 17 seconds and at that stage he pretty much did.