Vuelta 2012, Stage 11: Cambados > Pontevedra I.T.T. (39,4 kms)

[TourOfSardinia]

Amazing that Valverde beat Richie Porte

 

[meat puppet]

Has he won any race since last year's Giro?

technically his last win is the alpe d huez 2010, no?

rodriquez fought well. looks promising for the rest of the vuelta.

 

[slim charles]

Fantastic by Purito! Happy for him.

Good ride by Contador, don't understand why a lot of people were basically just speculating on how much time will Froome put in him. Don't really think that even the best form Froome is much better TTer than Alberto.

 

[Red Rick]

Contador rode the fastest climb off the fantastic four if i'm not mistaking? If Jrod wins it, it's only because of bonifications, lool

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

No kidding... Ten Dam climbed faster
But he didn't look tired on top of the climb (from the 2 seconds I saw). I literally think he took it too easy...

Tomorrow is not a good climb for him either tho, more time loss. It should get better after that, but I really don't think he is that great at this vuelta. Still him merely finishing the race is a good think I think.

 

[hfer07]

fvck- I missed the stage!!!!!!

this is crazy- Purito just lost a couple secs againsts Conta & Froome!!!!

ohh man this is just getting better & better

 

[LaFlorecita]

fvck- I missed the stage!!!!!!

this is crazy- Purito just lost a couple secs againsts Conta & Froome!!!!

ohh man this is just getting better & better

A couple of secs

 

[The Hitch]

Wow purito great tt! Alberto a 1" Fail

You should be Ecstatic. Contaodor is basically leading (when has any stage race let alone gt ever been decided by 1 second), without the pressures of leading - red jersey.

And his terrain, is still to come.

 

[No_Balls]

Purito cant just chase seconds here and there if he is supposed to soon start thinking about the overall. That is a useless tactic. But lets see how the guy handles the mountain. Today should come as a warning shot.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

looking for the career of gesink

 

[TheEnoculator]

Schleck should be watching, improving your tt is possible

It's only possible if you work hard at it.

 

[The Cobra]

Froome and Porte starting to feel the Tour in their legs. Shame, Froome in the his Tour shape would have really taken it to Contador. Now he has no chance for the win. He needed bare minimum 1 minute buffer after the TT now he is behind he'll do well to hang onto third.

Seriously believing now Purito could win this Vuelta!!

 

[RVPRVP]

lol Rodriguez 7th in a time trial

Mate what you think of Gesink he's been annonymous all race in the mountains,and i thought he'd do a good ITT and he gets beat by Purito and Valverde.

 

[LaFlorecita]

looking for the career of gesink

Lol

 

[LaFlorecita]

You should be Ecstatic. Contaodor is basically leading (when has any stage race let alone gt ever been decided by 1 second), without the pressures of leading - red jersey.

And his terrain, is still to come.

By tomorrow it will be more than 20

 

[brilleaben]

Ten Dam to podium Tour 2013. You heard it here first.

 

[meat puppet]

ryo that's rancid.

because it's true

 

[Maxiton]

Not when, according to Bobby Julich, Andy refuses to get on the TT bike at all, yet is constantly telling the media how hard he's working at it

He's working at it in his mind.

Nice to see Bertie put the poser in his place.

 

[Eshnar]

So if ITTs are to shake up things in GC, this one has horribly failed.
Bonus seconds FTW now

 

[The Hitch]

He won the mountain stage in San Luis but no overall GCs since the Giro

I think he won 2 mtfs in San Luis, though allegedly in 1 he wheelsucked Levi.

 

[issoisso]

So if ITTs are to shake up things in GC, this one has horribly failed.
Bonus seconds FTW now

Nah. Contador will just win the Vuelta the old fashioned way in the big mountains of the last week. As he was always predicted to.

 

[Richeypen]

So if ITTs are to shake up things in GC, this one has horribly failed.
Bonus seconds FTW now

Well we still have the flat ITT to come at the end of the third week. Oh wait.............

 

[cineteq]

So if ITTs are to shake up things in GC, this one has horribly failed.
Bonus seconds FTW now

Because Purito was able to hold on, and Froome wasn't able to win by 2 minutes, then it's a bad ITT? Are you serious? Bonus seconds rule keep them coming.

 

[Eshnar]

Nah. Contador will just win the Vuelta the old fashioned way in the big mountains of the last week. As he was always predicted to.

Let's hope for, but if I were hime I'd just throw a couple of 20-seconds-worth attacks here and there. With 3 strong opponents that close in GC even attacking from 5 kms to go seems daring.

 

[TomekA]

Valverde is too far back, Froome will be probably worse and worse.

So it's Contador vs Rodriguez. Rodriguez is in really great form.