Vuelta 2012, stage 13:Santiage de Compostela > Ferrol (172,8km)

[Eshnar]

Well now that was an entertaining stage. No doubt Olano and Guillén are discussing what went wrong right now.

(10 char.)

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Great stage. One of the best in this year's Vuelta, actually.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

darn, I feel asleep infront of the TV with 30 km to go... woke up 300m before the finish line lol

 

[ElChingon]

Bouhanni DNF

Any reason given for the DNF?

 

[Froome19]

he wants to participate and has to show that he's getting better, he can top 5 in the ITT

Well he cant really

 

[jens_attacks]

the finale was great

also nice try,kash!

 

[Froome19]

Any reason given for the DNF?

Sore knee apparently

 

[iZnoGouD]

Machado needs to learn how to ride in the pack, he wastes so much energy ffs!

 

[nogav1ca]

Tosatto was driving till the 1km line.

There was a roundabout, so to keep him out of trouble.

 

[Lexman]

Any reason given for the DNF?

broken nose as consquence of his fall if i heard right on french eurosport

 

[Andy99]

Cummings learnt from Hushovd about wheelsucking yourself into a win.

Absolute nonsense.

Great finish. Great win.

Broken pelvis in February, GT stage win in August. Chapeau Steve.

 

[Wilba60]

Well, he did get into the breakaway earlier today, one of those pulled back, so he's not feeling that bad.

Anyway, the break will probably not succeed, the time difference has not even been up to 4 minutes, for the past 40k the bunch has kept them between 3 - 3.30.

Almost a super day for GreenEdge with 2nd, 4th and 8th in the stage. The Meyer - Clarke combo in the break was always going to help make it a strong group and hats off to Meyer who has been in 2 breaks in the last 3 or 4 stages and in both was caught inside the last few kms. It looked like Clarke might have been looking to grab a sprint win with Meyer assisting there in the last kms but well done to the Cummings surge, it broke them up and he had a great solo there at the end to take an excellent win.

 

[Gaul 58]

Splendid result for Cummings.... he should buy Gerdemans a drink for being in the break... it was the soft-tapping by Linus that throw everyone's thinking into turmoil... I imagine the word 'scumbag' was starting to appear in quite a few of their thought bubbles...without Gerdemans the whole group would have kept on driving closer to the line.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cummings - what a great ride. He deserved the win after the year he has had.

 

[greenedge]

Great ride by Cummings. I was thinking with 20km to go the break would be caught and why is Viviani in the break but then the impetus from the sprinter's teams went out and so hats off to him for choosing the right day. Meyer looked very strong- he just worked for Clarke too much and i would have picked him over Cummings/ Flecha ( in a 3 up sprint ), this is also his 3rd break and he rode a good ITT- hopefully he could get the most aggressive award. Flecha has had to work a lot for his team and looked to be suffering but his attack showed his fighting spirit.

All in all a great stage.

 

[2 Square Wheels]

Just seen the replay for yesterdays stage, very strong riders in the breakaway so it always had the chance to go to the finish. Good win for Cummings although i was hoping Fletcha would get the win. Argos chase was very lame and never looked likely of pulling them back, but i suppose they only like to take it up with 500mtrs to go