Vuelta 2012, Stage 17: Santander > Fuente Dé (187 km)

[GroupDK]

that was damn impressing riding...what a show here on easy wednesday

 

[Cimber]

no pistolero just pure happiness

 

[SafeBet]

Looking forward LaFlo's reaction.

Actually not.



Valverde or Uran for second???

 

[JimPanzen]

Boooooooooooooom!!!

 

[hiero2]

Never seen Alberto this happy celebrating a victory. Not even gonna shoot his gun!

YES! +1!! He sure was happy about this!

 

[richwagmn]

Glad to see AC win. Feel bad for Purito. Fine rider.

 

[The Hitch]

Where is Florecita?

 

[thirteen]

LaFlo, congrats as well!

i imagine you are dancing about now

 

[TheRossSeaParty]

SOOO AWESOME!! Chapeau Contador!!

 

[goggalor]

Ouch, Rodriguez at 2:47. Well, maybe next year.

 

[sulgpallur]

Where is Florecita?

There was rumor she fainted

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Wow, Hernandez.. What a ******.

 

[Publicus]

Purito is now 3rd! What an epic day.

 

[Anonymous]

CHAPEAU

Unbelievable, win makes it even better!

Obviously persistence pays off!

F**** unlucky for me to have missed everything up to 15km to go! Very fast stage

 

[MartinGT]

I feel bad for Purito, I really like him as a rider, but wow, Bertie you are one ruthless man when you have the bit between your teeth.

Chapeau brother, Chapeau!

 

[skidmark]

Maybe now we will see where the rest of the GC is.

And it was Valv 2nd, Henao 3rd (not Uran as someone mentioned)

 

[Publicus]

Wow, Hernandez.. What a ******.

What did he do?

 

[burning]

What an amazing stage this is

Bravo Contador

Bravo Valverde

Bravo Rodriguez

 

[No_Balls]

Bang bang bang!!!! Bang!! Bang!!!!

**** yeah!!!

 

[Jelantik]

Where's the pistol? I like Contador behaving naturally.

he wants to make sure valverde didn't pip him again... I settled for not seeing his pistol salute for now. What a great win today for him...

 

[peacefultribe]

After watching the rest day clip of Saxo, I had a feeling that this was going to happen. Perfect!! Alberto is the greatest.

 

[GroupDK]

froome + 5 min

 

[rzombie1988]

Alberto followed my first piece of advice and inadvertently followed my second piece of advice and won it.

The first piece of advice was to attack early. Check.

The second was to team up wth Valverde to get some time. Technically a check there too.

Good call today by Alberto. This is how you win a GT. Other riders need to learn from this: attack often and early.

 

[hiero2]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in style!!!!!!!!!! CHAPEAU... He does really race with his heart..... O my, o my... i got a goosebump.. This is really really thrilling!!

I think this one was done with his head! They hammered from the opening to make a break. Made it work, too. Fantastic stage!

 

[skidmark]

What did he do?

Celebrated with a smug look while riding across the line with Rodriguez