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

[Mellow Velo]

What would I be joking about, I'm just relaying from the Vuelta website with my own comments !

Guys, live feeds earlier...

 

[The Hitch]

Gap closed. Damn it.

 

[Parrulo]

Leonardo Fabio DUQUE (065), Pim LIGTHART (214), Danny PATE (184), Imanol ERVITI OLLO (003), Lloyd MONDORY (015), Alessandro BALLAN (042), Mikel ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU (072), Lars BOOM (162), Bruno PIRES (207), Niki TERPSTRA (148) y Javier RAMIREZ ABEJA (027)

the break of the day has been formed, a saxo boy in it so maybe contador is feeling frisky

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Ballan for the win.

 

[hrotha]

Meh, I was expecting a better break.

 

[TeoSheva]

Even Mondory can win... the last climb it's not so hard...

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Doesn't seem to be going anywhere

Garmin pulling ? Do they think Michel Kreder can win here ?

 

[Michele]

Maybe DS upset with the guys cause no one into the break?

 

[Frosty]

DS is probably unhappy that they have no one in the break.

Edit: Beaten to it

 

[cineteq]

It's been fast thus far. 1st hour 48.3km/h. 2nd hour: 45.4km/h.

 

[Miburo]

It's been fast thus far. 1st hour 48.3km/h. 2nd hour: 45.4km/h.

They will feel that damage on the climb and Contador has a guy in the front.

Saxo is planning something.

This stage could have been epic though if the gap with Contador and valverde wouldn't have been closed

 

[Pulpstar]

Radioshack Nissan now doing some turns on the front. Don't expect this break to last long at all now.

 

[Pulpstar]

They will feel that damage on the climb and Contador has a guy in the front.

Saxo is planning something.

This stage could have been epic though if the gap with Contador and valverde wouldn't have been closed

Lets hope it is better than their plans yesterday when Contador went back to "have a look" when there was half a chance to snap the elastic of the strung out peloton.

 

[Frosty]

They arent that far away from the 3rd cat climb now. Will probably see some people try to bridge to the break there

 

[Miburo]

Ah come on, I need images. Damn!!!!

Stil more than an hour...

 

[vcampbell]

Less than a minute. It will be interesting

 

[Miburo]

So many things are happening, ah damn you vuelta

 

[Frosty]

Sounds a bit chaotic out there at the moment with some of the group being brought back while others are attacking off the front of the peloton.

 

[virandociclista]

A lot of action in the peloton now... there is a break in the peloton...

Gilbert, Boom, Jannesson and others trying to bridge to the "fugados"!

Now...

Cabeza de carrera:
Niki TERPSTRA (148), Arnold JEANNESSON (081), Bruno PIRES (207), Javier RAMIREZ ABEJA (027), Danny PATE (184), Alessandro BALLAN (042) y Mikel ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU (072).

 

[Frosty]

Think those leaders have 19 seconds on a group of 18 with the peloton at 39 seconds.

 

[vcampbell]

I want to watch this so badly, aaaah, still 30 minutes Why?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Jeannesson . Hopefully he's got his gearing right today...

 

[Miburo]

Hernandez and paulinho are in the front too.

Oh boy, so damn interesting

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Ben GASTAUER (013), Lloyd MONDORY (015), Damiano CUNEGO (111), Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA (183), Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS (007), Leonardo Fabio DUQUE (065), Jan BAKELANTS (172), David MONCOUTIE (061), Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ (202), Alexandre GENIEZ (196), Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL (105), Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA (004), Paolo TIRALONGO (038), Rinaldo NOCENTINI (017), Pim LIGTHART (214), Gorka VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI (079), Sergio Miguel Moreira PAULINHO (206), Bauke MOLLEMA (166) y Mikel LANDA MEANA (073).

Now that is a great break!

 

[Publicus]

tick, tock...still twenty minutes until we have live images

EDIT: If I'm reading that right, Katusha missed out.