Vuelta 2012, Stage 20: La Faisanera Golf-Bola del Mundo (170,7 km)

[luckyboy]

Moreno for 4th? Where's FroomeDawg

 

[ggusta]

Contador could lose the entire race here.

EDIT: never mind. I thought he had further to go.

Of course if you listen to these commenters that hate AC, they never told you how short the distance was remaining.

 

[ElChingon]

Stage 17 > Stage 20... anti-climatic, more of a grind with no changes. So much for the mythical climb.

 

[The Hitch]

Valverde wins the uci world tour for wiggins.

 

[Descender]

so contador won this vuelta without being the strongest climber at all.

serves them right for not attacking

Indeed.

It's good that something like that happens every once in a while though.

 

[Eshnar]

He is not going to lose 2 minutes 20 seconds in 3km. Not even Evans could manage that.

he did actually

 

[PhiberAwptik]

Machado beats Bertie, wow, pathetic

I know, how pathetic that Alberto Contador solo's to win the Vuelta, and then doesn't do good on the next real hard stage.

 

[Bala Verde]

No changes in GC?

 

[DominicDecoco]

Terrible stage.

Glad Menchov nicked it, though.

 

[thirteen]

Clarke and Roche helping each other to the line.

that was sweet.

 

[The Hitch]

Moreno for 4th? Where's FroomeDawg

He was not far behind Contador. Only 30 seconds behind i believe.

 

[vcampbell]

I don't think there were 600000 people up there.

 

[Red Rick]

Damn. JRod would SO have deserved this... Strongest climber in the field by far... and one weak day spoils all...

Well he should've attacked then

 

[Danilot]

10 char

Maybe you watched a different Vuelta, in a parallel universe in which Contador whipped Rodríguez's *** on every MTF.

 

[ggusta]

Well, now it's 100% clear that Contador didn't win the Vuelta a España. Paulinho and Tiralongo did. Alberto was the smartest rider in the race, but certainly not the strongest one.

i am glad i know i am not the dumbest poster in this thread

 

[Jelantik]

So Bertie wins the Vuelta on the flat.

Yep.. Imagine that.. that's what i called "outwit" your opponent

 

[the asian]

Good ride by Sicard, 5th on the stage. Hopefully he's returning back to form.
Froome hangs on to 4th place.

 

[will10]

Damn. JRod would SO have deserved this... Strongest climber in the field by far... and one weak day spoils all...

Superb trolling effort.

 

[Afrank]

No changes in GC?

No changes in the top 3.

 

[Forunculo]

So Contador has won the Vuelta despite not being at his best.

The Fuente De charge has depleted his power

 

[UpTheRoad]

No changes in GC?

I think Talansky leapfrogged Ten Dam, but don't hold me to that.

 

[PhiberAwptik]

Well, now it's 100% clear that Contador didn't win the Vuelta a España. Paulinho and Tiralongo did. Alberto was the smartest rider in the race, but certainly not the strongest one.

Winning stage races is more than being strong.

 

[luckyboy]

Sicard's best result since his troubles.

 

[Jelantik]

Damn. JRod would SO have deserved this... Strongest climber in the field by far... and one weak day spoils all...

Matti Breschel said that 'purito' was so arrogant that he didn't pay attention.. well that's probably the price of being too much thinking ahead...

 

[Afrank]

J-rod is going to really be kicking himself for losing so much time on stage 17.