Vuelta 2012, Stage 9 - Andorra > Barcelona 194,0 km

[Miburo]

LMAO Gilbert bashing the belgian press, love it

 

[UpTheRoad]

Great finish. Gotta love this Vuelta.

 

[Publicus]

Very impressive riding by Purito!

 

[maltiv]

Rodriguez will lose that in first 5k of tt

He has done some very respectable TTs this year though. Particularly in hilly ones.

 

[hfer07]

LMAO Gilbert bashing the belgian press, love it

yes- pay back time- LOL

 

[Eshnar]

Rodriguez will lose that in first 5k of tt

C'mon, don't be so negative. I reckon he will resist until the 10th km at least.

 

[Bushman]

Great finish. By gilbert. Such a fighter.

 

[dlwssonic]

ahhh.....
I really miss the scene of him climbing up the hills like how he did today.
I really do, it has been a year.
Sorry for over reacting a bit today. This season has just been terrible for him.
Hopefully this win gives him more confidence to end the season with a BANG.

 

[bangnz]

Good finish.. I was so close to putting $$ on Gilbert too

<3 Vuelta

 

[Afrank]

Froome now 53 seconds back, contador 1:00

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Lol Jrod 1 min up on Alberto!

 

[issoisso]

C'mon, don't be so negative. I reckon he will resist until the 10th km at least.

So he'll lose 1:20 in the whole TT? I think he'd be happy with that.

 

[woodenswan]

Dark horse for the worlds IMO.

not that dark of a horse to be honest..

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

I, for one, am glad Tiraminator is back (i won't stop with lame nicknames until one of them will stick).

Pretty exciting stage as usual for this Vuelta.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Dark horse for the worlds IMO.

You have an opinion that a Bmc rider might win? Asif....

 

[glassmoon]

damn, best race this year so far.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Can't believe I actually thought Rabo and Matti had a chance of winning this stage. Not even close.

Brilliant by Phil and JRod.

Alberto mistimed his attack completely as it flattened right after his attack.

 

[dlwssonic]

Ah...... what the hell. Gilbert for the win

My stupid frustrated BMC bets finally was right this time

 

[Afrank]

ahhh.....
I really miss the scene of him climbing up the hills like how he did today.
I really do, it has been a year.
Sorry for over reacting a bit today. This season has just been terrible for him.
Hopefully this win gives him more confidence to end the season with a BANG.

He dominated last year, and has done almost nothing this year and he finally took his first win of the year. Who wouldn't over react

 

[Miburo]

Contador was in purito's wheel but he couldn't hold it.

He shouldn't have went earlier but I doubt if he could follow then anyways.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

My stupid frustrated BMC bets finally was right this time

chapeau you!

 

[spalco]

no. never for tts

Maybe, but even if he does, he left everything on the road. Can't have regrets about that.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Niemiec missing from the 1st group.. he was 11th in gc

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto mistimed his attack completely as it flattened right after his attack.

Yes that was a bit of a fail.

 

[Classic]

Great win from Gilbert, it's really nice to see. But I have a question, what was Contador trying to do earlier? It seemed to me like he misjudged the start of the hard part.