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

[LaFlorecita]

Lol Jrod 1 min up on Alberto!

Why does that make you "lol"?

 

[Parrot23]

Purito riding like Evans did when he won the Tour. Always there, looking for every chance and taking it.

Rode a great final TT at Giro (very close to Hesjedal). Katusha has helped him a lot with his TT'ing.

Looking like his race now.

Great stuff, esp. as he's no longer playing a very lowly second fiddle to Valverde (Purito treated like a nobody by his former team, given no chances, I think).

 

[hrotha]

Contador mistimed it, Froome nowhere to be seen, Valverde poor in a finish that was perfect for him.

Oh god. What if Purito wins this.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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.

He mistimed his attack as mentioned earlier.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Why does that make you "lol"?

because poor JRod will lose it all later on. But fantastic E for effort!

 

[iZnoGouD]

Contador just can't resist on the road goes up haha

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Alberto still "has a lot to learn."

 

[ILovecycling]

Impressive performance by Phill and Purito.With 1 minute + with Mirador on his side,he is very serious contender to Froome and Alberto

And bad positioning by Piti,he was around 20 when Purito hits

 

[hrotha]

By the way, who was the OPQS with Contador? Stybar?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Valverde poor in a finish that was perfect for him.

but he still gained 2s on AC & CF.

 

[Publicus]

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.

Maybe that's what happened. It seemed like a pointless exercise and it cost him in the end.

 

[LaFlorecita]

because poor JRod will lose it all later on. But fantastic E for effort!

Okay that's true He has to take every chance he gets

 

[Publicus]

Alberto still "has a lot to learn."

#win ...........

 

[LaFlorecita]

Impressive performance by Phill and Purito.With 1 minute + with Mirador on his side,he is very serious contender to Froome and Alberto

I still think he'll lose all that time somewhere.

 

[ILovecycling]

but he still gained 2s on AC & CF.

I think 3s and really bad positioning as I said earlier...anyway,I love Contadors attack

 

[Parrot23]

Contador just can't resist on the road goes up haha

They guy's like a lion

 

[LaFlorecita]

Maybe that's what happened. It seemed like a pointless exercise and it cost him in the end.

Yes; I don't think he could've gone with Purito but he could've limited the damage.

 

[cineteq]

By the way, who was the OPQS with Contador? Stybar?

De Weert

but he still gained 2s on AC & CF.

Actually, it was 3 massive seconds!

 

[icefire]

Alberto still "has a lot to learn."

Valverde didn't know yesterday's finish. He just followed the wheel of someone who did.

Gilbert didn't know today's finish (he even said in an interview that it was harder than it looked on the road book). He just followed the wheel of someone who did.

Yes, Contador still has a lot to learn.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

De Weert

No, it was definitely Stybar

 

[cineteq]

Do we have some drama going on inside Sky?
165 URAN, Rigoberto SKY + 6' 59''

 

[ILovecycling]

I still think he'll lose all that time somewhere.

I think so too,but only on Alberto later on....Im curious if he will be Roja after Mirador,he has to limit his loses on Roja to 20s after ITT

 

[Classic]

In hindsight this wasn't much of a flat stage was it.

 

[cineteq]

No, it was definitely Stybar

the official results says he was +58

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

the official results says he was +58

And? At the time Contador attacked the peloton was still big. The Belgian commentators instantly recognized Stybar as well.
He blew after that on the very steep part.

I'm positive it was Stybar who went with Contador.

In other news, the results now show Niemiec at +12s... he magically reappeared