Vuelta 2017 stage 11 Lorca - Calar Alto 187,5 km

[Escarabajo]

No love for Aru!

 

[Scarponi]

Want to know what a **** sport is? 13 grand tours behind her brought back by two below average helpers.

The salt river is beginning to flow. Highly disrespectful to refer to the Sky men as below average. They're not.

13 grand tours. Not 1 not 2, 13. Brought back by stage hunters

Stop digging. 13 Grand Tours yes, but neither are at their best right now. One hasn't been at his best for 3 years...

Nieve shouldn't out climb a 75 % Nibali or Contador though on multiple stages
And I like nieve

 

[Climbing]

Re:

Dawg struggling? very deceptive

I don't think so, typical yo-yo fake.

 

[Vasilis]

I think Froome just wants Bahrain to do the work on the flatter part

 

[ontheroad]

Break doomed. Riders being shelled like peas with the Moscon Nieve pace being set. Bardet, Atapuma and Yates started the climb almost 3 minutes ahead, now down to 20 seconds in about 8-9km. Infernal pace now.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Nibali always so aero

 

[WheelofGear]

Half of riders in the GC group is from Sky.

They are destroying the rest today. Number 5 in Paris-Roubaix are putting the top climbers under pressure.

 

[Rollthedice]

Froome about to deploy the infamous yoyo.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Froome feigning weakness

 

[Eclipse]

Froome hanging off the back. Nuclear in 2km haha

The others will try again soon now the support is running out

Incidentally this is why it is worth gambling and attacking early on a climb even at personal cost to yourself, because you can shell out the train. They have 8k to work with only one Sky Dom available.

 

[Brullnux]

Froome looks pretty bad. Shame the climb is perfect for sky train, otherwise he could've lost a lot of time

 

[Climbing]

Well, actually he doesn't look that good...

 

[jarvo]

Kelderman doing well today

 

[Rollthedice]

Re:

Froome looks pretty bad. Shame the climb is perfect for sky train, otherwise he could've lost a lot of time

This is just a sign of things to come.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto looking restless, shuffling about. Not sure if it's a good or bad sign.

 

[Frankschleck]

Re:

Froome looks pretty bad. Shame the climb is perfect for sky train, otherwise he could've lost a lot of time

i think he is bluffing :/

 

[Brullnux]

Re:

Alberto looking restless, shuffling about. Not sure if it's a good or bad sign.

He is still there, so it can't be that bad

 

[WheelofGear]

Actually when Froome looks like this, you KNOW he is going to be good. Wait and see.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

GS mental note: "Chavez & Woods suck when the weather turns"

 

[Irondan]

Re:

Actually when Froome looks like this, you KNOW he is going to be good. Wait and see.

Happens all the time.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Very nervous now. Me, that is

Halfway through the 'plateau' section

 

[rlntlssly]

Re:

Actually when Froome looks like this, you KNOW he is going to be good. Wait and see.

General rule: never trust anything Contador says or that Froome does on a climb!

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

Froome looks pretty bad. Shame the climb is perfect for sky train, otherwise he could've lost a lot of time

i think he is bluffing :/

If he were strong, he'd have followed Nibali's attack

 

[Scarponi]

Contador grinding those teeth

 

[deValtos]

Franco rolled back the years today. Insane.