Vuelta 2017 stage 12 Motril - Antequera 160,1 km

[Asturiano]

Really high speed on pelotón, no break.

 

[TromleTromle]

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Really high speed on pelotón, no break.

There is always this talk about the Vuelta/Giro having lower speeds that the "July Group Ride" and therefore being much easier.

But seems like this Vuelta has been raced Voll-Gas...

 

[Asturiano]

Only 30 kms to start the first climb and no break, high speed.

 

[Rollthedice]

Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Diego Rosa (Team Sky), Pawel Poljanski, Andreas Schillinger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Julien Duval (AG2R-La Mondiale), Brendan Canty (Cannondale-Drapac), Michael Morkov (Katusha-Alpecin), Stef Clement (LottoNL-Jumbo), Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates), Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal), Omar Fraile (Dimension Data), Anthony Perez (Cofidis), David Arroyo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Peter Koning (Aqua Blue Sport) open a 1'15" gap at km 57.

 

[Vasilis]

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Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Diego Rosa (Team Sky), Pawel Poljanski, Andreas Schillinger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Julien Duval (AG2R-La Mondiale), Brendan Canty (Cannondale-Drapac), Michael Morkov (Katusha-Alpecin), Stef Clement (LottoNL-Jumbo), Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates), Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal), Omar Fraile (Dimension Data), Anthony Perez (Cofidis), David Arroyo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Peter Koning (Aqua Blue Sport) open a 1'15" gap at km 57.

Wow, Sky put someone in the breakaway?

 

[axl]

And no movistar ? weird.

 

[Lexman]

Ha Fraile that's about time...

 

[Asturiano]

Interesting to see a Trek cyclist there, talking about Contador.

 

[Lexman]

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And no movistar ? weird.

Sporza gives Rojas part of the break...

 

[Robert5091]

Rojas not Rosa in the break!

 

[Jagartrott]

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And no movistar ? weird.

Rojas.

 

[Asturiano]

First hour: 47,7km/h

 

[Rollthedice]

Yes it's Rojas.

 

[Tigerion]

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First hour: 47,7km/h

Apparently faster than that
The peloton passed Km 0 at 12.35 today local time - 7 mins late, if you’re trying to calculate average speeds. 50kph so far in the stage.

 

[Valv.Piti]

This is a good stage for Contador, only a few riders in the world can follow him if he goes full gas on the last, steep climb.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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This is a good stage for Contador, only a few riders in the world can follow him if he goes full gas on the last, steep climb.

If it's by yesterdays account at least 4 and probably 7/8

 

[portugal11]

The intermediate sprint is in the middle of the climb???

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Interesting to see a Trek cyclist there, talking about Contador.

Theuns has a good chance to win the stage IMO!

 

[axl]

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The intermediate sprint is in the middle of the climb???

The intermediate sprints are a big joke in this vuelta. Nobody target the point classification, and anyway, it only brings 4 points.

 

[Tigerion]

I'm hoping that Fraile or Koning can do well

 

[Valv.Piti]

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This is a good stage for Contador, only a few riders in the world can follow him if he goes full gas on the last, steep climb.

If it's by yesterdays account at least 4 and probably 7/8

Too very different stages. Will be slow tempo and then a hard 20 minute effort from the bottom

 

[johnymax]

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Interesting to see a Trek cyclist there, talking about Contador.

Theuns has a good chance to win the stage IMO!

You think? I think normally the climbs should be too hard for him.

 

[Lexman]

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Interesting to see a Trek cyclist there, talking about Contador.

Theuns has a good chance to win the stage IMO!

no way, the climbs are to complicated for him, tomorrow is a better chance for him (dixit José de Cauwer))

 

[red zone]

anyone have a feed

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Interesting to see a Trek cyclist there, talking about Contador.

Theuns has a good chance to win the stage IMO!

You think? I think normally the climbs should be too hard for him.

I think they'll go easy on the first climb. 2nd climb, I think he could hang on. Trentin managed it... at least, I don't think he is in the break in case Contador attacks, he's riding for himself