I doubt the favourites will risk controlling for bonus seconds. None of them has the sprinting speed of Valverde and they may as well lose instead of gain in a flat sprint over 30kms after the top of the last climb.
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Anderis said:I doubt the favourites will risk controlling for bonus seconds. None of them has the sprinting speed of Valverde and they may as well lose instead of gain in a flat sprint over 30kms after the top of the last climb.
Red Rick said:No question about that. Alberto Contador will win this bike racesir fly said:Alberto Contador will win this bike race?Red Rick said:I like this stage, but the medium mountains in this Vuelta seem largely not hard enough for real carnage.
axl said:LL Sanchez is the better placed in GC, 3'24'' back. So there is no one dangerous in there, and Sky could let him take the red jersey.
Winnen said:Hoping for Contador. Would be great to see him on the podium in Madrid!
BTW, just read that Bobridge has been caught dealing drugs (XTC). Wow!
bambino said:DFA123 said:This last climb is being underestimated a lot I think. It's really, really hard in that middle section - with quite long stretches over 20% interspersed with flat, which brings the average down.
It's much harder than the final climb yesteday though - I think we'll see really carnage on it with the last 40km being good fun with several riders and small groups all chasing each other.
This. 2km of more than 15% average coupled with total of 9km climbing is no joke. If someone drops more than a minute on that, it will be pretty to clav it back in the last 36km or so.
axl said:I don't get why Sky does not want to let the break go away. They won't be able to chase the break on every stage !
Or is it that the break don't go very fast (too many guys) and the peloton comes back without pushing ?
axl said:I don't get why Sky does not want to let the break go away. They won't be able to chase the break on every stage !
Or is it that the break don't go very fast (too many guys) and the peloton comes back without pushing ?