Vuelta 2017 stage 9: Orihuela - Cumbres del Sol, 174 km

[bigcog]

Great turn by Nieve

 

[Irondan]

Re:

No one attacks!!

Not into a headwind...

 

[carolina]

Re: Re:

Contador and his teeth

He should get a toothpaste sponsor

Trek-Segafredo-Colgate

 

[TMP402]

de la Cruz working for Sky a few months too early!

 

[Climbing]

Yeah it's the wind,harsh.

 

[benzwire]

Group sprint?

 

[DanielSong39]

Bye bye, Froome.

Wow, what an epic performance!

 

[spalco]

Engage granny gear, woof woof.

 

[jaylew]

woods to win

 

[Climbing]

Froome goes!

 

[rick james]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[arvc40]

Power !!!!!!!

 

[bigcog]

Bang!

 

[Climbing]

Small gaps as expected.

 

[TMP402]

I absolutely thought Chaves would come back.

 

[rick james]

Thought Chaves was going to take it

 

[Brullnux]

Awful stage design; awful stage. Nobody wants to see a 400m sprint on a weekend stage.

 

[jsem94]

Wind was blowing HARD up there. Froome the strongest.

 

[jaylew]

Boo.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Lopez is the new ninja

 

[Inquitus]

Re:

Wind was blowing HARD up there. Froome the strongest.

Aye strong headwind most of the way up and certainly until that last corner, no chance for anyone to attack and stay away.

 

[Baldinger]

Meh

 

[LaFlorecita]

Meh, that was disappointing.

 

[miguelindurain111]

Yes

 

[DFA123]

Another great stage. Sticking a murito at the end of a flat stage just transforms it from being a tedious sprint to a great spectacle.

Very impressive from Froome; I guess the question is will he pay for all these efforts later in the race.