Vuelta a Andalucía 2013 (17th - 20th February)

[Geraint Too Fast]

No Dani Moreno.

 

[Flamin]

he seems better than pre-bann but no his sprint. valverde before his bann could place top 3 in massprints

when did he even bother about a bunch sprint post-ban, except in Madrid?

 

[jens_attacks]

well moreno got the ryo curse

 

[Dazed and Confused]

8km to go. Tactics now.
Any bonus secs?

edit: Ticker says no.

 

[Flamin]

Maté FTW

10

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Hivert has a good chance here

 

[vladimir]

A 25 kms de meta. El grupo de cabeza:

Valverde, Quintana y Moreno (Movistar), Gesink y Mollema (Blanco), Van den Broeck, De Clercq y Van de Walle (Lotto), Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Brajkovic, Fuglsang, Ponzi y Seeldrayers (Astana), Armee (Topsport), Maté y Navarro (Cofidis), Spilak (Katusha), Arroyo (Caja Rural), Hivert (Sojasun) y Belda (Burgos-BH)

Igor Anton was fifth over the mountain so surely he must be in the group as well. Or maybe they have mistaken him for Nieve

 

[classicomano]

Hivert wins I think.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Hivert has a good chance here

Good call. Good win for him.

Top on the stage:
1,. Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun)
2. Alejandro Valverde (MoviStar Team)
3. Bauke Mollema (Blanco)

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Valverde 2nd, Mollema 3rd.

 

[cineteq]

Good call. Good win for him.

Top on the stage:
1,. Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun)
2. Alejandro Valverde (MoviStar Team)
3. Bauke Mollema (Blanco)

What are the gaps?

 

[Froome19]

Valverde leading GC by 7 seconds to Hivert I think.

 

[Froome19]

1 Hivert 2 Valverde 3 Mollema 4 Ponzi 5 Rebellin 6 Van den Broeck 7 Armee 8 Gesink 9 Fuglsang 10 Nieve

 

[Dazed and Confused]

What are the gaps?

GC after stage 1 below:

1. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) 4:13:36
2. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) a 2
3. Bauke Mollema (Blanco) a 11
4. Simon Spilak (Katusha) a 12
5. Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) a 17
6. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) a 19
7. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) a 24
8. Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun) a 25
9. Davide Rebellin (CCC) a 30
10. Sander Armee (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) a 31

JVDB emerging from post July zombie state pretty early.....

 

[Unkown]

1 Hivert 2 Valverde 3 Mollema 4 Ponzi 5 Rebellin 6 Van den Broeck 7 Armee 8 Gesink 9 Fuglsang 10 Nieve

Birdsong in the top 10? Wowzers. Nice to see guys like VDB up there early in the year.

 

[classicomano]

TGBM always on the podium, never wins

 

[theyoungest]

TGBM always on the podium, never wins

Yeah, he's the Matt Goss of mountain stages.

 

[FFrenchcyclisme]

French riders are doing fine

 

[Dazed and Confused]

French riders are doing fine

numbers can lie, but probably not in this case: from CQ country ranking stats (2013) below.

1. (5) France Europe Riders 1277
2. (1) Spain Europe Riders 1272
3. (6) Great Britain Europe Riders 1142
4. (8) Netherlands Europe Riders 988
5. (7) Australia Oceania Riders 830
6. (2) Italy Europe Riders 828
7. (3) Belgium Europe Riders 779
8. (9) United States America Riders 511
9. (4) Germany Europe Riders 493
10. (32) New Zealand Oceania Riders 294

 

[theyoungest]

numbers can lie, but probably not in this case: from CQ country ranking stats (2013) below.

1. (5) France Europe Riders 1277
2. (1) Spain Europe Riders 1272
3. (6) Great Britain Europe Riders 1142
4. (8) Netherlands Europe Riders 988
5. (7) Australia Oceania Riders 830
6. (2) Italy Europe Riders 828
7. (3) Belgium Europe Riders 779
8. (9) United States America Riders 511
9. (4) Germany Europe Riders 493
10. (32) New Zealand Oceania Riders 294

These numbers kinda lie. Lot of French races done already.

Pretty convincing win by Hivert, BTW.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

These numbers kinda lie. Lot of French races done already.

Pretty convincing win by Hivert, BTW.

Numbers. Very true.

Hivert
Impressive. Should be able to do something on stage two as well perhaps, but then what?

 

[Dedelou]

Numbers. Very true.

Hivert
Impressive. Should be able to do something on stage two as well perhaps, but then what?

Then he could try to do his best with what he has left

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Then he could try to do his best with what he has left

yep, but I am curious if anybody have info on whether he has done a similar stage and getting a good result.

 

[Dedelou]

yep, but I am curious if anybody have info on whether he has done a similar stage and getting a good result.

He won a few races in his carreer. (7) one Stage of the Tour of Romandie once and the general at Etoiles de Besseges. He looks like he is trying harder now that he is with Sojasun

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Stage 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ebpYfFpq5Sk