Vuelta a Andalucia (Ruta del Sol) 20th -24th of February

[jens_attacks]

i watched carefully duarte this season and until now he attacked in every mountain stage.insane!victory is close.

it seems that today is a great race.geox still in the front.cobo for the win!

 

[ingsve]

The peloton splits down to 20 again but based on the previous reports I would guess that the bigger groups will come back together again since it's quite long to go after the big climb.

 

[boomcie]

what, to have no riders in the main group

Damn, you really took this literal? That was actually a joke. Need to work on making that more clear in the furture.

 

[taiwan]

Gaps opening up on the Alto de Abunol.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

i watched carefully duarte this season and until now he attacked in every mountain stage.insane!victory is close.

it seems that today is a great race.geox still in the front.cobo for the win!

in a recent interview with ardila on nuestrociclismo. ardila stated that no one could follow duarte in trainingcamp in mallorca few weeks ago, not even menchov and sastre he would often ride whole climbs alone because no one could get close to him

 

[hrotha]

in a recent interview with ardila on nuestrociclismo. ardila stated that no one could follow duarte in trainingcamp in mallorca few weeks ago, not even menchov and sastre he would often ride whole climbs alone because no one could get close to him

And then he'd wait on the top, eating ice-cream? Looks like we have a Bahamontes in the making.

 

[Descender]

The first climb of the day is pretty damn hard:

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

duarte attacks again!!!!

 

[theyoungest]

in a recent interview with ardila on nuestrociclismo. ardila stated that no one could follow duarte in trainingcamp in mallorca few weeks ago, not even menchov and sastre he would often ride whole climbs alone because no one could get close to him

Why would they? It's a training camp, for crying out loud. Menchov is not exactly the kind of guy who rides his guts out if he doesn't have to.

 

[jens_attacks]

duarte again!can't wait to see what he'll do in a proper mountain top finish.what a huge talent.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Why would they? It's a training camp, for crying out loud. Menchov is not exactly the kind of guy who rides his guts out if he doesn't have to.

blablablabla

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

duarte again!can't wait to see what he'll do in a proper mountain top finish.what a huge talent.

1 71 DUARTE, Fabio CAFE DE COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA ES PASION COL 4:31:34
2 73 CANO, Alex Norberto CAFE DE COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA ES PASION COL +16
3 2 INTXAUSTI, Beñat EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI ESP +01:10
4 91 PÉREZ, Santiago LOULE - LOULETANO ESP +01:10
5 114 CARDOSO, Andre PALMEIRAS RESORT - PRIO ESP +01:17
6 31 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel XACOBEO GALICIA ESP +01:18
7 81 HERRADA, José CAJA RURAL ESP +01:24
8 104 MONIER, Damien COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE FRA +01:28
9 21 MORENO, Javier ANDALUCIA CAJASUR ESP +01:43
10 92 ZABALLA, Constantino LOULE - LOULETANO ESP +01:43
11 12 MERINO, Pedro FOOTON-SERVETTO ESP +01:50
12 111 BLANCO, David PALMEIRAS RESORT - PRIO ESP +02:01
13 72 LAVERDE, Luis Felipe CAFE DE COLOMBIA - COLOMBIA ES PASION COL +02:01
14 52 OBANDO, Gregory BURGOS 2016 - CASTILLA Y LEON CRC +02:01
15 85 PEÑA, Aketza CAJA RURAL ESP +02:19
16 57 ANTUÑA, Andrés A BURGOS 2016 - CASTILLA Y LEON ESP +02:32
17 112 MARQUE, Alejandro PALMEIRAS RESORT - PRIO ESP +02:39
18 123 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw MICHE POL +02:49
19 24 VICIOSO, Angel ANDALUCIA CAJASUR ESP +03:01
20 37 GARCÍA, Marcos XACOBEO GALICIA ESP +03:01

 

[theyoungest]

blablablabla

Strong point.

 

[hrotha]

Why would they? It's a training camp, for crying out loud. Menchov is not exactly the kind of guy who rides his guts out if he doesn't have to.

Right about Menchov, but Geox is not full of Menchovs either. Of course it's just an anecdote and it doesn't mean much... compared to Duarte's previous history.

Anyway, Duarte has caught Ramírez and put 3 minutes on the group. It's hard to judge from a ticker, but that's probably pretty impressive.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

according to ticker he has now passed ramirez ebja and leads the peloton by 3 minutes!! crazy!!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Since when does Ryo ever come with decent arguments to back something up?

Don't expect the impossible.

 

[theyoungest]

Right about Menchov, but Geox is not full of Menchovs either. Of course it's just an anecdote and it doesn't mean much... compared to Duarte's previous history.

Anyway, Duarte has caught Ramírez and put 3 minutes on the group. It's hard to judge from a ticker, but that's probably pretty impressive.

Of course, what he's doing right now is impressive. But beating Menchov uphill on a training camp, not so much.

 

[jens_attacks]

. Duarte (Geox-TMC) alcanza a Ramírez (Andalucía-Caja Granada) y son cabeza de carrera con 2:57 sobre el grupo principal.ç


is this for real?

3 minutes in 5 km?!!!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

. Duarte (Geox-TMC) alcanza a Ramírez (Andalucía-Caja Granada) y son cabeza de carrera con 2:57 sobre el grupo principal.ç


is this for real?

3 minutes in 5 km?!!!

this reminds me of asturias last year, he climbed at like double speed of the rest. cano paced him and then he went loose.

 

[Jamsque]

Either the ticker was wrong or the gap has come down, it now says Duarte and Ramirez have 1:57 over a group of 30

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

...and now only 1:35 with 50k to go.

 

[Spine Concept]

Duarte alone in front now.

 

[TeoSheva]

now Duarte is alone

 

[The Hitch]

Im sitting here reading how awesome Duarte is and how hes getting big time over the peloton until i read that theres still 50k to go. So hes wasting this super early season strengh on ultimately nothing.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I don't think so as duarte is now 2.35 ahead!! and the next climb is beginning!