Vuelta a Burgos 2.HC 03/08 - 07/08

[roundabout]

This race is pretty much inevitably awesome. One of the best on the calendar. Shows off the area, well-paced race, keeps everything interesting pretty much every day, good startlist, interesting parcours.

Yes, but you would think they only have about 3 climbs in Burgos. Nice racing even if the variety is a bit lacking.

 

[Fetisoff]

actually tcmill said a long time ago that di luca will have a free role in vuelta.he looked good in walonnie,good in suisse,in poland he was just making km.no doubt he will be in vuelta,he said it's his big objective of the year.

I guess we'll see. Cyclingstartlists.com can be notoriously wrong too. But Tchmil can't be trusted either, I mean it could have been something as stupid as DiLuca sticking up for Pozatto and falling out of favor with Tchmil over that, I'm not even joking.

 

[hrotha]

This race is pretty much inevitably awesome. One of the best on the calendar. Shows off the area, well-paced race, keeps everything interesting pretty much every day, good startlist, interesting parcours.

I fail to see how abusing uphill sprint finishes is in any way different from abusing flat sprint finishes.

 

[Descender]

Podium venue is truly awesome. Shame it's so sparsely attended

I reckon 30% of the population of the surrounding area was there lol. I've been there and there's just few towns in that area, and they're small.

 

[Descender]

I fail to see how abusing uphill sprint finishes is in any way different from abusing flat sprint finishes.

Agreed. The parcours is nice but one of the three uphill sprints should have been flat.

 

[Fetisoff]

Agreed. The parcours is nice but one of the three uphill sprints should have been flat.

It was last year

 

[Descender]

It was last year

Well I'm talking about this year.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I fail to see how abusing uphill sprint finishes is in any way different from abusing flat sprint finishes.

If this was happening in many a race, then yes it would be the same.

They could have done with a flat finish at some point, maybe a flat circuit around where they were today.

But generally this race delivers.

In 2009 and 2010 we had a flat sprint stage, the San Juan del Monte finish that was stage 1 this year, a Burgos finish (usually flatter than this year, but the Castillo finish is awesome and should be retained), an ITT in '09 and a TTT in '10, and Lagunas de Neila.

There actually aren't that many long or super-difficult climbs in the Burgos area, and they've found some good ones, so it makes sense to stay with them. If they persist with the Lagunas de Neila finale, which they should, then they don't really want to break things up too much beforehand - they want some gaps, but not ones in the minutes. The Lagunas de Neila climb has been the site of one of the best stages of the year for the last 2 years.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Beñat Intxausti had a nasty crash today, finished nigh on last, and comments that the asphalt in Burgos is very hard, and his whole body hurts.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Intxausti is not having a particularly good season.

 

[python]

I guess we'll see. Cyclingstartlists.com can be notoriously wrong too. But Tchmil can't be trusted either, I mean it could have been something as stupid as DiLuca sticking up for Pozatto and falling out of favor with Tchmil over that, I'm not even joking.

that link to cyclingstartlist.com is indeed raising a red flag about di luca in the vuelta. yet, only 5 days ago he gave an interview that basically confirms jens attack information.

diluca is staying with katusha for 2012 so i doubt there is much tension between him and tschmil.

all said, i can't see how he will be released entirely to ride for himself when his services could be of help to purito, a hot contender in his home race of the season...

 

[greenedge]

I love Moreno. I also love how Katusha are utilising Karpets and Di Luca. They will be the most POTENT team at the Vuelta.

JROD cannot lose this unless Sanchez somehow drops him.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Intxausti abandons, injuries from yesterday's crash.

 

[cineteq]

Less than 40km to go, Cyril Bessy the solo breakaway.
Carrots lead the peloton.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I thought there couldn't be far to go.
Only the Carrots, Cobo, Purito and a few Movistar, plus odds and sods left.


.........bye bye Menchov!

 

[Forunculo]

Euskaltel vs Katusha vs Movistar... It will be a Geox victory with Cobo

 

[Jamsque]

Menchov just cracked.

 

[icefire]

Menchov and Antón dropped

 

[cineteq]

Menchov cracked...

 

[icefire]

Nieve also dropped

 

[Mellow Velo]

Karpets and Anton fall out.
7 in the group.
Looks like the final climb to me.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Live stream anywhere?

 

[cineteq]

Karpets and Anton fall out.
7 in the group.
Looks like the final climb to me.

Nope, 2 more climbs to come...about 30 km will be left when they go over this climb...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

http://www.eitb.com/deportes/en-directo/

Euskaltel destroying the bunch.

 

[icefire]

Karpets and Anton fall out.
7 in the group.
Looks like the final climb to me.

But it is not yet.