Vuelta a Castilla y León 2012

[Bala Verde]

Escape still at 22-23s, ahead of LLS. Which would be enough for almost anyone to win the race

A 22 kms de meta. Se mantienen 22 segundos para Arroyo, Karpets, Moreno y Plaza (Movistar Team), Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Bennett, Machado y Busche (RadioShack), Toribio y Palomares (Andalucía), De la Cruz y Yelko Gómez (Caja Rural), Coppel, Jeandesboz, Levarlet y Mederel (Saur Sojasun), Lill (Bonitas), Parra, Báez, Colorado y Pedraza (EPM), Di Gregorio y Moncoutie (Cofidis)

A 25 kms de meta. Se mantiene la fuga entre el grupo delantero y el del líder Luis León Sánchez, 23 segundos.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Escape still at 22-23s, ahead of LLS. Which would be enough for almost anyone to win the race

Is the rider second on the GC in this group?

Also, where is Castroviejo? I thought he was in that group as well.

 

[Bala Verde]

Is the rider second on the GC in this group?

Also, where is Castroviejo? I thought he was in that group as well.

yeah, i quickly bolded the ones in the escape who were close to LLS in the GC in one of my previous post. That would be urtasun @8s and that french guy leverlet (?) @ 6s

 

[Frosty]

De La Cruz of Caja Rural too.

 

[Bala Verde]

updated

25s difference LLS and escapees.

GC after stage 2 was as follows

1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8:03:09
2 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:06
3 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:08
4 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:15
5 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
7 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Caja Rural
8 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:19
9 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:22
10 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:24
11 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia 0:00:35
12 David Blanco (Spa) Efapel - Glassdrive 0:01:45

Any of those ahead of LLS?

 

[LaFlorecita]

So Castroviejo no longer there... Is this week going to be an ultimate fail for my cq team?

 

[Bala Verde]

A 15 kms de meta. La ventaja sube, 30 segundos. La vuelta está en juego.

Whoopsie.... Looks like LLS can kiss the overall victory goodbye.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

40 seconds now...

 

[Frosty]

Yeah, with over 20 people up front, even if the pace slows a bit then someone will attack or one of the teams with 4 guys will try and keep the pace at a decent level, so they shouldnt lose that much time now.

 

[Bala Verde]

an extra 3 rab helpers would have been useful now I guess... Who is RAB team director in the race?

Add to it that 4 or 5 who have a chance to unseat LLS, they are highly motivated to ride.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

So Castroviejo no longer there... Is this week going to be an ultimate fail for my cq team?

He should still finish in the top 10.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Great, another Rabo FAIL.

 

[LaFlorecita]

He should still finish in the top 10.

I hope so. But still that's just maybe 20 points. Add that to the 60 I scored on Monday and you have a monsterscore

 

[Frosty]

To be fair to Rabobank i dont think we know if the 3 who dropped out were with LLS or whether they had been dropped?

 

[Bala Verde]

To be fair to Rabobank i dont think we know if the 3 who dropped out were with LLS or whether they had been dropped?

True. I based it solely on the ticker feed which said 3 abandoned. But if the group is together behind the escapees, they might have been able to be there as well (peloton). I don't know how fragmented the race is at the moment.

A 2 kms de meta. Segovia espera al ganador de la etapa y de la Vuelta. Recordamos que hay bonificaciones:
10" para el 1º, 6" para el 2º y 4" para el 3º.

Bonis

 

[cineteq]

Great, another Rabo FAIL.

 

[nvpacchi]

Yelko Gomezz?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Yelko Gomez of Caja Rural wins the stage.

 

[Bala Verde]

Javier Moreno (Movistar) se adjudica la general final

Yelko Gómez (Caja Rural) da la sorpresa y gana en Segovia.
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10charsandmore

 

[LaFlorecita]

Yay Moreno!!

 

[nvpacchi]

So Moreno gaps both Levarlet and Urtasun? Must have been some splitting in the final Kms

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

First European pro win for Panama.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

So Moreno gaps both Levarlet and Urtasun? Must have been some splitting in the final Kms

Bonus seconds...

 

[nvpacchi]

Bonus seconds...

Moreno was 9 seconds behind Levarlet and only got 6 seconds for 2nd on the stage

 

[Bala Verde]

Wasn't the finish slightly uphill?