Vuelta a España - Stage 1 August 28, TTT Sevilla 16.5km

[Sasquatch]

htc don't have anyone who is a tt rider, lampre has nobdy that is close to being called a tt'er.

TTT's over a short distance is an anaerobic effort, not aerobic. The sprinters can do short sharp bursts in the technical bit which helped them out and then do short sharp pulls later on. If you saw them, they were swapping every three hundred odd metres and their sprinters were sprinting to full speed.

 

[The Hitch]

Heretic!!! Blasphemer!!!!

Burn Him!!!!!!!!

Whatever the argument, you protestants and Catholics always end up resorting to this.

 

[goggalor]

Cavendish gets 25 points for winning the team time trial. Peter Velits gets 20 for being second.


Uhhhh...

 

[auscyclefan94]

You mean church of cardiology - the church of Cadels massive heart ( metaphor for balls, guts)

I like it. You are 100% correct.

TTT's over a short distance is an anaerobic effort, not aerobic. The sprinters can do short sharp bursts in the technical bit which helped them out and then do short sharp pulls later on. If you saw them, they were swapping every three hundred odd metres and their sprinters were sprinting to full speed.

I understand as i said earlier that this race suits sprinters but I personally expected more. Lampre was a big surprise still.

 

[The Sheep]

Cavendish gets 25 points for winning the team time trial. Peter Velits gets 20 for being second.


Uhhhh...

haha for real?

 

[Francois the Postman]

TGBM does not have his own church. The only rider to have his own religion is cadel evans and the church of cadelogy!

A church is expected to have a leader, but Cadel tends to struggle with holding on to that position.

Furthermore, a proper church has lotsa followers who can't get on with each other, not the idol himself who trots off in a huff, bemoaning the actual support he gets from his own lot.

 

[hrotha]

Potential quote of the Vuelta right here, heard on Spanish TV:

Óscar Pereiro (joking about Caisse's poor performance): They know how to ride in daylight, they're not used to the night.
Pedro Delgado: So Cancellara and O'Grady should do fine.

 

[goggalor]

haha for real?

Yup.

fo realz

 

[Polyarmour]

How strong was O'Grady at the finish! At one point I watched him do a big pull on the front, then Fabian comes to the front for about 10 seconds before dropping to the back. Didn't look good.

 

[The Hitch]

Potential quote of the Vuelta right here, heard on Spanish TV:

Óscar Pereiro (joking about Caisse's poor performance): They know how to ride in daylight, they're not used to the night.
Pedro Delgado: So Cancellara and O'Grady should do fine.

I dont get it.

 

[Moondance]

I dont get it.

Neither do I....

Although I didn;t want to be the first to say it

 

[hrotha]

How strong was O'Grady at the finish! At one point I watched him do a big pull on the front, then Fabian comes to the front for about 10 seconds before dropping to the back. Didn't look good.

Cancellara was most likely waiting for a Schleck, since it's the fifth man that counts anyway.

I dont get it.

Think of the stories about Cancellara & co. at the Tour of California and what not!

 

[The Hitch]

Cancellara was most likely waiting for a Schleck, since it's the fifth man that counts anyway.

Think of the stories about Cancellara & co. at the Tour of California and what not!

At the toc Saxo werent trying very hard ?

Still dont get it

 

[Moondance]

Think of the stories about Cancellara & co. at the Tour of California and what not!

What stories?

 

[hrotha]

BAH!

If it helps, Delgado went on to drop hints about how they spent a rest day's night last year, chillin'.

 

[Francois the Postman]

What stories?

I'm starting to suspect that "you had to be there" includes having seen the season's run-up to it, on a Spanish TV.

 

[Francois the Postman]

BAH!

If it helps, Delgado went on to drop hints about how they spent a rest day's night last year, chillin'.

Do tell.... [pretty please]

 

[The Hitch]

I'm starting to suspect that "you had to be there" includes having seen the season's run-up to it, on a Spanish TV.

What stories?

BAH!

If it helps, Delgado went on to drop hints about how they spent a rest day's night last year, chillin'.

Do tell.... [pretty please]

my best guess is it is a joke about drinking. Maybe the stories were that they were partying all night, and the guy made a joke that they are good during the night
??

 

[hrotha]

my best guess is it is a joke about drinking. Maybe the stories were that they were partying all night, and the guy made a joke that they are good during the night
??

That's pretty much it.

Bah, I laughed and you can't take that away from me.

 

[Oldman]

What stories?

Sport drinking with the Specialized reps/VIP's each night. T of C was a PR trip and a fun one from the sounds of it.

 

[krebs303]

Whatever the argument, you protestants and Catholics always end up resorting to this.

Infidel!!!! Is that better

 

[DAOTEC]

On the back end today:

169 KLOSTERGAARD, Kasper SAX + 58''
170 PUJOL, Oscar CTT + 59''
171 TXURRUKA, Amets EUS + 1' 04''
172 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 1' 12''
173 GALIMZYANOV, Denis KAT + 1' 14''
174 CARLSTRÖM, Kjell SKY + 1' 15''
175 LÖVKVIST, Thomas SKY + 1' 15''
176 ROELS, Dominik MRM + 1' 27''
177 GARCÍA ACOSTA, J. Vicente GCE + 1' 28''
178 GASPAROTTO, Enrico AST + 1' 29''
179 LABBE, Arnaud COF + 1' 38''
180 VANENDERT, Jelle OLO + 1' 40''
181 PETERSON, Thomas GRM + 1' 43''
182 KREDER, Michel GRM + 1' 43''
183 BONNAFOND, Guillaume ALM + 1' 49''
184 HINAULT, Sébastien ALM + 1' 49''
185 DEIGNAN, Philip CTT + 1' 53''
186 HORRACH, Joan KAT + 2' 02''
187 RENEV, Sergey AST + 2' 06''
188 NIERMANN, Grischa RAB + 2' 15''
189 KOZONTCHUK, Dmitry RAB + 2' 15''
190 SCHRÖDER, Björn MRM + 2' 16''
191 ARRIETA, José Luis ALM + 2' 17''
192 VITORIA CANO, David FOT + 2' 26''
193 CARDOSO, Manuel Antonio Lea FO + 2' 26''
194 NOCENTINI, Rinaldo ALM + 2' 39''
195 ZEITS, Andrey AST + 2' 48''
196 IGLINSKIY, Valentin AST + 2' 53''
197 WILSON, Matthew GRM + 2' 55''
198 DEAN, Julian GRM + 3' 24''

 

[karlboss]

On the back end today:

169 KLOSTERGAARD, Kasper SAX + 58''
170 PUJOL, Oscar CTT + 59''
171 TXURRUKA, Amets EUS + 1' 04''
172 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 1' 12''
173 GALIMZYANOV, Denis KAT + 1' 14''
174 CARLSTRÖM, Kjell SKY + 1' 15''
175 LÖVKVIST, Thomas SKY + 1' 15''
176 ROELS, Dominik MRM + 1' 27''
177 GARCÍA ACOSTA, J. Vicente GCE + 1' 28''
178 GASPAROTTO, Enrico AST + 1' 29''
179 LABBE, Arnaud COF + 1' 38''
180 VANENDERT, Jelle OLO + 1' 40''
181 PETERSON, Thomas GRM + 1' 43''
182 KREDER, Michel GRM + 1' 43''
183 BONNAFOND, Guillaume ALM + 1' 49''
184 HINAULT, Sébastien ALM + 1' 49''
185 DEIGNAN, Philip CTT + 1' 53''
186 HORRACH, Joan KAT + 2' 02''
187 RENEV, Sergey AST + 2' 06''
188 NIERMANN, Grischa RAB + 2' 15''
189 KOZONTCHUK, Dmitry RAB + 2' 15''
190 SCHRÖDER, Björn MRM + 2' 16''
191 ARRIETA, José Luis ALM + 2' 17''
192 VITORIA CANO, David FOT + 2' 26''
193 CARDOSO, Manuel Antonio Lea FO + 2' 26''
194 NOCENTINI, Rinaldo ALM + 2' 39''
195 ZEITS, Andrey AST + 2' 48''
196 IGLINSKIY, Valentin AST + 2' 53''
197 WILSON, Matthew GRM + 2' 55''
198 DEAN, Julian GRM + 3' 24''

lovkvist...disappointing, hope it was a mechanical. Either way they didn't wait, so i'm not expecting a solid GC showing

 

[theswordsman]

CVV tweet explaining Dean's last place finish:

Ouch. Kinda fun, kinda terrifying. Lost Julian on the warm up to a "dark sidewalk". Bad crash and put some fear in the team. Conrats to HTC about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

 

[luckyboy]

Ah, wondered what happened to him.

Disappointed for Rabobank, that really didn't turn out great. Cervelo were a bit of a surprise being that close though. Should be a good Vuelta.