Vuelta a España - Stage 10 Tarragona - Vilanova i la Geltrú 175.7km

[hrotha]

1st sprint of the day went Cav, Farrar, J-Rod, so we have a new leader of the Vuelta!

You mean Cav is contending the intermediate sprints now? I don't get this guy at all.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

that's nice for Frank, his own brother has given up on him!

He didn't go voluntarily, Riis threw him out of the race.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/updated-andy-schleck-ogrady-removed-from-vuelta

Susan

 

[craig1985]

They are his pals

Johnnie Walker

Such an Australian thing to name your son after a whiskey. Either that, or they are incredibly bogan (read trailer park trash).

 

[insideout leadout]

Riis takes internal policy seriously whenever he likes to...what a sad man.

 

[icefire]

This is it!

 

[DenisMenchov]

I wonder why he didn`t throw out anyone on TOUR?

Oh, well it`s THE TOUR and he wanted to win, here NO CHANCE.

 

[nvpacchi]

1st sprint of the day went Cav, Farrar, J-Rod, so we have a new leader of the Vuelta!

Did anyone from Euskaltel try to contest the sprint to keep Anton in the lead?

 

[insideout leadout]

Did anyone from Euskaltel try to contest the sprint to keep Anton in the lead?

I don't think so. Koldo F and Urtasun are way better sprinters than J-Rod.

 

[nvpacchi]

I don't think so. Koldo F and Urtasun are way better sprinters than J-Rod.

So I guess this confirms the speculation that EE didn't want the burden of defending the jersey. As much as I am pulling for Anton, it will be nice to see Purito pull on the red jersey. Especially considering that both Purito and Anton have been equal so far in the Vuelta, it is only fair that both spend at least one day in the leader's jersey.

 

[Ney the Viking]

Johnnie Walker

Such an Australian thing to name your son after a whiskey. Either that, or they are incredibly bogan (read trailer park trash).

Yeah it was just me that didnt get the joke and thought you guys were serious

 

[insideout leadout]

Gilbert's involvement in todays breakaway isn't good for Van Avermaet, who looks to be a potential stage winner. Gilbert should drop back just like Barredo did. Katusha isn't giving the "virtual jersey" away.

 

[Jamsque]

Euskatel will probably be glad to drop the jersey today, they have to be counting on Anton taking minutes out of J-Rod in the big mountains next week anyway.

 

[The Hitch]

Euskatel will probably be glad to lose the jersey to J rod. If Katusha want to defend it let them. Especially when the gap is only 1 second, ie meaningless.

 

[icefire]

One second doesn't make any difference in the GC. And today JRod will be the happiest man on Earth wearing red on his homeland.

 

[hrotha]

Gilbert's involvement in todays breakaway isn't good for Van Avermaet, who looks to be a potential stage winner. Gilbert should drop back just like Barredo did. Katusha isn't giving the "virtual jersey" away.

Barredo didn't dop out by choice. He didn't eat and was dead. Lost 20 minutes at the finish. Which sucked, because he was in my fantasy team and I was sure it was the day for him.

 

[sublimit]

Apparently Gilbert has dropped back into the pack.

 

[Viskovitz]

Today's a very dangerous stage.

Here's the detail of the last km's --> http://www.tracks4bikers.com/tracks/show/34787

The main climb it's Rat Penat, 4,5Km near 10% avg. gradient. This is the profile (only the first 4,5km until the Plana Novella crossroads)

But that's not the end of the difficulties. The downhill has a lot of little climbs in the middle, it's this:

And then, there's a "little" climb to Can Grau with 200m. at 17% !!

But not only the profile's are important. The road its ****ing tricky, with only 3m. wide in some points, and it's concrete in some points.

This is a photo gallety of that dangerous road --> http://apmforo.mforos.com/1304526/9854383-la-vuelta-2010-viii/?pag=6#87749081

For example, this is the steep climb to Can Grau:

 

[Frosty]

Le Mev looks to be best placed at 6.36 followed by Ten Dam at 6.39

 

[Francois the Postman]

So we got these in the break:

KADRI Biel (016), MORENO BAZAN Javier (025), ERVITI Imanol (053), ZINGLE Romain (069), CHEULA Giampaolo (083), LE MEVEL Christophe (091), MORI Manuele (117), FINETTO Mauro (122), VAN AVERMAET Greg (138), TEN DAM Laurens (158) and LUND Anders (201)

Looks like Ten Dam got fed up looking over his shoulder where Menchov was, and is given the all clear to go for himself.

 

[insideout leadout]

~3 min over the bunch. Katusha is on a mission....stage glory and red jersey. Might fail if Nibali decides to attack in the end stealing both

 

[neineinei]

Can't wait untill the stage is done and Bjarne will say something about why he threw them out of the Vuelta... Gonna be really interesting...
All I know, at the moment, is that Bjarne has denied that it has anything to do with doping, which had not crossed my mind anyway...

Andy says they were thrown out for going out after dinner to have a drink.

- I acknowledge that I have broken one of team rules by going out to get a drink after dinner, and so Bjarne decided to send me and Stuart O'Grady home, writes Andy Schleck in a sms to tv2.dk.

http://sporten.tv2.dk/cykling/article.php/id-33399051:andy-derfor-blev-jeg-smidt-ud.html

 

[Francois the Postman]

When did Riis show up? It thought he wasn't the DS at the Vuelta.

 

[neineinei]

only two beers each says Andy

Only two beers each says Andy, - and Bjarne was out late in a bar too!

- The fact is that we (Stuart O 'Grady and Andy Schleck, red) on the rest day yesterday chose to go out after eating late dinner, which one is doing in Spain. We get no more than two beers each, and then we go home at 1 o'clock, we meet Bjarne who sit at another bar, "says Andy Schleck to sporten.dk.

But rumors has it that Andy was out drinking last week too.

Reports tells that it was not the first time that this year's number two in the Tour de France has been out and enjoying himself during this edition of the Vuelta a Espana. For a week or so ago the rumors had it that he was also was out on a wet night out.

http://www.sporten.dk/cykling/schleck-vi-fik-kun-oel

 

[Mellow Velo]

Why no live Vuelta Eurosuck?

 

[The Hitch]

Why no live Vuelta Eurosuck?

calm down
its just a few minutes more. Im sure you can manage it. Its not like we are missing the zoncolan or the bola del mundo