Vuelta a España - Stage 13: September 12 - Berja - Sierra Nevada, 175km

[issoisso]

How about doing some mountain stages in he Islas Canarias? I mean, 60 kilometers at almost 4% for peace sake!

The Roque de los Muchachos? The fans all want that, but going there would be a difficult transfer.

Liquigas has really blown up the pack immensely.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Valverde looks more than a bit uncomfortable, or is he doing an acting job?
He doesn't like the Monachil. Cost him dear, a few years back.

 

[issoisso]

15 riders left in the group

 

[auscyclefan94]

basso and Gesink look good.evans, valverde and sanchez are at the back. something is not quite right

 

[Señor_Contador]

So long? Only the Velefique is new. All the others have been used before

I must've been asleep.

Has there ever been a Vuelta in which the Pyrenees and the Cordillera Cantábrica have been avoided like this year's rendezvous?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Danielson going out the back door.....

 

[issoisso]

I must've been asleep.

Has there ever been a Vuelta in which the Pyrenees and the Cordillera Cantábrica have been avoided like this year's rendezvous?

Cantabria, not sure. The Pyrenees are avoided about once every 3 years

 

[Moondance]

Wow, Valverde looks like he is cracking. Granted it's the toughest part of the climb.

Shame, don't think Rodriguez will be able to hold on. Would've been nice to see him try to shake things up and make a claim to win.

Tommy D and Sanchez have cracked already. Game over, as they say.

EDIT: Bah, Rodriguez called back. Necessary but disappointing.

 

[issoisso]

Down to Szmyd, Basso, Gesink, Mosquera, Evans, Valverde!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Sanchez and TD gonnneeeeeeeeee !
Go Gesink !!!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Evans looks bad

 

[issoisso]

Evans not looking good

*basks in his prediction that Gesink would be fighting for the overall win*

 

[Moondance]

Valverde seems to have gotten over his funk a little. You can never really tell with Evans though. He seems like he can hold his place behind Valverde pretty good.

 

[issoisso]

How the heck is Riblon still hanging on?

 

[issoisso]

That's the end of the Monachil, then. Now a short descent and soon the favorites will be on the special category Sierra Nevada proper.


EDIT: hoogerland!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Evans is goneee!

EDIT: mechanical.

 

[issoisso]

Wow that's bad luck for Evans

 

[msjett]

Valverde seems to have gotten over his funk a little. You can never really tell with Evans though. He seems like he can hold his place behind Valverde pretty good.

Neither of them look good at the moment, but could be a case of hanging in there sucking wheel till they get to the last bit?!

 

[Moondance]

Ouch, Evans gets a flat, TERRIBLE timing.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Hopefully the wait, hes losing time though.

 

[pedaling squares]

That was awful timing, you have to really feel for Cadel.

 

[issoisso]

I hope they wait. But that's a huge margin. Almost a whole minute

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

if they do wait, sanchez will be back too. Bad luck, hes gonna waste a lot of eenergy here anyway.

would have lost a minute there.

 

[auscyclefan94]

bad luck evans. 1min behind. i'm crying. why is de greef not going back to help?

 

[luckyboy]

Why didn't he take a neutral service bike?