Vuelta a España - Stage 14 Burgos - Peña Cabarga 178km

[Frosty]

Terpstra away by himself. Maybe everyone else is waiting for the climbs to increase their chances of getting away?

 

[insideout leadout]

Terpstra away by himself. Maybe everyone else is waiting for the climbs to increase their chances of getting away?

I think so. LLS and Arroyo are both great descenders so I expect fireworks in Portillo de Lunada and the following descent.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Tondo is a good in time-trials?

He can be.

2010:
31st in the Giro prologue
6th in the Paris-Nice prologue

2009:
32nd, Vuelta prologue (5" behind Evans, 6" behind Valverde)
41st, Vuelta stage 7 (57" behind Evans, 54" behind Valverde)
7th, Vuelta a Burgos ITT (5" behind Valverde, 24" behind Danielson)
3rd, Vuelta a Madrid ITT (23" behind Guerra, 25" behind Valverde)
1st, Vuelta a Andalucía ITT

2008:
16th, Vuelta a Madrid ITT (1'14" behind Plaza)
10th, Vuelta a Asturias ITT (43" behind Sánchez).

He also won the 2007 Volta a Portugal by passing Eladio Jiménez in the final ITT.

 

[Frosty]

Millar and Zabriskie take advantage of everyone else riding quietly and theyve headed off in pursuit of Terpstra. Interesting.

 

[craig1985]

Is it me or has the Andalusia boys been rather quiet for the last few stages?

 

[The Hitch]

The most Caisse gains by putting Arroyo in the break is another chance at having another rider in the top 10

Remember when Astana put Vino in the break on the Jallabert stage whjich purito won. It wasnt from the start but from about 80k in but for the next 100+ k Saxobank killed themselves. Eventually Rabobank and others took over but Saxo were dead. Had Astaba the balls to try it the next day they might just have craked saxo. It worked because Vino was close on the gc and had Saxo let it go, Vino would have won the tour. They had to fight it.

Caisse dont just have one rider in the top 10. They have 3, and 2 more within range. THat means any break with one of these Caisse riders can not be let go, for if it is, that rider becomes a danger if not a favourite.

 

[hrotha]

Millar and Zabriskie take advantage of everyone else riding quietly and theyve headed off in pursuit of Terpstra. Interesting.

Danielson to destroy the field in the 2nd category climbs and bridge to his mates who will carry him flying over the roads to Peña Cabarga.

 

[The Hitch]

Is it me or has the Andalusia boys been rather quiet for the last few stages?

What can they do? I would like to see more from them but they just dont have the riders.

 

[Frosty]

Danielson to destroy the field in the 2nd category climbs and bridge to his mates who will carry him flying over the roads to Peña Cabarga.

Yes, surprised no one saw it coming

 

[Christomir]

He can be.

2010:
31st in the Giro prologue
6th in the Paris-Nice prologue

2009:
32nd, Vuelta prologue (5" behind Evans, 6" behind Valverde)
41st, Vuelta stage 7 (57" behind Evans, 54" behind Valverde)
7th, Vuelta a Burgos ITT (5" behind Valverde, 24" behind Danielson)
3rd, Vuelta a Madrid ITT (23" behind Guerra, 25" behind Valverde)
1st, Vuelta a Andalucía ITT

2008:
16th, Vuelta a Madrid ITT (1'14" behind Plaza)
10th, Vuelta a Asturias ITT (43" behind Sánchez).

He also won the 2007 Volta a Portugal by passing Eladio Jiménez in the final ITT.

Wow! (BTW, some great research work there, thanks. ) Well, then I'll have to change my mind and stop betting on him to win mountain stages, cause apparently he will continue to ride them at his own pace and be happy to stay in contention (i.e. - not lose more than a few seconds here and there) and keep his Top3 standing before the ITT, where he will try and defend it.

Yet, if he reaches a MTF in a group of 4 or 5 GC contenders, do you think he is a good enough sprinter to beat them (and if so - which of them?)?

 

[Credive]

Yet, if he reaches a MTF in a group of 4 or 5 GC contenders, do you think he is a good enough sprinter to beat them (and if so - which of them?)?

After his impressive victory in Romandie I think Anton is the strongest finisher of the climbers. I also doubt anyone is strong enough to drop him without cooperation, or if he has a really bad day.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Order over the first, 3rd cat climb:
1 David Millar (105)
2 ZABRISKIE David (109)
3rd Niki Terpstra (198)

 

[Frosty]

Close to 11 minutes lead for the three up-front. Unless the peloton up their pace soon then they could do it.

 

[ak-zaaf]

How late are they expected to finish?

I got things to do ffs =/

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[icefire]

How late are they expected to finish?

I got things to do ffs =/

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Earliest arrival time foreseen by the organiser is at 17:25 CET

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Spanish feed live

This spanish feed

is showing the race live now

It seems to time-out every minute of so - but if you hit the BACK button
it comes back pretty soon.

 

[roundabout]

nice countryside, no idea why Cervelo are riding on the front though

 

[LukeSchmid]

This spanish feed

is showing the race live now

It seems to time-out every minute of so - but if you hit the BACK button
it comes back pretty soon.

http://atdhe.net/21330/watch-la-vuelta-a-espana seems to be better

 

[auscyclefan94]

Watch paris brussels. Getting to the interesting bit with 26km to go.

 

[Mellow Velo]

This spanish feed

is showing the race live now

It seems to time-out every minute of so - but if you hit the BACK button
it comes back pretty soon.

Well done. This is the one we want.
Extended coverage for these mountains stages.
So what it we have to continually refresh.

 

[el_peras]

Miguel Indurain in the TVE broadcast

 

[hrotha]

Denifl abandoned. Damn. He didn't show much but I hope he can find a decent team for 2011.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

http://atdhe.net/21330/watch-la-vuelta-a-espana seems to be better

t h a n k s

 

[Mellow Velo]

Cervelo cutting down the gap to the 3 up front.

 

[Christomir]

Cervelo cutting down the gap to the 3 up front.

So Tondo and/or Sastre might have their eyes set on a stage victory here after all?