Vuelta a España Stage 15: Avilés - Anglirú 144km

[Parrot23]

Cobos face... Doesnt even look broken...

Cobo even has the "grubby" demeanour of a Mosquera. Cheats can't hide their secrets.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sky really f.cked up this time.

Froome >> Wiggins.. painful.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Froome can still win, but it will be hard. Sky definitely ****ed him over a bit.

He'll probably still be working for Wiggins

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Cobo riding 20% inclines quicker than i ride to work. Seriously that was laughable.

Cobo 1st, a guy who'd only finished top 10 in two mountain stages in his entire career until last week 2nd and quite clearly could have done better if he wasn't wasting himself for Wiggins, this is hilarious.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Not one but two Dutchies crush VDB2. #OranjeBoven!

Wait a second... i'm counting how many Belgians beat Gesink in the TdF... could take a while though

 

[PedalCastro]

I almost forgot there's still a week left

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

lol @ the bs froome should be in red.

look what cobo has done, by far the best climber.
Unlikely cobo loses the red now, more likely gain time.

 

[Ramira]

Geox did a worse TTT than Sky.

That's where the just about comes in, and it was only 1 second so that wouldn't have made the difference. And to be honest if Froome had been on the same team as Cobo he'd have been well over a minute ahead of him at the start of yesterdays stage and Cobo would've had to ride for him, so he'd still be in the red.

 

[sublimit]

Froome can still win, but it will be hard. Sky definitely ****ed him over a bit.

If Froome leaves for Greenedge, Garmin or whatever I dont blame him at all, treated like dirt by Sky.

 

[spalco]

Froome can still win, but it will be hard. Sky definitely ****ed him over a bit.

I don't get those comments. How was anybody supposed to know that beforehand? Wiggins has at least proven he can ride consistently in a 3-week race; why in the world would Sky have trusted Froome to do the same?

 

[hoolaparara]

Wow. That was tense... my heart was a thumping in a way it hasn't in any recent TDF and without so much live coverage of the others...

But wow just sitting there waiting for the time gaps each kilometre (especially without any of those annoyingly inaccurate TDF real time splits.) and wondering if he'll crack...

Shame we did not see too much of Wigans after he started ducking and weaving. And wow.. Cobo went much earlier than I thought anybody could and still get a lead! And he held it.. amazing.

 

[gregod]

Spectacular blow by Wiggins.
Duarte does well.

when he hit the 23% section, he slowed down so much he almost knocked froome over.

 

[GroupDK]

wauue new standard for amateur coverage..

like a fooball match where the goals a removed.

I donated a videocamera to africa..

instead should have supported spain..!!

Yeah I know there are suffering financiel-wise, but wasnt aware that it was so bad..

a shame for spain....

 

[zapata]

Froome is a helper, Wiggins the leader. If the team had known how he'd go, it might have been different, but they can't possibly have expected him to do this.

 

[Moondance]

i don't thin it would of made much difference. slipstream benefits are null on this climb and I don't see him being that much closer to Cobo today tbh.

Take into account the other stages where he stayed with Wigans and motored on the front of the peloton when he could've been attacking and winning time. You don't think that would've made the 20 seconds difference that he has to Cobo now in GC?

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Thank you Angry Lou. We love you

This and the black socks post have to be the posts of the day, or any others that resemble these

chappeau forumers

 

[ParfaitAmour]

Well Cobo made that look easy !

 

[auscyclefan94]

Wait a second... i'm counting how many Belgians beat Gesink in the TdF... could take a while though

Gesink is cow fodder in comparison to Mollema or Poels!

 

[joeyrobbo]

Sky have f***ed this Vuelta up majorly.. should have just let Froome and Wiggins help each other if possible, but ultimately ride for themselves.. If Froome hadn't been working so hard at the start of the climb, he would never have lost that much time to Cobo..

 

[thirteen]

Cobo even has the "grubby" demeanour of a Mosquera. Cheats can't hide their secrets.

yeah, yeah, yeah... and everybody else is squeaky clean

 

[Descender]

1 Cobo
2 W. Poels +47s
3 Menchov s.t
4 Froome s.t
5 Wiggins +1.20
6 Anton s.t
7 Monfort +1.34
8 Rodriguez s.t
9 Mollema s.t
10 Lagutin s.t
11 Duarte +1.50
12 Nieve +2.01
13 Jurgen Van den Broeck +2.16
14 Nibali +2.36

Aside from Cobo the gaps are again not big

Compared to what other MTF?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Poels into the top 10.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

poels in top 10, fully deserved. If not better.

 

[Maxiton]

legendary stage.

Not really.

Cobo even has the "grubby" demeanour of a Mosquera. Cheats can't hide their secrets.

An angel.

 

[Frosty]

Take into account the other stages where he stayed with Wigans and motored on the front of the peloton when he could've been attacking and winning time. You don't think that would've made the 20 seconds difference that he has to Cobo now in GC?

How much did he lose on the stage Moncoutie won, where he did a lot of work??? That was about that amount/?