Vuelta a España - Stage 5 : Guadix - Lorca 198.8km

[The Hitch]

He is really becoming a great sprinter. I knew to choose him over Cav. Hes older than cav, but sometimes it takes longer to mature. The next chipo, could yet be American and not Manx(ian)???

 

[The Hitch]

Farrar wins, bad decision by Cav.

Cav went from way too far out.

Cav seemed to have run out of team-mates, he let himself get boxed in and had to go from way too far out.

Looks like the cav fanboys had their excuses prepared this time

 

[jaylew]

Farrar
K Fernandez
Cavendish
Weyandts
Petacchi
Hutarovich


Edit: First results are saying Tosatto and Chavanel instead of Weylandts and Hutarovch.

 

[max_powers]

I'll go with farrar to win. he seems to be going very well.

wtg Aussie

 

[Mellow Velo]

Cav had the gas, just went way too early...........
Glad I picked Tyler, then.

 

[indurain666]

Nice sprint, can't wait to hear Cavendish's excuse now: "35 C temperatures mate, I mean you can't really prepare for the totally unexpected high temperatures in Southern Spain in the summer...my teammates rock though"

I am very happy for Farrar

 

[The Hitch]

Koldo Fernandez - another win for Euskaltel.

well done sir. Fernandez didnt win, but i really didnt see EUskatel contesting a sprint, and he came 2nd.

 

[Moondance]

Yay! Farrar beats the Brat. Buddhism triumphs over @ssholism.

 

[Carl0880]

Cavendish is definately here for just stage wins as him sitting up watched him drop from 2nd to 3rd. Good sprint by Farrar, and actually from that distance Cav was pretty impressive.

Most other sprinters from that far out would have faded to 5th or 6th.

 

[The Hitch]

Farrar was sick yesterday. And wins today.

After riding half the tour with a broken wrist, including the cobbles, getting 3rd a few times, and getting on Renshaws bad side

I say he has balls.

 

[Jamsque]

Looks like the cav fanboys had their excuses prepared this time

Explanation is not the same thing as excuse you dolt. Cav lost today because he didn't sprint as well as Tyler did, no-one is saying anything different.

Farrar confirms his status as the best American pro cyclist of 2010.

 

[jaylew]

Looks like the cav fanboys had their excuses prepared this time

Ugh. Though I respect his ability, Cav is one of my least favorite riders in the peloton.

 

[hrotha]

well done sir. Fernandez didnt win, but i really didnt see EUskatel contesting a sprint, and he came 2nd.

Why not? He won a stage in Burgos and he's pretty consistent all things considered. Second-tier sprinter, but a decent one.

And damn, Hutarovich, I expected you to be 6th or so and get me some points before I could get Farrar.

 

[The Hitch]

Explanation is not the same thing as excuse you dolt. Cav lost today because he didn't sprint as well as Tyler did, no-one is saying anything different.

Farrar confirms his status as the best American pro cyclist of 2010.

Ugh. Though I respect his ability, Cav is one of my least favorite riders in the peloton.

LOL
i cant believe you guys fell for this. If i was being serious i would have used instead of
I chose 3 regular posters who are clearly NOT cav fanboys, and realising that they had all said that Cav had made a wrong decision, i made a joke based on the fact that there is usually an excuse every time Cav loses a race.

It was a joke, honest.

 

[Barrus]

Looks like the cav fanboys had their excuses prepared this time

Huh, saying Cav sprinting wrongly is considered an excuse nowadays? He made a bad decision by going too early. This means that Farrar had the better spring today. And this indicates I'm a Cav fanboy, how?

Just saw it was a joke.

Anyway, great sprint from Fernandez as well, hadn't expected him high up in the placings

 

[insideout leadout]

Cav is as good as his leadout train. Eisel left the race and Goss is no Renshaw.

As simple as that.

 

[The Hitch]

Cav is as good as his leadout train. Eisel left the race and Goss is no Renshaw.

As simple as that.

We all thought that but in this years tour, he showed he could win without his leadout train, and comfortably at that.

 

[Barrus]

Cav is as good as his leadout train. Eisel left the race and Goss is no Renshaw.

As simple as that.

Not really, I can't stand the guy but you need to acknowledge that he can win even without a real leadout train. He really is one of, if not the best, sprinter out there at the moment

 

[hrotha]

It's true however that he might have got a bit too used to having a perfect leadout train. In the Tour he could make up for it when he lost Renshaw because he was clearly in a better condition than in the Vuelta.

Maybe he should try doing more races without a train to, err, train for this kind of situation.

 

[max_powers]

Cav is as good as his leadout train. Eisel left the race and Goss is no Renshaw.

As simple as that.

that's it, Cav *had* to move when he did

 

[joy118118]

Cav is as good as his leadout train. Eisel left the race and Goss is no Renshaw.

As simple as that.

Once Cavendish was not one who wasnt able to win without leadout.

 

[cyclingfanatik]

Cavendish is definately here for just stage wins as him sitting up watched him drop from 2nd to 3rd. Good sprint by Farrar, and actually from that distance Cav was pretty impressive.

Most other sprinters from that far out would have faded to 5th or 6th.

That same style cost him the TDF points jersey this year... One of the early stages he sat up and dropped about 8 spots. What an idiot.

Did anybody hear why Arroyo dropped 1:30ish?

 

[hrotha]

That same style cost him the TDF points jersey this year... One of the early stages he sat up and dropped about 8 spots. What an idiot.

Did anybody hear why Arroyo dropped 1:30ish?

Arroyo had a puncture within the last 3 km so expect that to be fixed when the official results come out.

 

[joy118118]

We all thought that but in this years tour, he showed he could win without his leadout train, and comfortably at that.

But they soon go back to the leadout train. What a shame! They should have let Cavendish try to win by himself then free other riders.

 

[jaylew]

I should have known. I was a bit confused because I believe Jamsque is at least a Cav fan, though I wouldn't call him a fanboy.