Vuelta a España - Stage 7 Murcia - Orihuela 187.1km

[Beech Mtn]

What's up with the Zabriskie's half of a mustache?

Pippo has one too. Goes well with his giant fish tattoo. Makes him look like a redneck fisherman from Alabama.

 

[insideout leadout]

Hmmm, not much of a climb. zzzzzzzz

Pretty steep now.

 

[Machu Picchu]

there was a moustache epidemic in rugby last year which was linked to a charity, perhaps some cyclists are getting in on the act this year ?_?

 

[sigsky]

Pretty steep now.

Yep, better

 

[insideout leadout]

Flecha is out.

 

[theyoungest]

there was a moustache epidemic in rugby last year which was linked to a charity, perhaps some cyclists are getting in on the act this year ?_?

The 'stache has been in the peloton for a long time already, most notably on the face of Steven Cozza.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

What's up with the Zabriskie's half of a mustache?

He's thinking about starting a carrier in adult entertainment videos.

He hasn't quite made his mind yet, so he's sporting just a half of 'stache for now
________
Herbal Aire 2.1

 

[Mellow Velo]

Beautiful day. Nice climb, pointlessly positioned, unless you are
Juan Antonio Flecha.
Sky's Vuelta goes from bad to worse.

Dave Zee's lopsided tash much more interesting than the race.
Roll on the weekend.

 

[Viskovitz]

Agreed.

Also a 2km cobble stretch 2km before the finishline could spice things up, and maybe be enough to keep the bunch at bay if a breakaway reaches that part first.

I have decided to be overly optimistic and predict:
First breakaway get caught on the cat3, luckriders breakaway on the steep part near the top, manage to reach the cobble part ahead of the bunch and just manages to stay clear in a mad dash for the finish line

on a more realistic note ... yeah prolly boring bunch sprint, but one can dream no

There's no cobble. Unipublic should put it in the stage, but they didn't. Its a unique road in Spain, and many amateur races use it.

 

[Ferminal]

My excitement for the day is that I just tuned in and "The Catch" is almost perfectly straddling Sherwen's Law.

 

[Viskovitz]

Pics of the INNECESARY DANGEROUS finish:

http://apmforo.mforos.com/1304526/9850216-donde-sera-la-hostia-mas-gorda-del-esprint-de-orihuela/#87680413

 

[Beech Mtn]

10K to go. Anybody But Cav - let's keep the streak alive.

 

[Ferminal]

HTC-Train running, will Cav have a leadout man?

 

[Ferminal]

WOAH, that truck was scary! Absolutely Racing now!

 

[The Sheep]

Petacchi nice work from lampre

 

[Ferminal]

Petacchi wins, shut Cav out but he just wasn't quick enough.

 

[Mellow Velo]

So, what happens there?
Given what we have seen this season, Petacchi will be DQF'd and the win will go to Cav.
Good to see the Manx man didn't get all hysterical and start waving his hands about, like a few others, recently.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Petacchi wins, shut Cav out but he just wasn't quick enough.

That was quite a drift to the right though, making sure we never find out if Cav was quick enough or not.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Petacchi wins, shut Cav out but he just wasn't quick enough.

Cav got completely boxed, stopped, and still overlapped with Petacchi as they crossed the line.

He's nowhere near his best, but he was quick enough with a free run today.

Well done Petacchi, but there'd be howls of outrage from the usual suspects if Cavendish had veered across the road like that in the space of 50 yards.

 

[salixcycling]

Petacchi wins, shut Cav out but he just wasn't quick enough.

Shut him out by drifting all the way across to the right as Cav was coming round on that side - or is that just careless by Cav?

 

[Ferminal]

So, what happens there?
Given what we have seen this season, Petacchi will be DQF'd and the win will go to Cav.
Good to see the Manx man didn't get all hysterical and start waving his hands about, like a few others, recently.

If it was Valverde in 2nd it would probably be a DQ.

 

[hrotha]

From above it looked like Cav sat up, and then was boxed. If he had the legs he would have gone past Petacchi while he still had plenty of space to his right.

 

[DamonAlbarn]

And....

If it was Valverde in 2nd it would probably be a DQ.

The clinic would be very busy

 

[Mellow Velo]

Asthma Jet's drift was very gradual and Cav failed to make a meal of it.
IMO, the result will stand.
I'm not even sure Cav will both to appeal, although, that's down to the HTC management.

 

[cyclingfanatik]

No sign of Lovkvist in the 3 min group... Kreuziger is also losing time 3 days in a row. He'll be a non-factor in the mountains.