Vuelta a Espana Stage 4: Baza - Sierra Nevada 170.2 km

[Thomsena]

yeah... i know some people say the win is everything, but i really have a problem respecting anyone who wins like that

Like what?.. Chris Anker was far the best on the climb? What should Moreno do? He won...?

 

[jobiwan]

Chavanel in red.

Good for him. Although that doesn't speak well for the quality of the stage today.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1 Moreno
2 Sorensen +3
3 Martin +11
4 Rodriguez
5 Niemiec
6 Lagutin
7 Vandenbroeck
8 Poels
9 ..
10 Mollema

12 Nibali
14 Brajkovic
16 Menchov
17 Kruijswijk
all same time

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

everyone there except anton.

WOOOOOOOOOOO CHAV IN RED

 

[Lanark]

What a terrible stage.

 

[Magnus]

CAS 3" behind Moreno?
Am I the only one who thought it was 1" or 2"?

 

[Havetts]

Hopefully sastre was in that group .

And yes Chavanel probably in red.

 

[Jamsque]

Moreno
Sorensen 3
Martin 11
JRod
Niemiec
Lagutin
VDB2
Poels
Scarponi
Mollema
Sivtsov
Nibali
Nieve
Brajkovic
Zubeldia
Menchov
Kruiswick
Wiggins
Kessiakoff
LuLe Sanchez

GC

Chav
Moreno 43
Fuglsang 49
Monfort 49
Nibali 53

 

[luckyboy]

Woo Chavanel!!

 

[Vitapen]

I'm very glad for Chavanel.

 

[jobiwan]

Chavanel
Moreno +43"
Fuglsang +48"

 

[Anonymous]

Well, he's had a bad stage, Menchov's had a bad one, everyone knows J-Rod's gonna have a bad one somewhere along.... so no... not so much, yet

the 2 paisan nibali and scarponi

 

[slim charles]

what a letdown of a stage.
good win for moreno, although i would much prefer if sorensen have won.
shame for anton

 

[Carl0880]

Well, he's had a bad stage, Menchov's had a bad one, everyone knows J-Rod's gonna have a bad one somewhere along.... so no... not so much, yet

The main difference though is Menchov is probably the strongest TT out of the GC guys al0ong wiht Wiggins, Anton is going to lose a couple of minutes on that, but still with the Angliru coming up in over a week, Anton can gain form forthat climb and put time in.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Harmon going a bit over the top about Dan Martin

Yes. He was more excited about his third than Moreno's win.

That said, it's worth remembering that Martin has been so good in smaller races that it is exciting to see him mixing it on a GT mountain stage.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

meh asif 5% was ever going to deliver on stage 4.

 

[hatcher]

Roche and Machado also lost 30 seconds or so.

 

[jobiwan]

Tomorrow should be better.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I did say a gc favourite would crack. If Rabo didn't do that hard tempo fromthe bottom Anton may have not lost very much time.

Nibali showed us his form today with that attack. Looks very strong.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1 85 MORENO, Daniel KAT 4h 51' 53''
2 161 SÖRENSEN, Chris SBS + 3''
3 196 MARTIN, Daniel GRM + 11''
4 81 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 11''
5 94 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw LAM + 11''
6 215 LAGUTIN, Sergey VCD + 11''
7 127 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen OLO + 11''
8 217 POELS, Wouter VCD + 11''
9 91 SCARPONI, Michele LAM + 11''
10 157 MOLLEMA, Bauke RAB + 11''
11 78 SIVTSOV, Kanstantsin THR + 11''
12 1 NIBALI, Vincenzo LIQ + 11''
13 54 NIEVE, Mikel EUS + 11''
14 201 BRAJKOVIC, Janez RSH + 11''
15 209 ZUBELDIA, Haimar RSH + 11''
16 65 MENCHOV, Denis GEO + 11''
17 155 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven RAB + 11''
18 188 WIGGINS, Bradley SKY + 11''
19 131 KESSIAKOFF, Fredrik AST + 11''
20 158 SÁNCHEZ, Luis León RAB + 11''
21 104 MONFORT, Maxime LEO + 11''
22 117 PARDILLA, Sergio MOV + 11''
23 148 SEELDRAYERS, Kevin QST + 11''
24 103 FUGLSANG, Jakob LEO + 11''
25 118 BRUSEGHIN, Marzio MOV + 11''
26 108 ZAUGG, Oliver LEO + 11''
27 183 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 11''
28 66 SASTRE, Carlos GEO + 11''
29 64 DUARTE, Fabio Andrés GEO + 11''
30 197 TALANSKY, Andrew GRM + 11''

33 135 KISERLOVSKI, Robert AST + 46''
35 11 ROCHE, Nicolas ALM + 51''

Anton +1m40 or something?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Looks like some people were expecting WAY too much from this stage.

 

[Greenflame]

That was disappointing... Except for Nibali's half-attack and Anton dropping, nothing happened. Was to be expected, but still.

Hopefully tomorrow will be more interesting.

 

[jobiwan]

Lagutin and Poels paid off the work Vacansoleil did. Nice rides.

 

[The Hitch]

Watch out for Nieve now.

Watch out

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Roche seems to have brought his Tour form