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

[roundabout]

Where is this from? Official site gives me no times.

UCI

http://www.uci.infostradasports.com...D=0&DerivedEventPhaseID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0

 

[Lexman]

Well from what i read on the CN live ticker nothing spectacular today except for Antons bad performance...

VDB and Wiggins are good.

Why has CAS hasn't shown this form in TDF when it really mattered

 

[Fetisoff]

Hmm.. Despite Toribio's spectacular blow up on the mountain, he still finished ahead of people like Taramae and Petrov

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Hmm.. Despite Toribio's spectacular blow up on the mountain, he still finished ahead of people like Taramae and Petrov

I'm just glad to hear that the poor lad made it to the top at all.

 

[Swede1]

Is it true Menchov had a mechanical yesterday? He was with the leaders today, and it was a smaller group coming to the line than yesterday.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Have Sky always had green bottles?

yep, they have

 

[jens_attacks]

hats off to rabobank for making the race,nibali for daring to try and to chris anker and above all the winner,dani,very strong climber.
too bad for anton....

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Anton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQ7VLoY7bQ

Except I don't, I bloody love it.

 

[Angliru]

Probably. Unless his form does a complete 180 I can't see him taking back time anywhere.

I think he has some type of virus/cold/allergy. When Euskaltel was lined up preparing for TTT they zoomed in to Anton and he was twitching his nose oddly as if it was congested or something. Unless he just has a nervous twitch.

 

[Duartista]

Is it true Menchov had a mechanical yesterday? He was with the leaders today, and it was a smaller group coming to the line than yesterday.

That's what Matxin said, yes. He was also suffering a bit though.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

great for chava

 

[maltiv]

Well Anton had some very unstable form at the giro varying from awesome to horrible throughout the race so I guess we can't count him out completely yet.

 

[Winterfold]

Anton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQ7VLoY7bQ

Except I don't, I bloody love it.

I love that: Luke Skywalker on vocals (as everyone on youtube knows), john belushi on bass and the record that propelled England rugby to the World Cup in 2003

The high pace for Wiggo will be more to discourage attacks than drop people IMO, its smart racing - the nearer he can get to the finish before they attack the less time they will take off him.

He knows he will take time in the TT.

And Nibali and Liquigas will be happy for him to do it.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Well Anton had some very unstable form at the giro varying from awesome to horrible throughout the race so I guess we can't count him out completely yet.

I'd say his inability to be good 2 weeks in a row is a pretty good reason to count him out.

 

[jens_attacks]

great for chava

don't dare to say that name if you're not talking about jose maria jimenez there was only one.

now let's if he can do a voeckler,i'll cheer for him,one of my favourite frenchies

 

[LaFleur]

Taaramae think that this Vuelta is so hard for everybody, that contending for overall might still be available! (not sure that he looked how much he lost tho ) Anyway he will probably go stagehunting from now on and will not retire. (obv.)

 

[Swede1]

That's what Matxin said, yes. He was also suffering a bit though.

Thats good I guess, at least he is not in bad shape. Just bad luck.

 

[cineteq]

Is it true Menchov had a mechanical yesterday? He was with the leaders today, and it was a smaller group coming to the line than yesterday.

This is what Menchov said:
"I had many problems. My saddle became dislodged in the descent of Alto del Berro, then someone fell near me and I almost had to stop. So I came to the last climb in a bad position, there were some groups, I went through the top at 15 or 20 seconds behind the peloton, however, the difference increased to 1:23 on the downhill. It's a shame because I have good legs, I'm in good shape."

I guess we can't discard him, just yet.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

don't dare to say that name if you're not talking about jose maria jimenez there was only one.

now let's if he can do a voeckler,i'll cheer for him,one of my favourite frenchies

Sorry Jens

He doesn't climb as good as Voeckler although I'd love to see him hold on to that jersey for a while. Although if they go hard from the bottom of Valdepenas he might lose it..

 

[jens_attacks]

man menchov even didn't go at altitude before the race,at the team presentation he said he was most of the time at home.he even laughed a little bit,he's no more interested in racing besides le tour.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

man menchov even didn't go at altitude before the race,at the team presentation he said he was most of the time at home.he even laughed a little bit,he's no more interested in racing besides le tour.

If he has any intention of racing the Tour next year, he'd better give them a reason to invite him. Nobody else on Geox is going to do it.

 

[Fetisoff]

I'm just glad to hear that the poor lad made it to the top at all.

Yeah, that's true. When I saw him weaving like that I immediately thought "Tom Simpson".... Glad he was OK, and obviously not in too bad of shape

 

[LukeSchmid]

I see all the Movistar riders except Pardilla and Bruseghin lost alot of time today. Can either of these two finish high in the overall?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pardilla could

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mollema didn't have much trouble staying in the group today, he told his ds it was effortless. Kruijswijk wanted to attack but the climb was too flat (5%) for him. He did counter Nibali but then they realised the climb wasn't hard enough when the whole group was still there.
LL Sanchez was at his limit but was satisfied as it was his best mountain result at Rabobank so far.