Vuelta a Espana, Stage 8: Talavera de la Reina - San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 183km

[classicomano]

_O_ TGBM _O_ all class baby!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Someone should have taken more time on Igor when they had the chance. Looks so much better.

Yup, though we shouldn't get too excitable too quickly. Maybe the rumours of his demise could turn out to be premature now that we're out of the scorching temperatures and back into more manageable ones.

 

[Thomsena]

Impressed by Birdsong!

 

[Benotti69]

Nibali 32 secs down

 

[cineteq]

So he loses 52 seconds today on Purito.

Nooooo!!!!!!!

 

[jobiwan]

GC:
JRod
Moreno +32"
Fuglsang +34"
Nibali +41"
Scarponi +51"

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

These finishes are so boring.

Well, for sure they are slow

 

[zapata]

Of course, all this time JRod gains will be wiped out about 2 kilometers into the time trial...

He gained 50 seconds on nibali today, with the bonification. Starting to amount to something.

 

[The Hitch]

Beautiful.

Absolutely beautiful.

He crushed them.

Scarponi is an awesome rider on these types of finishes but he was made to look very average.

 

[Fetisoff]

Decent rides by Menchov and Anton I must say....

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Impressed by Birdsong!

Meh, this is the type of thing he's been doing best since his accident in the '09Vuelta. Results at places like the Giro dell'Emilia.

 

[dlwssonic]

Another crap day for BMC at la vuelta, at least they tried.
This Hill top finishes would have been much more exciting if gilbert and evans were included.

 

[Thomsena]

These finishes are so boring.

I enjoyed it.

 

[luckyboy]

Never agreed with the bonus seconds.

 

[thirteen]

glad to see anton again.

+100000000000000000000

 

[LandEscape]

Well, for sure they are slow

JRod stripped Scarponi's bike! Holy ****!

 

[Thomsena]

Meh, this is the type of thing he's been doing best since his accident in the '09Vuelta. Results at places like the Giro dell'Emilia.

In general though. Failed completely in the Tour hence the expectations were not really that high for this Vuelta.

 

[Mshengu]

Great Ride by Rodriguez, he really stamped his mark today!!!

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Nibbles losing major time! Jurgen stupid enough to not sprint for third and Anton and Menchov coming through after all, great stage

 

[Mellow Velo]

That finish from TGBM should trigger a frenetic burst of posting from Dutchieland.
Kruijswijk bombed though.

 

[l.Harm]

In general though. Failed completely in the Tour hence the expectations were not really that high for this Vuelta.

Well, it's difficult to perform when you're not 100%.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

In general though. Failed completely in the Tour hence the expectations were not really that high for this Vuelta.

Yea but he's not being asked to sacrifice himself for the Schlecks, so that they can usher Gilbert through ahead of them.

 

[jsem94]

I hope Anton is good enough to bring it on the coming MTFs now, he looked MUCH better today. I thought it was Nieve at first, but my jaw dropped when I saw it was Anton

 

[roundabout]

Sastre at 1.33 game over

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Weak day for Nibali, or genuinely gimpy from the crash. Tomorrow will tell.

Time gaps were pretty muted apart from Jrod, who starts 3 minutes behind everyone else, so good watching, but probably not that decisive for GC.