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

[auscyclefan94]

going to be best stage in vuelta!

I doubt that. That will be the Angliru, Farrapona or Pena Carbarga stage.


It still will be good though. I also like these types of stages. Good fun. I am glad I am staying up to watch this stage.

 

[Talented]

looks like a another stage where everybody wants to get in the break. Including Chavanel!

27 riders in break but it wont last!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Lol Chavanel is in the break. That is funny!

 

[just some guy]

143 Sy. Chavanel (FRA, QST)
155 Kruijswijk (NED, RAB) +2:34
87 Karpets (RUS, KAT) +6:42
92 Marzano (ITA, LAM) +12:43
89 Vorganov (RUS, KAT) +13:34
138 Dyachenko (KAZ, AST) +13:42
82 Horrach (ESP, KAT) +14:25
173 Fröhlinger (GER, SKS) +15:29
115 Lastras (ESP, MOV) +16:41
94 Niemiec (POL, LAM) +16:57
184 Löfkvist (SWE, SKY) +20:52
63 De la Fuente (ESP, GEO) +28:19
53 E. Martínez (ESP, EUS) +29:47
133 Kangert (EST, AST) +34:39
38 Van Avermaet (BEL, BMC) +37:15
193 Haussler (AUS, GRM) +41:14
62 D. Blanco (ESP, GEO) +42:37
113 Intxausti (ESP, MOV) +44:42
31 M. Frank (SUI, BMC) +45:48
58 Azanza (ESP, EUS) +49:20
105 O'Grady (AUS, LEO) +53:24
18 Montaguti (ITA, ALM) +56:30
47 Taaramäe (EST, COF) +59:59
71 M. Albasini (SUI, THR) +1:01:18
119 Madrazo (ESP, MOV) +1:04:29
32 Kohler (SUI, BMC) +1:06:20
167 Marycz (POL, SBS) +1:25:

20 seconds on the peloton

 

[auscyclefan94]

With Sylvain in the break, it won't be going far.

 

[just some guy]

With Sylvain in the break, it won't be going far.

a few rider must had a word with him

ie what the f*ck are you thinking,now f*uck off

so he did


Leader(s) - 17 riders
155 Kruijswijk (NED, RAB) +2:34
87 Karpets (RUS, KAT) +6:42
89 Vorganov (RUS, KAT) +13:34
82 Horrach (ESP, KAT) +14:25
173 Fröhlinger (GER, SKS) +15:29
94 Niemiec (POL, LAM) +16:57
53 E. Martínez (ESP, EUS) +29:47
133 Kangert (EST, AST) +34:39
193 Haussler (AUS, GRM) +41:14
62 D. Blanco (ESP, GEO) +42:37
113 Intxausti (ESP, MOV) +44:42
31 M. Frank (SUI, BMC) +45:48
58 Azanza (ESP, EUS) +49:20
18 Montaguti (ITA, ALM) +56:30
47 Taaramäe (EST, COF) +59:59
71 M. Albasini (SUI, THR) +1:01:18
119 Madrazo (ESP, MOV) +1:04:29


and then 1 km later most people took their own advice

20 sec to



Leader(s) - 3 riders
87 Karpets (RUS, KAT) +6:42
193 Haussler (AUS, GRM) +41:14
18 Montaguti (ITA, ALM) +56:30


then Karpets thought it was a good idea to go back or his DS did




193 Haussler (AUS, GRM) +41:14
18 Montaguti (ITA, ALM) +56:30 have 34 on the peloton

 

[auscyclefan94]

Where are you geting your live updates from? The official vuelta ticker isn't that great.

 

[just some guy]

Where are you geting your live updates from? The official vuelta ticker isn't that great.

Sky tracker

 

[Talented]

well expected alot from this stage but oly 2 ppl got in break today. Going to be very hard race for only 2 ppl!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Some more riders such as Koen de Kort trying to get across. hey are a few km's in to the Puerto de Mijares.

 

[cineteq]

155 Kruijswijk (NED, RAB) +2:34 ! no way this is going to work...

 

[auscyclefan94]

155 Kruijswijk (NED, RAB) +2:34 ! no way this is going to work...

He's not in the break anymore.

 

[AussieGoddess]

Sky tracker

thanks for that.

That is a whole heap better than the Vuelta one

 

[cineteq]

Farrar abandoned...I not going to put a sad face after what he did yesterday...

 

[Tuarts]

de Kort, Fouchard, Palomares? Haven't they had enough of breaks? First two must be feeling great to try it 2 days in a row

 

[auscyclefan94]

Haussler looking to do a ride to put him on the Aus worlds team.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Koen de Kort should head back to the peloton. It ain't happening for him.

 

[Sydney21]

Haussler looking to do a ride to put him on the Aus worlds team.

He'll stroll into the team anyway...He's been calling Matt White "Whitey"... ad they'll want him at GE next year too

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Haussler looking to do a ride to put him on the Aus worlds team.

Given the route, his skill set, and his willingness to domestique for people in Garmin, you'd need a pretty stupid coach to have him in risk of not going.

 

[thrawn]

Haussler ftw.

 

[auscyclefan94]

why does la vuelta televise their stages so late?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Chavanel with Quickstep should just set a false tempo for the rest of the day. With the people in the break they won't threaten his gc lead and the peloton may lose interest in contesting the finale.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If there remains only 2 up the road Moncoutié must be ecstatic - he can pick up 6 GPM points without having to break sweat.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Interesting that Rodriguez has done a recon of this stage. He thinks some really big time gaps could open.


He realises the importance of the stage and has the advantage of having checked it out before the race started. “This is one of the very few stages that I went to reconnoitre because I knew all the others,” he explained. “I can tell you this uphill finish can create more differences than a mountain stage with a few climbs.”

 

[roundabout]

Interesting that Rodriguez has done a recon of this stage. He thinks some really big time gaps could open.


He realises the importance of the stage and has the advantage of having checked it out before the race started. “This is one of the very few stages that I went to reconnoitre because I knew all the others,” he explained. “I can tell you this uphill finish can create more differences than a mountain stage with a few climbs.”

Excuse me while I throw up.