Vuelta a Espana Stage 9: Villacastín - Sierra de Bejar. La Covatilla 183,0 km

[cocteau_ireland]

Yes!!!!!!!!

 

[icefire]

TGBM is the new lider

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1 Dan Martin
2 Mollema
3 Cobo
4 Wiggins
5 Froome
6 Nibali
7 Taaramae
8 Menchov
9 Zubeldia
10 Kessiakoff
11 Poels
12 Seeldraeyers
13 Vandenbroeck

 

[movingtarget]

Good win for Martin.

 

[killswitch]

Great win by Martin!

 

[Moondance]

Éirinn go Brách!

Wigans awesome. Hope he wins the TT tomorrow for this effort. Shame about TGBM, but he didn't deserve the win.

 

[Ferminal]

Wow, Martin was at the back with Froome not long before that, good sprint.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Great ride by Froome!

 

[Zoncolan]

That was an awesome stage!
I never thought I'd see Wiggins climbing that well?!

 

[Gingerale]

wiggins...respect

what a climber....power climber wiggans!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

TGBM is the new lider

No, that can't be right

Rodriguez still leader I think

 

[Mellow Velo]

Taaramae, Menchov and Kessiakoff all catch Nibali and pass VDB 2.
Fuglsang not singing.
Dan Dare and TGBM!

Scarponi erupts a la Etna.

 

[luckyboy]

Who is that Geox?

CN Reporting saying Ardila, people saying Menchov, people saying Cobo. I thought it was Denis

 

[roundabout]

Wiggins did a lot and got no bonuses.

Stupid bonuses.

 

[spalco]

Congratulations to Dan Martin, well deserved, great stage.

 

[Moondance]

#ZapateroFail

 

[zapata]

Scarponi and Anton way back, almost two minutes.

 

[Anonymous]

Respect to Wigans.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wiggins turns into Ivan Basso for a few kilometres there.

I said I thought this climb and La Manzaneda would be fine for him, it's when we got to Farrapona and Anglirú that he'd struggle - but I thought he'd be in the front group, not being the one shelling everybody else from it.

 

[l.Harm]

TGBM 2nd

But great stage, I really enjoyed it.

 

[thirteen]

that was lovely!

ooooooooh, poor Scarponi! was that Anton or Nieve with him?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

It's Cobo.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Mollema just awesome.
martin just awesome.
wiggans just awesome. -- big chance too win the vuelta.

THERE IS NO OUTSTANDING CLIMBER AT THE VUELTA -- ADVANTAGE WIGGO

 

[Fetisoff]

Rodriguez... 59 seconds loss in andorra... Today... Yep, you guessed it

 

[halamala]

La Covatilla @ Vuelta a Espana 2002 , 2004 , 2006

Best times , Last 8.0 Km , Elevation 645 m , Grade 8.06 %

Roberto Heras 20:23 , 2002 [VAM 1900 m/h]
Joseba Beloki 20:35 , 2002
Felix Garcia Casas 20:53 , 2002
Oscar Sevilla 21:00 , 2002
Aitor Gonzalez 21:00 , 2002
Angel Casero 21:10 , 2002
David Plaza 21:15 , 2002
Gilberto Simoni 21:32 , 2002
Santiago Perez 21:35 , 2004 [VAM 1800 m/h]
Danilo Di Luca 21:37 , 2002
Fabian Jeker 21:54 , 2002
Manuel Beltran 22:03 , 2002
Klaus Moller 22:05 , 2002
Roberto Heras 22:07 , 2004
Francisco Mancebo 22:21 , 2004
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Danilo Di Luca 24:12 , 2006 [stage winner]

Daniel Martin 23:46 , 2011