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

[movingtarget]

Wiggins only 60 seconds off Red jersey. He will be near the lead at end of tommorow if not leading.

 

[Ragerod]

Wow, just Wiggo!

If someone had told me that this afternoon TGBM would be leading and Wiggins would drop every GC contender I'd of had them committed.

That stage was better than I ever could of imagined.

 

[virandociclista]

TGBM!!! He is in my velogame team!!! thanks dutch mafia!!!!

 

[ak-zaaf]

His Greatness is just finally showing what every Dutch Mafia member has been saying for years he was capable of...

Did anyone listen....????

All hail TGBM!

_O_

 

[luckyboy]

So Nibali vs Wiggins for GC with Mollema as the outsider...

 

[Jamsque]

1 out of 3 ain't bad I give you

Froome is Seth Efrican, right?

 

[Moondance]

1 out of 3 ain't bad I give you

Martin was born in England.

 

[Greenflame]

Very interesting stage. TGBM really is good, never expected him to be up there. But, just to bait the Dutch Maffia, Mollema didn't do a single turn on the front for the entire climb (or at least I didn't see it) while Martin and Nibali attacked hard and Wiggins did a lot of pulling on the final bit. If it wasn't TGBM but a rider from a different country you'd be calling him a wheelsucker now

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

His Greatness is just finally showing what every Dutch Mafia member has been saying for years he was capable of...

Did anyone listen....????

this is almost making up for the failed dutch tour

 

[Moondance]

Froome is Seth Efrican, right?

Kenyan......

 

[sublimit]

Bit of British-ish pride in Wiggins, Froome, Martin in the top 5 of a MTF.

A Belgian, a Kenyan and a Brummie .
Edit: I forgot Wiggo was born in Gent.

 

[hatcher]

Froome is Seth Efrican, right?

Kenyan.

A Belgian, a Kenyan, and Brummie.

 

[luckyboy]

We didn't see anything of Menchov, Kessiakoff, Zubeldia, Taaramae, Poels until the finish

 

[Parrulo]

this was a nice stage.

great win for martin. the head wind killed nibali completely . . . wiggins looking very good on this kind of climbs. should be interesting to see him climb the angliru.

this vuelta is getting very interesting.

btw D_T nibali doesn't attack? do you still consider him your most hated rider?

 

[maltiv]

Awesome stage and we will have an incredibly exciting TT tomorrow too! Wiggins could actually win the GC, he has already put time on the guys who will destroy him on Angliru (Rodriguez, Anton).

 

[movingtarget]

Brajkovic lost about 90 seconds.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

1 out of 3 ain't bad I give you

True, only the stage winner was born in Britain.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

We didn't see anything of Menchov, Kessiakoff, Zubeldia, Taaramae, Poels until the finish

Yea, Wiggins' drive was intense, but he did seem to run out of steam in the final km when everybody was still sitting on him, as the Menchov group were very close at the end, just came out of nowhere to be right with the leaders.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Anybody else noticed that Dan Martin has now won both the major MTF bunch finishes? (not that there was much of a bunch left!)

He has a really excellent sprint from a small group.

What an amazing stage and a really big day for a number of riders:

1) Dan Martin proves that he can mix it in the big leagues when it comes to climbing.

2) Wiggins proves that he can climb in a way most people had begun to suspect we weren't going to see from him.

3) Chris Froome: One of the most unexpected wearers of the title superdomestique.

4) TGBM also showing that he belongs in this company.

5) Nibali puts another nail in the coffin of the myth that he doesn't attack going uphill.

 

[Nielsa]

Martin's got a great wee sprint in him and for a climber that means stage wins

He said he added 3kg of muscles to get more punchy, I guess it paid off!

Super Froome & Wiggins!

 

[l.Harm]

Very interesting stage. TGBM really is good, never expected him to be up there. But, just to bait the Dutch Maffia, Mollema didn't do a single turn on the front for the entire climb (or at least I didn't see it) while Martin and Nibali attacked hard and Wiggins did a lot of pulling on the final bit. If it wasn't TGBM but a rider from a different country you'd be calling him a wheelsucker now

You saw Wiggins?

 

[royalpig180]

As exciting as that was, this does mean that the forum will now be consumed by TGBM hype for weeks.

 

[Parrulo]

Awesome stage and we will have an incredibly exciting TT tomorrow too! Wiggins could actually win the GC, he has already put time on the guys who will destroy him on Angliru (Rodriguez, Anton).

nibali proved this year on the zoncolan to also be very good on the very steep stuff.

also link to that site with full results please

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

As exciting as that was, this does mean that the forum will now be consumed by TGBM hype for weeks.

Nah, he won't even be top 5 on GC tomorrow

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

nibali proved this year on the zoncolan to also be very good on the very steep stuff.

also link to that site with full results please

http://www.lavuelta.com/11/es/resultados/index.html?e=9