Vuelta al País Vasco 4–9 April 2016

[webvan]

Re:

Nice celebration! Hope he dosen't get a penalty for that..(Is it okay to do as he did?)

Good question, don't think I've ever seen that before!

 

[trucido]

Re: Re:

Rosa will be disqualified

Yeah, great celebration, but is it actually allowed? Would be heartbreaking.

If you can carry your bike up the Koppenberg I'm sure they can allow this.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Of course that's allowed. You just have to finish with your bike.

 

[happytramp]

Historically carrying your bike across the line was allowed.... I think he was trying to be old school.

 

[StephenC2020]

Kirby thought Pinot and Purito coming up to Si Clarke at the end

 

[webvan]

Pinot FTW tomorrow !

 

[Rollthedice]

Tibopino and Purito almost caught Henaou and Berto.

 

[TMP402]

You can walk over the finish line so long as you are holding your bike. So entirely legal.

 

[Simurgh]

Purito and Reich..sorry Pinot, has reached Contador and Henao

 

[HelloDolly]

Ha ha KIrby " A hugh day and dominated by one man Si Clarke...what a guy he is " OMG

 

[happytramp]

So.....mechanical for Quintana??

 

[Alexandre B.]

Tibopino still alive for GC victory!

Podium looks good.

 

[TMP402]

Again confusing Lawson Craddock for Clarke. Amazing.

 

[Arredondo]

PURITO!!!!

He will be in monster shape in Fleche/Liege!!

 

[trucido]

How can that be Reich Kirby, didn't he just cross the line earlier?

 

[Laplaz]

When did Rosa start his solo?

 

[Pippo_San]

I say Henao to smash the TT

 

[StephenC2020]

Great ride by Reich today finishing in all the positions!

 

[carolina]

only 4 seconds between contador and tibopino in the GC.

tomorrow will be interesting

 

[Taxus4a]

Re:

Tibopino and Purito almost caught Henaou and Berto.

it was a pity TV didnt show Pinot, Quintana and Purito. The imporrtant was how much Contador and henao could get with them.

Quintana had a bad day today with this rain and this kind of stage, but I hoped more from him.

 

[GJB123]

Henao and Contador looked really strong. I think they could have worked a bit better together to put some more time into Purito and especially Pinot. Pinot being the diesel that he is was always poised to claw back some of the deficit in the final part of the climb but I feel that Contador just didn't feel like pushing very hard and then walk into a late attack by Henao.

 

[bajbar]

So the top 4 are in 12 seconds. It is going to be really interesting TT tomorow. Contador looked super though, I think he held something back for the TT. He clearly didn't go all out after the initial attack.

 

[Gigs_98]

So Henao vs Contador vs Pinot tomorrow? Should be interesting. I hope Contador can win at least one of the spring stage races so I'm rooting for him and the TT course also should suit him the best.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Henao refusing to pull? Hum...

He's doing plenty

Not really, you can tell he's going to try to drop Bertie. Just tried now in fact.

lol what kind of delusional world you life in? henao was pulling all the time. doing more work than contador never planning to attack.

 

[Simurgh]

GC:
1. Henao
2. Contador + 6''
3. Pinot + 10''
4. J.Rod + 12''
5. Sammy S. + 31''