Vuelta Andalucia 2012. feb 19th - feb 23th(2.1 UCI Europe Tour)

[Thibaut Pinot]

Well done by Rabo.

 

[Havetts]

#rabobus #rabofail

 

[Von Mises]

Etapa 3:
1. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team)
2. Denis Menchov (Katusha)
3. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)

I think that this is a good sign for Taaramae and for Paris-Nice. He is not usually good at these sort of short punchy finishes.

 

[Samson]

General:
1. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team)
2. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) a 3
3. Jerome Coppel (Saur Sojasun) a 8

 

[theyoungest]

I didn't expect much from Rabo, but this "exceeds" all expectations

Back to the drawing board, with their training plans.

 

[classicomano]

Looks like they all bought a ticket for the comfy rabobus.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I didn't expect much from Rabo, but this "exceeds" all expectations

Back to the drawing board, with their training plans.

Yeah, if a guy like Palomares can place top 10.. for crying out loud.. You wonder what they have been doing at training camp?

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

They probably played the card Matthews and waited for him

 

[theyoungest]

Yeah, if a guy like Palomares can place top 10.. for crying out loud.. You wonder what they have been doing at training camp?

Smoke weed, as the Dutch are wont to do.

But realistically, Kruijswijk and certainly Mollema need a lot of kilometres to be good. Gesink is a cripple () And Louis Delahaye is incompetent. Everything adds up.

 

[Spine Concept]

Sigh, Rabobank, why do you bring me such grief... I can't wait for the excuse parade to start later on.

 

[Havetts]

And Louis Delahaye is incompetent.

So painfully obvious to cycling followers, yet no one in that team even notices..

 

[Der Effe]

No worries, Rabobank's plans are to peak in the Cauberg Clinic this season.

 

[Havetts]

11. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank)
12. Eduard Vorganov (Katusha)
13. Tom Dumoulin (Projec 1t4i)
14. Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
15. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi)


AWWW YEAAAAA

 

[Thibaut Pinot]

Wow, Tom Dumoulin 13th. Very impressive.

 

[jens_attacks]

oh good lord rabobank
even myself,not really a fan of the team i was so optimist

hey at least gesink is there

 

[shalgo]

1. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) 4:02:37
2. Denis Menchov (Katusha) a 10
3. Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) m.t.
4. Frank Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) m.t.
5. Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) a 13
6. Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a 15
7. Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) a 21
8. Adrián Palomares (Andalucía)
9. Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
10. Jerome Coppel (Saur Sojasun)
11. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank)
12. Eduard Vorganov (Katusha)
13. Tom Dumoulin (Projec 1t4i)
14. Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
15. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi)

Not so bad for Rabo if 7th through 15th were really all on the same time.

 

[classicomano]

TGBM saves the day!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tom Dumoulin was in that group, he did a good TT so good for his GC

 

[Froome19]

10. Jerome Coppel (Saur Sojasun)
11. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank)
12. Eduard Vorganov (Katusha)
13. Tom Dumoulin (Projec 1t4i)
14. Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
15. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi)

 

[theyoungest]

WTF Dumoulin? I thought if you went to Skil you lost all climbing skills? Impressive.

 

[roundabout]

I think that this is a good sign for Taaramae and for Paris-Nice. He is not usually good at these sort of short punchy finishes.

It's actually about 8km long so more of a medium climb.

But a good ride from him nonetheless.

 

[hatcher]

Big season coming up from Lagutin.

 

[theyoungest]

It's actually about 8km long so more of a medium climb.

But a good ride from him nonetheless.

The only real climbing was at the end. Definitely a punchy climb, this.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I have to retract my earlier statement since two rabobank riders finished in the same time as the group for 7th place. So they did what was expected. But certainly not more.

 

[hrotha]

Still, good result for Gesink. Nothing spectacular, but after his injury you'd half expect him to come 50th or thereabouts.