Vuelta Ciclista a Asturias

[Parrulo]

go broco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

End of Zaballa's attack, Pasamontes did all the donkey work to pull them back with Broco, Suárez and Izagirre in his wheel in that order.
Izagirre dropped now.

Back to 4.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mini-attack from Broco, Zaballa's had another go, once more Suárez and Broco look to Pasamontes to pull him back.

 

[Parrulo]

broco catchs zaballa

broco looking strong!!!!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Suárez drops back a bit, Pasamontes is looking broken, Hernâni Broco bridges across to Zaballa... and then there were 2! Broco testing Tino, Tino's having to dig deep to stay!

Pasamontes and Suárez slowly clawing their way back on...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Broco now looks like he's having to work harder than Zaballa to stay with the Spaniard... 3km to go.

Santí is apparently back.

Javier Moreno Bazan, Suárez, and Santí Pérez have all now bridged up to Zaballa and Broco.

Moreno making Zaballa suffer.

Apparently it's Sérgio Sousa, not Santí. Santí is apparently over 2 minutes down. WTF.

Broco and Suárez really having to fight hard to stay on.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Last km now!

Zaballa attacks again! He's really full of it today!

Looks like it's finally broken Broco. Suárez too. Zaballa, Moreno and Sousa up the front.

Sérgio Sousa leading everybody... Javier Moreno attacks and that looks decisive.

Yes, big gap opened now.

JAVIER MORENO WINS ON THE ALTO DEL ACEBO

Sousa +8"
Zaballa +13"

 

[Parrulo]

broco lost a lot of time in the last k

nice ride by moreno

also by sergio sousa. didn't know he was this good on the mountains

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Cameras missed Broco and Suárez coming in.

Herrada +1'35"
Pasamontes +1'47"

Really brutal day in the saddle today. Great stage.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Damn, that was an evil stage in those conditions.
6 and a quarter hours in the saddle and barely 31kph.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Ticker says it was Rui Sousa, but I saw no national champions' bands (besides, isn't Rui the road champ?) so I am assuming the commentators were right and the ticker was wrong.

 

[Parrulo]

well at least broco is looking good for the volta. should be fun to watch his battle with andre cardoso.

i only wish cardoso was here today. he would kill all competition

ya ticker must be wrong. sousa is the road the champ and has a very nice jersey to show it

other pic was too big

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, very pleased with Broco's showing. He isn't afraid to mix things up early either (after all he attacked on the Alto Campanhó last year to hold on on the Senhora da Graça), good rider to have around for entertainment's sake.

Very impressed with Sérgio Sousa. He seems to be very good in bad weather.

 

[Descender]

Big win for Caja Rural. Surely this means Vuelta invitation if Andalucia keep sucking.

 

[Lupetto]

Over 6 hours of racing, bad weather. Thats how mountain stages should be.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Moreno also takes the lead of the GC, a great ride from him.

Broco & Suárez lost 34".

STAGE TOP 10
1 Javier Moreno (CJR) ESP
2 Sérgio Sousa (BEF) POR +7"
3 Constantino Zaballa (MIE) ESP +13"
4 Hernâni Broco (LAR) POR +34"
5 Juan Pablo Suárez (EPM) COL +st
6 Victor de la Parte (CJR) ESP +1'35"
7 Luís Pasamontes (MOV) ESP +1'40"
8 Fredy Piamonte (EPM) COL +2'08"
9 José Herrada (CJR) ESP +2'22"
10 Carlos Oyarzún (MOV) CHI +2'40"

GC TOP 10
1 Javier Moreno (CJR) ESP
2 Constantino Zaballa (MIE) ESP +13"
3 Sérgio Sousa (BEF) POR +36"
4 Hernâni Broco (LAR) POR +47"
5 Luís Pasamontes (MOV) ESP +1'40"
6 Juan Pablo Suárez (EPM) COL +1'46"
7 José Herrada (CJR) ESP +2'17"
8 Giovanny Báez (EPM) COL +4'00"
9 Stefan Schumacher (MIE) GER +4'07"
10 Gorka Izagirre (EUS) ESP +4'33"

Schumacher leads the Points competition.
Sérgio Sousa is King of the Mountains.
Pablo Urtasun is the leader of the Metas Volantes.
José Luís Cano is the leader of the Intervuelta.

 

[hrotha]

Nice ride by Víctor de la Parte. He's starting to show, already did pretty good TTs here and in Castilla y León, and now this.

 

[roundabout]

Those are pretty stupendous gaps

 

[Descender]

One of the hardest stages of the year. This races delivers year after year.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Nice ride by Víctor de la Parte. He's starting to show, already did pretty good TTs here and in Castilla y León, and now this.

I think Caja Rural have looked at the calendar, seen that this is likely to be less strongly attended than, say, Castilla y León, and put a big X next to it on the calendar. Moreno, de la Parte and Herrada have all looked very strong this week.

 

[greenedge]

Yeah they have. They are an aggresive team. Pity about rory sutherland and SS

 

[hrotha]

OK, someone has to say it: disappointing performance by EPM today.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

suarez crashed during fridays itt and was hurt by it yesterday. but does someone know what happened behind the attackers?? where did paimonte and baez come from?? they rode away from peloton??

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

OK, someone has to say it: disappointing performance by EPM today.

I was tempted to post something like this to hear ryos reaction/excuse also

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

it seems they really ****ed up tactics because suarez was in leading group that wasn't feeling too well and behind baez kicked everyone's *** on the alto de acebo but the gap was already way too big but taking 1 minute on santi perez is impressive