Vuelta Stage 17: Villadiego - Los Machucos (180.5 km)

[bob.a.feet]

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Denifl was on fire today! So sad for Contador. Nibali still has a chance to win this.

Wait no

 

[Valv.Piti]

Great last climb. Lopez confirms muritos isn't his thing again, I wonder how well he will fare on Angliru since that basically is a continued murito. I think very well tho.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Massive win for Aqua Blue, absolutely huge.

Froome had a bad day, the race is on!

 

[DFA123]

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Froome cracked today, losing more than 40 seconds to Nibali.

Don't think he completely cracked; he just dropped early and limited losses reasonably well considering how bad he looked. Doesn't bode well for him though with stage 20 looming large.

 

[Carols]

EDIT: Wrong thread

 

[StryderHells]

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Great last climb. Lopez confirms muritos isn't his thing again, I wonder how well he will fare on Angliru since that basically is a continued murito. I think very well tho.

Angliru is steep but more consistent so he should be fine

 

[Scarponi]

Nibali please God please God reproduce 2013 on the angrilu. Froome responding to those attacks could be kn of the best GT finishes ever

 

[DFA123]

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Great last climb. Lopez confirms muritos isn't his thing again, I wonder how well he will fare on Angliru since that basically is a continued murito. I think very well tho.

Angliru is steep but more consistent so he should be fine

Not really

 

[Tonton]

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Not that close for the stage win in the end. A monster performance by Denifl in a season that has transformed his career. From a career domestique with zero road race wins, to a team leader who has won the Osterreich Rundfahrt and a GT stage.

Yes. Bravo. The Solden melt-down didn't repeat itself. Big, big win.

 

[bob.a.feet]

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Nibali please God please God reproduce 2013 on the angrilu. Froome responding to those attacks could be kn of the best GT finishes ever

2013 Angliru? Nibali going to get beaten by old man Horner again :lol:

 

[StryderHells]

Woods moves into 7th overall! He's doing a cracking job in only his second GT

 

[Arredondo]

One of the best performances of Contador in the past 5 years really. Impressive stuff.

Froome shows he's on the rope. I think he will go down on Angliru, if Nibali, Zakarin and Contador are willing to dare to attack on Cordal.

It will be an epic end of this Vuelta for sure!

 

[DFA123]

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Not that close for the stage win in the end. A monster performance by Denifl in a season that has transformed his career. From a career domestique with zero road race wins, to a team leader who has won the Osterreich Rundfahrt and a GT stage.

Yes. Bravo. The Solden melt-down didn't repeat itself. Big, big win.

Yep, the kind of win that will win long in the memory. Worth more than 10 bunch sprint wins for me.

 

[Scarponi]

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Nibali please God please God reproduce 2013 on the angrilu. Froome responding to those attacks could be kn of the best GT finishes ever

2013 Angliru? Nibali going to get beaten by old man Horner again :lol:

Froome, 2009 Contador , 1998 Pantani 1999 Armstrong are quarter of the riders of Horner. He should put them to the sword

 

[Valv.Piti]

Bad weather and a fading shape and Froomey is gone, damn I hope it will be cold and rainy the last couple of days, then Im pretty sure Nibali will win this. This wasn't a one day thing.

 

[Eclipse]

Main thing now is surely to not let Sky rest up over the coming days

 

[Arredondo]

Where's Chaves btw?

His season is really turning out to be disaster.

 

[movingtarget]

The race is not over yet. Great ride by Denifl and also Contador and good gains by the other GC riders on Froome.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Chaves cracked badly.

 

[GraftPunk]

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Denifl was on fire today! So sad for Contador. Nibali still has a chance to win this.

Wait no

 

[sir fly]

Not sure who should be the most satisfied after today... Looked to me like Froome was cooked like he hasn't been since awhile.
Congrats to Denifl. Great victory for him and the team.
Contador rode heroically, hats off.
Nibali could've taken more time, I think.

The race is still on.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Denifl initiated the breakaway today too, so he had pretty clearly targeted the stage as an opportunity.

 

[movingtarget]

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Chaves cracked badly.

Yesterday was bad enough.

 

[Lexman]

Chaves lost 5.52 !

 

[StryderHells]

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Great last climb. Lopez confirms muritos isn't his thing again, I wonder how well he will fare on Angliru since that basically is a continued murito. I think very well tho.

Angliru is steep but more consistent so he should be fine

Not really

I would say it is compared to the climb we watched today, that thing was like steps over that short a distance, yeah the Angliru does ramp up and drop off but when you combine it with the start of it I reckon it's more consistent. I have personally ridden either so will have to wait until I do one day then I'll get back to you