Vuelta Stage 18: Suances → Santo Toribio de Liébana - 169 km

[SafeBet]

What a rebound stage for Sky and Froome. Completely owned this. Chapeau.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I think this is why some people dislike Sky. Just wow.....

 

[Arredondo]

Contador really the best rider in the race atm. Nibali is extremely shaky: some stages really solid, other stages really poor

 

[d-s3]

Such a pity that Andorra stage for Contador.
It would have been great fight with Froome without it.

 

[jarvo]

Seems the talk of Froome fading was premature, looked fine today. Woods is my man of the vuelta, doing absolutely brilliant other than the TT

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nibali lacks top end watts for explosive climbs.. Froome wins Vuelta

 

[PremierAndrew]

Contador after all those attacks still ends up first out of the GC contenders.

 

[arvc40]

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Well, it was an exciting stage but Froome just cements his position as he best GC rider on the planet of the last 5 years

Indeed. Contador doing a good job. Its always been about Froome/Contador.

 

[webvan]

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That throws the cat among the pigeons! I was confident Nibali's form was coming good and Froome was on the wane, but then Froome just made that stick and put a good 15-20secs into NIbali there, makes reading what is likely to happen on the Angliru much hazier to predict!

Nibali was never going to do wonders on Angliru, heck he couldn't even follow Horner there in 2013 !

The way things are going it seems Bertie could get 2nd after Angliru...

 

[ice&fire]

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Lance tweeted last Monday that Contador was calling for a salary cap one week before retiring

A TEAM salary cap

I'm sure Lance, Alberto, you and I understand that. Lance was pointing out that Alberto was proposing changes that will no longer affect him in any way... and now he does the same.

 

[SafeBet]

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Contador really the best rider in the race atm. Nibali is extremely shaky: some stages really solid, other stages really poor

All the stages he's been poor are quite similar though.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Nibali has been rather bad on every stage that ended with a sharp short climb. Not too surprising considering his weaknesses and strengths.

 

[MrTea1976]

It's a shame Woods can't TT.

 

[dutchdescent]

Re: Vuelta Stage 18: Suances → Santo Toribio de Liébana - 16

Alberto not helping Nibs fo victory this time

 

[del1962]

Looking at result Alaphilippe exploded on final climb

 

[jsem94]

If not for that Andorra stage, I wonder what could have been. Can only speculate, but I think he would have given Froome a proper match.

 

[Eclipse]

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Such a pity that Andorra stage for Contador.
It would have been great fight with Froome without it.

It is better for him to have had a what if final GT than to be mercilessly eaten by Sky in a heads up I think

 

[PremierAndrew]

Nibali's simply not good enough on the muritos. Fairly sure nibali's shipped more time on the muritos than he has in the TTs

 

[Ruby United]

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Seems the talk of Froome fading was premature, looked fine today. Woods is my man of the vuelta, doing absolutely brilliant other than the TT

It's the longer climbs Froome will struggle with now - yesterday was slightly longer and didn't suit Froome. The Angliru too will be very hard for Froome with the up-down-up-down style of the last 6 km or so and the longer length.

 

[bob.a.feet]

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Nibali's simply not good enough on the muritos. Fairly sure nibali's shipped more time on the muritos than he has in the TTs

The Vuelta is just not a race that suits him

 

[sir fly]

Good stage.
Didn't lack the action, and the finish was exciting.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

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I think this is why some people dislike Sky. Just wow.....

Man, I'm replying to your post but not to you.

I get the Sky hate, I get it. We want to see the animators have opportunities to be entertaining.

But how often you people get on the bike every morning telling themselves "I wish the competition was just a little worse"? Honestly, that is a losers attitude.

I just can't get over the attitude that Sky have any fault, or that what they're doing needs to change. You can not like them, but the way some people are shaping their perspectives is to far off mark.

 

[movingtarget]

Another great day for Contador, Froome rebounds as expected, Nibali not looking great. Superman not so super today..

 

[d-s3]

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Such a pity that Andorra stage for Contador.
It would have been great fight with Froome without it.

It is better for him to have had a what if final GT than to be mercilessly eaten by Sky in a heads up I think

Maybe but I basically do not care what is better for him (it sounds worse than I mean it )
For us fans it would be better.

 

[Baldinger]

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I think this is why some people dislike Sky. Just wow.....

Agree.

It would be much easier to accept Froome as the best GT rider the last 5 years or whatever, if he was'nt a part of the Sky machine.