Vuelta stage 20. Corvera → Alto de El Angliru - 119km

[LaFlorecita]

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Congrats to both of them

https://twitter.com/Radioestadio/status/906552637700673536

Almost looked like they were going to kiss...

I thought that!! Said to myself bloody hell they look in love

If they had kissed I would have been convinced you are a psychic

 

[spalco]

Looking at the results there doesn't seem to have been any kind of gruppetto. It was literally every man for himself against the mountain.

 

[Forever The Best]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

Sad news on this: the girl has died from the wounds of her accident. She was descending over la Cueña les Cabres, lost control and hit a wall.
http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/ciclismo/20170909/245475960_0.html

What a horrible way to finish a day
Tragedy. :sad:

 

[Asturiano]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

Sad news on this: the girl has died from the wounds of her accident. She was descending over la Cueña les Cabres, lost control and hit a wall.
http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/ciclismo/20170909/245475960_0.html

What a horrible way to finish a day
Tragedy. :sad:

Horrible thing

 

[Asturiano]

Definitely the hardest Grand Tour I've done Thanks for the amazing support over the past 3 weeks. It's been emotional! #LV2017 #lavuelta

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Chris Froome said on Spanish TV they really want to catch Alberto but Alberto was very strong
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vuelta-ciclista-a-espana/vuelta-2017-froome-hemos-tratado-cazar-contador-pero-estaba-muy-fuerte/4210338/

Alberto Contador said on Spanish TV, SKY Team tried to avoid their attacks on the descent
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vuelta-ciclista-a-espana/vuelta-2017-contador-no-puede-haber-despedida-mejor/4210339/


So, it wasn't a gift

 

[LaFlorecita]

Grande Jarlinson! Without him, this victory wasn't possible. Same could be said for especially Mas but also Yates and Soler

 

[Red Rick]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

Sad news on this: the girl has died from the wounds of her accident. She was descending over la Cueña les Cabres, lost control and hit a wall.
http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/ciclismo/20170909/245475960_0.html

Damn. That is so tragic .

 

[DanielSong39]

Looked like Contador had a few extra teammates on the road today...

 

[DNP-Old]

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Looked like Contador had a few extra teammates on the road today...

Just young kids admiring their idol.

 

[RedheadDane]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

Sad news on this: the girl has died from the wounds of her accident. She was descending over la Cueña les Cabres, lost control and hit a wall.
http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/ciclismo/20170909/245475960_0.html

Rest in peace.

 

[jsem94]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

Sad news on this: the girl has died from the wounds of her accident. She was descending over la Cueña les Cabres, lost control and hit a wall.
http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/ciclismo/20170909/245475960_0.html

Rest in peace.

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[Dekker_Tifosi]

So sad

Tricky enough to climb, but to descend the Angliru in these conditions... I can perfectly imagine she lost control.
Rest in peace

 

[Escarabajo]

Great stage. Chapeau Alberto. Couldn't ask for a better way to finish your career.

I am still upset with Lopez descending. I guess he didn't want to risk it after the history of crashes he has had in the past. Something he will need to improve in a hurry if he wants to win something big.

 

[Robert5091]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

Sad news on this: the girl has died from the wounds of her accident. She was descending over la Cueña les Cabres, lost control and hit a wall.
http://www.elespanol.com/deportes/ciclismo/20170909/245475960_0.html

What a horrible way to finish a day
Tragedy. :sad:

So tragic. Condolences to family and friends

 

[Escarabajo]

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Nibali actually fell for real, he tweeted:

"Ciao Ragazzi volevo rassicurarvi sulla mia condizione dopo la caduta. qualche escoriazione e male alle costole! Per domani stringo i denti"

Translated
"Hello guys, wanted to reassure you on my status after the fall, some scratches and pain in the ribs! For tomorrow I'll grit my teeth!"

Most probably was up the road with Contador when it happened, cause he was immediately back in the peloton after the crash.
Doesn't really matter I feel Froome was untouchable today.

He can only blame himself for that. He was playing with fire there.

 

[Ruby United]

Knowing Froome, he will do anything possible to keep the sprinting jersey.

EDIT: Just saw the post about the girl who died. So sad. RIP.

It also illuminates the incredible dangers that the cyclists go through every racing day.

 

[del1962]

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Great stage. Chapeau Alberto. Couldn't ask for a better way to finish your career.

I am still upset with Lopez descending. I guess he didn't want to risk it after the history of crashes he has had in the past. Something he will need to improve in a hurry if he wants to win something big.

What happened to him, did he crash?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

No. Lopez said he had a 'scare' with his bike handling in the downhill from previous crashes (re: not in this race, but earlier this year and in his career), so he lost a lot of time.

Then it was impossible to come back alone on the Cordal since the pace was so high and he was already a minute behind, so he had to do it all on own pace up until the finish

 

[El Pistolero]

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Nibali actually fell for real, he tweeted:

"Ciao Ragazzi volevo rassicurarvi sulla mia condizione dopo la caduta. qualche escoriazione e male alle costole! Per domani stringo i denti"

Translated
"Hello guys, wanted to reassure you on my status after the fall, some scratches and pain in the ribs! For tomorrow I'll grit my teeth!"

Most probably was up the road with Contador when it happened, cause he was immediately back in the peloton after the crash.
Doesn't really matter I feel Froome was untouchable today.

He can only blame himself for that. He was playing with fire there.

Nibali never whines when he crashes, unlike Froome.

 

[Blanco]

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Definitely the hardest Grand Tour I've done Thanks for the amazing support over the past 3 weeks. It's been emotional! #LV2017 #lavuelta

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Chris Froome said on Spanish TV they really want to catch Alberto but Alberto was very strong
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vuelta-ciclista-a-espana/vuelta-2017-froome-hemos-tratado-cazar-contador-pero-estaba-muy-fuerte/4210338/

Alberto Contador said on Spanish TV, SKY Team tried to avoid their attacks on the descent
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/vuelta-ciclista-a-espana/vuelta-2017-contador-no-puede-haber-despedida-mejor/4210339/


So, it wasn't a gift

Of course it's not a gift. When did Sky and Froome gifted anything to anybody? Froome doesn't gift stages to teammates, let alone to biggest rivals. They only pushed when Nibali dropped, until then Poels was on alert for possible shark attack.

 

[Escarabajo]

Thank god Alberto attacked on the descent. I doubt he could have beaten the skyborgs.

True, but on the other hand i think he would also have been faster while riding with the group. But my guess would have been on Zakarin level.

I think Contador would have won from the group IMHO.

 

[Escarabajo]

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Can we just take a minute to appreciate the ability of Moscon?

Absolutely incredible for all 3 weeks, some thought he would fall away but his performance is truly astonishing!

I really don't appreciate it. In fact, it is beyond unbelievable. Sorry

 

[del1962]

So how do today's times compare to Granpappys

 

[snccdcno]

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So how do today's times compare to Granpappys

http://www.climbing-records.com/2017/09/slowest-angliru-ascent-since-1999.html

2017:12,8 km@9,6%---44:35---average speed 17.26 km/h(Poels-Froome)
---44:45---average speed 17.16 km/h(Alberto Contador)
2013:12,8 km@9,6%---43:06---average speed 17.82 km/h(Chris Horner)

 

[DanielSong39]

It was into a headwind though, so not bad.