La Vuelta 2013 (24 Aug - 15 Sept) **SPOILERS**

[beastie]

What a disappointment it is to see Basso doing well, and Horner, and Valverde. Ggrrrr

 

[thom]

Moreno gets it & likely the GC lead by 1 sec after a fierce uphill final sprint!

 

[raindog]

Amazing transformation in Nico Roche

 

[Noodley]

Bad day for Kreuziger, did something go wrong for him or just a bad day? I didn't see the stage.

 

[VamP]

Bad day for Kreuziger, did something go wrong for him or just a bad day? I didn't see the stage.

He blew up yesterday, so I suspect he was taking it easy today, as his stated objective is to prepare for the Worlds. I expect him to go for a stage win at some point, unless he's ill but I haven't heard anything.

 

[montage]

What a disappointment it is to see Basso doing well, and Horner, and Valverde. Ggrrrr

Personally I enjoy a good villain.

 

[The Couch]

Personally I enjoy a good villain.

But you don't want it to turn into "Heroes" and have no clue anylonger who the villains and who the heroes are

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Glad to see Moreno get a turn in red. He's deserved it so far.

 

[The Couch]

You want to hear something shocking?

This is how the description of today's stage on the official website of the Vuelta starts:
"This is the first mountain stage of this year’s Vuelta..."

...I'm guessing that is why the finish of yesterday wasn't even officially a "mountain", while most riders were looking half-dead when riding over the finishline

 

[Stonechat]

You want to hear something shocking?

This is how the description of today's stage on the official website of the Vuelta starts:
"This is the first mountain stage of this year’s Vuelta..."

...I'm guessing that is why the finish of yesterday wasn't even officially a "mountain", while most riders were looking half-dead when riding over the finishline

2 x 30% gradients and we haven't had a mountain stage yet?

 

[rich p]

Glad to see Moreno get a turn in red. He's deserved it so far.

I find it hard to give the all-clear to Moreno.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I find it hard to give the all-clear to Moreno.

I'm only talking in the context of this race.

 

[The Couch]

I'm only talking in the context of this race.

Yep... the most interesting guys so far have been Moreno, Roche and Konig
(and Horner isn't very far off either)

 

[VamP]

Tony Martin?

 

[Crackle]

This is a shocking thing to say but.........Liggett's commentary is actually good in this race. It must be the pairing with Sherwin that turns him into a Muppet but so far, correct identification of riders, insightful calls, good history of the riders......That's all.