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

[thom]

Henao had a mare on that climb and Nibali into the race lead on day 2, that's going to be interesting.

Aye - my predictions out of the window on day 2 !

 

[The Couch]

Aye - my predictions out of the window on day 2 !

Your prediction and most of the people around here

Said in a voice with a sliver of desperation: "...but let's give it some time, a lot of (uphill) cycling still to go"

 

[400bhp]

What happened to betancour??

 

[The Couch]

What happened to betancour??

Don't know, but looking at his result, I am assuming he might be very happy with his GC result from the Giro and is going to focus on a stage win this time(- off the top of my head - I believe he took 3 second places there)

 

[The Couch]

For today, I'm taking Meersman (from the "expected riders") ... with Cancellara as outside bet

 

[Crackle]

Aye - my predictions out of the window on day 2 !

I don't recall what they were, feel free to pretend you got it right. A bit like the commentator yesterday who swore he had the Nett App rider on his watch list even though he completely failed to identify him (Leopold Konig).

 

[The Couch]

I don't recall what they were, feel free to pretend you got it right. A bit like the commentator yesterday who swore he had the Nett App rider on his watch list even though he completely failed to identify him (Leopold Konig).

Did he try to make it look like he couldn't come up with the name?

 

[The Couch]

Henao had a mare on that climb

I read on the internet (whether that is trustworthy, no idea ) that Portal has said Henao's time loss is due to hunger flat and that Team Sky will stick with him as leader

You would've thought that Sky had learnt something from this year's TdF, right?

I am also assuming they stick with him unless he looses some more time and then it's (back) to plan B.

 

[Booyaa]

A minor fall for Henao, should get back on fine though.

 

[laurence]

what's with all the nice scenery? have i lost track of time and this is really il Giro?

 

[thom]

I don't recall what they were, feel free to pretend you got it right. A bit like the commentator yesterday who swore he had the Nett App rider on his watch list even though he completely failed to identify him (Leopold Konig).

my fantasy team selections - I thought Nibali would be out of the picture and Henao full centre...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I read on the internet (whether that is trustworthy, no idea ) that Portal has said Henao's time loss is due to hunger flat and that Team Sky will stick with him as leader

You would've thought that Sky had learnt something from this year's TdF, right?

I am also assuming they stick with him unless he looses some more time and then it's (back) to plan B.

ITV 4 said this as well in the highlights show

 

[The Couch]

Looking at the results, Henao and Sanchez at least had a better day (although they still lost a tiny bit)... Intxausti and Betancur did not

 

[Crackle]

That seemed like a fairly chaotic stage but it looks like someone has been eating their curds and whey. Can he stay on his bike a few more days though. Horner makes Thomas look surefooted.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Chris Horner... hmm.