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

[raindog]

I think, with riders using cassettes with up to 32 teeth.

Yes, heard that too, and some might have compacts up front.
29% - Jesus Christ

 

[The Couch]

Roche went for the left-over points on the top... I guess somewhere in the back of his mind he might be thinking about trying to go for the KOM jersey

 

[jifdave]

Yes, heard that too, and some might have compacts up front.
29% - Jesus Christ

Not entirely sure what the big deal is. I regularly get up past 29% of a hill, on the odd occasion I make it all the was to the top too... ;-) But to be fair I ride a triple, the pros should try that, really helps.

 

[The Couch]

Strong push from Moreno that

 

[raindog]

EBH left it a bit too late - shame that.

 

[Stonechat]

YEs he did well

 

[VamP]

Jeez what happened to Majka? He's fallen right out of contention...

Great finish by Moreno.

 

[thom]

 

[VamP]

Jeez what happened to Majka? He's fallen right out of contention...

Great finish by Moreno.

Turns out he'd just temporarily fallen off the results sheets. Move along now, nothing to see here...

 

[y2blade]

Catching up with today's stage, that 2km 30% bit must have been torture.

 

[The Couch]

Turns out he'd just temporarily fallen off the results sheets. Move along now, nothing to see here...

He did have mechanical issues right before the Mirador de Ezaro, so it wouldn't have surprised me he lost time today, but he either did a strong climb or got back in the peloton with the groupes of the likes of Meersman

 

[Flying_Monkey]

The Vuelta's turned out to be fun for everyone except the sprinters, so far...

Henao seems to have recovered. He was back in the lead group yesterday, whereas Uran was in the second group. Not sure what Sky's strategy is, or even if they have one.

As for Horner, well he didn't have quite such an amazing day, so not quite a completely unbelievable performance, just an interesting one.

 

[Crackle]

Just on Horner, he wasn't fingered in the USADA report, he did cast aspersions on Armstrong before he joined him as a teammate, when they became firm friends, he did only begin to do well after the bio passport came in but he has said strange things about doping as well as wise ones. He's definitely an enigma.

Anyway, racing, great attack by Moreno and what a bloody strange set of decisions from the commissaires.

 

[The Couch]

... and what a bloody strange set of decisions from the commissaires.

How do you mean?

 

[Crackle]

How do you mean?

Awarding a gap yesterday and reversing a decision on the gap the day before to a no gap decision when it was clearer than yesterdays.