La Vuelta 2016 **SPOILERS**

[rich p]

I wonder if tomorrow's finish town makes their own brand of soft drink?

 

[rich p]

Like him or loathe him, Bertie never gives up. He really hammered that break at the start.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You didn't cash out and blew the lot.

Of course I cashed out. No way was Quintana going to win...

 

[iandg]

More than 90 riders outside the cut-off

 

[400bhp]

He didn't really do anything though.

Yeah, only a podium finish after allegedly being ill too.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

More than 90 riders outside the cut-off

They're being allowed to remain, not going down too well with some riders who made the effort to get within the time limit:

Jan Bakelants tweeted: "Curious for the commissaries decision in @lavuelta today. Peloton largely "hors délai". Allowing them to start, feels a bit like race fraud."
Moreno Moser tweeted: "What about the guys who went full gas, alone, until the finish line?"

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

More than 90 riders outside the cut-off

Eek, that's enormous. I assume there were a few Sky riders in that lot.

EDIT: I hadn't seen Marmion's post. I guess it would have upset a fair number of teams and sponsors....

 

[rich p]

Roolz are roolz unless they're inconvenient...

 

[400bhp]

They're being allowed to remain, not going down too well with some riders who made the effort to get within the time limit:

Jan Bakelants tweeted: "Curious for the commissaries decision in @lavuelta today. Peloton largely "hors délai". Allowing them to start, feels a bit like race fraud."
Moreno Moser tweeted: "What about the guys who went full gas, alone, until the finish line?"

Tough tits for Jan. The other riders were taking a gamble and it paid off this time.

 

[iandg]

They're being allowed to remain, not going down too well with some riders who made the effort to get within the time limit:

Jan Bakelants tweeted: "Curious for the commissaries decision in @lavuelta today. Peloton largely "hors délai". Allowing them to start, feels a bit like race fraud."
Moreno Moser tweeted: "What about the guys who went full gas, alone, until the finish line?"

Safety in numbers, wouldn't expect that many to be expelled.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

As someone in twitterland said, how p*ssed off will Felline be if he finishes 3rd tomorrow behind 2 guys who didn't give a toss today?

 

[iandg]

As someone in twitterland said, how p*ssed off will Felline be if he finishes 3rd tomorrow behind 2 guys who didn't give a toss today?

I agree - but they're never going to eliminate 90 riders in one go are they?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I agree - but they're never going to eliminate 90 riders in one go are they?

True. Would have been fun if they had tho. There would have been a lot of single rider teams - Froome would have been screwed, Direct Energie would not have a single rider on the startline. The riders marked in green made it within the time limit...

 

[iandg]

True. Would have been fun if they had tho. There would have been a lot of single rider teams - Froome would have been screwed, Direct Energie would not have a single rider on the startline. The riders marked in green made it within the time limit...

Yes, would be fun - and the decision is a complete disadvantage to the teams who made the effort - Contador and Quintana had domestiques who buried themselves while Froomes team mates took it easy - they should have been driving and pulling it all back together. Call me cynical but 'pay-off' goes thro' my mind.

 

[Crackle]

Was it 2013 when Sky collapsed and left Froome isolated. There's some kind of collective ball dropping going on here and it's not the first time he's been caught by an early break, didn't it happen in last years Dauphine.