La Vuelta a Espana 22/8 - 13/9 2015 (here be spoilers)

[Legs]

Niki Terpstra makes a point by posting the bus transfer on Strava (but promises to remove it after bagging a load of KOMs)

https://www.strava.com/activities/382400269

It looks like one of Nibali's Strava traces...

 

[sleaver]

I bet the sprinters woke up this morning with a spring in their step after the rest day rearing to go today.................................not

 

[roadrash]

i bet the sprinters have got faces as long as todays climbs

 

[sleaver]

Is the actual elevation gain of todays stage listed anywhere?

 

[HF2300]

Is the actual elevation gain of todays stage listed anywhere?

No, it broke all the displays.

 

[blazed]

Is the actual elevation gain of todays stage listed anywhere?

It's 17000ft in less than 80 miles I think.
Hell of a ride normally, let alone racing it.

 

[HF2300]

According to the Tour Tracker app its 23,568 feet in 85.7 miles.

Only 3/4 Everest. Lightweights.

I have a feeling this might be a disappointment. The expectation is the race blowing apart and attacks at every summit; the actuality might be 'stuff this, let's take it easy until the last climb'

 

[HF2300]

Also only the start of week 2, so no-one's forced to seriously commit yet. Could be more a weeding out of those who don't really have the legs?

 

[HF2300]

Chute de Froome - already!

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Froome looking at his stem again.... keep the heid up man !!

 

[HF2300]

Kelly: "It does happen... at that moment, you look down..."

 

[rich p]

Hope Froome doesn't have to use too much effort catching up

 

[rich p]

Boeckman's crash was caused by glugging a bidon and not seeing a pothole apparently.

 

[HF2300]

So Jelle Vanendert said

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The team know him as Ian Boswell but I think he should be called Bobby Boswell.