Tour of Andalucia - spoiler

[rich p]

starts tomorrow with Wiggins, Kennaugh supposedly in the mix.
It's a who's who of an entry considering Oman and Algarve are coincidental
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-andalucia-ruta-ciclista-del-sol-2014/start-list

 

[montage]

Sky are certainly sending an A team!

 

[jowwy]

The opening prologue is too short for wiggins to ascert himself early on - kiryienka, thomas then wiggo was top 3 for a while

 

[raindog]

Porte still to go

 

[ColinJ]

Caught a glimpse of Valverde a bit close behind some police motorbikes, and then ... he trashes everybody else!

 

[raindog]

He was taking loads of short cuts across little traffic islands - looked really spectacular at one point.

 

[raindog]

Sky's tactics get more bizarre with every passing season

er....no one watching?

 

[montage]

Sky's tactics get more bizarre with every passing season

er....no one watching?

I watched it, did all the work for valverde there! Excruciatingly high pace set by sky

 

[raindog]

Excruciatingly high pace set by sky

Exactly. And then Porte comes fourth

 

[themosquitoking]

Just caught the highlights, they went far too early.

 

[rich p]

Hindsight agrees with you but I presume the tactic was to burn off ValvPiti and Porte expected that he would be stronger than he was. I guess that Sky assumed, probably correctly, that Porte would never beat Valverde in an uphill sprint finish.

 

[themosquitoking]

True, i missed a bit of the highlights. How much of a turn did Sir Brad take on the front before he dropped off? Was the sky train expecting him to take them further up the hill and not have such a long ride for the last four or five riders.

 

[thom]

Hmm, I'm not sure they went too early - just perhaps the steep finish suited someone punchier than Porte.

 

[400bhp]

wiggins is looking a little over race weight.

 

[The Couch]

You know looking at that video... there is again (like last year) hope for @smutchin 's prediction

I'm confident this is G's year.

G was looking good in those last kilometers and the Eurosport guys said it as well (only about 5 times)

And am I the only one who thinks it's a bit of an outrage that Rebellin is still riding around (with his proven past) and is looking surprisingly springy still for a 42 year old?
(taking 3rd place before Porte)