Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, 18-24 March 2013 [spoilers]

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OP
OP
smutchin

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
They seemed to me to have their tactics spot on. They would never have shaken off Rodriguez and Valverde by riding tempo from the start of the climb, so there was no point bringing the train to the front until it started to get really steep about 4km from the top.
 
OP
OP
smutchin

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
It's go time!

Apparently, a group of 25 attacked on the first climb of the day - including Hesjedal, Trofimov, Kiserlovski, and Pate. Gap of 2.40 after 65km.
 
jifdave

jifdave

rubbish uphill, downhill 'balast' make me fast
Location
Rochester
ah cool, thought id missed a central feed or something.... the official sites only in spanish :angry:
 
thom

thom

____
Location
The Borough
smutchin said:
It's go time!

Apparently, a group of 25 attacked on the first climb of the day - including Hesjedal, Trofimov, Kiserlovski, and Pate. Gap of 2.40 after 65km.
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Interesting to see SKY prepared to send Danny Pate up the road - another variation to their riding style.
Are they trying to develop less predictable tactics or is this due to the strengths of the personnel they have here ?
 
OP
OP
smutchin

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
Nah, he's just on corporate bully duty, trying to sell Sky subscriptions to the other members of the breakaway.
 
S

Slaav

Guru
thom said:
Interesting to see SKY prepared to send Danny Pate up the road - another variation to their riding style.
Are they trying to develop less predictable tactics or is this due to the strengths of the personnel they have here ?
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I imagine that Brailsford etc learned a very valuable lesson in the Olympic Road Race? Imagine what would have heppened if a Team GB rider was in the breakaway then.... he could have helped the break and gone for the win himself, or not helped and 'slowed' the break subliminally..... Let's not forget that Team GB and the bunch nearly caught them anyway :smile:

SHould be fascinating to watch - especially now that everyone isn't relying on SKY dragging everyone up teh mountaina nd other teams realise the benefit of that tactic.

There seems to be a lot more to this bike racing thing than I ever (and still dont) realise/d.

Bring it on!!!!




p s- And would someone tell me why, in this digital age, there is not a live feed/update service (even on bl00dy Twitspace) or God forbid, a sketchy live broadcast? I know it is a long stage but there are a lot of climbs and options on a stage like this one? Nobody wants to hear recipes for 180km of flat road miles but hilly things etc???
 
OP
OP
smutchin

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
There are updates on the official twitter accounts - @VoltaCatalunya (Catalan) and @VoltaCatalunyaE (English). The Movistar, Sky and OPQS teams are also worth following on twitter, as are pundits like @Inrng and @IrishPeloton.

Latest news is that Movistar are leading the peloton and gradually closing the gap, and they're all well on the way to the first big mountain of the day. Looks like it will all come together by the final climb to the finish, and there probably won't be any action worth watching until the final 5km anyway, by which time, the live TV coverage will have started.
 
Hont

Hont

Guru
Location
Bromsgrove
Strathlubnaig said:
[Quintana] looked like he was very comfortable sitting on Wiggins' wheel when he tried the late attack, plenty of gas in his tank.
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The pictures were not clear but it looked like he followed Wiggins with his mouth closed. Anyone with a bigger TV confirm? Was suss enough for me without it.
 
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