Vuelta a España 2012 (with spoilers)
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Jon Baines
Regular
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- Portsmouth, England
Brilliant from Froomey there, already seen people saying on twitter Bert wont be to bothered losing time to Froome today. Absolutely baffling when he went for that intermediate sprint the other day and now he wont mind losing 15 odd seconds apparently 
accountantpete
OAP
I think Rodriguez out-sprinted him and kept the same pace to the line knowing that Froome couldn't match that pace.
That leaves Froome 5secs behind in the Gen Classification.
That leaves Froome 5secs behind in the Gen Classification.
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Looked like he couldn't stay with Rodriguez once he kicked. Not surprising really - you'd always back Rodriguez in that situation. Froome seemed more concerned about Contador anyway.
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Doesn't Rodriguez get an extra 8 seconds over Froome from time bonuses? (20 seconds for first place, 12 seconds for second, IIRC.)
Edit: Rodriguez now 10 sconds ahead of Froome on GC according to the official website. He was 1 second behind J-Rod, so that's the 8 second difference in bonuses plus a 1 second gap at the finish line.
And Uran now in 4th overall, just 6 seconds behind Contador.
Nearly there
Veteran
- Location
- Cumbria
Froome should get time back in the time trial
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
- Location
- Boring Birmingham
What is rodriguez like in TT, don't know his form in that area?
Nearly there
Veteran
- Location
- Cumbria
I think Froome will be one of the favourites for the time trial i dont think its rodriguez strong point
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Rodriguez used to TT like a whale. He is now a bit better, but is more likely to be minutes rather than seconds behind Froome. Today's stage was really made for Purito too - he loves those short, steep finishes. He is not quite so brilliant on the longer grinds where Contador, Froome, Uran and Gesink will all do slightly better, I think.
One comparison this year is the stage 21 of the giro d'italia where of course Rodriguez lost the general classification to Hesjedal. 28km TT round Milan
The timings were
Pinotti
Geraint Thomas + 39s
...
6th Ryder Hesjedal + 1m9
7th Larsson 1min14
11th Stannard 1min 24
16th Taylor Phinney 1min 31
26th Rodriguez 1min56
by means of crap comparison (different courses, very different riders and at the end of a grand tour), the olympic TT a few weeks ago Froome finished 3rd
Taylor Phinney was 50 seconds behind him
Pinotti was about +1min1
Larson was 1min 47 behind froome.
Hesjedal of course did the TT but did a very slow one so I've not included his time. Also worth noting Phinney had a bit of a good 'un in the olympics. Larsson/Pinotti may be the best reference marks to the other riders we're concerned with here.
I'm sure someone else can come up with a better one.
P.S. if you do want another one both Westra and Menchov both rode the Olympics and the earlier TT in the TDF stage 9. As did Brajkovic for that matter.
Jon Baines
Regular
- Location
- Portsmouth, England
Bert was dehydrated today and suffering from cramps, maybe a lack of conditioning after not racing for 6 months?
Tomi
Regular
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- Nowhere near
Yep, dont think nobody can match purito in this kind of finish, but still it almost looked like Froome made way for Rodrigues. I reckon he was happy with second and didn't even dream of winning.
Jon Baines
Regular
- Location
- Portsmouth, England
Dont think Froome gave it away but he did what he did today to put time into Contador dont think hes to worried about Purito in the long run.
