Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Who cares what his HR is, it's about as interesting as any other arbitrary number. It's completelly irrelevant unless they show % of Max.
Vuelta a España 2012 (with spoilers)
- Thread starter smutchin
- Start date
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
This final climb today is a monster. Really brutal. They all look completely baked. Insane!
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Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Can you imagine having to get on a bike and do it all again tomorrow??!!! F-that!!
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Chapeau Cataldo. Boy, that looked tough. Don't think I've ever seen Contador visibly suffer like that before.
thom
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- Location
- The Borough
Rest day tomorrow ;-)
Looks rather painful
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Froome looked like stalling up that hill. BRUTAL!!!
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Thank feck. Would be bordering on cruelty to cyclists!
thom
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- Location
- The Borough
The following days' profiles look to be "fine" apart from Saturday. As the commentators are saying, barring anything unfortunate, it is unlikely the GC will change now, which is fortunate for Froome (I think he has around 90 secs to Moreno in 5'th).Thank feck. Would be bordering on cruelty to cyclists!
Contador kept trying but just couldn't dislodge Rodriguez.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
One of the best stages of racing I have seen for a while today. Purito is certainly making up for the Giro, and all the top riders were made to look very human.
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Yeh fortunate for Froome as he is having trouble with anything of gradient. Shame.
Rodriguez deserves it. He has matched Berti the way only Berti himself could. Then he has the audacity to go past him at the finish, several times! Very impressive.
Love Contador's attitude though. He just attacks and attacks all on his own. In their current forms and state of tiredness, JRod and Conti are a level above Froome and the rest. Valverde is pretty close but loses it on the 20+ climbs. As most mere mortals would.
Get In The Van
Senior Member
- Location
- West Lothian
the way Berti and Rod just seemed to accelerate away from Valverde on the last climb was something else, it was if Berti and Rod waited for Valverde to get back on their wheel and then they said 'only joking and rode away again.....time and time again
great racing though, thought the guy who won it was going to burst into tears on the last few hundred metres as his legs had gone, he probably thought that someone kept moving the finish line as well.
great racing though, thought the guy who won it was going to burst into tears on the last few hundred metres as his legs had gone, he probably thought that someone kept moving the finish line as well.
oldroadman
Veteran
- Location
- Ubique
The finish today is the only time I think I have ever actually thought a pro MIGHT fall or get off and walk.... Brutal doesn't sum it up if you haven't seen it yet.
One of teh commentators actually commented that you could walk up quicker than they were travelling at one point
Slowest speed, 9 kph. Walk uphill on a 20%+ gradient at 9 kph? Any other jokes?
It might hurt (well it does, and even more if you are not agreat climber just struggling in the autobus) but you just have to turn the 34 x 28, 36 x 30, or whatever, and suffer horribly. Then do it again next day.
