stoked for the ANGLIRU madness tonite. *rubs hands*
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 06:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.climbbybike.com/profile/Angliru-Gamonal_profile.jpg
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link
We've had every stage so far live on Eurosport *and* ITV4 here in Britain, but for some reason today is the only day when *neither* channel is providing live coverage - despite this being the most iconic/important one in the whole race. Apparently you can stream it live on the ITV website though.
If Wiggins is still in red after the Angliru I think he'll win.
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 07:12 (thirteen years ago) link
here's a better chart with all the sharp ramps picked out:
http://www.ratpack.biz/sports-cycling/images/angliru-gradient-original.gif
anton or rodriguez for stage win? sky have to sacrifice froome surely, if they put him on the front and keep the pace up then wiggo might not be as exposed to the really sharp accelerations.
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 07:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Here we go: Angliru time!
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
god, i just want to see it go BOOM!
nice asturias flag-themed shoes being sported by barredo here.
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Sastre off the front (for Cobo later on?), Barredo a little off the front too (for Mollema?), Wiggins & Froome sitting comfortably near the front, just behind two Liquigas (presumably one of them is Nibali).
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Anton goes for it, passes Sastre...
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh, 19%, Wiggins surging forward...
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
23%
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Cobo breaks away
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
would love it if igor could win on the two rawest grand tour mountains in 2011!
cobo e-reader looking good.
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Cobo catching Anton, Nibali getting dropped
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Cobo 13 secs clear, 5km to go
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
cobo's rolling the shoulders a bit - froome and wiggo still looking quite comfortable even though there's a gap.
did y'all hear about that story where froome enquired when the kenyan road championship was being held when he was younger and showing some promise - there wasn't one - got told that if he designed and sewed the jersey himself that HE could be the kenyan champion!
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
The gap's going out: 30s with 4km to go - with time bonus Cobo could take the lead
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
aye, Cobo in virtual red.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
J-Rod dropped
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Those crowds look dangerous
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Froome gapping Wiggo. Go Froome! Take it!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Froome looks fucked
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Wiggins done.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
now Wiggins does
Show what's happening behind Cobo FFS!
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
did the camera following gruppe wiggo get knocked off the moto? it looked like it crashed to the ground before they cut back to cobo that last time!
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, think so, I wasn't sure if it took Wiggins out too
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Dang, 1:10 plus bonification could be insurmountable.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Wiggo was paperboying well before any moto issues.
wouter poels!
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
48s Poels, Menchov, Froome
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
1:20 Wiggins, Anton
geox looking surprisingly solid - duarte wasn't that far back, sastre, menchov can all offer support. bit different to how they were at the giro.
― matte prick (haitch), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow. That was brutal. Is Cobo assumed to be clean or not? (I ask because the only time I can remember him doing anything before was when him and (team mate) Piepoli flew off the front together in the Tour, shortly before Piepoli and Ricco were booted out)
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
This one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dk1KC9DDBQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=328s
It will be interesting to see how this one plays out now. It could get very tactical with Sky still having 2nd and 3rd.
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
...and Geox having 1st and 6th (but I don't see the winner coming from outside of the current top four now, unless there's a major fuck up)
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Cobo assumed to be clean or not?
smdh
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Steve is that a:
-smdh at your naivety - of course he's not clean!
or
-smdh at a Brit casting aspersions on someone taking the red jersey off a British rider while assuming the Brits are clean
?
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
haha... column a + column b
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Wiggins I'm 99% sure is clean - he's always been outspoken about doping and Sky wouldn't have touched him with a bargepole if they'd had any doubts. Froome - I honestly couldn't say. He's always been a climber, and has suffered from illness/poor form for a while but now seems better, so it's not *completely* impossible what he's doing, but it does look suspicious - especially suddenly coming second in the time trial. Cobo I've literally only come across as part of that shameful Saunier Duval debacle at the Tour in 2008, but as far as I know he's never been banned (it was Ricco and Piepoli who tested positive, but then maybe only those two (as stage winners) were tested from the team) which is why I was wondering if he was one of those riders that everyone assumes is doped, or was a good guy on a bad team at the wrong time.
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 4 September 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Cobo has always excelled in the mountains, esp on his "home turf" (Northern Spain, not necessarily Cantabria).
The suggestion that Cobo (proven TT/climber specialist) could drop Wiggins (tracky, converting to all-arounder) as preposterous is just a little shrug-worthy.
Give Cobo some credit though. He was unaffected by those 15-23% ramps which had the GC contenders wobbly and weaving. A+ ride today.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
gilsimongil Gilles Simon Chez leopard, 11 coureurs, dont Brice Feillu, savent déjà qu'ils doivent chercher une autre équipe. Dans L'Equipe, demain.1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply
gilsimongil Gilles Simon Leopard-Trek n'existera plus la saison prochaine. Comme prévu, Flavio Becca fait association avec RadioShack.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
via googletrans:
gilsimongil Gilles Simon In Leopard, 11 riders, including Brice Feillu, already know they should seek another team. In the team tomorrow.1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply
gilsimongil Gilles Simon Leopard-Trek will no longer exist next season. As expected, Flavio Becca is associated with RadioShack.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently Cobo had a 36-32 setup and wiggins only had 38-32
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 4 September 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
speaking of Giles Simon
gilsimongil Gilles Simon Juan José Cobo leader de la Vuelta: un nuage noir dans le ciel du cyclisme. Qu'en pense Riccardo Ricco?
A black cloud in the sky of cycling. A pun and an accusation.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 4 September 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, September 4, 2011 2:35 PM (8 minutes ago)
mechanical doping, how unmacho.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Wiggins I'm 99% sure is clean - he's always been outspoken about doping and Sky wouldn't have touched him with a bargepole if they'd had any doubts.
― Prejudice Capsule Hamster (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, September 4, 2011 12:20 PM (2 hours ago)
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8426/Doping-UCI-Index-of-Suspicion-leaked-from-2010-Tour-de-France.aspx
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 September 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
just to add insult to injury. bit of a dick move to have the TT champs in the middle of a grand tour!
― matte prick (haitch), Monday, 5 September 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
how are all these shimano teams fitting a 32 at the back, i'd like to know.
― matte prick (haitch), Monday, 5 September 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
What does David Millar use? As on the tour he got his mechanic to put a top of the range hybrid rear mech on his bike when things got particularly upwards from what I remember.
― problem chimp (Porkpie), Monday, 5 September 2011 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, Sram by the looks of it.
― problem chimp (Porkpie), Monday, 5 September 2011 07:24 (thirteen years ago) link