La Vuelta a España 2017

I'm guessing the vuelta website has stopped working as it hasn't updated since Kamna finished.

The Guardian website has decent live updates:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/sep/05/vuelta-a-espana-2017-stage-16-individual-time-trial-live

Ludvigsson is currently in the lead, but it looks like Keldermann, Froome and maybe even Contador could go faster.

Ludvigsson might also be DQ'd for not pulling enough sick tailwhips.

Thats much better, thanks!

Anyone got a link to a working feed?

Eurosport Player!

Are Cycling Fans streams still a thing?

Contador has taken top spot until Froome and Kelderman finish. Massive ride, he's obviously steaked a lot on gaining time on this TT.

great ride by Nibs

Froome is different class though.

Boring.

All the comments about being boring are pretty boring.

Pretty awesome by Contador to ride himself back into 5th after such a painful start.

47m flat. What a machine.

Chaves should get bonus seconds for being awesome.

Obv a bit late for today, but as Mr Melling will always tell you, tiz-cycling is the place.

I'm bored of comments about how claiming it's boring is boring.

Froome and Sky's domination is boring. It's Arsenal in 2003-04, it's Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, it's those boring fast teams in boring sports like F1.

Since he took the red jersey, it has never looked at any point as though he would relinquish it. He hasn't attacked once, he doesn't seem to have gone into the red to bring back attacks that have gone away, and he predictably took time off all his rivals in the TT.

It's phenomenal, it's hugely impressive, it's fully deserved, but it's predictable and calculated, and hardly spectacular or exciting.

Stage 9 was that forgettable? (When Froome attacked and won).

It's phenomenal, it's hugely impressive, it's fully deserved, but it's predictable and calculated, and hardly spectacular or exciting.

Thats why we need more randoms spitting on him.

Not sure, I can't remember it.

He should have done a shark fin on top of his head if he wants to be memorable.

Not finding a rider/team exciting is not the same as wishing them ill.

From a PR perspective, Froome can't win. If he attacks and takes time, everyone will complain he's too dominant, if he rides defensively, people complain he's not attacking enough.

Whichever way you look at it, he's been superbly consistent in this Vuelta and deserves the win.

But it's been great to see some up and coming riders do well too. Kelderman rode superbly today, Lopez was brilliant last week and I'm very impressed with how Woods has ridden in only his second GT.

sigh.

This is the dumbass goofy grin of someone who's just done something better than they really expected.

If you can't find any joy in that then I pity for your cold dead heart.

He'll loose one day, soon, as time and age creeps up on him. But not today.

I liked seeing how happy he was after the stage, it was a great performance which he fully deserved to win, and he's a nice guy so I'm pleased for him.

It hasn't really livened up the race for GC though.

Although, on the plus side, with his closest challenger two minutes away, it does mean that anyone who wants to be in with a shot will have to go for broke and try something hugely audacious, which seems to be what Contador has been trying to do.

I find Contador a lot less likeable and deserving than Froome, but I'd like someone to try and justify him being less exciting a rider to watch.

I don't really understand your point.

Probably because you don't seem to be willing to understand mine.

All I'm saying is that it would be more exciting if there was a genuine challenger to Froome and Sky's dominance, and a more open race. Is that really so controversial?

I don't disagree with any of this.

The thing is, he's completely dominant while still appearing to ride defensively. He's the cycling equivalent of Mourinho's teams at their peak, parking the bus to defend 1-0 leads.

Plutocracy + power data = snoozefest