2012 Vuelta a España - Tour of Spain

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^ Setting yourself up for a diet of words there?

Froome let that one go methinks

He seems to be riding a very controlled and considered race. Very impressive. It did look like he swung the door open for Purito and invited him through.

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this

He knows he can beat him in the TT, wants to put time in Contador more.

I wonder if there is even a bit of collusion between Sky and Katusha?

After having lost the Vuelta last year due to time bonuses, I would of thought he should of contested that if he could.

Edit - Actually, scrub that. He lost the Vuelta last year for having to initially ride for Wiggo.

dammit
nodded off ( hard week at work ) watching last nights stage on the ITV4 highlights just as they came to the last climb
feck anyone care to paraphrase the climb
i can see from the stage results froome took 14 seconds out of contador

sky were pushing going into that last climb, how did froome take time out of contador at the finish line ? outclimbed contador ?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=839zsOCia9w"]Vuelta
a Espana 2012: Stage 6 - Final Sprint & Stage Finish - YouTube[/ame]

wow froome left contador for dead in that last 300m
good acceleration

similar to the tour de france stage where froome rode away from cadel and brad in the last few hundred metres

contador looked pissed !

thanks peter

Vuelta a Espana 2012: Stage 6 - Final Sprint & Stage Finish - YouTube

This should have had benny hill music. I watched it with the volume down and it looked like it had been sped up.

No he's a Kenyan born South African who lives in Monaco.

ftfy

Valverde is over a minute down after a pile up involving most of the movistar team and quite a few from leaky gas.
Sky have put the hammer down on the front as well.

Great to watch them have a cry about it after that.

Fuck you Valverde and fuck you too Movistar.

greenedge win!?!

Simo!

Another Viccy boy done good!

"They didn’t have the balls to stop, they chose an unsporting way, Sky formed an echelon and they’re perfectly within their rights to do that. I’m not cross that I lost the lead because of this, but because there was no respect.”

Says unrepentant drugs cheat Valverde.

This * 100000000000000000000

Suck a fat one Valturde

Oh and an Aussie actually won: where's Hippy doing a lap of honour?

My parents are in town. I caught up with about 4 stages last night.

Awesome work from Clarke.

#knewhimwhenhewasaweeladinmelbourne #notreally

Apparently Movistar's Jose Ivan Gutierrez drove the pace on after Sky's Siustou crash in the TdeF. Mebbe Sky didn't forget this ?

Movistar have form for attacking after crashes. Fuck them.

Sky attacked and then there was a crash. Slow down? Don't think so.

I loved it when Uran and Henao emerged from the pack to put a ferocious pace down which essentially negated any attacks until Froome decided he would go and only he and Rodriguez had the legs left.

Methinks after Valverde they were looking for friends in the peloton, looked to me like Froome just swung the door open and invited him through

why aren't thursday's highlights on ITV4 player?? GRRRR....

He let Rodriguez win so Sky don't have to defend red. Fresh domestiques in the finale were critical yesterday.

Even if Froome didn't let J-Rod through there was no way he would have won the stage. Froome was looking to make sure he hung on to 2nd.

Percentage play as always with Sky.

and because Rodriguez is no threat in the TT

why aren't thursday's highlights on ITV4 player?? GRRRR....

They're now up :)

Personally I'm not convinced Froome gifted that to Rodriguez. Yes he let him past, as Joaquim is clearly stronger on steep sections so he's a good wheel to follow.

Tactically it would have been worth Froome holding his wheel and attacking if he had it in him. Crossing the line 1st is worth 4 seconds, and there is only one 40km TT to make time back.

Froome will probably say he didn't see Rodriguez 'till after the race.

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He looked a little startled to me when he came past...