2013 Vuelta a España

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:40 pm

Hi

Looking forward to 2013 Vuelta a España .... already got first couple of days booked on Eurosports

Pity Juan Jose Cobo, Alberto Contador and Bradley Wiggins are not going to be there.

Vincenzo Nibali....the man to beat?

David

macca33 · Postby **macca33** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:58 pm

Whilst I won't put in as much of an effort as the TdF, I will try to catch up on a few of the stages.

grantw · Postby **grantw** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:24 pm

Should be some good climbing action

Ryanricardfth · Postby **Ryanricardfth** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:12 pm

on paper nibali would have to be one of the freshest
basso's been looking good recently too
valverde and purito might be up there but i don't think they would gave recovered enough from the tdf
im looking out for the Columbian climbers to challenge nibali
saxo have 4 guys they say for gc
Sanchez has to do something
first blood to astana tho
tonights mountain top should sort out whos ready

MarkG · Postby **MarkG** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:31 pm

Davidrnau wrote:Hi

Looking forward to 2013 Vuelta a España .... already got first couple of days booked on Eurosports

Pity Juan Jose Cobo, Alberto Contador and Bradley Wiggins are not going to be there.

Vincenzo Nibali....the man to beat?

David

Lol cobo been awol from anything since he won it 3 years ago

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:44 pm

TTT interesting start on the glass pontoon, with the teams getting to it on the little boat

David

Zynster · Postby **Zynster** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:03 pm

Poor Basso. Looks like his team isn't going to be much help. BTW, Cameron Wurf is doing a daily blog over on Cycling Tips.

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:38 pm

Zynster wrote:Poor Basso. Looks like his team isn't going to be much help. BTW, Cameron Wurf is doing a daily blog over on Cycling Tips.

Thanks for that added Wurf's blog to my favourites

Yeah Cannondale were off the pace today thats for sure ...

1 ASTANA PRO TEAM KAZ 29:59
2 RADIOSHACK LEOPARD LUX +10
3 OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM BEL +16
4 SKY PROCYCLING GBR +22
5 MOVISTAR TEAM ESP +29
6 TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF DEN +32
7 TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA GER +35
8 BMC RACING TEAM USA +36
9 ORICA GREENEDGE AUS +45
10 BELKIN PRO CYCLING TEAM NED +49
11 LAMPRE-MERIDA ITA +56
12 KATUSHA RUS +59
13 LOTTO BELISOL BEL +1:14
14 EUSKALTEL EUSKADI ESP +1:14
15 VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM NED +1:18
16 FDJ.FR FRA +1:25
17 CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING ITA +1:26
18 CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA ESP +1:38
19 GARMIN SHARP USA +1:41
20 AG2R LA MONDIALE FRA +1:41
21 TEAM ARGOS - SHIMANO NED +1:53
22 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS FRA +1:55

David

DavidS · Postby **DavidS** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:44 pm

I like watching the Vuelta, well the limited stages we get on FTA. Been watching a couple of old climbs of Angliru in preparation.

Would be nice to see Rodriguez win a Grand Tour but after the TdF you would have to think Nibali is the raging favourite.

DS

jamesn184 · Postby **jamesn184** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:44 am

well after last night's stage Nibali has the jersey all ready

now it's a wait and see if he can hold it all the way

boyracer · Postby **boyracer** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:33 pm

MarkG wrote:
Davidrnau wrote:Hi

Looking forward to 2013 Vuelta a España .... already got first couple of days booked on Eurosports

Pity Juan Jose Cobo, Alberto Contador and Bradley Wiggins are not going to be there.

Vincenzo Nibali....the man to beat?

David
Lol cobo been awol from anything since he won it 3 years ago

As you where.Wrong dude.
was thinking of ?....columbian climber who smashed himself stupid (at Tour de swisse) a few years back.

MarkG · Postby **MarkG** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:01 am

boyracer wrote:
MarkG wrote:
Davidrnau wrote:Hi

Looking forward to 2013 Vuelta a España .... already got first couple of days booked on Eurosports

Pity Juan Jose Cobo, Alberto Contador and Bradley Wiggins are not going to be there.

Vincenzo Nibali....the man to beat?

David
Lol cobo been awol from anything since he won it 3 years ago
As you where.Wrong dude.
was thinking of ?....columbian climber who smashed himself stupid (at Tour de swisse) a few years back.

In English?

Cobo is Spanish, not Colombian.
He won the Vuelta 2011 and has done nothing since. He didn't make the movistar squad for tdf or vuelta this year and looks like getting cut.

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:07 am

Great effort by Chris Horner the 41-year-old American oldest ever Grand Tour stage winner and leader

David

schroeds · Postby **schroeds** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:34 pm

Horners a legend...doin it for us old blokes

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Chuck · Postby **Chuck** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:40 am

It's interesting to see what performances are embraced and what performances are considered dubious

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:37 am

Chuck wrote:It's interesting to see what performances are embraced and what performances are considered dubious

Davidrnau wrote: Vincenzo Nibali....the man to beat?

David

Nibali takes the leaders jersey again after stage four

David

RonK · Postby **RonK** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:39 am

Could have sworn I am tuned in the the Tour of Ireland when the Vuelta intro plays.

briztoon · Postby **briztoon** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:11 pm

schroeds wrote:Horners a legend...doin it for us old blokes

Chuck wrote:It's interesting to see what performances are embraced and what performances are considered dubious

Would that be because Horner is Rider 15.

Horner should be forced to always wear number 15.

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:30 am

The 2013 Vuelta a España just keeps getting better and better stage 5 winner Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) wins in Lago de Sanabria. Former U-23 champ too

You know who keeps the leaders jersey

David

RonK · Postby **RonK** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:59 am

Watched recorded stage 4 last night. Bloody hell some of the grades were murderous. 28% in places the commentators were saying, and some of the riders were struggling even using 36x28 gearing.

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:10 am

RonK wrote:Watched recorded stage 4 last night. Bloody hell some of the grades were murderous. 28% in places the commentators were saying, and some of the riders were struggling even using 36x28 gearing.

Yes it was murderous alright

, Im going to watch it again

honestly some of those riders looked as if they were completely standing still

I would love to give that 'Mirador de Ézaro' a go

.... nevermind legbreaker what a lungbuster

David

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:09 am

Stage 6 > Guijuelo - Cáceres
29 August / 175.00 kilometer / Start: 13:00 / Finish: 17:30
Stagewinner : 03:54:15 MORKOV Michael
Race leader : 22:38:07 NIBALI Vincenzo

David

RonK · Postby **RonK** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:11 am

What an effort by Tony Martin.

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:28 am

Tony Martin agonisingly close to solo Vuelta stage win
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David

Davidrnau · Postby **Davidrnau** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 9:07 am

Vuelta Stage 7 Result, Almendralejo – Mairena de Aljafare, 206kms

1 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 4hrs 51’ 27”
2 Phillipe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team same time
3 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin + 1”

Overall After Stage 7

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 27hrs 29’ 35”
2 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard + 3”
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff + 8”

David