vuelta a espana

Beasty

Durnish wrote: »

I am a novice. What is all this spoiler stuff about?

If you're a novice in this forum, you'd better read the Charter. It's all in there;)

Chips Lovell

Next three stages all have mountain top finishes. Tasty.

Inquitus

el tonto wrote: »

Next three stages all have mountain top finishes. Tasty.

Aye given thats the case I found this beeb quote amusing:

BBC wrote:

Cavendish, who is now 65th on the overall standings list, will attempt a hat-trick in Saturday's 14th stage, a 178-km run from Burgos-Pena Cabarga.

ednwireland

Inquitus wrote: »

Aye given thats the case I found this beeb quote amusing:

the bbc and cycling they just dont get it

IM0

godihatedehills wrote: »

and to show what's under a spoiler highlight it. That one took me a while...

and if theres lots of them you're better off with 'ctrl A' instead

buffalo

Anton in a crash!

ednwireland

looks like igor anton is out, road rash all over his body nasty rash, shame for anton

great win for rodriguez, nibali now leads

great ride from roche 5th 34s down ahead of schleck, now 5th overall 2m 11s down

tough tough finish

happygoose

Fantastic ride by Nicholas.

Chips Lovell

Seriously impressive stuff by Roche today. There are a two more hard stages ahead, so he'll have a battle to hold off Velits and Schleck. There aren't that many strong TTers in the top 10 though and I reckon he could hold his own there and even make some time.

Durnish

oh, I thought it was an emoticon

This is a bit like sign language.

Pity it can't auto-unspoil itself when the stage is done and won.

Caught up in US tennis last night so have not caught up with the cycling. See, this is where watching daytime tv gets ya.

Diarmuid

Whats Roche like in the TT? His TdF result doesn' look too bad but not great for a GC contender, but that's just one data point

Chips Lovell

Diarmuid wrote: »

Whats Roche like in the TT? His TdF result doesn' look too bad but not great for a GC contender, but that's just one data point

Former Irish TT champion. 9th in the prologue of this year's Volta a Catalunya. Capable of a good one on his day I think. I've been trawling around for recent results where he's TT'd against the likes of Rodriguez, Schleck, and Tondo but haven't found one yet. Nibaili went 1:45 faster than him in a 40km TT in last year's Dauhphine

snollup

Only 3/4 hour coverage on eurosport today Anyone know of any better coverage elsewhere?

Thanks

Diarmuid

snollup wrote: »

Only 3/4 hour coverage on eurosport today Anyone know of any better coverage elsewhere?

Thanks

Check steephill tv, but I'd say eurosport will be the best

buffalo

Is that Roche to 4th? Show me results Internet!

Inquitus

buffalo wrote: »

Is that Roche to 4th? Show me results Internet!

Eurosport think so

Raam

Shockingly little coverage by Eurosport today.

happygoose

Spanish channel I was watching it on have him as 6th, 5th - Tondo, 7th - Schleck

ednwireland

another great ride from roche leading in scleck and sastre 3:01 down on the stage winner

looks like roche is 6th

themandan6611

great ride today from although RTE reckon Roche was "disapointing" today !! lol good to see the expertise these clowns have

JacksonHeightsOwn

themandan6611 wrote: »

great ride today from although RTE reckon Roche was "disapointing" today !! lol good to see the expertise these clowns have

did they honestly say that?

turds, absolute turds

themandan6611

chrisbonnie wrote: »

did they honestly say that?

turds, absolute turds

yep, on both the 6pm & 9pm news - obviously Pat Kenny standards apply to our cyclists as well as our footballers

jwshooter

only just seen todays stage well done nicko .. bril ride on a big stage .

squigo

That was a joke alright on RTE. Hopefully roche can keep the good work going tomorrow

ednwireland

maybe rte should read his tour diary before making comments, but its the standard of journalism i have come to expect

tawfeeredux

Unfortunately, Nico's not a jockey riding for the Ballydoyle stable, so RTE sport can't be arsed.

Raam

http://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2010/0912/vuelta_barredoc_nibaliv.html

Ireland's Nicolas Roche had a disappointing day in the saddle. Roche came home twelfth on the stage, three minutes and two seconds behind Barredo. That result means he drops from fifth to sixth overall - two minutes and 47 seconds behind overall leader Nibali.

Raam

And in Nico's own words...
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/nicolas-roche-its-been-very-stressful-and-demanding-but-im-loving-every-minute-2335269.html

At the top, I finished 12th on the stage. I had dropped one place to sixth overall but I can't be too disappointed as I've moved closer on time to fourth.

It would be unfair to be disappointed today. Velits had a better day than me today, but I had a better day than Tondo. I am only 18 seconds off fourth place now. Behind me, though, Schleck is still a danger, even though I took those four bonus second out of him today, while Danielson is just a minute back.

ednwireland

irish times

Roche on course after good weekend in the mountains

CYCLING : NICOLAS ROCHE remains on course for a top-10 placing in the Vuelta a España following two strong days in the mountains over the weekend. The Ag2r La Mondiale rider was a superb fifth on Saturday’s race to Peña Cabarga, riding past many of the favourites and reaching the finish just 34 seconds behind stage winner Joaquin Rodriguez. He then climbed with most of the top guns again yesterday, slugging it out on the finishing climb of the Lagos de Covadonga.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0913/1224278758424.html

Chips Lovell

It's pretty exciting at this stage. Roche has Tondo and Velits in his sights, but Schleck and Danielson are breathing down his neck. Mosquera is not a noted time triallist but has got a big advantage now over those behind him.

I reckon Nibali is a shoe in for the overall at this stage.

ednwireland

not for the weak stomached
igor antons crash and the aftermath
http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20100911/lider-presente-edicion-vuelta-a-espana-igor-anton-tenido-abandonar-caida-a-6-kilometros-meta/874015.shtml

1 very second hand jersey and shorts for sale

just found this great shot

fishfoodie

ednwireland wrote: »

not for the weak stomached
igor antons crash and the aftermath
http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20100911/lider-presente-edicion-vuelta-a-espana-igor-anton-tenido-abandonar-caida-a-6-kilometros-meta/874015.shtml

1 very second hand jersey and shorts for sale

The Helmet manufacturers should use that as an ad !

Neither cyclist's helmet even shattered, & one of them did a cartwheel while still attached to his bike :eek:

themandan6611

I will miss todays stage - anyone know if you can see a repeat of it on-line later this evening ?

IM0

getting to the business end of what should be a great finale

Morrisseeee

Will Roche make a burst !!

buffalo

Great ride by Roche - back up to 5th!

Apparently he attacked in the closing minutes, but couldn't see it on Eurosport.

Schleck showing his form as well, he's ahead of Roche in 4th.

ednwireland

yep roche back upto 5th 3:01 down, 9th on the stage another great ride

happygoose

Another great ride today, finishing ahead of the red jersey. 8th today, 5th overall, 3:01 down, Schleck 4th 2:16 down, Velits 6th 4:27 down.

FrankGrimes

This is outstanding stuff altogether from Roche - between this and Le Tour he's shown that he can finish in the top 10 or maybe 15 on pretty much any climb amongst the best. Hi Le Tour final timetrial time is misleading as he was one of those that went out after the significant headwind had picked up, but he had a respectable finish relative to those around him so here's hoping he can solidify or even build on his already admirable 5th placing. Surprised at the relative lack of interest on here - this has to be the best performance at the top level by an Irish rider in what 10, 15 years?

Hail 2 Da Thief

happygoose wrote: »

5th overall, 3:01 down, Schleck 4th 2:16 down

Did Schleck earn a time bonus or something? Didn't think he finished that far ahead of Roche.
Really great ride yet again by Roche. It's great watching a grand tour with an Irish rider doing so well & placed so high up the GC!

Durnish

Frank Schlek did indeed earn a time bonus, was it 12 or 26 secs?

manwithaplan

12 seconds for finishing second on the stage. Stage winner gets 20 secs, 12 secs for 2nd and 8 secs for 3rd except for the prologue and time trial stages.

Chips Lovell

Very surprised to see Nibali crack today. He'd been looking so comfortable to date. I do think he's the best TT'er of the contenders, so he might be back in red on Wednesday.

Thought Roche rode well today. Would have been very easy to panic and try to chase Schleck, but he could have easily have ended up cooked, which is what happened to Tom Danielson.

themandan6611

how do people think the TT will play out amongst the top 5 ?

rubs

Apart from Nibali, Roche is the best ttèr in the top 5...he took nearly 4 min out of Rodriguez in the T de F...different cicumstances I know....who knows a place on the podium:o

Has anybody else been reading his diary in the Indo...great stuff...very honest.

P.S Whats the deal with Spoilers?..what purpose do they serve?, am I missing something?

Chips Lovell

rubs wrote: »

P.S Whats the deal with Spoilers?..what purpose do they serve?, am I missing something?

Most people can't watch the stage live because they're in work.

Inquitus

el tonto wrote: »

Most people can't watch the stage live because they're in work.

Highlights on really late tonight I was liking the 7/8pm slot, midnight is a bit of a stretch.

Chips Lovell

Inquitus wrote: »

Highlights on really late tonight I was liking the 7/8pm slot, midnight is a bit of a stretch.

I usually just tape the live coverage

Inquitus

el tonto wrote: »

I usually just tape the live coverage

Aye, I used to, but I got in trouble recently, I filled the PVR with the TDF and my wife went mental because it didn't record Britains Next Top Model one night

goldencleric

el tonto wrote: »

Most people can't watch the stage live because they're in work.

Then why are they clicking on this thread??