vuelta a espana

michaelm

RTE sport on Six One News had him in 4th!

DeadMan1

michaelm wrote: »

RTE sport on Six One News had him in 4th!

twats

Durnish

Have to admit, "interwoogie" is neither an invention of mine nor Al Gore's.
Old Belfast cyber-talk, so it is.

Back on topic, still think Cavendish is great, but.

dastardly00

It's going to be an unreal stage today. I hope Roche doesn't get too excited, attack too early, get caught and have nothing left in the tank, because it's one hell of a long climb to the finish! Best case scenario he will finish 4th, worst case maybe 10th. Here's hoping for 4th!!

FrankGrimes

Does anyone know of an audio commentary stream that will work on a mobile phone (HTC HD2) for today's stage? I've tried the Eurosport live audio but it doesn't play on the phone.

NickDrake

FrankGrimes wrote: »

Does anyone know of an audio commentary stream that will work on a mobile phone (HTC HD2) for today's stage? I've tried the Eurosport live audio but it doesn't play on the phone.

Prob need an iphone man. Doubt htc is good enogh really

TheBlaaMan

You can get live updates here....http://velonews.competitor.com/live ...........any use?

Morrisseeee

Should be an interesting finish today, the last 'kick' will be painful :eek:

Roche doing really well, almost a natural climber !! Fair play to Nibali, really pushing it.

n-dawg

Wow this is amazing

ednwireland

amazing ride from roche !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6th on the stage

7th overall
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 85:16:05
2 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:41
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:03:02
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:04:20
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:04:43
6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:04:52
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:05:03
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:06:06
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:06:09
10 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:07:33

Morrisseeee

I'm guesing the RTE headlines today will be:
Cavendish wins mountain top finish, another terrible day for Roche :D

/rant
What's the story with Eurosport's coverage, late starting and then.........whooosh......gone !!!!
/end rant

snollup

what a fantastic stage.

well one Nico, 6th overall?

dastardly00

Fantastic ride from Roche. Being able to stick with Rodriguez and Schleck until the very end shows that it was an amazing performance. He was unlucky that Tondo managed to claw back the gap to him after he was dropped. 7th place overall is still brilliant!

snollup

Wow, things look good for Spanish cycling!

Karagesh

Morrisseeee wrote: »

/rant
What's the story with Eurosport's coverage, late starting and then.........whooosh......gone !!!!
/end rant

Cricket

Hail 2 Da Thief

I only saw the final 6km but it was a really exciting finish. Brutal for the riders though!

Great ride by Roche! It looks like he's now able to hang with the big boys. Shame he didn't manage to leapfrog Tondo.

manafana

lads all credit to nibali ah well calculated ride to catch mosquerra just at the top, and the 20quid i had on him at 6/1 made it one most amazing stages iv watched, crazy climb.

buffalo

Damn you cricket! Why are Eurosport showing this darn sport instead of the Vuelta?!

Can anyone tell me how long it over ran?

Durnish

last six K on Eurosport now.

buffalo

What an amazing finish. The final duel had such suspense!

blast06

Leave out the team time trial (prologue) and Roche would have moved ahead of Tondo by 9 seconds and would have been just 1 second off Schleck/5th.
When did the TDF stop doing team time trials ?

Speak Now

blast06 wrote: »

Leave out the team time trial (prologue) and Roche would have moved ahead of Tondo by 9 seconds and would have been just 1 second off Schleck/5th.
When did the TDF stop doing team time trials ?

They haven't stopped using them in TDF, had one last year and will again next year.

ednwireland

nibali wins overall - great ride
htc got a sprint wrong shock farrar beats cav on final stage
cav takes points jersey
roche stays 7th great ride

TheBlaaMan

The glamour of a pro-cyclists life...

From Nico Roches last diary entry from the Vuelta

"Sunday, September 19, Stage 21: San Sebastian de los Reyes to Madrid, 85km
Last night we had a special dinner with all the team staff to celebrate my team-mate Jose-Luis Arrieta's career. He had planned to retire after this Vuelta but had to abandon the race last week with tendonitis. Instead of my usual bowl of plain pasta with olive oil -- which I've had every single day for the past three weeks, I had a lovely steak dinner. Knowing that the stage didn't start until 3.0 the next afternoon, we all had a glass of wine and relaxed as Jose reminisced about his career "