2016 Vuelta a España, stage 12: Corrales de Buelna > Bilbao

MPFGLB

One for the sprinters or at least the fast men ...Maybe Gilbert or Stybar

dastardly00

122km to the finish and a strong 6-rider breakaway have just over a one minute lead.

David Lopez and Peter Kennaugh (Sky), Darwin Atapuma (BMC), Louis Meintjes (Lampre - Merida), Romain Hardy (Cofidis) and Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx - Quick Step).

It looks though like Movistar don't want to let this breakaway go.

neris

barely on live and the 1st shot they get is atapuma hitting the deck

terrydel

neris wrote: »

barely on live and the 1st shot they get is atapuma hitting the deck

Is he ok?

neris

hes grand was leading the breakaway n came down on a bend n got back up but couldnt recatch the breakaway so back in peloton now

dastardly00

How is Carlton after the Atapuma crash? :P

neris

dastardly00 wrote: »

How is Carlton after the Atapuma crash? :P

he was a bit upset, think he was more upset he couldnt get back on to the breakaway

dastardly00

1'22" lead for the breakaway with less than 40km to go.

No other teams have shown much interest in catching the breakaway apart from Movistar.

Edit: Astana are coming to the front now.

dastardly00

Less than 13km to go.

Contador attacked on the final climb but was reeled back in fairly lively.

dastardly00

Lots of little attacks by non-GC riders on the final descent.

dastardly00

5km to go and the IAM rider Dries Devenyns has a 30 second lead... will he hold on!?!

pelevin

Go on Devenyns! Big ask though as the vultures close in.

dastardly00

Devenyns is going to be caught.

dastardly00

What the heck is Simon Yates doing up there

pelevin

Poor ol' Carlton will probably be savaged for calling it a Movistar winner rather than Orica. Keukeleire the winner well ahead of an angry rider (Bouet?) from EQS.

neris

keukelire from orica

dastardly00

I know the Movistar and Orica jerseys are similar... but Carlton you plonker.

dastardly00

Bouet finished second with Felline in third.

pelevin

Ashley House's mouth is waiting grinning in the wings.

neris

pelevin wrote: »

Ashley House's mouth is waiting grinning in the wings.

when hes not talking, flecha looks very uncomfortable just standing there

pelevin

neris wrote: »

pelevin wrote: »

Ashley House's mouth is waiting grinning in the wings.

when hes not talking, flecha looks very uncomfortable just standing there

Scared of Ashley's mouth?

MPFGLB

pelevin wrote: »

Poor ol' Carlton will probably be savaged for calling it a Movistar winner rather than Orica. Keukeleire the winner well ahead of an angry rider (Bouet?) from EQS.

Kirby is well paid ...so I don;tthink its poor old Kirby....more poor old viewer ...He hadn't a clue there ...Called Bout Stybar and didn't know the winner for an age

This is the minimum for a commnetator ....Mayb if he didn;t spend all his time obsessing over a few rider he could learn to sport some more

In fact poor me as I pay a subscription for that ***t

pelevin

Poor ol' Carlton is being savaged.

dastardly00

#justiceforCarlton

MPFGLB

pelevin wrote: »

Poor ol' Carlton is being savaged.

Willyou stop with the poor old Carlton or I'll have to turn my attention to you :D:D:D:D

I think I will just ahve to live with how insane cycing is ...Yesterday at the Fjords race the peloton was racing in live traffic, every day Carlton is never ending on Si Clarke potential and who knows what they heck Juan Antionio is saying

pelevin

MPFGLB wrote: »

pelevin wrote: »

Poor ol' Carlton is being savaged.

Willyou stop with the poor old Carlton or I'll have to turn my attention to you :D:D:D:D

I think I will just ahve to live with how insane cycing is ...Yesterday at the Fjords race the peloton was racing in live traffic, every day Carlton is never ending on Si Clarke potential and who knows what they heck Juan Antionio is saying

Not sure is cycling big enough for the two of you! You should arrange a time-trial with Carlton and the loser has to bow out.

MPFGLB

pelevin wrote: »

Not sure is cycling big enough for the two of you! You should arrange a time-trial with Carlton and the loser has to bow out.

Have you seen Carlton ?? And he loves cake

I thought there for a second you meant me and Ashley' mouth

Eamonnator

I see Van Garderen had a good day today, only lost 2 minutes

neris

the Spanish podium girls this year have fantastic legs.

Decuc500

MPFGLB wrote: »

Willyou stop with the poor old Carlton or I'll have to turn my attention to you :D:D:D:D

I think I will just ahve to live with how insane cycing is ...Yesterday at the Fjords race the peloton was racing in live traffic, every day Carlton is never ending on Si Clarke potential and who knows what they heck Juan Antionio is saying

On that stage Quigley called a completely different winner than Leigh Howard. Then the highlights coverage ended. Amateur coverage all round on Bike channel.

velo.2010

Everyday we learn a little more about Carlton Kirby. Apparently his brother works in the film industry!

It says something about a commentator when they feel they have to mention their daily routine and family business during a broadcast. I'm surprised the excellent Simon Reed (head of Eurosport commentating team) hasn't had a quiet word at this stage. His punning on every other sentence is really annoying too.

Thank goodness for highlights!