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La Vuelta stage 21: Las Rozas > Madrid 104.8km

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  • 11-09-2016 1:55pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭


    The final stage and Quintana has it in the bag. Probably the best grand tour of the year and some great finishes. Flat stage today with 8 laps of the finishing circuit. Hopefully we,ll get some decent TV images today from the air unlike last year when airspace over Madrid was locked down. The womens is currently live on Eurosport aswell.
    1. QUINTANA Nairo 7 MOVISTAR TEAM 80h 42' 36''
    2. FROOME Christopher 21 TEAM SKY 80h 43' 59'' + 01' 23''
    3. CHAVES Johan Esteban 51 ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE 80h 46' 44'' + 04' 08''
    4. CONTADOR Alberto 11 TINKOFF 80h 46' 57'' + 04' 21''
    5. TALANSKY Andrew 141 CANNONDALE-DRAPAC PRO CYCLING TEAM 80h 50' 19'' + 07' 43''
    6. YATES Simon 59 ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE 80h 51' 09'' + 08' 33''
    7. DE LA CRUZ David 133 ETIXX - QUICK STEP 80h 53' 54'' + 11' 18''
    8. MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 6 MOVISTAR TEAM 80h 55' 40'' + 13' 04''
    9. FORMOLO Davide 145 CANNONDALE-DRAPAC PRO CYCLING TEAM 80h 55' 53'' + 13' 17''
    10. BENNETT George 43 LOTTO NL -JUMBO 80h 56' 43'' + 14' 07''

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    The weather
    It’s only fitting that a hot race ends in brutal heat. Sunday will be a day of bright sunshine and a maximum temperature of 34 degrees and it will only be slightly colder for the evening stage.

    There will be a light wind from a southerly direction which means that the rides will mainly have a headwind in the first part. On the finishing circuit, there will be a headwind in the middle section and a tailwind on the finishing straight.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭easygoing39


    Is it like the TDF were the teams just cruise around and it'll come down to a sprint,or will Contador try to get into 3rd place?? Yes I know Orica would chase down every move Tinkoff make,but will they make an effort for Contador??


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    It will be like TdF
    Sprint finish.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭neris


    2 sprint stage wins for orca today. They've been ripping the piss out of nielson all week on back stages pass.


  • Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭isitraining


    neris wrote: »
    2 sprint stage wins for orca today. They've been ripping the piss out of nielson all week on back stages pass.

    He'll probably get a date now! ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Great effort by Bennati but at the front for too long, but yet more glory for Orica. A really great race for them.

    A great race & very deserved winner in Quintana.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Right, who's free to do Giro threads?


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