La Vuelta a Espana 22/8 - 13/9 2015 (here be spoilers)

[sleaver]

No penalty due to lack of evidence it appears

I don't really want to stir up a hornets nest, but isn't there more evidence than the Nibali incident in that there was no clear TV footage of Nibali holding onto the car but there is of Aru getting a slingshot?

So while Nibali's incident is putting 2 and 2 together, Aru's is as clear as day.

 

[JMAG]

Both are cheating nobbers. I would rather see an honest race with fewer "star" riders. Similarly, I would rather watch an honest football match without divers and cheats even if means fewer players on the pitch.

The only way to stop people cheating is to come down hard in them so they might think twice about doing it next time.

 

[tug benson]

Dumoulin in trouble, Astana have a couple of men up the road and Aru is with Landa 15 seconds infront of Dumoulin....

 

[tug benson]

now Astana 3 men infront of Aru...Aru will win the GC now

 

[beastie]

Poor tactics from giant not to have a man up the road.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Poor Dumoulin. He's not even going to be on the podium. But that was a really great team ride by Astana to destroy him.

 

[sleaver]

Poor tactics from giant not to have a man up the road.

To be fair, did they have any that could get up the road and even if they did, how much would they really have been able to help him?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Apart from the television footage!? God forbid it would ruin the climax of the race. Aru = cheating nobber

It had to happen...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

To be fair, did they have any that could get up the road and even if they did, how much would they really have been able to help him?

I didn't think they had anyone who could get up the road either.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Itv have just shown the Aru "sling." Astana may be the villains everyone loves to hate but I don't think they cheated there.

 

[sleaver]

Although Dumoulin is full of disappointment at the moment, taking into account what he has done over the past three weeks with a team that was not built to support him, hopefully he can see something to be proud of when (if ever) that disappointment wears off.

 

[Rustybucket]

Itv have just shown the Aru "sling." Astana may be the villains everyone loves to hate but I don't think they cheated there.

No actually looked like just a pat on the back! Still a nobber thou. Fair play to him for winning!

Poor Dumoulin he looked heartbroken in the interview, bloody good race from him - he seems a nice guy too!

 

[beastie]

I didn't think they had anyone who could get up the road either.

When the initial break is the size of today's then of course they should have tried it at least. As to if it would have done any good...I dunno. A few Kms of hard towing on the flat would have maybe closed the gap and got Tom to the final climb with Aru.

Astana played it perfectly today.

 

[mjr]

Itv have just shown the Aru "sling." Astana may be the villains everyone loves to hate but I don't think they cheated there.

No sling but it looked like an attempt to push that failed. Aru saved by a teammate not being very good at cheating?

 

[smutchin]

It's a moot point now anyway - a 30 second penalty for Aru wouldn't make any difference to GC.