Vuelta a España 2012 (with spoilers)

[Flying_Monkey]

Purito now dropping Contador and Valverde!

 

[thom]

How far left ? Weather perfect in sunny london but the steephill feeds bearing no fruit to me for some reason...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Menchov goes! And wins...

 

[thom]

Menchov goes! And wins...

Well given i couldn't see or hear anything, the silent assassin has appropriate timing

 

[Trail Child]

Luckily got the satellite feed back at 2 km out and saw Menchov win! This mountain is wicked ...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Valverde catches and passes Contador. He's cracked. But can Purito get enough time on Valverde?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

No. Purito got about 30 seconds on Valverde and he got about 20 on Contador. A fantastic finish.

 

[thom]

No. Purito got about 35 seconds on Valverde and he got about 20 on Contador. A fantastic finish.

So no overall GC change in the end..

 

[rich p]

Another hard finish though where the riders fell over the line.

 

[Rob500]

Fantastic effort from Porte. Menchov proved too strong in the final 50 -100 metres.
Valiant effort from Rodriguez to try and gain back the time.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Does the ITV4 commentator (Anthony Whatshisname) know what "Cracked" means? Rodriguez might have dropped Contador, but know way did Alberto crack. And the director's crap too, switching to the riders crossing the line for the minor placings while the battle for GC was going on further down.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Does the ITV4 commentator (Anthony Whatshisname) know what "Cracked" means? Rodriguez might have dropped Contador, but know way did Alberto crack. And the director's crap too, switching to the riders crossing the line for the minor placings while the battle for GC was going on further down.

I don't know, but I wasn't watching ITV4 and he certainly looked like he had cracked to me, but then it was clearly it wasn't as bad as that later.

 

[Chuffy]

Does the ITV4 commentator (Anthony Whatshisname) know what "Cracked" means? Rodriguez might have dropped Contador, but know way did Alberto crack. And the director's crap too, switching to the riders crossing the line for the minor placings while the battle for GC was going on further down.

McCrossaint is awful. His commentary sounds like someone hammering rocks together in the hope of coming up with a tune. Horrible to listen to.

I wonder if the director switched because there was a problem with the camera motos? The crowds were very dense on the slopes, they might just have lost the GC guys momentarily.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

That finish looked immense!! I would absolutely love to have a crack at it.........................

Get a lift up and ride the bike down!!!

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

All in all an EPIC tour!!! Never expected it to be so good.