Vuelta a España 2012 (with spoilers)

[Flying_Monkey]

Not a believer in the Dutch riders (Gesink, Mollema)?
Anton can be the same case as Cobo: nowhere to be seen this year, but might also reappear in the Vuelta

I like Gesink and he did well in California, but I don't know... maybe not this year.

 

[jifdave]

How will sky ride this one? Same tactics a tour?

Race for but fatigued froome vs fresh but not race ready bertie...

My opinion is froome needs to attack early and hope contador doesn't find his legs in the latter stages

 

[rich p]

Okay, here we go, the last GT of the year and all in the north so we may be spared the long, straight dull days. Lots of mountain top finishes but it starts with a TTT where a bad team day can potentially scupper ones GC chances.
Who will go well today then?
LeakyGas, Sky, Saxo or my pick, Greenedge?

 

[Noodley]

I'm bored of it already.

 

[yello]

And I've only just turned my mind towards it!

Looking forward to this evening's TT mainly because it's been many years since I was in Pamplona and I'll be interested to see if I can recognise anything!

Hard to see Sky doing anything different and I reckon other teams will be looking to them. I'll be interested to see how Froome goes, but more interested to see how Contador deals with him. Couldd be a good contest.

 

[raindog]

Race for but fatigued froome vs fresh but not race ready bertie...

I'm pretty sure Berto's race ready. He just finished fourth in the Eneco without even ruffling his plumage.

 

[Noodley]

Looking forward to this evening's TT...in Pamplona.

Pamplona, you say? I may be interested again, but only if they set a bull off 5 seconds after every team.

 

[yello]

that'd certainly be performance enhancing!

I didn't participate in the bull runs myself, watched one though. I think there was more danger of being trampled by panicking,scared sh*tless runners than of actually being gored. Those runners were usually in the bullring a good few minutes before the bulls arrived. The guys that actually ran with and alongside the bulls though, touching them etc, they where pretty cool.

 

[jifdave]

A good friends workmate got gored this year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Bulls-Brits-moment-mauled-rampaging-bull.html

 

[raindog]

Garmin dropped it big time!

 

[smutchin]

starts with a TTT where a bad team day can potentially scupper ones GC chances.

I heard the TTT wasn't counting towards GC. Have I heard wrong?

I reckon Sky's strategy will be more like the Giro than the TdF.

d.

 

[Chuffy]

A good friends workmate got gored this year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Bulls-Brits-moment-mauled-rampaging-bull.html

Go bull!

 

[Chuffy]

I heard the TTT wasn't counting towards GC. Have I heard wrong?

I reckon Sky's strategy will be more like the Giro than the TdF.

d.

Yes. Dodgy mistranslation apparently.

 

[Noodley]

Mmmmovistar....mmmmmdodgy...

 

[Buddfox]

I assumed they just spent more time prepping the tricky technical second half, where they made up the time?