And we're LIVE, Vuelta time

I don't think I've ever got a good score in a TTT, so I've picked a team for tomorrow.

Elia Viviani (LIQ)
Ben Swift (SKY)
Allan Davis (GRE)
Daniele Bennati (RSN)
Manuel Antonio Cardoso (CJR)
Xavier Florencio (KAT)
Raymond Kreder (GRM)
Gert Steegmans (OPQ)
Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)

If everything goes to plan I should have 4 transfers & lots of spare credits for when the race goes uphill.

Gone with

Swift
Boom
Degenkolb
Bennati
Piedra
Bouhanni
Terpstra
Florencio
Sarmiento

Purist only for me. (I don't believe in using the word "Purist" if you are making transfers on other teams.)

Froome
Contador
Henao
Boom
Meersman
Machado
Terpstra
Castroviejo
Navarro

Degenkolb
Davis
Swift
Viviani
Bouhanni
Quintana
Santambrogio
Rasilla
de Weert

Basically a team for stage 2 then four transfers for stage 3.

Purist team is

Contador
Rodriguez
Froome
Viviani
Talansky
Meersman
Quintana
Bouhanni
Marczynski

There we go then

Movistar
Rabo
OPQS
BMC
Sky
Lotto
Saxo
Katusha
Euskatel
Greenedge

Thats your top 10 teams today

Wow. Somehow I have 2 Movistar, a rabo, 2 OPQ and a Sky... it's like I knew what I was doing... but I know that's not the case.

11-20

Astana
AG2R
Vacansoleil
Liquigas
Cofidis
Lampre
RSNT
FDJ
Argos
Andalucia

Garmin not in the top 20 after a crash

What order did movistar cross the line? I hope quint was first.

I think it was Castroviejo

The BigMong got off to a good start with Castroviejo!

My purist team:

Alberto Contador (SAX)
Christopher Froome (SKY)
Daniel Moreno (KAT)
Ben Swift (SKY)

Gianni Meersman (LOT)
David De La Fuente Rasilla (CJR)
Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
Nairo Quintana (MOV)
Andrew Talansky (GRM)

OK so im back from the football

My team is

Davis
Swift
Viviani
Breschel

Bouhanni
Florencio
Terpstra
Talansky
Machado

And my purist team

Froome
J-Rod
De Gendt
Swift

Bouhanni
Palomares
Talansky
Cataldo
Quintana

no official results yet... you wouldn't think it'd be that hard

They are in now Gasparotto just saved my team, coming in last

BUT, why are they giving Combativity number out??

Top 20 GC

1 CASTROVIEJO
2 MORENO
3 INTXAUSTI
4 QUINTANA
5 VALVERDE
6 COBO
7 TERPSTRA
8 CATALDO
9 DE WEERT
10 VANDEWALLE
11 PAUWELS
12 BOOM
13 MOLLEMA
14 GARATE
15 GESINK
16 VAN WINDEN
17 GILBERT
18 EIJSSEN
19 BALLAN
20 MOINARD

Also, Can you clear this up Dave. Omega Pharma and Rabobank were given EXACTLY the same time on the live program. Even though it showed Rabo coming in before

So they should be 2nd equal on the results. But its not happening. Rabo only moved off the winners seats when Movistar came in. So OPQS shouldn't even be second. Its a MESS

Here is the stage results from the official site
FINISH LINE

Pos. Team Time
1 Movistar 18:51
2 Rabobank + 10
3 Omega + 10
4 BMC + 10
5 Sky + 12
6 Lotto + 12
7 Saxo_Bank + 14
8 Katusha + 15
9 Euskaltel + 28
10 Orica + 33
11 Astana + 34
12 AG2R + 34
13 Vacansoleil + 35
14 Liquigas + 41
15 Cofidis + 47
16 Lampre + 54
17 Radioshack + 55
18 FDJ + 57
19 Argos + 59
20 Andalucia + 1:01
21 Garmin + 1:27
22 Caja_Rural + 1:27

BUT go to the Overall and you get this

1 Movistar Team MOV 18' 51''
2 Omega Pharma - Quickstep OPQ a 10
3 Rabobank Cycling Team RAB a 10
4 BMC Racing Team BMC a 10
5 SKY Procycling SKY a 12
6 Lotto Belisol Team LTB a 12
7 Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank STB a 14
8 Katusha Team KAT a 15
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi EUS a 28
10 Orica Greenedge OGE a 33
11 Astana Pro Team AST a 34
12 AG2R La Mondiale ALM a 34
13 Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team VCD a 35
14 Liquigas - Cannondale LIQ a 41
15 Cofidis, le credit en ligne COF a 47
16 Lampre - ISD LAM a 54
17 Radioshack - Nissan RNT a 55
18 FDJ - Big Mat FDJ a 57
19 Team Argos - Shimano ARG a 59
20 Andalucia ACG a 1:01
21 Garmin - Sharp GRS a 1:27
22 Caja Rural CJR a 1:27

AND NOW. in 10 minutes, Gasparotto's been removed from the results and withdrawn

Reason - FUERA DE CONTROL

Translation - OUT OF CONTROL

Hang on Gasparotto still last on the stage......phew

But he's out with a broken collar bone, Smashed in 3 places

https://twitter.com/enrigasparotto/status/236938384424177664

Then I forgot. TTT don't get 10 points for last man home

This is my Purist team.

Contador
J Rod
Froome
Henao

Santambrogio
Florencio
Quintana
Sarmiento
Talansky