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Vuelta - Stage14
So lets find out who is not going to win the Vuelta....Let battle commence..
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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- Hirsute 3 min 41 sec ago
Radar tells me their closing speed, if they are slowing and how far away. Then I decide to say a prayer. The change of light pattern is incidental.
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Quite so, which is why our village 20mph zone covers the whole residential extent. Of course, enforcement is another thing..
- lonpfrb 49 min 35 sec ago
No, that's very doubtful while proper testing would be fully destructive.
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No points for Lulu as he wont get any in the race
This could be ok for me I think, but we shall see. this was my team
Basso (out)
Petit
Moreno
Nibali
Horner
Valverde
Roche
Pinot
Txurruka
It's going to be a while before I get the points up today. There could be alot of time out's and abandon's to come
2 3 5 6 8 17 20 so far. Anyone have Ratto. Should have left Gilbert in!
1 Daniele RATTO ITA CAN 24 4:24:00
2 Vincenzo NIBALI ITA AST 29 +3:53
3 Christopher HORNER USA RLT 42 +3:55
4 Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER ESP KAT 34 +4:11
5 Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ ESP EUS 35 +4:19
6 Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE ESP MOV 33 +4:43
7 Thibaut PINOT FRA FDJ 23 +4:46
8 Domenico POZZOVIVO ITA ALM 31 +4:46
9 Mikel LANDA MEANA ESP EUS 24 +5:17
10 Leopold KONIG CZE TNE 26 +5:21
11 Tanel KANGERT EST AST 26 +5:27
12 Mikel NIEVE ITURALDE ESP EUS 29 +5:33
13 David ARROYO DURAN ESP CJR 33 +5:33
14 Andre Fernando S. Martins CARDOSO POR CJR 29 +5:40
15 Philippe GILBERT BEL BMC 31 +6:14
16 Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ ESP KAT 32 +6:19
17 Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ ESP EUS 30 +6:27
18 Robert KISERLOVSKI CRO RLT 27 +6:44
19 Jakob FUGLSANG DEN AST 28 +7:05
20 Nicolas ROCHE IRL TST 29 +7:22
could have been worse I guess!!
2,3,6,7,16,20 + Txurruka will get something for the HC, Basso out and nothing from Petit.
Maybe a penalty tomorrow
Just a quick calculation, Ratto will have scored 78 points today
Finally may have had a better day
Basso out
Valverde
Nibs
Horner
Moreno
Konig
Arroyo
Roche
Pozzovivo.
Finally some points for my Spaniards
Lander and Nieve
I also have Landa in my purist as well.
At the very least I shouldn't fall any further today. Hoping for something better.
103 riders home so far
8 from 9 in the top 20 with only Basso not scoring so decent for me today
Still waiting for a few to come home, else Brown and Chainel will join Sanchez in the 0 scores
2,3,6,7,8,10,11,20 with basso abandoned so one change to make for me , not a bad day
Brown's home in 153rd at 20.43
159 home so far
Made 4 changes for tomorrow. No pens!
My purist has done canny,
1,2,5,12 + Txurruka and Majka. Happy with that.
PROVISIONAL points going up now
One winner
1 GetJohn johcar 233
10 riders missing somewhere
Zubeldia? DNF? HD? Fell down a ditch and vanished? or lost transponder? He's not on any of the finish lists I can see but not shown as abandoned.
I see he's not the only one
Purist team up to 21st overall. Still leading chris by nearly a 100 points
But 2 down today so not all good news 
DNF Steve CHAINEL FRA ALM 30
DNF Ramon SINKELDAM NED ARG 24
DNF Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL ESP BEL 30
DNF Ivan BASSO ITA CAN 36
DNF Cyril BESSY FRA COF 27
DNF Michel KREDER NED GRS 26
DNF Nick NUYENS BEL GRS 33
DNF Greg HENDERSON NZL LTB 37
DNF Jurgen VAN DE WALLE BEL LTB 36
DNF Jelle VANENDERT BEL LTB 28
DNF Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE ESP RLT 36
DNF Roman KREUZIGER CZE TST 27
DNF Wouter POELS NED VCD 26
DNF Lieuwe WESTRA NED VCD 31
DNS Simon GERRANS AUS OGE 33
DNS Sam BEWLEY NZL OGE 26
Surely nobody can still believe Nibali's spiel about just using the Vuelta to race into form for the worlds.
I doubt he'll ever again have as clear-cut a chance of winning a grand tour as this.
Well the Vuelta as expected throws up surprise after surprise....We lose riders to heat exhaustion and then 3 days later to hypothermia....Dear Lord up above...... is picking a team within budget constraints not tough enough....
Got to be Nibs v Froome for the tour next season?
No Sanchez gets 0 because he didn't finish the stage
LLSanchez abandoned from my purist. Not sure about his points. I think he still gets them for today. Now Basso from my overall team. Good thing I've got a couple of extra transfers for tomorrow as I think I'm going to need them!
This stage is just...
Valverde is now 45secs off the GC group
Basso has abandoned
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