Vuelta Stage 15

obutterwick wrote:Hmmmm, not

obutterwick wrote:

Hmmmm, not sure how I feel about getting 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19. Same as everyone else, I guess.

I don’t have QUINTANA :”(

But I have 1,2,3,7,8 on GC 😕

This is exactly how the USA
This is exactly how the USA Pro Challenge went. The GC sorted itself out very quickly, so teams hardly had to be changed. All good fun, though.

GC seems to have changed
GC seems to have changed …

1 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 58h 17′ 21”
2 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB + 22”
3 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 1′ 41”
4 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 2′ 16”
5 107 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 4′ 51”
6 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 5′ 42”
7 91 TALANSKY, Andrew GRS + 6′ 48”
8 168 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 7′ 17”
9 19 ROCHE, Nicolas ALM + 7′ 21”
10 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 7′ 39”

GC :-
1 101 RODRIGUEZ,
GC :-

1 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 58h 17′ 21”
2 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB + 22”
3 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 1′ 41”
4 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 2′ 16”
5 107 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 4′ 51”
6 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 5′ 42”
7 91 TALANSKY, Andrew GRS + 6′ 48”
8 168 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 7′ 17”
9 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 7′ 39”
10 216 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz VCD + 9′ 01”

1 59 PIEDRA, Antonio CJR 5h
1 59 PIEDRA, Antonio CJR 5h 01′ 23”
2 75 PÉREZ, Rubén EUS + 2′ 02”
3 15 MONDORY, Lloyd ALM + 2′ 02”
4 56 DE LA FUENTE, David CJR + 2′ 02”
5 5 LASTRAS, Pablo MOV + 2′ 07”
6 197 GESCHKE, Simon ARG + 2′ 12”
7 36 SEELDRAYERS, Kevin AST + 2′ 25”
8 35 KASHECHKIN, Andrey AST + 3′ 35”
9 137 REYNES, Vicente LTB + 3′ 49”
10 213 LAGUTIN, Sergey VCD + 6′ 45”
11 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 9′ 25”
12 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 9′ 25”
13 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB + 9′ 25”
14 7 QUINTANA, Nairo Alexander MOV + 9′ 38”
15 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 9′ 48”
16 216 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz VCD + 10′ 00”
17 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 10′ 00”
18 112 ANACONA, Winner LAM + 10′ 00”
19 91 TALANSKY, Andrew GRS + 10′ 00”
20 132 DE CLERCQ, Bart LTB + 10′ 00”

Tool Piedra out today…..
Tool Piedra out today…..

I made some good transfers
I made some good transfers for a change – Seeldraeyers and Contador in for Moncoutie and De Gendt.

Also have De La Fuente in the break, and J-Rod and Valverde behind, so hoping for my best stage so far. Maybe I’ll even get back in the top 500!

Contador
Rodriguez
Valverde
Contador
Rodriguez
Valverde (for Froome)
Viviani
Niemic (for Meersman, nearly went for Verdugo but my girlfriend thought Niemic had a better name)*
Talansky
Marczynsky
Quintana
Bouhanni

Couldn’t work in a decent Bouhanni replacement so decided to leave him for now. Team is stacked towards the finish for today rather than breaks. Froome is looking tired and out of ideas (why attack yesterday if he was so tired? He needs to work on his tactics) so have gone for an in form Valverde, hoping he’ll continue to outscore him.

Getting nervous for my purist team, 1st place has Valverde and Clarke and its hurting me, my team is:
Contador
Rodriguez
Froome
Viviani
Talansky
Meersman
Marczynski
Quintana
Bouhanni

Hoping Marczynski and Talansky score heavily.

*don’t laugh, its a tactic that worked really well during the Giro.