August 20, Stage 1: Benidorm 16km

ednwireland

Each team starts out together…

This is the third time the Vuelta has started in Benidorm, the previous one being in 1987, when Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke beat Sean Kelly in a prologue time trial. This year’s team time trial is about the same length as last year’s equivalent test in Sevilla that was won by HTC, although this one finishes just before sunset rather than beginning just after. The technical course starts at the beach and rises quite quickly during the opening 3.5km before twisting back down towards the sea again. Given their exceptional quality in this kind of test, HTC-Highroad will be heavily tipped to win here.





TTT great love em

anyone want stage specific threads ?

serendip

ednwireland wrote: »

anyone want stage specific threads ?

Yes.

Beasty

ednwireland wrote: »

anyone want stage specific threads ?

I would suggest so, if only to deal with the spoiler tag "issue";)

dastardly00

ednwireland wrote: »

anyone want stage specific threads ?

yep! you do a great job ednwireland!

corny

Keep the threads coming ednwireland.:D

Who will finish higher on GC Martin or Roche? I fancy Dan has a stage win in him but Roche to finish higher on GC.

Esroh

dastardly00 wrote: »

yep! you do a great job ednwireland!

+1

happytramp

Ouch for Garmin! Not a great start getting beaten by SKIL.

ednwireland

some dreadful rides from some of the big squads sky wtf

funnights74

What happened to sky??? few of them dissappeared, wiggins slowed to a jot for them to catchup. Almost comical.

ednwireland

funnights74 wrote: »

What happened to sky??? few of them dissappeared, wiggins slowed to a jot for them to catchup. Almost comical.

full story here
http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,22762_7114830,00.html

funnights74

Thanks ednwireland, Mystery solved!! Comical just about hits the nail on the head, but a long way to go so not a total disaster.

Hail 2 Da Thief

AG2R off to a disappointing start.

ednwireland

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

AG2R off to a disappointing start.

thought that when they came tt'ing just doent seem to be what ag2r do

bcmf

Anybody have any ideas what was causing the maechanicals right at the start. A few teams seemd to have 'issues' very shortly after the ramp!

ednwireland

bcmf wrote: »

Anybody have any ideas what was causing the maechanicals right at the start. A few teams seemd to have 'issues' very shortly after the ramp!

commentaters were blaming the steepness ramp, the join of the ramp to the road, the women holding the bikes, take your pick

bcmf

ednwireland wrote: »

the women holding the bikes

Yeah I heard him say that too. Classic!

seligehgit

dastardly00 wrote: »

yep! you do a great job ednwireland!

Esroh wrote: »

+1

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