August 29, Stage 10: Salamanca 40km

ednwireland

Salamanca - Salamanca

The stage to make up lost time

Once a fixture around the mid-point of almost every grand tour, it now seems strange to find a long time trial in the middle of the Vuelta. At 47km, this one is long enough for any GC contendor with TT ability to reverse any losses they may have suffered so far and to gain time on the mountain goats. The route climbs from Salamanca towards the village of Morille before easing back down into Salamanca and rising at the end into the finish, splendedly set in the city’s Plaza Mayor. The westerly wind could be a key factor today before the first rest day.

Beasty

I'm on a roll....

8-2 yesterday, so hopefully Wiggo today

mahoo

Martin and Cancellara already out on course. . will be interesting to see if Martin can win again.

Pherekydes

Looks like it. He's ahead by 1:12 at the second checkpoint.

Ahead of Cancellara, that is.

mahoo

Finished 1.27 ahead of him! very impressive time.. cant see wigo beating that

on_the_nickel

Hope not, have a massive €10 on Martin at 3.4.

ednwireland

wiggo lovein on itv4 :rolleyes:

mahoo

ednwireland wrote: »

wiggo lovein on itv4 :rolleyes:

and on eurosport ticker

'Wiggins, all in white, looks like poetry in motion. His position and technique is faultless.'

GetWithIt

A rose by any other name .......

Lumen

Wiggo 1s up at 13km.

on_the_nickel

Lumen wrote: »

Wiggo 1s up at 13km.

Arse, surely he won't hold it given his effort yesterday.....

GetWithIt

Roche at 49 secs at the first checkpoint. If he was to maintain that form it would probably rate as a great TT for him.

mike12

GetWithIt wrote: »

Roche at 49 secs at the first checkpoint. If he was to maintain that form it would probably rate as a great TT for him.

Why is he so bad at the TT its not like he is a real light climber he is capable of going hard on his own in a stage how come he can't do it in the TT.
What's Martin like in the TT? Shame he got docked the 40 seconds earlier in the week.
Mike

mahoo

for some reason the only links on cycling fans today are in spanish and dutch..... at least i dont have to listen to the wiggo love fest... think ill go for dutch Mollema love fest instead

EDIT: think on the nickle was on the button... wiggo fading

GetWithIt

To put it in perspective Dan Martin lost 1.24 at the first intermediate. Anything within 3 minutes of Tony Martin / Wiggins at the end will be a fantastic ride. Cancellara lost 1.30 mins to Martin.

GetWithIt

2.04 at the 2nd intermediate (30K of 47K)

This is a really good TT by Roche.

John.Icy

Scarponi finishes 4:30 down on Martin.

BTH

"Wiggins has a flat back as he puts down the pwer on the pedals" Eurosport

Pass the f-ing bucket

Chips Lovell

Gwan Wiggo

mahoo

Dan martin 4.11 down at second check! he's having a nightmare. nico 25th fastest at second which is pretty good for him @ 2.04

shows how big an effort dan put in yesterday... am i right in thinking he's normally a bit faster than nico?

Morrisseeee

What's the story with Eurosport, I can't find the Vuelta on the Sky Player listings, or is it only on ES HD ? they also had no highlights last night, and my recordings of highlights/live-action gets really screwed aswell, grrrrrr :mad:

Chips Lovell

Awesome time by Froome. Fuglsang is trucking as well.

TheBlaaMan

watching it on http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-6.php

John.Icy

Ouch for dan! damage limitation is needed in the last few km.

BTH

BetterThanHoyte wrote: »

"Wiggins has a flat back as he puts down the pwer on the pedals" Eurosport

Pass the f-ing bucket

Sorry, that was cyclingnews.

Eurosport are worse

"Wiggins really does look beautiful on his bike. His back is flat, his shoulders static. He's approaching Salamanca now - over the bridge he goes..."

mahoo

'Wiggins really does look beautiful on his bike. His back is flat, his shoulders static. He's approaching Salamanca now - over the bridge he goes..'

yeah but he came second... another savage TT from Martin

BTH

mahoo wrote: »

'Wiggins really does look beautiful on his bike. His back is flat, his shoulders static. He's approaching Salamanca now - over the bridge he goes..'

yeah but he came second... another savage TT from Martin

Third

Colmo52

mahoo wrote: »

'Wiggins really does look beautiful on his bike. His back is flat, his shoulders static. He's approaching Salamanca now - over the bridge he goes..'

yeah but he came second... another savage TT from Martin

Third.

TheBlaaMan

Sh1t....Dan at 6:05 on Martin. Approx 4:40 on Wiggins

ednwireland

wonder what wiggo would have done in the tdf

great ride from froome

Chips Lovell

Froome in red for the moment?

dastardly00

Morrisseeee wrote: »

What's the story with Eurosport, I can't find the Vuelta on the Sky Player listings, or is it only on ES HD ? they also had no highlights last night, and my recordings of highlights/live-action gets really screwed aswell, grrrrrr :mad:

nope, doesn't seem to be on Sky Player :mad:
*shakes fist*

mahoo

Colmo52 wrote: »

Third.

Ha. bloody dutch commentary.... i meant second in his team

on_the_nickel

Lads, if, like me, you don't have Sky, but do have an iphone, or ipad, there is an app called Films on TV, and it's free. You can get ITV4, amongst others with it.

Just downloaded it and watched the last 20 minutes of the stage on it, good quality too.

mahoo

its going to be really tight on GC still. could be 5 riders within 30 seconds of each other still if my sums are right

donfers

any idea what time roche and d martin finished at and where they will be on gc after this - looks like a disaster for d martin, 6 minutes plus down, even mountain dogs like cobo and zubeldia only lost 3 minutes, in such a tight race, that is likely to be curtains for him - maybe he an look to winning the mountains jersey now and possibly another stage

mahoo

roche in 17th on GC... id say he'll be pleased with that seeing as his TT is his weakness

Lumen

BetterThanHoyte wrote: »

Eurosport are worse

British Eurosport.

Chips Lovell

Lumen wrote: »

British Eurosport.

Pah. How dare a British channel big up a British rider. You wouldn't see that happening on RTE. Because nobody in Ireland is in any way parochial.

Colmo52

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Pah. How dare a British channel big up a British rider. You wouldn't see that happening on RTE. Because nobody in Ireland is in any way parochial.

Well RTE only gave Dan a tiny mention at the end of the nine o clock news last night.

Chips Lovell

Colmo52 wrote: »

Well RTE only gave Dan a tiny mention at the end of the nine o clock news last night.

I'm not surprised they did.

ajk24

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

I'm not surprised they did.

he was interviewed on radio 1 from the team bus this evening by michael lyster and pat spillane. said he suffered with the flat roads and winds but it looking forward to mountains to come. They were in the middle of a 400km bus transfer

happytramp

Ouch! So I'm guessing a top 10 for Martin is now completely out of the question?