Volta a Catalunya 2013 - Stage 7 - [Contains Spoilers]

D3PO

Final stage. Can Dan the man finish the job ?

Stage just started and live on Eurosport from 2.30

D3PO

early 10 man break 1:10 clear they will contest the first sprint for sure.

No GC threats in the group

A. Kashechkin, L. Warbasse, T. Dall'Antonia, J.J. Oroz, J. Van de Walle, T. Damuseau, K. Kroon, M. Keizer, M. Golas, & K. Domagalski

Lets hope they go clear and contest the stage. Its all on Katusha to chase now.

TheBlaaMan

D3PO wrote: »

early 10 man break 1:10 clear they will contest the first sprint for sure.

No GC threats in the group

A. Kashechkin, L. Warbasse, T. Dall'Antonia, J.J. Oroz, J. Van de Walle, T. Damuseau, K. Kroon, M. Keizer, M. Golas, & K. Domagalski

Lets hope they go clear and contest the stage. Its all on Katusha to chase now.

I can't see Katusha having any thoughts of picking up seconds in the sprints - Garmin have already shown themselves as up for a contest in that area - so I'm guessing that its sh1t-or-bust for JRod at the finish line. If he manages to shed Dan in the last km or two it could all fall into his lap, but its a short stage (122km / 3hrs racing) so I'd be confident that Dan and his team have the means to control the race. Hope so......:cool:

Bukman13

AG2R controlling the Peloton, gap is 2:20.

Inquitus

4/7 Dan, 5/4 Purito with the bookies.

Fingers crossed for Dan.

D3PO

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

I can't see Katusha having any thoughts of picking up seconds in the sprints - Garmin have already shown themselves as up for a contest in that area - so I'm guessing that its sh1t-or-bust for JRod at the finish line. If he manages to shed Dan in the last km or two it could all fall into his lap, but its a short stage (122km / 3hrs racing) so I'd be confident that Dan and his team have the means to control the race. Hope so......:cool:

I wasnt referencing them looking at picking up sprint seconds but they have to chase this to have the 10 seconds available to J Rod where as Garmin will be happy to see a break go all the way.

AG2R commanding the peleton at the moment and break up to 1:40 ahead

EDIT now up to 2:20 ahead

D3PO

gap up to 3:35 and Katusha finally come to the front of the peleton

Bukman13

Didier Jannel précisait "des orages sont annoncés cet après-midi. Il faudra faire attention aux cassures"

AG2R directeur sportif Didier Jannel stated "storms are announced this afternoon. Care should be taken to breakage"

Should makes things harder for Katusha.

Darkglasses

Ryder Hesjedal and Garmin just grinding out the victory I think.

mcgratheoin

J-Rod attacks

edit

no he doesn't - wrong TV caption, Dan still on his tail

edit #2 there he goes - can't shake Dan yet though

Darkglasses

Martin's marking him well

Inquitus

All good, well done Dan!

Darkglasses

That is most definitely that

Carpenter

YES

Darkglasses

Thomas De Gendt wins the stage, from Lopez Garcia and Robert Kiserlovski.

Dan Martin wins the GC by 17 seconds from Rodriguez, Scarponi completes the podium.

Glass Prison 1214

Biggest victory for Irish cycling since Kelly and Roche?

seven stars

Great result. Strangely downbeat reaction to the victory, from the looks of the tv coverage anyway.

Carpenter

EUROSPORT ARE sh*t

dastardly00

It wasn't really Eurosport's fault, it was more the host TV broadcaster. Did they only have 1 motorbike with a TV camera?? It was impossible to tell what was going on in the main bunch.

Anyway, well done Dan!!

sy

seven stars wrote: »

Great result. Strangely downbeat reaction to the victory, from the looks of the tv coverage anyway.

The local boy got is ass whupped. :pac:

That was a class field that Dan beat. Great result and congrats to the man and his team.

n-dawg

2013 has been great for Irish cyclists so far... hopefully it continues throughout the summer.

What a great win by Dan, delighted for him. Hopefully he can animate some stages in the grand tours this summer. Does anybody know what he's planning on ridding?

WinnyThePoo

n-dawg wrote: »

2013 has been great for Irish cyclists so far... hopefully it continues throughout the summer.

What a great win by Dan, delighted for him. Hopefully he can animate some stages in the grand tours this summer. Does anybody know what he's planning on ridding?

I'm sure he'll have a go in the Ardennes classics. He was pretty consistent last year.

Esroh

Interview on radio 1 Sunday Sport after the break

happytramp

Esroh wrote: »

Interview on radio 1 Sunday Sport after the break

Anyone got a link to the podcast?

TheBlaaMan

Those two lads on the outsides are keeping good company.....

paddy no 11

was that him who almost crashed going over the line he was swaying so much


Well done

downwiththatsor

paddy no 11 wrote: »

was that him who almost crashed going over the line he was swaying so much


Well done

No Dan Martin was 42nd in the bunch, that was Julien SIMON of Sojasun.

Great win by Dan

ShevY

happytramp wrote: »

Anyone got a link to the podcast?

http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A10122832%3A71%3A24%2D03%2D2013%3A

The interview starts at 03:35

davidsatelle100

Carpenter wrote: »

EUROSPORT ARE sh*t

The fact they didn't know where Dan was for the last hour just says it all.

Still a great result

downwiththatsor

davidsatelle100 wrote: »

The fact they didn't know where Dan was for the last hour just says it all.

Still a great result

The leaders jersey was impossible to spot in the bunch, the commentators are not on the back of a motorbike as far as i know
I do hate how they end broadcasts so soon after races and dont have an interview or show podium presentations etc, i know its not the tour but the schedule could surely allow 15mins extra, if not then include it in the highlights.

Darkglasses

Coverage was crap, but I think it would've been better with Harmon and Kelly on.

seven stars

downwiththatsor wrote: »

The leaders jersey was impossible to spot in the bunch, the commentators are not on the back of a motorbike as far as i know

To be fair, it may be the most unremarkable leader's jersey in world cycling. I wonder what the history is? It's not even Catalan national colours. Well suited to an Irish rider though.

manafana

davidsatelle100 wrote: »

The fact they didn't know where Dan was for the last hour just says it all.

Still a great result

i could spot him and they did too following rodriguez over top of climb once he went over top with him he was home and hosed the descent was too easy to try get away

Sundy

davidsatelle100 wrote: »

The fact they didn't know where Dan was for the last hour just says it all.

Still a great result

In fairness they were only seeing what you saw. Who ever was the TV company did a rubbish job. Concentrating on the Spanish guy up the road (lopez) rather than following the GC contenders.

cycle4life

Well done Dan, great result and I doubt that you could find a nicer and more deserving person than Dan.

If you would like to meet and congratulate Dan, he will be at the DID Cycle4life in aid of Temple Street on the 4th of May in Dunboyne, Co. Meath. This will be your chance to cycle with him after his heroics in Catalunya... and hopefully before he wins his first Tour de France :-)

http://www.cycle4life.ie

MungoMan

He's showing great potential, still only 26.

His uncle won the tour de France at 27, he looks a bit like his uncle, I reckon we'll see big things from this guy in the next few years.

Looking at Wikipedia, this is a good quality event , second most important tour in Spain.

This guy is good, he deserves all the credit he gets.

torturedsoul

Biggest win since Roche Kelly for sure... Can't wait to watch it tonight in full.

On the coverage side of things, wasn't there a strike happening within the spainish tv company?
Pretty sure I heard something like that