Vuelta - Stage 21, Sun Sep 15, Leganés - Madrid, **Unmasked Spoilers**

dastardly00

Stage 21: Leganés - Madrid 109.6km

It's the last stage of an absolutely epic grand tour; and we can safely predict that this will end in a bunch sprint! This stage, as with as final stage in a GT, will start off very relaxed and the speed will only ramp up once they hit the circuit in Madrid.





Betting: M Matthews 2/1; E Boasson Hagen 4/1; T Farrar 9/2; M Richeze 6/1; G Meersman 11/1.

Here's a link to the Irish rider's diary thread.

Live TV coverage on Eurosport1 from 3pm.
Highlights on Eurosport1 at 10.30pm, and on ITV4 at 7pm.

Live text-ticker will be here.

AnotherView

Sad its the last day

Hardly a sprinter left ....maybe Horner might win this one also

I am actually not a fan of Horner...I don't like the high pitched giggly American voice and the talking to camera, etc

(just as I don't like Froome for sticking it to Wiggins in 2012 tour or complaining about Contador on descents in 2013)

ednwireland

thanks dastardly for these threads they've been great

theres definitively something wrong with the profile though

Beasty

Spoiler tags on GC or today's stage comments until midnight guys

letape

dastardly - thanks for the daily threads. As said many times, they have been great and have added to the enjoyment each day!

stephenslater

SNIP - OFF TOPIC

TheBlaaMan

Well Nibali has conceded to Horner ........... or is it just a bluff?

There are a few sprinters still in the race, but will their teams be able to control things to set up a mass sprint? Although it may be highly unlikely to work, I wonder if there's any chance that an old style 'deal' (€'s) could be attempted with some other team to pull from the drop of the flag and try to get and then maintain a gap? Horner's team are pretty depleted, while Nibaili's guys are undoubtedly shagged, but cooperation from others could make a difference. The weather conditions aren't going to help - no chance of strong cross winds today, it seems - but Nibali needs only (!) 28 seconds plus the winners bonus to nick back the Maillot Rojo. There are 8 laps of a 5.7km circuit around the streets of the capital so I suppose anything could happen. It has been a great Vuelta, and yesterdays stage was epic.....maybe there's still a twist in the tale?

letape

Nothing will happen on the GC today! I think it's fair to assume the race finished yesterday - baring crashes.

bazermc

Is Horner first American to win a GT since Lemond?

gordongekko

bazermc wrote: »

Is Horner first American to win a GT since Lemond?

lol that made me laugh. I'm not going there.

pelevin

So on top of no doping speculation, with spoiler tags comments about the stage in a thread about the stage are censored now too! Twilight zone stuff.
Is there somebody else in the shadows threatening to sue?

So the message is - If you want to talk about today's cycling, go elsewhere. The cycling board is not the place.

gordongekko

pelevin wrote: »

So on top of no doping speculation, with spoiler tags comments about the stage in a thread about the stage are censored now too! Twilight zone stuff.
Is there somebody else in the shadows threatening to sue?

So the message is - If you want to talk about today's cycling, go elsewhere. The cycling board is not the place.

Those posts were made yesterday your feel to forget the spoilers now.

Beasty

pelevin wrote: »

So on top of no doping speculation, with spoiler tags comments about the stage in a thread about the stage are censored now too! Twilight zone stuff.
Is there somebody else in the shadows threatening to sue?

So the message is - If you want to talk about today's cycling, go elsewhere. The cycling board is not the place.

If you have a problem with mod actions PM the mod or report the post. Do not challenge those actions in-thread

Dr. Bre

why isnt there a poll to see who wins the sprint between betancur and farrar?

AnotherView

Love Sean Kellys description of Roche time loss in the cold weather

" He not like a typical paddy"

Also Contador has announced he will ride the Vuelta next year....so no leader role for Nico then

AnotherView

Kelly on form ....'Vinotti going on the attack he must have an early plane"

Lepidoptera

Thanks for all the awesome posts dastardly, and to the others who have provided brilliant commentary in these threads. You're a star

AnotherView wrote: »

Love Sean Kellys description of Roche time loss in the cold weather

" He not like a typical paddy"

Also Contador ahs announced he will ride the Vuelta next year....so no leader role fro Nico then

Kelly is quite funny today.

After Nico has put in such a great performance this year, are they really going to take the leader role from him? He's been improving hugely.

gordongekko

AnotherView wrote: »

Love Sean Kellys description of Roche time loss in the cold weather

" He not like a typical paddy"

Also Contador has announced he will ride the Vuelta next year....so no leader role for Nico then

sure the Irish lads will be having a tilt at the giro next year

AnotherView

gordongekko wrote: »

sure the Irish lads will be having a tilt at the giro next year

Well Nico better get used to the cold then ...and quickly

gordongekko

AnotherView wrote: »

Well Nico better get used to the cold then ...and quickly

3 bad days in the giro around Ireland will see him doomed but im guessing deignan and martin love the cold

Darkglasses

Michael Matthews! Good man. Our man Tyler in second.

AnotherView

Sean Kelly predicting all you 40 plus year olds will be getting very competitive in cycling now that you can see what Chris Horner can do

Maybe a boardsie for a Grand Tour !

AnotherView

Well its over....its been a blast

Next Grand Tour stage in Ireland !!!