La Vuelta a España - Stage 6 - Cordoba to Cazorla *SPOILERS*

Darkglasses

Two Cat 3 climbs means we should have a more interesting stage to watch tomorrow. Not exactly a killer stage, but there is enough here for the GC guys to think about making some tactically significant attacks either early or late in the stage. That said, this is stage one for the stagaires - Martin, Roche, Valverde, Rodriguez, and Moreno should have a bit of a shoot-out. Esteban Chaves too if he has something left in the legs. Not a big shout for a breakaway day in my opinion.

General Classification standings

1. Tom Dumoulin
2. Esteban Chaves (+1)
3. Nicolas Roche (+16)
4. Daniel Martin (+25)
5. Alejandro Valverde (+29)
6. Daniel Moreno (+31)
7. Christopher Froome (+35)
8. Joaquin Rodriguez (+36)
9. Nairo Quintana (+37)
10. Fabio Aru (+48)

Oddschecker: Valverde 5/2, Moreno 13/2, Rodriguez 13/2, Martin 11/1, Chaves 18/1, Roche 18/1

GetWithIt

Nico ftw

spock.

Would love to see Nico taking the red jersey tomorrow.

Pudsy33

Melodeon's previews

I think you meant Punchuers, not stagiares :P

Good chance for Martin and Roche to possible take red. Might be a decent chance for a break too, loom for Caja Rural and Colombia to get involved.

stecleary

Nicolas Roche

Fancy Dan to do better than Nico but dont think he will be nine seconds better

dastardly00

Are we gone back in time? Martin, Roche, Valverde, Purito and Moreno are stagiaires?


Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

Darkglasses

dastardly00 wrote: »

Are we gone back in time? Martin, Roche, Valverde, Purito and Moreno are stagaires?


Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

I have failed you all with my poor nomenclature.

*bans self*

Brian?

Dani Moreno

Looks like it's made for Valverde or Rodriguez. Roche is looking bang in form though, could do it.

MrMischief

Nicolas Roche

Fingers crossed for Roche but he'll be marked the whole way up that finish so he wont be let off the leash by the other GC contenders and he's not strong enough to drop them!

unichall

MrMischief wrote: »

Fingers crossed for Roche but he'll be marked the whole way up that finish so he wont be let off the leash by the other GC contenders and he's not strong enough to drop them!

I don't think the GC contenders will worry about chasing Roche, in fact its perfect for them if he does take the Red Jersey as they know he will give it up in the next few days. Roche will be marked by Chavez and the other candidates capable of winning the stage but don't think the big GC guys will make too much of an effort for a handful of seconds

MPFGLB

THis satge maybe for the breakaway as don't see alot of teams chasing (well no SKY or Garim anyways)

As for the GC guys not making an effort for the win...disagree

Valverde & Purito wanted to win sage 2 as seen by having their teams on the front all day ...no different on this stage.

MrMischief

Nicolas Roche

unichall wrote: »

I don't think the GC contenders will worry about chasing Roche, in fact its perfect for them if he does take the Red Jersey as they know he will give it up in the next few days. Roche will be marked by Chavez and the other candidates capable of winning the stage but don't think the big GC guys will make too much of an effort for a handful of seconds

Can't see Valverde or Purito letting Roche go and I think they'll be contending GC.

MrMischief

Nicolas Roche

MPFGLB wrote: »

THis satge maybe for the breakaway as don't see alot of teams chasing (well no SKY or Garim anyways)

As for the GC guys not making an effort for the win...disagree

Valverde & Purito wanted to win sage 2 as seen by having their teams on the front all day ...no different on this stage.

Just saw your reply after I posted and completely agree!

MPFGLB

Looks like Roche is not riding for himself today then...at least not for the stage win


SKY DS just now
"Our goal is not to lose any time, Nico & Sergio will cover late attacks. Real mtns start tomorrow" #LaVuelta

dastardly00

MPFGLB wrote: »

Looks like Roche is not riding for himself today then...at least not for the stage win


SKY DS just now
"Our goal is not to lose any time, Nico & Sergio will cover late attacks. Real mtns start tomorrow" #LaVuelta

Tomorrow has a Cat. 1 summit finish. So it'll be all hands on deck to support Froome.

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

Tomorrow has a Cat. 1 summit finish. So it'll be all hands on deck to support Froome.

Yes ...but that is tomorrow ....today is another thing all together...they could let him go for the win surely

gordongekko

Does anyone really think a team gives away tactics during a race. #marginalgains

MPFGLB

gordongekko wrote: »

Does anyone really think a team gives away tactics during a race. #marginalgains

So there is no point interviewing them before or during the race then

gordongekko

MPFGLB wrote: »

So there is no point interviewing them before or during the race then

No point in taking what they say as gospel

Pudsy33

Melodeon's previews

MPFGLB wrote: »

So there is no point interviewing them before or during the race then

There isn't really, they'll just toe the party line to some degree. Sure yesterday OGE were all about protecting the jersey apparently.

dastardly00

Under 10km to go!

Pudsy33

Melodeon's previews

Can Cummings do it?

MPFGLB

Kirby is always going on about how awful its going to be ...every race

He needs to wear one of those boards that says "The end is nigh"

dastardly00

Carlton loves Loius Meintjes.

happytramp

Nobody bothered chasing it seems.

REBELSAFC

I think Cummins has this

happytramp

At last.....

Esteban Chaves

Roche in a good position after Movistar put up the tempo

spock.

Jaysus that's steep.

Darkglasses

Gooooo chaves!

Darkglasses

Janey Dan does leave it late

spock.

Dan 2nd

Darkglasses

Chaves wins by a fair margin, Dan and Dumoulin second and third respectively

REBELSAFC

Dan leaves it too late again...pity

dastardly00

Chaves gambled and went for it early and it has paid off big time. Great ride by Dan with his 2nd place. Nico top ten as well.

Esteban Chaves

Well done to Dan Martin. With time bonus he moves above Roche to 3rd in GC.

dastardly00

So far we've had Nico finishing 3rd (stage 2), 4th (stage 4) and 10th (stage 6) and Dan finishing 4th (stage 2) and 2nd (stage 6). Fantastic performances from the two lads in a Grand Tour.

MPFGLB

Great ride by Dan Martin but he needs someone in his ear to say go now !!!

Nico attack was closed down by Movistar. But as said by DS was there to cover attacks as could be seen on the ride in


Think they think Chaves & Dumoulin are not threats ...wonder if they are right

happytramp

dastardly00 wrote: »

So far we've had Nico finishing 3rd (stage 2), 4th (stage 4) and 10th (stage 6) and Dan finishing 4th (stage 2) and 2nd (stage 6). Fantastic performances from the two lads in a Grand Tour.

I know I should wait till tomorrow to see how it's panning out but I'm struggling to not get ahead of myself.

Pudsy33

Melodeon's previews

MPFGLB wrote: »

Great ride by Dan Martin but he needs someone in his ear to say go now !!!

Nico attack was closed down by Movistar. But as said by DS was there to cover attacks as could be seen on the ride in


Think they think Chaves & Dumoulin are not threats ...wonder if they are right

Dumoulin won't hang on in the mountains, but Chaves could surprise

happytramp

MPFGLB wrote: »

Great ride by Dan Martin but he needs someone in his ear to say go now !!!

It's hard to fathom that he was going for the stage win since he'd clearly left it way to late. I assumed he was going for GC time.

dastardly00

Chaves was 3'12" faster than Steve Cummings on the final climb

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

Chaves was 3'12" faster than Steve Cummings on the final climb

Ah poor old Steve Cumminmgs ...I though he'd have to get off and walk
He rode so well ...all day out there

MPFGLB

I am still confident for an Irish stage win yet

MPFGLB

Its hard to believe Esteban Chaves is a married man :-)

stecleary

Nicolas Roche

Surely chaves will be covered in every move he makes now? It's only the first week but if he keeps taking time bonuses he'll creep away with out people noticing

Koobcam

Nicolas Roche

Brilliant Vuelta so far for the two lads. Only thing is though given their high GC pacing, a stage win might be harder to come by since they will both be marked men. Still, great to see both of them up there.

happytramp

MPFGLB wrote: »

Its hard to believe Esteban Chaves is a married man :-)

Have you seen him in interviews?...... I don't find it hard to believe at all.

MPFGLB

happytramp wrote: »

Have you seen him in interviews?...... I don't find it hard to believe at all.

I meant age wise ...he looks 12
Not his personality ...

dastardly00

Koobcam wrote: »

Brilliant Vuelta so far for the two lads. Only thing is though given their high GC pacing, a stage win might be harder to come by since they will both be marked men. Still, great to see both of them up there.

Nico probably won't be contending for anymore stage victories because he'll be working for Froome.

Dan's best chance for a stage win would be if he has one bad day in the mountains that puts him out of GC contention. Obviously we don't want that to happen, but if he stays high up in GC, then he won't be allowed to go on the attack without being chased down quickly.

MPFGLB

I think tomorrow & Sunday are still possibilities for both Irish lads for a stage win

After the rest day chances run out ..

Nico will be in the train and Dan won't be let off the hook

Unless one of them loses alot of time but high GC is still a very good bet for at least one of them