Vuelta 2018 Stage 11:Mombuey > Ribeira Sacra. Luintra 207.8 kms Hilly

Thud

Nico in the break today...strong group

https://racecenter.lavuelta.es/#/stageprofile

MPFGLB

Seems like a very exciting race

Pinot is virtual leader on the road now

dastardly00

Live coverage has started on Eurosport1.

Absolute quality breakaway

Peterx

96km in the first 2 hours

dastardly00

Nico has signed a contract with Team Sunweb for those who haven't heard

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nicolas-roche-confirms-contract-with-team-sunweb/

Doc07

Maybe BMC can do a deal with Pinot to help him into Red and let Theuns or Nico win the stage.

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

Nico has signed a contract with Team Sunweb for those who haven't heard

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nicolas-roche-confirms-contract-with-team-sunweb/

As long as he is away from BMC

Eamonnator

Peterx wrote: »

96km in the first 2 hours

48kph average. Savage.

dastardly00

Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Georg Preidler (Groupama-FDJ) have all abandoned so far today

MPFGLB

Best stage so far....unpredictable and hard

Benoot could win this...he can do a hard satge

Thud

Roche and De Marchi in group of 8 off front now

dastardly00

3 minute gap with 30 km to go... Should be enough to hold off the peloton.

If Nico doesn't win, I'd like to see Mollema take the victory

Thud

dastardly00 wrote: »

3 minute gap with 30 km to go... Should be enough to hold off the peloton.

If Nico doesn't win, I'd like to see Mollema take the victory

De Marchi working and Nico sitting on by sounds of it

MPFGLB

Hard to see who can win this ...some great climbers in this break but also some fast men

Thud

too soon from Nico?

dastardly00

Nico doesn't look to have too much left in the tank.

Impossible to predict who will win this

dastardly00

Beautiful scenery, doesn't look like typical Spain

Was just going to say , was there fire there maybe or is it just how the landscape is? Trees looked sparse and in bad shape in some places.

dastardly00

Pinot and rest of chase group has really slowed down. Looks like Yates will stay in red

MPFGLB

dastardly00 wrote: »

Nico doesn't look to have too much left in the tank.

Impossible to predict who will win this

Hard to say

He let de Marchi go and didnt chase ...maybe tired but maybe wait for another day as Demma better bet

dastardly00

De Marchi on the attack.

And in the peloton, Team Cannodale Drapac powered by First Education has ramped up the pace

Some nasty rain there now too.

dastardly00

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Some nasty rain there now too.

ROOSTER TAILS!

dastardly00

De Marchi has this in the bag

neris

dastardly00 wrote: »

ROOSTER TAILS!

Shut up Carlton

dastardly00

Tough on Pinot... All that effort and get only gained 12 seconds in the end

MPFGLB

Very tough on Pinot ...no one helped

BMC and riders with GC leaders couldn't

dastardly00

Fabio Aru lost 41 seconds at the end to Yates, Valverde, Quintana et al. He is not showing any promising form, I can see him being dropped like a stone in the high mountains

2014-15 were good for him stage wins and an overall and Giro stages, and a TdF Stage win last year but really other than that he's been an also ran in most races able to hang on to stay in top 10 in GC. I'd say 2018 was a bad year for him but really no worse really than years since his Vuelta win.

MPFGLB

Deleted User wrote: »

2014-15 were good for him stage wins and an overall and Giro stages, and a TdF Stage win last year but really other than that he's been an also ran in most races able to hang on to stay in top 10 in GC. I'd say 2018 was a bad year for him but really no worse really than years since his Vuelta win.

And Aru like Richie Porte is on 3 million euros a year !!

UAE are a strange team...they pay out all this money for 'stars' but have no real support riders of any substance to help