Professional Cycling For the Fans - 2011 Vuelta Stage 18

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DXchulo
09-07-11, 09:36 PM
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Stage 18

Kind of Blued
09-07-11, 11:51 PM
Let's just clear everybody else out and let Froome and Cobo ride the rest of the tour attacking each other.
chasm54
09-08-11, 05:30 AM
Let's just clear everybody else out and let Froome and Cobo ride the rest of the tour attacking each other.

LOL. Very very difficult for Froome to put any time into Cobo today. What to do? Try to steal the intermediate sprints (tough, they'll be well defended by Geox) or just try to batter him on the climbs and hope he cracks after yesterday's efforts? I don't think Froome can sprint, so I can't see how he can go for the stage win.

Ken Brown
09-08-11, 04:29 PM
Moncoutie owes his teammate Sumens big time. Sumens took 8 points away from Montaguti today, and the 8 points would have put Montaguti in the KOM jersey by one point.
dglevy
09-10-11, 01:57 PM
I'm wondering why team Sky didn't attack earlier on the last climb. Couldn't they have tried the old one-two punch, with Wiggins attacking, forcing Cobo to cover, then Froome attacking, once they were caught -- and back and forth like that?
Kind of Blued
09-11-11, 01:38 AM
In theory, that would have been ideal, however, I've been watching Wiggins closely all year, and I've never seen him accelerate on his bike, let alone attack.