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| Riis123 |
Posted on 10-08-2015 09:29
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Dombro seemed to be the only one capable of putting time into the rest in that weak as sfield. Honestly I would have hoped he just did it, won his second stage and gave us some fun, but I can see why he chose not do. Definetely the safer option. You probably dont want to go all out two days in a row with the Vuelta in mind? Anyways, what a fluid and pure climber he is.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 10-08-2015 11:26
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Best one week stage race starting today.  |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 10-08-2015 11:53
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Agreed. Only WT stage race without real climbs. More than 50 riders with a shot at winning.
Maybe i'll make a thread in a couple of hours
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 10-08-2015 12:39
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I've been waiting for PCS to fix the result of stage 7 before posting but it looks like they're not going to so here goes anyway, it's the rest day today so a good chance to catch up on two important stages.
Stage 7 finished with a 2nd category climb, the Alto Matadero, just before the finish, and, contrary to the PCS results which show a group of 14 riders rolling in together at the front at s.t., there were definite gaps, as the photo above illustrates. Two pieces of big news: the first is very sad: appearances of recovery after a stomach bug proved false hope for Óscar Soliz, who had to abandon and end his chances of becoming the first Bolivian to win the Vuelta a Colombia. As you might know, Soliz is probably my favourite cyclist on the South American scene (apart from Nairo obviously), partly because of results like this, and also because of his aggressive riding and determination, so I was pretty sad about this. The second, lesser piece of news, was the noteworthy absence of the other Óscar, Sevilla, from the top 10 in the stage (he finished 11th at the same time as Rujano), conceding valuable time to some of his biggest rivals, especially Ortega who is looking stronger by the day and holds the yellow jersey with an iron grip at the moment.
Camilo Gómez wins a stage that produced noteworthy gaps between the main favourites.
But it is Mauricio Ortega who is asserting his authority on the race at the moment in the yellow jersey.
Another important day yesterday, the first of two ITTs, with the other being the MTT up to the Alto de las Palmas on Saturday, the final day of the race. There aren't many flat TTs going around in South America, so it's a little hard to judge who the favourites are (there wasn't one in last year's Vuelta a Colombia). Nevertheless, we needn't have worried as it was the mercurial Rafael Infantino, who won the ITT in 2013, who took the stage this year as well. Infantino is an interesting character - he has something of the Thomas de Gendt about him: he won three important stages in 2013, mountain stages and time-trials, but he's exceedingly inconsistent, mainly due to recurring injury, so it was great to see him on form in the time-trial. Ortega continued his superb performance by finishing second, I think Sevilla would have been predicted to take time on him in the time-trial, but as it was he lost yet more seconds (although he is still within striking distance).
Rujano and Chalapud saw their chances of overall victory fading away more and more after losing more than a minute to Ortega, and poor old Fernando Camargo lost even more. On the plus side, Alexis Camacho, who finished 3rd last year and at 25 is about 10 years younger than most of his rivals, put in a performance that wasn't too shabby and now lies 3rd overall behind Ortega and Sevilla. Plus, a shout out to Iván Parra (remember him from this and then this the next day? Yep, he's still around!) for finishing 6th in his old age 
Infantino doing his best Fabio Aru impression
Come on José, you can do it! (dat pink water bottle tho)
Apologies for prolonging the already long post, but the rest day is a good time to look at how the GC is stacking up currently:
| 1 |  | ORTEGA Mauricio | Orgullo Antiqueño | 27:05:22 | | 2 |  | SEVILLA Óscar | EPM-UNE-Área Metropolitana | 0:54 | | 3 | | CAMACHO Julio Alexis | Orgullo Antiqueño | 1:23 | | 4 | | GOMEZ Camilo Andres | Coldeportes - Claro | 1:32 | | 5 | | LAVERDE Luis Felipe | Coldeportes - Claro | 1:42 | | 6 | | COLORADO Francisco Jarley | Formesan Bogotá Humana | 2:57 | | 7 | | CHALAPUD Robinson | Orgullo Antiqueño | 3:18 | | 8 | | SUAREZ Juan Pablo | EPM-UNE-Área Metropolitana | 3:22 | | 9 | | RAMIREZ Alejandro | Coldeportes - Claro | 3:28 | | 10 |  | RUJANO José Humberto | Coordinadora-Fundrujano | 3:29 |
Ortega certainly in prime position, but there's still a lot to play for, with a summit finish on the Alto de Minas on Wednesday and the MTT on Saturday, with at least two other GC stages as well, so Sevilla is not out of it and even the likes of Rujano could spring back from further down in the GC if they put in a successful long-range attack.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 10-08-2015 12:52
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Sounds like a very exciting race, you've got me following it now. 
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| godakuviid |
Posted on 10-08-2015 22:41
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Camilo Gomez is a great cyclist and champion of the Clasico RCN in 2013, this year is to play this Vuelta a Colombia, with large palm is one of the best cyclists of Colombia, already 9 on a Tour de San Luis, 3 in a Vuelta a Chile, and many more achievements, I would love them to add to this team and many more of Colombia that are continental in DB Daily PCM as well as Vuelta a Colombia as it is a career 2.2. |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 11-08-2015 05:31
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Haha! When I spotted the result I thought you would post something 
Not the strongest field this year but still a good race, like that we had a winner like Dombrowski, young rider with talent and it's nice to see other riders winning this other than old guys like Horner and Danielson, it's good for American cycling. Good to see Drapac pick up a stage as the American races are important for the sponsor, also good that they bagged a win with a rider who isn't Wippert, haven't got anything against him but he is leaving and Drapac need other riders to step up.
Also good performance from a Hells 500 Greystripe Brendan Canty, he is a good up and coming climber (23) who finished 18th but has improved from finishing 50th last year. Only really took up cycling around 17/18 and is really on the way up, he will make the transition to europe at some stage.
Here is how he earnt his Greystripe https://theclimbingcyclist.com/crux-th...-500-epic/
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
Lakeside Drive Emerald
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| Wilier |
Posted on 11-08-2015 20:48
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Teunissen wins prologue of tour de l'ain.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-08-2015 21:24
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Pöstlberger Trainee at Bora-Argon 18?! Nice, they sure took a liking to austrian talent up there in Bayern. Hope he finds some luck there.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Wilier |
Posted on 12-08-2015 17:34
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Bouhanni wins first stage in l'Ain in a sprint.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 13-08-2015 17:27
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Kristoff is just impossible to beat when racing in Norway.
Two in a row for Bouhanni in l'Ain.
Etixx wins opening TTT in the Czech Republic.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 14-08-2015 13:14
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Been busy recently so three interesting stages have happened in Colombia while I was away, so it's a bit more brief than usual
First stage after the rest day was a hill top finish on a Cat.3 climb, and Sevilla, after looking like victory was fading away from him in the TT, recovered superbly to take what you'd probably call a typical Valverde win, putting in a sprint/attack right at the end just to distance his main rivals on the hill. Rujano lost 21 seconds but apart from that most of the GC guys were pretty comfortable.
Stage 10 was a MTF on the famous Alto de Minas, a very long and very very inconsistent climb (42km @ 4.3% doesn't do it justice, there are lots of sections of 10%+ along the way and it averages about 8% near the top). Rujano put in an attack from a fairly long way out, but Sevilla, leading a very small pack indeed, gradually brought him back. Then Ortega began set a high tempo, making use of the strength of his Orgullo Antiqueño team, and in particular Alexis Camacho, who has impressed in this race. However they were unable to stop Óscar Rivera, the winner of the Vuelta a Boyacá last year, from jumping out with 4km to go in a stage-deciding attack. More importantly, Sevilla put in a Purito-style 2km to go attack which saw him distance Ortega again and, combined with bonifications, reduce the gap down to Ortega to just 22 seconds! In fifth place was a stunning performance from the 19 year-old Hernan Aguirre - young Colombian talents have often struggled in this race (Quintana finished 76th in the year he won Avenir and abandoned halfway through the next year's edition), so it was very pleasing to see this sort of performance, and he moved up to 9th overall. At the other end of the scale, Chalapud lost 2:25 to Rivera, and so his dreams of a podium are looking very distant now, although he has been called in to do valuable domestique work for Ortega.
Victory for the Boyacense Óscar Rivera atop the legendary Minas
The chase behind on the climb: L-R: Ortega, Gómez, Sevilla, Camacho
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 14-08-2015 13:34
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Stage 11 had a first category climb, the Alto Galgos, topping out about 7-8km from the finish in Ituango, but with the riders perhaps a little tired from their exertions on the Alto de Minas the day before, and looking apprehensively towards the MTT on Saturday, little noteworthy GC gaps appeared. The stage victory went to Juan Pablo Suárez, one of Sevilla's teammates, who has been a great domestique to him throughout the race and is noted for his excellent downhill skills. (So therefore I like him ). The first four finishers were from a mid-race breakaway, including in 3rd place Bernardo Suaza, who won the Giro della Valle d'Aosta last year.
Among there was a little spot of drama as Sevilla, having done his best impression of Valverde on Tuesday and then Purito on Wednesday, proceeded to do his best Menchov impression as he fell over just 250m from the line! Little harm was done though, but he ended up losing 10 seconds to Ortega, seconds that could be valuable come the final classification. Best of the favourites in the sprint/attacks in the last 2km or so was Camilo Gómez, who currently lies in 4th place overall, and together with his Coldeportes - Claro teammates Alejandro Ramírez in 5th and Luis Felipe Laverde in 6th is having an excellent race.
Victory for Juan Pablo Suárez
Current GC with just two stages remaining: today is a rather odd stage with an HC mountain near the start but flat after that all the way to the finish, before the brutal MTT on the final day.
| 1 | | ORTEGA Mauricio | Orgullo Antiqueño | 38:31:12 | | 2 | | SEVILLA Óscar | EPM-UNE-Área Metropolitana | 0:32 | | 3 | | CAMACHO Julio Alexis | Orgullo Antiqueño | 1:29 | | 4 | | GOMEZ Camilo Andres | Coldeportes - Claro | 1:33 | | 5 | | RAMIREZ Alejandro | Coldeportes - Claro | 3:23 | | 6 | | LAVERDE Luis Felipe | Coldeportes - Claro | 4:01 | | 7 | | RIVERA Óscar | EBSA Indeportes Boyacá | 2:57 | | 8 | | RUJANO José Humberto | Coordinadora-Fundrujano | 4:40 | | 9 | | AGUIRRE Hernan | Manzana Postobon Team | 5:01 | | 10 | | CHALAPUD Robinson | Orgullo Antiqueño | 5:22 |
Ortega retains his small lead at the overall classification, but will he able to keep it for the last two stages? He beat Sevilla on the Alto de las Palmas MTT last year by 32 seconds, so he is still the favourite, but anything is possible!
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| Movistar |
Posted on 14-08-2015 14:22
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Riis123 wrote:
Dombro seemed to be the only one capable of putting time into the rest in that weak as sfield. Honestly I would have hoped he just did it, won his second stage and gave us some fun, but I can see why he chose not do. Definetely the safer option. You probably dont want to go all out two days in a row with the Vuelta in mind? Anyways, what a fluid and pure climber he is.
Martinez, 19 years, Columbian. Will ride Avenir, looking forward to that.
Pretty sad considering it was a well designed stage. Had the potential to be so much better. |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 14-08-2015 23:31
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Great win for Sam Bennett in Norway. Lost his lead-out in the final kilometre, but managed to get through the middle in the final metres to get the win. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 15-08-2015 19:17
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Great fighting from Taaramae today who made an attack with ~3km to go as Astana was setting pace. He got caught up the mountain at 200m to go by Hermans and easily left the Estonian behind him then. BMC really good team performance.
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| Dusen |
Posted on 15-08-2015 19:20
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Great queen stage in Norway, really good cycling.
Also first pro win for Latour in Tour de l'Ain  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 15-08-2015 19:26
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"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Shonak |
Posted on 16-08-2015 16:17
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Nice to see how Taaramae does not give up the GC easy and is on the attack. Dillier from BMC on his wheel though while Hermans has to work himself to close the gap to Astana... this is BMC at its best lol
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 16-08-2015 16:28
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Crap, Zakarin is going alone. |
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