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| Atlantius |
Posted on 24-10-2013 09:53
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Stage 62: La Faisanera Gofl – Bola del Mundo
Real life: Menchov took the stage ahead of Porte and De Weert.
Sylvain Chavanel has been surprisingly calm in this race, but today he is off as the first one.
Chavanel is first over the first summit followed by Ulissi, Verdugo, De Greef and Kern. They have two minute to the peloton.
On the second summit they have 5 minutes to the peloton where Saxo – Tinkoff is forced to do the work.
On the third climb the break was joined by Fränk Schleck, Pozzovivo and a few others.
On the penultimate summit we have 9 riders in front with 4’30’’ to the peloton and Pinot in between.
With 13 km to go it’s time to really get started on the last mountain of the race.
The 9 in front has less than a minute to Pinot and only another 1’30’’ to the peloton.
It’s hard to say if it’s tactics or mutiny, but Henao attacks followed by Purito right at the bottom of the climb.
Nibali and Contador decides to have one last duel in spite of the GC already settled.
Meanwhile Pozzovivo tries to make the break last just 7 km longer.
Contador proves that it isn’t a complete coincidence that he is wearing red.
But the shark shows its teeth once again bridging the gap easily.
1,5 km left of the final mountain and it’s a duel between the GC/Mountain jersey and the Points Jersey.
In the end we are shown exactly why the GC looks like it does…
Kittel, Gretsch, Petacchi and Ventoso missed the time limit.
Separate Vuelta Classifications as well as a Prix de la Combativité and a few short post-race summary statistics will follow within the few days to finish off the story.
Edited by Atlantius on 27-10-2013 16:57
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 24-10-2013 10:43
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Danny Pate will attack on the last stage and will win the GC 
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 24-10-2013 11:28
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Impressive win for Contador there, he definitely has the GC now.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-10-2013 13:17
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Contador has more or less sealed the Overall win  |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 27-10-2013 15:53
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Stage 63: Cercedilla – Madrid
Real life: Degenkolb took the stage ahead of Viviani and Bennati.
Anything but a bunch sprint today will be a huge surprise. Nevertheless we see Peterson showing himself one last time right from the start.
Degenkolb won’t get much support today as half the team ( Peterson and De Kort) is in the break with 80 km to go. With them Luis León Sánchez, Roy, Arashiro and Castroviejo. They have about two minutes to the peloton.
Cancellara wants to build on his stats as the most stage-winning rider here and attacks from a united peloton with 55 km to go.
He gets company from Westra and Ignatiev and surprisingly with 22 km to go they still has a gap of two minutes.
Omega Pharma - Lotto is resurrected in the chase of a bunch sprint.
With 10 km to go and a gap of 44 seconds it’s time for the cars to get away.
It looks doomed but with Westra and Cancellara out here nothing is certain!
But there’s no fight left in them and they just forfeit and leave it to the sprinters.
A weird sprint today as no real train forms and with 1,7 km to go no one has started sprinting yet.
But then comes Peraud (!) opening the sprint right before the final km.
Cavendish tries to counter, but is helpless without his leadout it seems. Guess the 4 % incline doesn’t help either…
300 m to go it’s Boasson Hagen, Peraud, Cavendish, Goss, Rojas, Contador, Impey…
The Norwegian champion wins a very strange bunch sprint.
Separate Vuelta Classifications as well as a Prix de la Combativité and a few short post-race summary statistics will follow within the few days to finish off the story.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-10-2013 16:05
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Double Take - You have already raced this stage mate
Removed it before i got the message typed 
Edited by sutty68 on 27-10-2013 16:11
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 27-10-2013 16:07
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Hmm, Contador the best stage-racer. I have my doubts(post-2013 )
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-10-2013 16:30
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It's over 
Looking forward to the those statistics, though!
I can't believe the gap Contador managed. Nibali cracked completely when he lost his leader's place. Also,
| Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 261h27'49 |
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| mpardo |
Posted on 27-10-2013 16:47
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Congratulations on finishing the whole 3 Grand Tour. A nice story to read!
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 27-10-2013 20:11
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sutty: Yeah, accidentally pushed Edit instead of Quote when adding the last stage.
Jesleyh: Guess the DB-makers were a bit too optimistic...
Ian: The good thing about a long run like this is that it's possible to evaluate and analyze a lot afterwards.
mpardo: Thanks, happy you like(d) it
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| Selwink |
Posted on 27-10-2013 20:15
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Glad to see you reached the end. Guess Contador was the deserved winner, but it was a nice race to follow
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 27-10-2013 21:23
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almost feel sorry for Tuft, almost a day behind |
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 27-10-2013 21:43
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A few  's for you, for completing this amazing story.
Too bad Nibali cracked so hard so early on, which removed a bit of the excitement for the GC. The only other interesting classification was the points one. |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 27-10-2013 21:55
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Selwink: Thanks. I'm glad I made it too. Honestly I had hoped Nibali would hold on, but then again halfway through the Tour I feared that all excitement had disappeared for good. In many ways it was good to see the Podium on the final mountain stage have the same order as the GC podium.
SSJ2Luigi: I'm pretty sure he's one of the guys that in fact haven't ridden the full 63 stages...
mvhoogedalem: Thanks. After all it was only a couple of stages ruined by the crash. And pretty fortunate that Nibali over 63 stages was the only GC rider to go down in a crash!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 28-10-2013 06:11
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Posted on 28-10-2013 08:58
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Ok guys, we need 5 supporters to get this story nominated for Story of the Month!
If you like, send in your request for nomination to Mresuperstar by PM:
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 28-10-2013 09:23
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Seperate Vuelta Rankings
Spoiler These rankings have been calculated only based on riders inside the top 20 after any of the three GT's (top 5 for young riders). Times are relative to the leaders jersey no matter who is wearing it. Negative times mean time gained. General Classification
I doubt many will be surprised to see that Contador was the fastest rider in the Vuelta, but perhaps it's a bit surprising to see Purito on the podium.
| 1 |  Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | - 1'41 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 2'39 | | 3 |  Chris Froome | Sky Froome | + 5'50 |
Spoiler | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 7'20 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Wiggins | + 7'31 | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 7'57 | | 7 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'30 | | 8 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'01 | | 9 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 12'04 | | 10 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | + 14'34 | | 11 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - Merida | + 15'06 | | 12 | Robert Gesink | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 16'50 | | 13 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 20'53 | | 14 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 20'59 | | 15 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale | + 21'02 | | 16 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | + 21'24 | | 17 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 21'51 | | 18 | Sergio Henao | Sky Wiggins | + 22'42 | | 19 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 24'20 | | 20 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Froome | + 28'14 | | 21 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | + 29'01 | | 22 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 43'30 | | 23 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 52'24 | | DNF | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | DNF |
Points Classification
Also in this competition Alberto was the strongest, though closely followed by Purito.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 171 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 161 | | 3 |  Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | 128 |
Spoiler | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 123 | | 5 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 113 | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 105 | | 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Froome | 104 | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Leopard | 101 | | 9 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Wiggins | 98 | | 10 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 97 | | 11 | Chris Froome | Sky Froome | 91 | | 12 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | 84 | | 13 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | 74 | | 14 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 65 | | 15 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 63 | | 16 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 59 | | 17 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | 59 | | 18 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 55 | | 19 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | 53 | | 20 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 50 | | 21 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 47 | | 22 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | 38 | | 23 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 25 | | 24 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | 25 | | 25 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 12 | | 26 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | 11 | | 27 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - Merida | 9 |
Mountain Classification
Another one for Contador...
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | | 138 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | | 114 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | | 88 |
Spoiler | 4 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | | 77 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Sky Froome | | 62 | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 56 | | 7 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | | 48 | | 8 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | | 38 | | 9 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Wiggins | | 35 | | 10 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | | 30 | | 11 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | | 20 | | 12 | Laurens Ten Dam | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | | 20 | | 13 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol | | 19 | | 14 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 18 | | 15 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | | 12 | | 16 | Thomas Peterson | Team Argos - Shimano | | 6 | | 17 | Robert Gesink | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | | 6 | | 18 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | | 5 | | 19 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | | 0 | | 20 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | | 0 | | 21 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | | 0 | | 22 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 0 | | 23 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | | 0 | | 24 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | | 0 | | 25 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | | 0 | | 26 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | | 0 | | 27 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 0 | | 28 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 0 | | 30 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 0 | | DNF | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | | 0 |
Young Riders Classification
Tejay Van Garderen had another bad GT after winning the white jersey in the Tour. Quintana rode well, but was just not strong enough to beat Pinot.
| 1 |  Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | 0 | | 2 |  Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 4'00 | | 3 |  Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 31'00 |
Spoiler | 4 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 43'22 | | 5 | Wilco Kelderman | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 47'43 | | 6 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 52'46 |
Team Classification
| 1 | Sky Wiggins | 0 | | 2 |  Katusha Team | + 3'31 | | 3 | Movistar Team | + 6'07 |
Spoiler | 4 | RadioShack - Leopard | + 8'31 | | 5 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 14'53 | | 6 | Sky Froome | + 15'21 | | 7 | Orica - GreenEdge | + 15'57 | | 8 | Garmin - Sharp | + 18'43 | | 9 | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | + 19'57 | | 10 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 20'26 | | 11 | Astana Pro Team | + 31'09 | | 12 | Team Europcar | + 43'12 | | 13 | BMC Racing Team | + 44'08 | | 14 | Lampre - Merida | + 49'21 | | 15 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 53'48 | | 16 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 55'37 | | 17 | FDJ | + 1h03'57 | | 18 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h23'04 | | 19 | Lotto Belisol | + 1h34'12 | | 20 | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h47'40 | | 21 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h19'27 | | 22 | Team Argos - Shimano | - |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 28-10-2013 19:24
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The first two rounds we saw Marcovdw with two perfect rounds giving him a major lead going out of the Giro.
The next round became a tie between all participants and for the following three rounds at least two riders came on a shared 1st - every time Marcovdw was one of them...'
But then in the final round we had a first: Jesleyh won the round with 9 pts, SSJ2Luigi came 2nd with 7 pts (1 pt for being the closest one to the correct answer in question 4) and Marcovdw "only" managed 3rd place.
That doesn't stop Marcovdw from taking a superior win over all though with a total of 41 pts against SSJ2Luigi and Jesleyh's 29 pts on the shared 2nd place.
Spoiler | jesleyh | Marcovdw | SSJ2Luigi | sutty | ollfardh | rogvi97 | | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 7 | | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - | 4 | | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | | Total | 29 | 41 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 28-10-2013 19:42
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Yay, I won the last round
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 28-10-2013 20:04
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Well, I couldn't win this without help of the yellow creatures I'm obsessed with I would like to thank them for giving away every answer
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