la vuelta 2015 Kicks Off On Sat 22nd Aug ITV4

Now we have something / quite-a-lot to discuss and celebrate.
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Hi,
Should be good, highlights only daily.

http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week3 ... spana-2015
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yes, looking forward to this after efforts put in at TdF and Giro. Who's going to win?
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It won't be Contador!

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It won't be Nibali either... he got kicked out today.
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GoodRiddance wrote:It won't be Nibali either... he got kicked out today.


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Hi,
First day wasted by an obstacle course which make our own rides look real hardcore :)
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Hi,
Just catching up, yes Nibali get more than one rocket that day :lol:

Manager is also ejected and their account (Nibali and manager) is a bit tuned down to say the least, Nibali reckons just 15 seconds was gained :?
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Good to see cycling making the news for a story of good old fashioned cheating! How would the cyclists he left behind feel seeing him zoom off into the distance?
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Saturday's crash has made me question the morality of watching this sport. I don't like a game where people end up in a coma...
But then players die in footy just as often.
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Hi,
Not sure what you could do about the crashes.
But I am surprised that the riders don't dictate where the support vehicles can go and when, a support vehicle for each rider :?:
I think after the latest incident the riders are starting to discuss it.

I don't watch for the crashes as its always disappointing.
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Expect to see the race live on weds, and will see if Dumoulin is the real deal. Going for a froome/quintana battle.
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In the past even Tony Martin can single handily win a stage.

Defending your position is where it gets tough, especially the day after exertion.

Altitude training takes several weeks? and tails off after three weeks so I wonder if you do a tour soon after another how you fare,
have UCI banned atmospheric tents during competition?

Dumoulin admits to loosing weight and keeping power, wiggo & froomey have done that, not sure froomey has done it in such a dramatic way?
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Not seen it yet but 187 feet per mile for 87 miles :shock:
The opening describes it as "Stuff Of Nightmares"...........
Designed by joaquin rodriguez, a compeditor.

I remember last year or two years ago a stage was four of one of my training courses, 28 miles with over 4300 feet of climb, 153' / mile, one laps enough for me..............
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Hi,
Just gets worse..........................
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/v ... ent-189610
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Reports now saying Froome is out with a fractured ankle. Seems to have been a rather crash strewn Vuelta this year to say the least. They really need to get the motorbikes in hand as well. It seems ridiculous that we can have 2 riders from the same team taken out of the race by the very people who are meant to be there to help them...
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