Anton into red, Moncoutie wins! Martinez still in Polka Dots

by kom vuelta on Sep 4, 2010 12:41 PM EDT

And so they have reached the end of the first Mountain stage of the Vuelta with a normal winner David Moncoutie, who put an attack just at the right time to shed everybody. Whereas last year there was the enourmous blow up of Rein Tarrame who finished 9:00 minuets down and Gustavo Veloso's suprise win. Look below the fold for some sundry analysis

First, it was pretty amazing how well Sastre made up the gap, the fact the he's climbing this well indicates a top 7 if not a top 5 preformence to me. Also, Nibs must be in real good form for him to hold of attacks like the one that came from Igor Anton. I was looking at the standings for overall and besides the fact that a carrot is in the leaders jersey I found many suprises. First, Velits and Van Garderen are still in the top 10 on GC, yet I never saw them in the finale and they finished respectively 2:36 and 2:49 back of Moncoutie and 1:05 and 1:20 back of Anton, J-rod, and Nibs, but what's more screwy about this is that Velits is on the same time as Van Garderen.Second, Mosquera was in moved up three places even though he didn't show up at all on the Xorret. Last, Nicolas Roche is in 8th, I saw him once on the Xorret, and when I did he was way back and he finished at 2:00 minuets back of Moncoutie and 31 seconds back of the Anton group, 2 seconds ahead of Mosquera.

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Assan Bazayev, the Kazakh sprinter, in the top-ten!

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Sep 4, 2010 2:37 PM EDT reply actions

Not that strange, he was in the break

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

by TheFigurehead on Sep 4, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

seems like he has recovered well from the nasty crash that ripped his nose almost off

by Bruce Suomi on Sep 4, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Ode

Vuelta et Aladin.. So many connections

Make way for Prince Davide
Say hey! It’s Prince Davide

Hey! Clear the way in the old up road
Hey there!
Let him through!
It’s the same old star!
Oh Come!
Be the first on your block to meet his eye!

Make way!
Here he comes!
Ring bells! Get the cams!
Are you gonna love this guy!

Prince Davide! Fabulous he!
Davi Moncoutie
Genuflect, show some respect
Down on one knee!
Now, try your best to stay calm
Brush up your sunday salaam
The come and meet his spectacular creature

Prince Davide!
Mighty is he!
Davide Moncoutie
Strong as ten regular men, definitely!
He faced the only Bahamontes
A hundred climbs without contest
Who sent the climbers to their holes?
Why, Prince Davide

He’s got seventy-five golden pedals
Purple marmottes
He’s got fifty-three
When it comes to exotic-type becco’s
Has he got a zoo?
I’m telling you, it’s a world-class living mount

Prince Davide! Climby is he, Davi Moncoutie
That physique! How can I speak
Weak at the knee
Well, get on out in that square
Adjust your vein and prepare
To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Davide!

There’s no question this David’s alluring
Never ordinary, never boring
Everything about the man just plain impresses
He’s a winner, he’s a whiz, a wonder!
He’s about to pull my heart asunder!
And I absolutely love the way he dresses!

He’s got ninety-five white French auto gears
(He’s got the gears, let’s see the gears)
And to view them he charges no fee
(He’s generous, so generous)
He’s got slaves, he’s got servants and flunkies
(Proud to work for him)
They bow to his whim love serving him
They’re just lousy with loyalty to Davide! Prince Davide!

Prince Davide!
Amorous he! Davide Moncoutie
Heard his mountain was a sight lovely to see
And that, good people, is why he got dolled up and dropped by
THE WHOLE FACKING SPANISH PELOTON
Make way for prince Davide!

by Frinking on Sep 4, 2010 3:09 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs