Giro Finale: Millar wins ITT; No Major Changes as Contador Takes Sixth Grand Tour Victory
by Chris Fontecchio on May 29, 2011 11:39 AM EDT
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David Millar made good on his threat to notch a stage win, and nothing else of consequence changed today as Alberto Contador rode home to victory in the 2011 Giro d'Italia.
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Haha
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on May 29, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
So, is 6 minutes at this Giro an ass kicking - especially since it looks like he could have taken more time?
(and more wins too)
Yes...I agree. I don't like Sky's either.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Final Giro VDS
http://www.podiumcafevds.com/results.php?y=2011&event=2
VDS Team Top 10
1. Dr Do Little Cyclopath 2742
2. brunop Dopers gone wild! 2642
3. medarksideone REVOL LORETUBNELC 2412
4. sccycler59@yahoo.com Cruzers 2360
5. 53×12 CyclingPotientQuotient 2320
6. artemis Bonecreaking 2180
7. john.. My Cycling Syllogism 2065
8. scrawnyguy Je Suis Fatigue 2014
9. pelomon Sea Level Wheelsuckers 2011
10. Cyclemania Cyclemania JH 2005
more: http://www.podiumcafevds.com/partialranking.php?y=2011&cat=1
Rider Top 10
1. SBS Alberto Contador 1550
2. LAM Michele Scarponi 665
3. LIQ Vincenzo Nibali 592
4. AND Jose Rujano 510
5. AST Roman Kreuziger 500
ALM John Gadret 500
7. KAT Joaquim Rodriguez 395
8. LAM Alessandro Petacchi 325
9. RAB Steven Kruijswijk 280
10. THR Mark Cavendish 246
New Overall VDS Team Top 10
1. Dr Do Little Cyclopath 8110
2. father_figure CultOfFoamy 7832
3. dan beringhele ORB, Inc. 7623
4. pedros benfarrim azul 7495
5. itswells Komanda Dobrodetelʹ 7402
6. KYjam Haemoglobe Trotters 7382
7. Cyclemania Cyclemania JH 7346
8. LaMagliaRosa Team LMR 7316
9. Javi Polo Lasterketa Burua 7296
10. mh11mh Hägerlinge 7210
more: http://www.podiumcafevds.com/teams.php?y=2011
New VDS World Ranking
1. SBS PRT Alberto Contador 28 1996 2234
2. OLO PRT Philippe Gilbert 28 2145 1870
3. LAM PRT Michele Scarponi 16 1293 1430
4. LEO PRT Fabian Cancellara 24 1736 1305
5. LIQ PRT Vincenzo Nibali 26 2221 992
6. KAT PRT Joaquim Rodriguez 24 2000 879
7. EUS PRT Samuel Sanchez 20 1345 785
8. AST PRT Roman Kreuziger 14 680 775
9. RSH PRT Andreas Klöden 6 285 732
10. BMC PRT Alessandro Ballan 6 120 730
more: http://www.podiumcafevds.com/riders.php?y=2011
Quick
Someone recalculate the vds points if contador’s performance gets annulled
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Argh, Ronde van Belgie final GC wasn't entered yet, sorry
VDS Team Top 10
1. Dr Do Little Cyclopath 8110
2. father_figure CultOfFoamy 8082
3. dan beringhele ORB, Inc. 7873
4. pedros benfarrim azul 7645
5. itswells Komanda Dobrodetelʹ 7552
6. KYjam Haemoglobe Trotters 7532
7. LaMagliaRosa Team LMR 7466
8. Javi Polo Lasterketa Burua 7446
9. mh11mh Hägerlinge 7360
10. Cyclemania Cyclemania JH 7346
New VDS World Ranking
1. SBS PRT Alberto Contador 28 1996 2234
2. OLO PRT Philippe Gilbert 28 2145 2020
3. LAM PRT Michele Scarponi 16 1293 1430
4. LEO PRT Fabian Cancellara 24 1736 1305
5. LIQ PRT Vincenzo Nibali 26 2221 992
6. KAT PRT Joaquim Rodriguez 24 2000 879
7. VCD PRT Björn Leukemans 10 760 820
8. EUS PRT Samuel Sanchez 20 1345 785
9. AST PRT Roman Kreuziger 14 680 775
10. RSH PRT Andreas Klöden 6 285 732
Poor Igor
I was counting on him and Machado but Kreuz bailed me out. Still lost about 30 places today but still up on the month…
"Gold medal, silver medal, bronze medal; for me, potato." - Emil Zatopek
i jumped up about 160 odd
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
climbed 30 spots
240-210. Alas I lost 9 spots today
Sminer: I blame KARMA for everything.
Jens: I've heard it's a bitch
Water Girl: I heard it ran over your dogma
1550 VDS points most Grand Tour points since at least 2000
And probably the most since Hinault though I have to check it. More than Indurian in any of Big Mig’s wins. Contador is the best Grand Tour rider since Hinault.
fanboy emerges from his cave, that ursula
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on May 29, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Vuelta 1995?
Or whichever Vuelta it was when Jalabert won all three jerseys and oodles of stages … I bet that was a very high VDS score!
by GreylockGrinder on May 29, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha Contador even won an Champaign fight!
"I love bike races warm up, warm down, cobbles mountains or flats."
perezbike
.
Heh, JV tweeted an eddendum to his "our team won all but 1 TTs we raced" post earlier
excluding prologues, uphill TTs and TTTs.
I’m quite disappointed he didn’t just RT it as “we won all the TTs we raced that we decided count”!
by Sarah Connolly on May 29, 2011 12:04 PM EDT reply actions
Contador has lost all but one of the GT's that he's races this year
Well at least I have 1995, 2000, and 2003. Those were fun.
by dees ees en drama on May 29, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, all but one stage race; all but two of all races his entered, iirc
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on May 29, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
pretty certain Sparta won TC
with Berts 3rd place in the TT doing the business so early congrats to him seeing as i’ve gotta toddle off and play footy now. Great Giro folks, i’ve enjoyed reading the live threads and banter that goes on, i’ve kinda lurked without posting much i must admit.
by Jonny_Red on May 29, 2011 12:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I think so to
allthough you didn’t have Contador so you’re probs the real winner
47 seconds the final gap ish
yeah, a what if i’d had Berti i think looking back on it :)
by Jonny_Red on May 29, 2011 12:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
sounded like the Spanish one to me,
but there was singing, never heard that before
by Bruce Suomi on May 29, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
That's no fun
European anthems are supposed to be overly nationalistic!
You can't spell epic without Giro
Heh, in a few parts of Spain, that would spark a "what do you mean by nationalistic?' argument!
“It’s only national if it’s in Catalan” etc
by Sarah Connolly on May 29, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope it wasn't the Franco-approved version
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on May 29, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
hear tell it was
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Congratulation to Mighty Albertador!
But I just discovered, that very deep in my heart, I am sooo Luxembourgian!
"I love bike races warm up, warm down, cobbles mountains or flats."
perezbike
.
Can I at least dream till July?
"I love bike races warm up, warm down, cobbles mountains or flats."
perezbike
.
Sure that's not deep in your angry stomach?
by R Mc on May 29, 2011 1:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Not at all!
My stomach is not angry, it is peacefully full, I just had a nice BBQ lunch!
No, I am just a newest member of Andy’s fan club!
"I love bike races warm up, warm down, cobbles mountains or flats."
perezbike
.
ITT win for Millar.
I am a little gutted for Rasmussen who punctured just before the last part of the tricky road before the line. It would have been very close between Millar and Rasmussen without the puncture. Nevertheless happy to see the big boy erasing his donut.
Amazing also to have two riders over 2000 points this early in the season.
Last year in comparison where we had four riders hit the 2000 point mark for the season:
-J-Rod and Farrar who finished with 2000 points on the year reached that mark on the last day of the Vuelta, September 19.
- Nibali who had the season best total of 2221 only crossed 2000 points on the last day, at Lombardia with 225 points.
-Gilbert who finished with 2145, also crossed the 2000 point barrier at Lombardia with 350 points there.
-J-Rod reached exactly 2000 points on the last day of the Vuelta, September 21.
Yet we have two riders already at 2000+. So do Gilbert or Contador have a chance at 3000?
- Gilbert has to step it up but it is do-able. Last year he scored 450 after the Tour of Belgium, including 350 at Lombardia and winning Piemonte also. 450 this year would just get him to 2470. Where could he get more points? Depends on where he races and you got to figure that he needs to recharge at some point for a month.
-Contador of course has his lawyer love fest to attend which may or may not remove his points. But if he survives that then he could make 3000 by the end of the Tour. He’s 766 points shy of 3000 and so a non-dominant win at the Tour will get him right at 3000. He scored 800 points in his first Giro win where he did not win a stage and 810 points for his Tour win last year so use those as a yardstick for a non-dominant win.)
didn't the point totals increase this year, or am I totally out of touch?
by JustJoshinYa on May 29, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
oh, and as for Gilbert above, he did say he's targeting to take yellow (and assume a stage or two) at the Tour...
so, he’s targeting production there…
by JustJoshinYa on May 29, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
If his Tour ambitions don't stop him from doing the Vuelta as well that that's helpful.
If he doesn’t do the Vuelta then any Tour success will at the most duplicate his Vuelta success last year. So he would still need to get more results than he did last year to have a chance at 3000.
Example: Say he does the Tour but no Vuelta where he had the leaders jersey last year and got 330 points. Lets say he equals that 330 points. That would still leave him 650 points shy of 3000. He could do that by:
-350 at Lombardia again plus winning the Worlds RR (350) OR Paris-Tours (250) + his National RR (100) OR Piemonte (150) + Emilia (250) + national RR (100) + …something else.
I find it possibly but unlikely that he wins the Worlds. I also doubt that he can do two Grand Tours and get to 3000 because of the racing load. Most likely to me is Lombardia (350) + Paris-Tours OR Emilia (250) + Nat RR (100) + Tour points (he would need 280 points at the Tour). Sill at this point I say his chances are less than 50%. We’ll know a lot more if he has a realistic shot after the Tour.
JJY-Points did increase this year but...
Mainly in some of the minor races. Some races were added as Cat 6’s and some races were increased to Cat 5. At any rate those races don’t mean all that much (if any) to Gilbert’s or Contador’s point totals.
Ted-Yeah 2 VDS teams over 8000 is remarkable
And look at their lineups and they should go far:
New #1 Cyclopath has guys like Cadel, F Schleck, and Anton to score still not to mention Leipheimer, Van Garderen, Taaramae, Kreuziger etc.
- Cult of Foamy has Samu, Gilbert, Kloden, Gesink, Anton, etc. Very nice.
And several of the next teams also look like they have loads of points just waiting for them.
Would it kill ya to get that Norwegian kid to do something?
When you are on your 2 month vacation in Bergen of course.
Where could he get more points? Depends on where he races and you got to figure that he needs to recharge at some point for a month.
Tour de freakin’ France. He wants yellow.
I like tinkering with the boys.
- majope
Could he target San Sebastian?
If he comes out of the tour in great “climbing” form why not go to spain and try and take a win?
Not a huge amount of points in that though
since we are talking about a stage or possibly two and one or two days in yellow.
you know how smiley faces work, right?
I like tinkering with the boys.
- majope
by tgsgirl on May 29, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bah, Bah, and Bah
One for AC, two for his fans.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
have them all burnt at the steak for witchcraft!
i mean ‘stake’. Whoops hehehehe.
by Jonny_Red on May 30, 2011 6:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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