Same ol' story, I'm starting to sound like a broken record. La Vuelta is awesome, it is starting to look like there are no flats in Spain, they keep going up and up and up. Today's stage was (what is another word for awesome?), yeah I know just like yesterday, except it keeps getting better. As soon as I post this I am going to watch the last 5k for the third time. 1k to go--the road turns into a path just wide enough for two motos to ride too close to each other, and it turns heavenward. How does 27% sound? Hey!!! there could be children around...wash your mouth out. That had to hurt, that's why I am going to watch it again and probably again. Why? Because it is so unbelievable... 184k two cat 2 climbs one cat 3 and then the finish from hell. What else you got????
Oh, do you want to know what happened? Hold on, I'm going to watch it again and I'll be right back.
Luis-Leon Sanchez started the gunfight firing off the first attack, he was caught and then his teammate, Rigoberto Uran launched a textbook counter. Somewhere while everyone is trying to shift into a gear not on their cassette, Igor Anton hits the JATO and is gone. Nibali, P. Veltis, Rodriguez, Gilbert, and Van Garderen follow but are unable to match the ferocity of Anton. Speechless...got to watch it again.
Here is where I am impressed...1) Nibali looked lackluster yesterday when Glibert took him to school on a 5%er. 2) Gilbert is rocking it up a finisher that has 27% in it. 3) Tejay Van Garderen so far is living up to his billing. 4) Peter Veltis can climb, you would know this if your name is Bob Stapelton.
What a great day for la Vuelta, but under a cloud of sadness with the passing of Fignon. He would have enjoyed the stage, he was a fan of a sport that will forever remember him.
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