Questions, questions, questions? What's up with Cav? Is he missing Renshaw? I am. Is he tired, sick, injured? He has not looked like himself at all in la Vuelta. Bad for him, but good for watching. It has been totally unpredictable, betting lines have been thrown out the window. We get a new stage winner every day. It's a stage winning Christmas.
187k of racing and of course it followed the program to a T. One categorized climb that even the sprinters made it over. So no worries there, the peloton pulled in the break right about 5k to go.
Petacchi had a lead out train and used it textbook style. Cav was there, but looked a little boxed in. Is he saving for Worlds? Petacchi took the stage and Cav took the green jersey from Anton, so there is a little up-side for the Manxman. Bad news is that he only leads Tyler by a few points. The battle for the points leader's jersey has begun. Speaking of jerseys, Gilbert should lose the GC today.
If you have a chance to watch, today would be a good day if you like pain and suffering. The climb today, I'm not even going to try and spell it much less say it, is going to be a separator, and we should see a big shake-up on GC. I think it is even going to hurt to watch.
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