Vuelta Stage 21

And finally ...
175 154 DOCKER, Mitchell OGE + 3' 39''

As for Contador.....Was I the only one booing the TV?

His 7 finger salute got me shouting at him.....cheating basket shouldn't even be back racing. 2 year ban should have been 2 years.

I hope he gets caught again and banned for life, yes he might have made the race a little more interesting, but he's still a doper in my eyes for a couple of years because thats how long his ban was

If I could be bothered and they actually published any results, I might. Still nothing after well over an hour

Aye, You can go do the ToB if you want as I couldn't give a sh*t about it

I reckon that one was probably a draw

Mts :-
1 152 CLARKE, Simon OGE 63
2 56 DE LA FUENTE, David CJR 40
3 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 36
4 211 DE GENDT, Thomas VCD 33
5 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV 31

GC

1 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB 84h 59' 49''
2 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 1' 16''
3 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 1' 37''
4 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 10' 16''
5 107 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 11' 29''
6 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 12' 23''
7 91 TALANSKY, Andrew GRS + 13' 28''
8 168 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 13' 41''
9 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 14' 01''
10 4 INTXAUSTI, Beñat MOV + 16' 13''

Points

1 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV 199
2 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 193
3 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB 161
4 191 DEGENKOLB, John ARG 149
5 173 BENNATI, Daniele RNT 107

KoM

1 152 CLARKE, Simon OGE 63
2 56 DE LA FUENTE, David CJR 40
3 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 36
4 211 DE GENDT, Thomas VCD 33
5 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV 31

Points
1 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV 199
2 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 193
3 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB 161
4 191 DEGENKOLB, John ARG 149
5 173 BENNATI, Daniele RNT 107

GC :-
1 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB 84h 59' 49''
2 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 1' 16''
3 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 1' 37''
4 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 10' 16''
5 107 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 11' 29''
6 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 12' 23''
7 91 TALANSKY, Andrew GRS + 13' 28''
8 168 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 13' 41''
9 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 14' 01''
10 4 INTXAUSTI, Beñat MOV + 16' 13''

1 191 DEGENKOLB, John ARG 2h 44' 57''
2 129 VIVIANI, Elia LIQ m.t. 1º
3 173 BENNATI, Daniele RNT m.t. 1º
4 151 DAVIS, Allan OGE m.t. 1º
5 93 FERNÁNDEZ, Koldo GRS m.t. 1º
6 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV m.t. 1º
7 146 STEEGMANS, Gert OPQ m.t. 1º
8 147 STYBAR, Zdenek OPQ m.t. 1º
9 95 KREDER, Raymond GRS m.t. 1º
10 79 VERDUGO, Gorka EUS m.t. 1º
11 214 LIGTHART, Pim VCD m.t. 1º
12 65 DUQUE, Leonardo COF m.t. 1º
13 163 BRESCHEL, Matti RAB m.t. 1º
14 55 CARDOSO, Manuel CJR m.t. 1º
15 46 LODEWYCK, Klaas BMC m.t. 1º
16 114 KOSTYUK, Denys LAM m.t. 1º
17 15 MONDORY, Lloyd ALM m.t. 1º
18 66 GARCIA, Egoitz COF m.t. 1º
19 187 SWIFT, Ben SKY m.t. 1º
20 88 ROLLIN, Dominique

1 191 DEGENKOLB, John ARG 2h 44' 57''
2 129 VIVIANI, Elia LIQ m.t. 1º
3 173 BENNATI, Daniele RNT m.t. 1º
4 151 DAVIS, Allan OGE m.t. 1º
5 93 FERNÁNDEZ, Koldo GRS m.t. 1º
6 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV m.t. 1º
7 146 STEEGMANS, Gert OPQ m.t. 1º
8 147 STYBAR, Zdenek OPQ m.t. 1º
9 95 KREDER, Raymond GRS m.t. 1º
10 79 VERDUGO, Gorka EUS m.t. 1º
11 214 LIGTHART, Pim VCD m.t. 1º
12 65 DUQUE, Leonardo COF m.t. 1º
13 163 BRESCHEL, Matti RAB m.t. 1º
14 55 CARDOSO, Manuel CJR m.t. 1º
15 46 LODEWYCK, Klaas BMC m.t. 1º
16 114 KOSTYUK, Denys LAM m.t. 1º
17 15 MONDORY, Lloyd ALM m.t. 1º
18 66 GARCIA, Egoitz COF m.t. 1º
19 187 SWIFT, Ben SKY m.t. 1º
20 88 ROLLIN, Dominique FDJ m.t. 1º

Another fail. I don't know why I bother.

Mr Wmall Silly didn't get the memo from Spain then.

Its been agreed to let Contador, Valverde and J-Rod to go off and finish 1,2,3 and then a sprint behind

One thing I am a bit worried about is Valverde & J-Rod potentially battling for the points jersey. They might end up getting additional points at the sprint points and the finish line.

One final attempt at a stage win.

Degenkolb
Davis
Bennati
Swift
Lithgart
Reynes
Meersman
Cardoso
Vigano

Alberto Contador
Joaquin Rodriguez
Alejandro Valverde
John Degenkolb
Winner Andrew Anacona
Javier Moreno
Simon Clarke
Tomasz Marczynski
Aitor Galdos

Nice team rcorbin! Mine is similar so I'll be cheering for Swift... (Which I would be anyway...)

Degenkolb
Benatti
Swift
Davis
Meersman
Vigano
Lodewyck
E Garcia
Clarke (5 pts guaranteed plus 5 if Davis wins - long shot I know...)

I didn't touch the star GC guys either for the same reason.Tried my luck switching Talansky and Astarloza in favour of Bazayev and Meersman.

3 Amigos+
Viviani
Meersman
Vigano
Bazayev
Terpstra
Clarke

Yes probably which is why my team doesnt look good!!

However in terms of stars all four of them would have to have decent scores to make it worth taking out J-rod and Valverde. (not that i had the transfers)

Also anyone think J-rod/valverde are gonna go for intermediate sprints to try and take the points jersey??

Valverde (14 pts) (equivelant to 8th on the stage)
J-Rod (16 pts) (equivelant to 7th)
Degenkolb (guarnateed at least 2 points + where he finishes)
Swift (good feling about him today)

Meersman (whos knows, didnt go for the last flat sprint, however it is the last stage, 1 last shot for a win)
Cimolai (again who knows)
Marczynski (no score today)
De la fuente(4 points)
Clarke (5 points and could place if leading out Davis)

For example meersman, swift and degenkolb come 1,2,3 in any order, the other two stars of other full sprint teams need to come 4,5,6 to oustcore the GC guys

So I should still score solid of my two star sprintes finish highly