Vuelta Stage 6, ITT

Millar loses, current GC leader Isidro Nozal throws DOWN!

17:11 CEST
Nozal is in the final throes of this time trial now, and he has really
scored a big blow. He will win the time trial and increases his lead on GC,
but there is still a lot of racing to come.

His finishing time is 53'34, 1'20 faster than Millar! He rode the final km
in 1'05, sprinting out of the last corner to the line. He has a 2 minute
plus lead over Igor Gonzalez on GC.



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Millar loses, current GC leader Isidro Nozal throws DOWN!

17:11 CEST
Nozal is in the final throes of this time trial now, and he has really
scored a big blow. He will win the time trial and increases his lead on
GC,
but there is still a lot of racing to come.

His finishing time is 53'34, 1'20 faster than Millar! He rode the final km
in 1'05, sprinting out of the last corner to the line. He has a 2 minute
plus lead over Igor Gonzalez on GC.

So with Heras almost two minutes back of Beltran, how does Postal decide who
to ride for and protect? Is 2 minutes enough to make Beltran the guy, or do
they play it day by day for now, depending on who has the legs?

General classification after stage 6

1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski
2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.27
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.42
4 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4.16
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.35

"trg" wrote in message
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"Tech439 {Chet}" a écrit dans le message news:
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Millar loses, current GC leader Isidro Nozal throws DOWN!

17:11 CEST
Nozal is in the final throes of this time trial now, and he has really
scored a big blow. He will win the time trial and increases his lead on
GC,
but there is still a lot of racing to come.

His finishing time is 53'34, 1'20 faster than Millar! He rode the final
km
in 1'05, sprinting out of the last corner to the line. He has a 2 minute
plus lead over Igor Gonzalez on GC.

So with Heras almost two minutes back of Beltran, how does Postal decide
who
to ride for and protect? Is 2 minutes enough to make Beltran the guy, or do
they play it day by day for now, depending on who has the legs?



That's simple, protect both of them and let both of them ride for themselves.

"trg" wrote
So with Heras almost two minutes back of Beltran, how does Postal decide
who
to ride for and protect? Is 2 minutes enough to make Beltran the guy, or
do
they play it day by day for now, depending on who has the legs?

In 95 % of such cases The Mountains decide.

"Bart" a écrit dans le message de
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"trg" wrote
So with Heras almost two minutes back of Beltran, how does Postal decide
who
to ride for and protect? Is 2 minutes enough to make Beltran the guy, or
do
they play it day by day for now, depending on who has the legs?

In 95 % of such cases The Mountains decide.

So if Postal is down to 3 in the lead group- Heras, Beltran and Rubiera, do
all three take turns in front, making both team "leaders" expend energy?
When Chechu gets dropped, do you think Heras and Beltran will decide between
them who is stronger that day and the other will become the last "booster
stage"? Manolo Saiz was criticized by many for not deciding on Igor GdG or
Beloki in the 2002 tour and planning his tactics accordingly. The sooner
this decision is made, the better if will be for the chance for a postie to
take yellow.

Of course ONCE is in the same position. And Saiz is not as good a tactician
as Bruneel.

I don't believe that Postal had a designated leader at the start of the
race. Comments made by the domestiques pre-race talked about supporting
Heras, Beltran, Rubiera and Landis, but at what point does Bruneel make the
decision to put his eggs in one basket?


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Don't you understand that they just nailed ONCE with their own
strategy?

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Millar loses, current GC leader Isidro Nozal throws DOWN!

17:11 CEST
Nozal is in the final throes of this time trial now, and he has
really
scored a big blow. He will win the time trial and increases his
lead on
GC,
but there is still a lot of racing to come.

His finishing time is 53'34, 1'20 faster than Millar! He rode the
final km
in 1'05, sprinting out of the last corner to the line. He has a 2
minute
plus lead over Igor Gonzalez on GC.

So with Heras almost two minutes back of Beltran, how does Postal
decide who
to ride for and protect? Is 2 minutes enough to make Beltran the
guy, or do
they play it day by day for now, depending on who has the legs?

General classification after stage 6

1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski
2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.27
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.42
4 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4.16
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.35