FORUMS FORUMS






RLFANS.COM
Celebrating
25 years service to
the Rugby League
Community!

   WWW.RLFANS.COM • View topic - La Vuelta a Espana 2014
::A forum for the discussion of sports other than Rugby League.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Owner2493No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
May 02 200321 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
18th Jun 15 15:4718th Jun 15 14:06LINK
Milestone Posts
1000
2500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Err.....Lancashire

La Vuelta a Espana 2014 : Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:47 pm  
Wow, what a race that turned out to be.

The quality of the racing was that good that over the course of the 3 weeks my missus went from playing with her phone while it was on in the background to eagerly watching every stage and even staying up later than usual to watch the highlights of yesterday evening's time trial. Bearing in mind that for all the years we've lived together she's tutted & moaned everytime cycling has been on I never thought I'd see the day whereby now she is asking me which other races are coming up that we can watch.

Contador; love him or hate him (and I think most cycling fans will fall into the latter category) you have to admire the determination to come back from an injury like just to make the start line. The fact that he rode so majestically through the mountain stages was all the more incredible.

Froome; it was good to see the start of Froome riding himself back to form and you'd have to hope that he won't have as much time off the bike next year. Indeed it was a much improved performance from Team Sky as a whole I felt. In many of the mountain stages they looked like the Sky of old driving the peloton & keeping the pace up to deter attacks. It would have been nice if Froome could have got through the race without crashing. Also, who would ever have thought that it would be the long TT that ultimately cost him a shot at overall victory

Quintana; such a shame that his race ended so early. Those mountain stages would have been so much better with the Colombian sparring with the other big hitters.

Aru; the arrival of a real GC contender?

Degenkolb; always nice to see him come out of Kittel's shadow & show us his quality. I much prefer to see the green jersey go to a sprinter rather than one of the GC boys personally (the points classification is the one area where the Vuelta really needs to improve).

All in all it felt that La Vuelta gave us the real heavyweight contest that we'd hoped for from le Tour.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 81 guests

REPLY

Subject: 
Message:
   
Please note using apple style emoji's can result in posting failures.
Use the FULL EDITOR to better format content or upload images, be notified of replies etc...

Return to Other Sports


RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
0m
Game - Song Titles
Wanderer
34315
1m
BORED The Band Name Game
Wanderer
56035
2m
Rd 6 I Cas A
ploinerrhino
127
3m
York - 14th April
FIL
19
12m
TV Games - Not Hull
Marcus's Bic
1389
17m
Ky Rodwell
FIL
112
22m
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangements
WYSIWYG2
2
22m
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
imwakefieldt
31
23m
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
WYSIWYG2
5
23m
Smith - should he stay or should he go
Marcus's Bic
368
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
12s
TV games not Wire
rubber ducki
2868
19s
Squad for Catalan
rubber ducki
18
42s
Surprise Surprise
Maccbull_Big
63
43s
BORED The Band Name Game
Wanderer
56035
1m
Wigan/Saints
ratticusfinc
1
1m
The Bulls away
Ckt2487
10
1m
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhinos Go Level Top
RLFANS News
1
2m
Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE
Jason65
1935
2m
The official Leon Hayes Thread
Smiffy27
18
3m
State of the Nation
UllFC
227
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Wigan/Saints
ratticusfinc
1
TODAY
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhinos Go Level Top
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
York - 14th April
FIL
19
TODAY
Stats article
Sir Gregory
5
TODAY
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
WYSIWYG2
5
TODAY
Squad for Catalan
rubber ducki
18
TODAY
The Wigan Way - New Podcast - Chairman Special
Jukesays
1
TODAY
Dons v Swinton Lions 30 June 2024
Wanderer
1
TODAY
Squad for Sheffield
AdamH
1
TODAY
London Away
Fartown58
1
TODAY
The Bulls away
Ckt2487
10
TODAY
The official Leon Hayes Thread
Smiffy27
18
TODAY
Saints a
apollosghost
26
TODAY
Leon Ruan signs on loan
Jemmo
2
TODAY
Wardle
Jo Jumbuck
3
TODAY
Huddersfield - Home
BigTime
8
TODAY
Max Wood on loan to Bradford 2 weeks
rubber ducki
7
TODAY
Jake Wardle 5 Year deal
Zig
22
TODAY
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
imwakefieldt
31
TODAY
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangements
RLFANS News
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhino..
166
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangeme..
589
2024 Challenge Cup Quarter Fin..
707
Easy Does It For The Dragons A..
596
Warrington Demolish London For..
698
Leigh Leopards Beat Plucky Fea..
752
Saints Triumph Over Disappoint..
733
Easy Win for the Wolves Over L..
973
Dragons Condemn Castleford To ..
939
Leigh Leopards Secure First Po..
1086
St Helens Tame The Rhinos To W..
1053
Wigan Warriors Come From Behin..
1124
Betfred Championship and Leagu..
1097
2024 Challenge Cup Sixth Round..
3884
Featherstone Win Extra Time Cu..
1215
RLFANS Match Centre
Matches on TV
Table 'boards.stats_fixtures' doesn't exist