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San Luis Stage 3 Preview+LIVE (ISH) With Climbing!


What another finish in a bunch sprint? Naaaaaaah....! Sprinters are taking numbers for the gruppetto train..! Climbers turn to come out and play..! Lets see if the GC's guys will come out and show us what shape they are at the Tour of San Luis....

What you are wondering what I am talking about? Let me show you....

Star-divide

Etapa03a_medium

via www.tour-sanluis.com.ar

1 cat 3 to warm up, Alto de la Florida to start warming up to the climbing, this is 24 kmts into the race.... Then is the cat 1 climb of Alto de Nogoli, 25 km of uphill, ouch!!!..... I bet by now gruppetto is formed..! Now they are calling for a dangerous descend..! Hope they all take it easy... At km 85 the intermediate sprint and right after is lunch...!!! After lunch they will roll for about 60 km until they reach the second intermediate sprint..... Right after it or almost will begin the last climb of the day, Mirador del Potrero a cat 1 that is about 5 km long... At the top we will know if the GC favorites came to Argentina to take it or to train...

Stage starts at 2PM (Argentina) 12PM USA East Coast, 6PM Europe and don't make too much noise everyone is asleep in Australia...

Enjoy and I will keep up with the translation as much as I can.

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1st loser :(
i see a pattern emerging
Protagoras

Nice quote, or did you frame it yourself. Mind if I use it on my Twitter site?
There is paradox, however. Do you believe in that statement or not?
If you do, you must be stupid and you either want it to be true, or you fear it to be true, but in realty it is untrue.
If you are not stupid, you donot subscribe to that statement an it is also untrue.
So your proposition is false.

you mean my sig line? the author's name comes after the quote, terry goodkind

his rules page
http://www.terrygoodkind.com/rules.shtml

(and why the link didn't post before, i do not know)

the rules page
http://www.terrygoodkind.com/rules.shtml

hmmm, the gremlins are in work today
Implication != identity
Oh, and

welcome to Podium Café.

i got lost after proto.....
So will a team hammer up the first climb and cause some disruption?
Anbody got links to put up in this thread for live stuff? Please! Pretty Please!
Looking for them.... not even the radio..!
here

radio http://www.fmlibertadsanluis.com/player.php

Is in Spanish
Need to practice my spanish anyway. 28 years since I came back from Uruguay.

It is getting a bit rusty!!

10 km in the race.
Gregory Duarte 244... from Uruguay trying to escape.
Go Uruguay!!!!!
#74 with a flat.

Police is not doing a good job.

from Andalucia team.... Javier ..... Bla bla...sorry
speak for yourself :D
everyone is asleep in Australia…

27C nights…too hot to sleep here! :D

Channel 13 in San Luis, had live yesterday, is playing "Get Smart"!!

Haven’t seen that show in years!! Now in Spanish!!!

Has Duarte stayed away or was he caught?
no idea... wait.
Going to fast for my rusty (very rusty) spainish. Thanks so much for your help!
Sounds like he is up there, no?
yes he is..!!!
There is another audio link here

http://www.justin.tv/cristianerik?#/w/2508767264
but maybe it is the same? the sound quality is better though

and some of the time they have update in English
Good I need some help with the updates... a bit busy here at work.
much better than the other one.

thx.

The start with th first climb if I heard right. yep 26 km... duarte and a guy from brasil.
It will be interesting to see how someone from Uruguay does on a long climb.

As I remember it, Uruguay is basically flat. Highest point in the country is like 900 m. It would be funny if they produced a really good climber since he would have no place to really practice.

from the twitter

Duarte (URU) and Metcalfe (CAR) are infront of the peloton, Dos Santos (BrA) follows no that far behind, KoM starts

and the temperature is 29 C and it is rather windy

Who are you following on twitter for those updates?
these

http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23TdSL
and
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23tourdesanluis

sorry the links did not copy right, you will have to copy / paste the link manually

yes... all the teams that are taking part of the tour.
more from the twitter

The gap for the breakaway 2.30" and Dos Santos 40" behind the 2 leaders

I heard JJ with problems...???
1 km to the top of the first climb
Radio to my anglohpone ears sounds like a sprint finish is happening every 10 seconds :D
Ha, to my ears too. it is funny
tey a soccer match...!
What's the cycling equivelant to:

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool? :D

10 minutes of constant yelling when they scored...!!
"Gol?"

“No, he just managed to grab his musette” :P

1. Metcalfe 2, Duarte 3. Dos Santos

KOM

The trio have a 3 minute lead

English updates ownage

5 minutes I just heard.
Ah, never trust the english!
Garrido from Carmin (por) won the TdSL at some point they said.

Garrido is part of the team.

advisor now for the team.
BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
#TourSanLuis The Chilean team has had de worst luck, they tried to take control of the chasing but several mechanicals stopped them
6 minutes 30 seconds to 3 in breakaway, sweet
new gap:

more then 6 minutes

but they have only just started the Nogoli climb, and it is 25 km

and they have that gap....!!! Niceeee...!
8 minutes now :)
Damn it...! And no Guevara today...!
Down to 6 minutes again?
That is what she said, and also some talk about a split in the peloton
didn't hear about the split....(yet)
no, it was on the twitter, the English voice only reports the gaps
they are talking ab

out the last climb…. is going to be really good they say

Movistar_Team Movistar Team
# TdSL e3 / km 58: Just over 2.30 for the three deserters from the strong pace of the peloton in the final part of Nogolí. 2 km to the top.
2 minutes ago
"deserters"

i like.

thx

any info on how big the peloton is?

this twitter link has a picture from the last climb of the day

http://twitter.com/#!/FACPyR/status/162242529440444416

yep... I posted yesterday.... Niceeee...!
very nice, sorry did not remember it from yesterday
is all good...!
2084 meters.... niceeee....!!!

BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
#TdSL Radio reports temperature has dropped in the top of the mountain and is overcast…still waiting for the breakaway

communication is interrupted ... no satelital signal.
el_peloton Rodrigo Rodriguez
# TdSL The platoon is divided into two groups, the first of which consists of about 20 riders.
55 seconds ago
and the descent begins, 3 escapers and 20 chasers
7:55 the gap...
15.67.67 68 141 142 172 181 93 are the numbers of the chasers....who can piull that ?

15 sarmiento (liqui)
67 argiro (arg)
68 sepulveda (arg)
93 domagalski (caja rural)
141 ardila (columbia – concil)
142 ortiz (columbia – concil)
172 nazaret (funvic)
181 livramento (carmin)

jesus hernandez, Sax….. 32OMQS chava, sergio godoy, garrido, eduardo something.

BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
#TdSL Some of the chasers Hernandez (SAC) Sarmiento (LIQ), Chavanel (OPQ), Godoy, Argiro y Sepúlveda (ARG), Rubiano (AND), Ardila (COL)

More chasers Ortiz (Coldeportes), Nazaret (BRA), LiVramento (CAR) and Domagalski (Caja Rural)

renato dos santos 1st. KOM. Italian guy team... Duarte 3rd, 4th martinez from colom.
14 rider trying to break away
peloton breaking away

202, 142, 151, 75, 21 94, ahead… there is some more…

chicken attacking...!
94??? Marcos Garcia...!
Contador Heavy

Is this the heaviest we have ever seen Contador race?

he says he gained 7.5kg since the tdf. lost 4 over training camp. has to lose as much again to get down to fighting weight.
what is he crying i am 101 kilos..!
Perhaps he should eat some Argentinian beef
He is a massive fatass
Chicken looks bigger too
Broiler?
Where are you seeing this oversized fowl?
Velonation pic

Might not be latest pic

Thanks!
Since he is so big and we are searching for an appropriate appelation:

I vote we call him the Turkey now!!!!

If he wins lawsuit against rabobank

He will be a stuffed turkey

Yes, yes he will!! :-)

BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
#TdSL Unnoficial 2nd KoM reults: 1 Dos Santos (BRA) 2 Miguel Angel Rubiano (AND) 3 Greory Duarte (URU) 4 John Martínez (Coldeportes)

We really could use a live viddy right now.
all sort of freaking attacks..!

chicken in that break

number of the guys in the break....

244
274
15
145
105
181
141
67
46
75
183
202?
185?

breaking fro the main peloton.
21 rider, 30 secs ahead from the main peloton.
274 is a bit on the high side. start list only goes to 248
ok... ups..!
"ups" = "oops"?
no waiting for ups... he he
Bingo!
half a pig coming your way.
Great!

Not a fan of the snout and the trotters though (not that I’ve tried them, but still).

ok, but you can't have the ear. They are all exported to China at a premium.

but be careful with the controls, they contain clen, at least that is what I have read in some news, not only the ears of-cause.

they we doing more the 100 km/h in the down hill...!
sprint at Nogoli...???

is for 21 Jorge Giacinti. Visconti 2nd. Rubiano fro col.

BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
#TdSL Dome of the riders attacking: Sarmiento, Perget, Chavanel, Palomares, Jacksn Rodríguez, Pagani, Keough, Almonacid, GIacinti

giving more names and numbers... For what no idea.
Contador my ass...! Don't like him

60 guys on the main break??? did I get that right? Lunch time for them.

so we are about 90km into the race?
about 83 after the sprint point
next sprint point is about 16km from the finish, at the base of the climb
I am lost... Lunch. for me I don't know about them.
Just finished dinner here

White wine risotto… yumyum…

sound pretty good. Anything left in the bottle?
Of course

can’t have white wine risotto without (a) glass(es) of wine to accompany it.

pagani (colnago) has attacked the lead group (i think)
Mansilla with a flat
1:15 for pagani.
so he is attacking on the flat part?
BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
RT @avilesciclismo: #TourdeSanLuis Cubano Arnol Alcolea sufre caida en la bajada de Nogoli y queda fuera de Carrera, ambulancia en camino

rough translation, alcolea crashed on the descent and evacuated by ambulance (?)

Didn't get the name but they mention.
100km/h

could be bad

a more accurate translation

BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
#TdSL Arlond Alcolea, Cuba team Captain had a fall going downhill after the KoM, he is out the race…Medical assistance in coming his way

1:30 the gap for pagani...
50 guys behind him, another 18 chasing the 50... then the peloton
41 km/h the speed... Now I want to know what group?
111km of race are done....
They are eating, drinking and getting strenght for the last part of the race.
1:2 the gap for Pagani.
1:52
2:00 the gap for him now. Is he a good climber?

Or is he trying to get the sprint jersey?

San luis somos todos with 4 guys ahead.

Protecting Giacinti…. Hopes in his shoulders…! Vamos Gringo..!

interesting.

I didn’t know that JJ and Lucas dad was the DS of the Argentinian National team.

Yes, that is new to me too

btw the Argentinian National team kit is good looking

Confused it a few times with OPQS
am I mistaken, is this not the national team?

http://www.triamax.com/wp-content/gallery/tour-de-san-luis-2012-etapa-1/toursanluis2012_0331.jpg

has 2 I believe.
Ah yes, probably another more light blue kit for when they represent the country
Guardini with problems.... where is albertina?
will there be live video?
I see kitties!
If someone finds it please post
I have canal 13 running

in the bottom of my screen and if they go live with the race I will give a shout out :)

link please?

mms://64.213.148.15/canal13#cf

Use VLC

Its commercials right now.
Dang it. Back to ANimal Kingdom with silly music. MUTE.
silly animals with silly music!!!
End credits, is there hope?
::crossing fingers::
thanks Zoe

and if you do not have the VLC player you can also see Canal 13 here
http://t.co/qq68Ebpr

Are you seeing them because the announcers sound like they are having them?
LOL. There's a show about cats on the link for live video from cycling fans.
Its named "Reino Animal"
Animal Kingdom, gotta love it!!
Hey Mr. Vet, how do I stop my cay from spraying in the house?

I have 4 cats, all fixed. One started spraying about a year ago. Tried everything, I think. Vet says anxiety meds will stop it.

There is a product called Feliway pheromone spray

I have had good luck with it. I would also check to see if the cat is seeing other cats coming into the yard (seeing them through the window or some such thing.) That can stress them enough to get them to start spraying. Also, get 2 or 3 litter boxes so a dominant cat can’t “guard” the litter box and scare off the spraying cat. If a cat is coming into yard, try to run it off, trap it and send to animal control or some such thing. Otherwise, try to block off window so you cats can’t see out.
The Pheromone spray is a synthetic analog of the pheromone that cats produce along the chin and lower jaw. It is their "life is good and I’m happy " smell they wipe on you when they rub their chin on you legs as they walk by.

Thank you! I've used Feliway and it didn't help.

I added another litter box about a year ago. He’s the only one who usually uses it.

Sounds like I need to figure how to get rid of the neighbors’ cat that is outside.

That is the root of the problem.

Get rid of the neighbors cat or fix it where yours can’t see out.

animal kingdom
Oh wait, might be cycling on live video now. They just showed the course.

mms://64.213.148.15/canal13#cf

Roberto Ferrari asked for a doc.
stage 3

how far along and who is leading

Crash...

262 and 72 ? Maxi richese down. Guy from Chile bad.

BiciGogaESPN Goga Ruiz-Sandoval
#TdSL There is a crash: they say is Almonacid (CHI) and Maxi Richeze (ARG)… only 34km to te finsih line

Richeze in pain
asking for a doc now.

Almonacid abandoned.

I hate crashes. Poor guys.
not sure I think Richeze abandoned too....
34 k to go
Pagani asking for assistance!
I need a livestream :(
They showed a course preview at the commercial break like they were going to show it live soon.

But another show is on now so… who knows.

pagani flats
damn.

really poor timing.

no more break...
this break is big...!

anyone we should think or cheer for?

Duarte FTW.
ex GEOX?
Nope...this is Gregory Duarte from Uruguay
Oh...
Go Duarte Go. ! Adelante Pues !

(Can’t tell I enjoyed my time in Uruguay can you?)

if he is still in front. Not sure anymore.
That one is riding for Coldeportes now

(Fabio)

Giacini ftw then...!
be ready i think viddy will start in 8 minutes or so...

keep this link close…. http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-2/14/182/v-358220.html

Whassup then? I've been writing pelota reports and am about to go on the turbo.

All go at Etxealbertina tonight.

red - red - red - yellow - yellow - green - Goooooooooooooooo
Gooooooool...!!!!
try and play football when you are on the rollers

Maradona would be able to do it.

the radio moto guy is going berserk

Advertisements here, will there be cycling after this?

maybe.... I hope. Avila took the sprint
nope

sigh

damn Novelas!!!!
Wait, looks like it's finished!
just started...???
yeah, I was wrong
Fat kid with a bow tie, what is up with that?

2nd Sprint intermediate (Km 152): 1 Edwin Avila (Col) 2 Vinther Troels (SAX) 3 JJ Haedo (SAX)

From the top you can see all the climb they are saying...

fuckers i want to see too…!

here is a picture while we are waiting for the live ones

http://yfrog.com/nyoz0inj

Looks like a camera heli.

So production is running, but no broadcast?

Dang it, they tease us with Tour of San Luis commercial then,

cut immediately to Dengue fever prevention. Come on, live pics already!!!!

baking bread pounding the hell out of the doe

geeeez I wish I could see this live

I just saw a race ad. They are teasing us!
25 25??? Daniel Diaz is attacking
20 secs over contador..!
Contador follows...!
Dear Fox Sports

we are not going to take it.

Nibali chasing too..!
nibbles?!? Cool!! Where is my guayo?
Go Dani Go Dani...!!!
Contador in the lead?
Dang the rusty spanish, need to oil it I guess!!
contador!!!
(now, dear conta, if you're cleared to ride, tell tirreno thanks but no thanks and ride paris-nice

since the finishing stage mtt up col d’eze is back)

Conta?? darn it...
ok...

Contador, Levi, and??

Ssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I’m trying to follow this telenovela!

Nothing like a good laugh to release all the tensions :)
conta, nibali, diaz
Good job nibbles!!
Good for Diaz...!
Very good for him!
Bici says

1. Alberto Contador
2. Levi Leipheimer
3. Miguel Ángel Rubiano
4. Stefan Schumacher
5. Dani Díaz
6. Cayetano Sarmiento
7. Vincenzo Nibali
8. José Serpa
9. Luis Mansilla
10. Giovanni Visconti

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=46946

stage finish, or gc?
Clicking on the link gives a hint

Stage

Tomorrow TT...!

Thanks for the company everyone..!

great with the updates, pablo.
Thank you thank you I try..!

General:
1. Alberto Contador 12:45:15
2. Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Lotto) a 4
3. Stefan Schumacher (Christina Watches) a 19
4. Dani Díaz (San Luis Somos Todos) a 22
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) a 36
6. José Serpa (Androni) m.t.
7. Cayetano Sarmiento (Liquigas) m.t.
8. Luis Mansilla (Chile) a 45
9. David Arroyo (Movistar Team) m.t.
10. Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) m.t.
11. Andrey Amador (Movistar Team) a 1:06
12. Magno Nazaret (Funvic) a 1:09
13. Félix Cárdenas (Colombia) a 1:28
14. Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) a 1:53
15. Jaime Suaza (Colombia) m.t.

This is a beautiful picture

http://yfrog.com/ob805iuj
it is not always about winning

Saxo Bank won't be pleased about this aid to communist Cuba

but seriously that is a nice pic

Did that guy crash?
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