Time flies when you have a young child, a 3-day a week job at a bike-shop, and a blog to maintain. Add some
Dirty Mustache action to the equation, and I'm sure you'll forgive my lateness in keeping you updated on events in the Vuelta. I did consider lumping stages 4 and 5 into a combined post, but I've decided to do them separately..... So here we go with stage 4.
It was a hilly one. And it seems it was a bit too hilly for Mark Cavendish. Maybe he was suffering from the heat, maybe he was sick, maybe he is a crappy climber. Whatever the reason, he called it a day on stage 4. He was using the Vuelta as part of his build-up for the World Championships at the end of September, and now faces a long time without any race miles in his legs. Cav's HTC team has already lost Matt Goss, so it looks like the HTC sprint train will be working for their young German sprinter John Degenkolb - good news for me then! The Copenhagen course was rumored to suit the Manx Missile, and he'll have good support from a strong GB team. Lets hope he can get his shit together in the next few weeks and have a good try at getting that Rainbow Jersey.
Another man who didn't look too happy was Igor Anton. He was part of the Bile Beans strategy for Velogames domination. But alas, it looks like he's not got the legs he had last year when he was all set to win the race before a crash put him out of action.
We know who who didn't win, but who did? Why Daniel Moreno of course.
It wasn't enough to take the jersey though, and the race lead went to Sylvain Chavanel.
All of the action made the mini-league look like this.
Stage 5 has a tough finish. I think Joaquim Rodriguez might do well.
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