Fantasy Vuelta Stage 6: Rodriguez Reigns in Red

Do you like a nice pie? I know I do, and today’s Vuelta stage in the Aragon region of Spain reminded me of a tasty Chicken of Aragon pie I had at the Green Man Festival one year, courtesy of the PieMinister (other pie retailers are available).

 

One person who probably doesn’t eat a lot of pies, is Joachim Rodriguez, who’s slight build suggests that he’s not big on pastry products. When there’s a short, steep climb like there was today, it’s a pretty safe bet that you’ll see J-Rod near the front of the race. You can’t get any nearer the front than first, and that’s where he finished today.

 

The Froome-Dog was close behind, as was Valverde, and maybe suffering a little bit and a few more seconds back, was Alberto Contador.

 

There’s not much changed in the minileague. The Rouleurs and the Bile Beans got exactly the same score today, so that means it’s still the Rouleurs on top.

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		tdm911	Rouleurs	1727
2		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	1651
3		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	1636
4		TEAM ITV4	Andrew Danson	1534
5		Charmers	Craigatron	1332
6		ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	1280
7		Evil Penguinbots	Evil King Penguin	1268
8		Dangerous Rogues Under Grey Skies	Blinddrew	1254
9		GB expects	Warwick Anderson	1229
10		Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	1192
11		Bertie Frooms all Flavour Beans	Mark	1098
12		Hell of the North	Vincent Lavallee	1036
13		Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	997
14		Ph.Dizzles	Ben	968
15		Team MacDream	Elizabeth MacKenzie	930
16		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	847

 

It looks like it might be a sprint again tomorrow, so it could be a chance for the Rouleurs to get a few more crafty points at the Bile Beans expense.