Fantasy Vuelta Stage 16: Nigru Puko

Stage 16 was another toughie in the mountains, and the final climb up Cuitu Nigru was apparently hard enough to make you puke.

Dario Cataldo sneaked away with Thomas De Ghent earlier in the stage and the Italian managed to hold off the Dutchman, and hold onto his lunch, to take the win.

 

Behind the breakaway duo, it was pretty much the same old story, with Contador and Rodriguez again showing that they are the strongest in the race. The Froome-Dog was had another bad day, and pretty much said goodbye to any hope of a podium spot, but it looks like fourth place is fairly safe.  And Valverde just about stayed in the game, thanks to some strong riding by young Bile Bean Quintana.

Rouleurs maintain their lead then, with Mungo not too far behind.  They both lost Cameron Meyer the other day, but although the Bile Beans are still at full strength, it looks like a big gap in points to the top and there’s only five days of racing left.

 

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		tdm911	Rouleurs	6070
2		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	5581
3		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	5179
4		TEAM ITV4	Andrew Danson	5143
5		Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	4556
6		GB expects	Warwick Anderson	4308
7		ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	4226
8		Dangerous Rogues Under Grey Skies	Blinddrew	4149
9		Charmers	Craigatron	4000
10		Evil Penguinbots	Evil King Penguin	3260
11		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	3247
12		Bertie Frooms all Flavour Beans	Mark	3227
13		Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	3051
14		Ph.Dizzles	Ben	2812
15		Hell of the North	Vincent Lavallee	2749
16		Team MacDream	Elizabeth MacKenzie	2187

Stage 17 is rumored to favor a breakaway, I’ll have to hope that some of my boys are in it.