Vuelta Stage 7 - De Marchi Time

The observant amongst you may have noticed that Alessandro De Marchi has spent much of the summer up the road in breaks.  He always got caught before the finish line before, but today his persistence paid off and he won stage 7.

The Froome-Dog made another one of his frequent trips to the asphalt.  He may have some new scars to impress the chicks with, but he also managed to steal a few seconds over the other GC boys at the end of the stage.

New boys to the Tour De Pance peloton, Pincko Pro Cycling earned the most points for the stage....

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Pincko Pro Cycling	Richard Pinckney	1	391
ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	2	363
Sunburn-Roadrash	Trey	3	276
dudes riding using good substances	drew	4	263
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	5	223
Rouleurs	tdm911	6	219
Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	7	219
Froosers	Warwick Anderson	8	197
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	9	177
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	10	177
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	11	160
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	12	108

And the Evil Dr Chan is still reigning over us with his Chanbots in the overall.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	1	1920
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2	1644
Rouleurs	tdm911	3	1550
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	4	1402
dudes riding using good substances	drew	5	1344
Froosers	Warwick Anderson	6	1280
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	7	1262
ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	8	1226
Pincko Pro Cycling	Richard Pinckney	9	1223
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	10	1128
Sunburn-Roadrash	Trey	11	1062
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	12	930

As the weekend approaches, we should be in for some quality racing to keep us fans glued to the TV.

Vuelta Stage 6 - Valverde Shows no Pity in the Heat

It seems you just can't keep that old rogue Alejandro Valverde down.  After doing plenty of donkey work on the lower slopes of the final climb for his supposed team-leader, the sly-old-dog  slipped away from a very select group to take the stage ahead of the Froome-Dog and Contador.

The Valverdoodle also moved himself into the overall lead.

Meanwhile, in 120th spot was Peter-No-Points.

120	Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale

Mind you, he still did better than supposed climber Carlos Betancur, whose main goal for the Vuelta this year seems to be to hang around the back of the Peloton looking portly, (sorry Mungo).

190	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale

So the Stage 6 scores stacked-up like this, with the Rouleurs looking the most impressive in the mountains.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Rouleurs	tdm911	1	434
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	2	417
ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	3	410
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	4	372
Sunburn-Roadrash	Trey	5	343
Froosers	Warwick Anderson	6	324
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	7	320
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	8	298
Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	9	293
Pincko Pro Cycling	Richard Pinckney	10	280
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	11	241
dudes riding using good substances	drew	12	182

Vuelta Stage 5 - Degenkolb's Drift Bothers Bouhanni

Another stage, another sprint showdown.  A slightly easier approach to the line today meant that Nacer Bouhanni was still around when the sprint started. The Frenchman was close to the win, but also too close to the barriers, which he somehow seemed to think was John Degenkolb's fault.  Nobody else seemed bothered though, and Degenkolb earned his second win in 2 days.

Meanwhile, at the back of the field, was Bile Beans selection regret, Peter Sagan.

186	Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale

In the scores for the day, Mungo and the Chanbots were top of the pile of people who were smart enough not to pick Peter Sagan.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	1	290
Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	2	287
dudes riding using good substances	drew	3	264
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	4	218
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	5	197
Rouleurs	tdm911	6	142
Froosers	Warwick Anderson	7	119
ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	8	107
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	9	107
Pincko Pro Cycling	Richard Pinckney	10	72
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	11	61
Sunburn-Roadrash	Trey	12	55

And it's more Chanbots and Mungo at the top of the overall table.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	1	1413
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2	1290
dudes riding using good substances	drew	3	899
Rouleurs	tdm911	4	897
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	5	881
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	6	782
Froosers	Warwick Anderson	7	759
Pincko Pro Cycling	Richard Pinckney	8	552
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	9	534
ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	10	453
Sunburn-Roadrash	Trey	11	443
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	12	381

The race hits some proper hills for Stage 6 tomorrow, we should be able to get an idea of who's hot and who's not of the GC contenders.