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Aug 2015
11:17am, 24 Aug 2015
7,934 posts
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surreystrider™
That must have been a hell of a sticky bottle.
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Aug 2015
11:47am, 24 Aug 2015
20,763 posts
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SPR
He dropped a group via a ca, there's no way he can get away with that.
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Aug 2015
11:53am, 24 Aug 2015
16,215 posts
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Meglet
I guess that's the difference, you can clearly see how fast he's going by the gap that develops. I suppose that's different than someone just going out the back of the peloton to collect water.
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Aug 2015
11:58am, 24 Aug 2015
7,083 posts
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rf_fozzy
Generally when they collect a bottle, yes, there is a "sticky" effect, but they aren't trying to gain a (big) advantage - just a second.
You can clearly see in that clip the acceleration that Nibali gains - he gains a huge advantage - watch the group behind - yes they slow, but because it's obvious what's happened.
That's straight out blatant cheating - he has to be thrown out the race.
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Aug 2015
1:11pm, 24 Aug 2015
1,577 posts
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MudMeanderer
The 'Sticky Bottle' and the now rather less frequent 'Magic Spanner' are often ignored when not quite so blatant and significant, but in many ways what Astana did was no better than the lift a rider got up to a team car in Le Tour that got him thrown out (you could argue worse, as there may have been a weak defence in not being able to walk up the incline in cleats in that case).
Excessive vehicular assistance has resulted in ejections before - IIRC LL Sanchez got kicked out of a race a year or so ago for spending too long drafting behind a team car.
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Aug 2015
6:49pm, 24 Aug 2015
20,765 posts
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SPR
Sagan looking like the sprint pick then, If only I had been able to convince myself to drop Quintana or Froome for Valverde 
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Aug 2015
6:49pm, 24 Aug 2015
20,766 posts
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SPR
At least Bouhanni was second though.
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Aug 2015
10:24pm, 24 Aug 2015
57,035 posts
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Gobi
oh I have jumped up the league
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Aug 2015
7:37pm, 25 Aug 2015
20,772 posts
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SPR
Valverde win today, Sagan second. Should have picked both. Something tells me Sagan is going to kill me this Vuelta.
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Aug 2015
9:41pm, 25 Aug 2015
57,046 posts
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Gobi
and back down again :¬)
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