Well, well, well … it has been quite the week! It’s just been one big story after another – from Cannondale going to the wall to WaWa going to the airport. But one of the biggest stories of this Vuelta is still the man we lovingly call Baby Blackbird. Everybody wants a piece of him – and he’s having fun in his last grand tour ever.
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In our 109th episode, Chris and Kathi talk about the first 9 stages of Vuelta 2017, who’s looking good in the race, and who might find their way to the podium in this season’s final grand tour. We also discuss Jack Bobridge, Wawa’s expulsion, and the possible demise of the beloved American squad, Cannondale-Drapac.
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It was a day of mixed emotions in the peloton for Stage 9 of Vuelta 2017, what with the announcement surrounding the financial woes of Cannondale-Drapac. That, plus the fact that nothing was going to happen in the stage until the very end, made it a bit of a subdued day. In the end, Chris Froome proved that he has finished the first week of the Vuelta as the strongest rider by outsprinting Esteban Chaves and Michael Woods to take his first grand tour stage win in 2017. He extends his lead to 36sec over Chaves and 1:05 over third placed Nico Roche.
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