Stage 18: Annecy ITT SPOILER

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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    my sister is on the course near one of the corners, lemme txt her for some weather updates!! :D
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    A set of interesting TT-ers about to start within half an hour of each other: Lang, Devolder, Cancellara, Posthuma, Perez, Bruseghin, Millar, Guttierez
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Looks like Ignatiev's time is genuinly fast: Clement, Grabsch and Rogers all losing 1:22/3 on him. Or better early weather?
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Chinny's on the course. No Mekon to foil him this year.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    An utterly flawed projection here, but if the Prologue speeds were exactly repeated today, the GC would be like this at the end of the day:

    1. Contador
    2. A Schleck +4.15
    3. Armstrong +4.52
    4. Kloden +4.54
    5. Wiggins +4.56
    6. Nibali +5.58
    7. F Schleck +6.48


    It would make for one hell of a podium battle.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Anyone picked Ignatiev for PTP? :shock:

    Cancellara loses 18 seconds on first time check
    Timoid. wrote:
    Chinny's on the course. No Mekon to foil him this year.

    :roll:
  • Chris_Who
    Chris_Who Posts: 137
    Looks like Ignatiev has the measure of spartacus over the first 18k


    starting to look as good as schumacher, eh?
    Fat people are so insensitive
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    ITV4 has just come on - showing yesterday's highlights if you missed it.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    I hope he picks up the pace! Maybe he's too tired after working for the team and the race will be between the grand tour specialists? But the final TT often throws up surprises. Plenty of time for things to change.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Does anyone has an idea of wheather/wind differences between now and two hours ago?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    An utterly flawed projection here, but if the Prologue speeds were exactly repeated today, the GC would be like this at the end of the day:

    1. Contador
    2. A Schleck +4.15
    3. Armstrong +4.52
    4. Kloden +4.54
    5. Wiggins +4.56
    6. Nibali +5.58
    7. F Schleck +6.48

    That would be a dream if it turned out like that. All these guys were 'racing' the first TT so you never know. Since it's longer with less climbing Wiggins could do better relative to the Schlecks but I think Armstrong is much stronger now than on day one.
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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Millar in third place at the first time check.
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Yeah but 44 minutes is close to 60kph, and can you see anyone doing a seriously fast speed with a 3rd cat climb?
    Lance.
    Pain and strain only make him stronger, so he goes faster.:wink:
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Cancellara still 11 seconds down at 3rd time check.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    FJS wrote:
    Does anyone has an idea of wheather/wind differences between now and two hours ago?

    sorry mate.. I txted my sister and all I got was some crappy pic of some TT bikes
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    He's pulling back time and is an excellent technician on the descents, I'd expect him to gain those 11 seconds on the run back into Annecy. Should be close.

    And that's before the likes of Contador, Kloeden, Wiggins etc do their thing.
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    FJS wrote:
    Does anyone has an idea of wheather/wind differences between now and two hours ago?

    No temps from Annecy but at Chambery it was 28.6 at 1100 BST and 31.5 at 1300 BST. Wind speed has increased quite a bit in that time and is now a 20km southerly. Annecy isnt that close but i think they should be reasonably similar.

    http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/ ... T=2&INT=24

    Temperature has dropped from 30.4 to 22.5 at Lyon in the same time as rain has started there
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    edited July 2009
    It's predicted the storms near Lyon will blow over towards Annecy, possibly in time for the GC leaders.

    Karma would see Freiburg's star student Andreas Kloeden struck by lightning :wink:
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Cancellara 9 secs up at 4th check
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Kléber wrote:
    He's pulling back time and is an excellent technician on the descents, I'd expect him to gain those 11 seconds on the run back into Annecy. Should be close.
    Unless Ignatiev descended in the dry and Spartacus in the wet...
  • Chris_Who
    Chris_Who Posts: 137
    nicely paced from Fabian
    Fat people are so insensitive
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    FJS wrote:
    Kléber wrote:
    He's pulling back time and is an excellent technician on the descents, I'd expect him to gain those 11 seconds on the run back into Annecy. Should be close.
    Unless Ignatiev descended in the dry and Spartacus in the wet...
    never mind ....
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Millar fourth so far. Should be able to overtake Grabsch on the climb.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Millar now 3rd at 4th time check - a great ride.
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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    Millar finishes 3rd - 38 secs down on Cancellara
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Dave Z going well. Was gonna pick him coz he's been strong the last few days...
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Wiggo's warming up to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BD-c8padYs
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Lionel "Cadel" Birnie just pointed out on Twitter that Bruyneel will follow Lance, Gallopin follows Klodi, who follows Contador?

    You can see why the Berster has his own mechanic etc...
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Taking a longer view, it's bizarre that Bruyneel and Armstrong have done so much to destabilise Contador. The Spaniard is 26 and on course to win a second Tour de France. Given the way he is riding, I imagine the next five Tours are sewn up* so driving Contador into the arms of a rival team seems a bizarre idea.

    * unless it's Bruyneel's magic potion that's the secret.
  • Bakunin
    Bakunin Posts: 868
    Kléber wrote:
    Taking a longer view, it's bizarre that Bruyneel and Armstrong have done so much to destabilise Contador. The Spaniard is 26 and on course to win a second Tour de France. Given the way he is riding, I imagine the next five Tours are sewn up* so driving Contador into the arms of a rival team seems a bizarre idea.

    * unless it's Bruyneel's magic potion that's the secret.

    I totally agree. Are they pinning their long-term hopes on Taylor Phinney? It doesn't make much sense, unless it is all about LA's ego.

    And Alberto has to think long and hard about where he ends up next.

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