TDF stage 2 TTT ***SPOILERS***

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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    Sky go 2nd, 4 seconds behind. Wiggins takes another 24 seconds out of Contador.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Gutted for Geraint.
  • GoldenBear
    GoldenBear Posts: 120
    edited July 2011
    That's a real shame, although it means a little less pressure on Sky to work too hard until the mountains. Silver lining and all that...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Big diesel Eisel crashed out
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    HTC 8 seconds down.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So, looking like a super time by Saxo. So much for the doubters.
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Cadel's skinsuit held together by safety pins
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    These skinsuits are atrocious:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1.Garmin-Cervelo 24:48
    2.Sky 24:52
    3.RadioShack 24.58
    4.Rabobank 25:00
    5.Saxo Bank-SunGard 25:16
    6.Astana 25:20
    7.FdJ 25.34
    8.Europcar 25:38
    9.AG2R 25:41
    10.Quick Step 25:44
    11.Liquigas-Cannondale 25:45
    12.Saur Sojasun 25:50
    13.Lampre-ISD 25.52
    14.Katusha 25.52
    15.Movistar 25:57
    16.Vacansoleil-DCM 26:03
    17.Cofidis 26:08
    18.Euskaltel-Euskadi 26:10
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Not a bad lineup for Lotto - Willems, Sieberg, Lang all specialists
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Real shame for Gilbert to lose the jersey so soon. Going to be difficult to win it back.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Evans misses yellow by 1 second.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Bloody hell, good work BMC!!!
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    Great ride by BMC and Leopard.

    I didn't expect them to be up there
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1.Garmin-Cervelo 24:48
    2.BMC 24.52
    3.Sky 24:52
    4.Leopard Trek 24.53
    5.HTC-Highroad 24:53
    6.RadioShack 24.58
    7.Rabobank 25:00
    8.Saxo Bank-SunGard 25:16
    9.Astana 25:20
    10.FdJ 25.34
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    afx237vi wrote:
    Evans misses yellow by 1 second.

    Better for Evans than winning it by 1 second. He'll probably end up in it after stage 4 anyway.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Sky actually 2nd
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    rozzer32 wrote:
    Sky go 2nd, 4 seconds behind. Wiggins takes another 24 seconds out of Contador.

    Maybe more importantly he gained 6 seconds on Gesink and 35 seconds on Van Den Broek. :wink:

    Crazy efforts from BMC and Leopard. I didn't expect that.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    Top 5 teams covered by 5 seconds.

    Closest TTT I have seen for a while
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Final

    1.Garmin-Cervelo 24:48
    2.Sky 24.52
    3.BMC 24:52
    4.Leopard Trek 24.53
    5.HTC-Highroad 24:53
    6.RadioShack 24.58
    7.Rabobank 25:00
    8.Saxo Bank-SunGard 25:16
    9.Astana 25:20
    10.Omega Pharma-Lotto 25:27
    11.FdJ 25.34
    12.Europcar 25:38
    13.AG2R 25:41
    14.Quick Step 25:44
    15.Liquigas-Cannondale 25:45
    16.Saur Sojasun 25:50
    17.Lampre-ISD 25.52
    18.Katusha 25.52
    19.Movistar 25:57
    20.Vacansoleil-DCM 26:03
    21.Cofidis 26:08
    22.Euskaltel-Euskadi 26:10
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    rozzer32 wrote:
    Top 5 teams covered by 5 seconds.

    Closest TTT I have seen for a while

    To be fair, it was a "Disney-fied" version of a TTT. People want the spectacle of a TTT but aren't prepared to stomach the time losses which can result from doing it properly.

    23km is a good commute, not a stage.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Miss Djockovic is Fine!!!
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  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    great TTT. And I'm so glad for that crash yesterday because now we have a competition! Without it, would anyone bet against contador?
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Thomas doesnt get yellow but keeps white. Navadauskas would have taken it from him had he finished with the other Garmin riders but he got sacrificed along the way and is now 57 seconds in arrears.

    He should keep it tomorrow as long as there are no time gaps and as long as he doesnt finish a lot of places behind EBH. Might be tougher to keep it on the fourth stage though.

    1. Thomas
    2. EBH same time
    3. van Garderen +1
    4. Goss +1
    5. Swift +7
    6. Gesink +8
    7. Gautier +46
  • connackers
    connackers Posts: 11
    3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:01 (-1.41)

    6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:00:04 (-1.38 )
    10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
    12 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling

    14 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:00:05 (-1.37)

    25 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:12 (-1.30)

    27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:32 (-1.10)

    31 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:39 (-1.03)

    47 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:57 (-0.45)

    75 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:42 (0)
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    One for the geeks...

    Thor has worn the rainbow jersey, the polka dot jersey and now the yellow jersey. Who was the last rider to do the same? Can he get a day in green as well? If so, has anyone ever worn all four jerseys in the same season?

    BTW, I don't have the answers.

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    if chinny rode on his own he wouldn't finish last

    saxo did quite a decent ride all told... if he hadn't lost the time yesterday he would be pretty happy with that. but its all adding up.

    its good for BMC, Sky and the race they didn't get the jersey.

    Gesink and Basso could be a real problem for bertie in the hills
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Cancellara. Hero.

    Brought Frank & Andy Schleck to within 5 seconds of Garmin.

    Rider of the day (unsurprisingly).
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Sammy Saqnchez +2.36
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    ratsbeyfus wrote:
    One for the geeks...

    Thor has worn the rainbow jersey, the polka dot jersey and now the yellow jersey. Who was the last rider to do the same? Can he get a day in green as well? If so, has anyone ever worn all four jerseys in the same season?

    BTW, I don't have the answers.

    My money would be on someone like Hinault or Merckx...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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