Dauphine 2012 Spoiler
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Nibs and Evans boh 'lost' their water bottles. Wiggins on the road. Menchov 5th overall. Rabo guy still fastest.Contador is the Greatest0
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frenchfighter wrote:Nibs and Evans boh 'lost' their water bottles. Wiggins on the road. Menchov 5th overall. Rabo guy still fastest.
Chav's gone 14" faster @ 18km.0 -
If Froome beats Wiggins, would Sky rethink their tour plans?
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Rick Chasey wrote:LangerDan wrote:inkyfingers wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Quick question - say your team has a lot of riders bunched together on GC, so they're all out on the road at the same time during this TT - how d'ya given them support? Do you pick your favourite two and let the others be tailed by neutral cars?
I've wondered this before, I think they must just pick their main favourites. Would be hard when you are somebody like Sky with Wiggins, Porte, Rogers and Froome who will all be on course at the same time and all could conceivably finish in the top 5 on the stage.
On the bigger races, I think they allow you send out your riders over a longer time period - ie they don't all have to go in GC order
Even in the final Tour TT?
They're point-to-point too, so they have to drive 50odd km back to get to their next rider.
They should just let them drive back down the course, that would brighten up even a Vuelta TT!"I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
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+1Rick Chasey wrote:TheStone wrote:If Froome beats Wiggins, would Sky rethink their tour plans?
Nah.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:TheStone wrote:If Froome beats Wiggins, would Sky rethink their tour plans?
Nah.
The Tour is three weeks away, plenty of time for Froome to pick up some weird and wonderful virus."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
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He did well to hold that together.Rick Chasey wrote:Kelderman takes 1st place so far but not before he almost bins it on the last corner.0 -
Chavanel faster than Martin at first time check...the conditions actually making this TT quite interesting."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Kelderman takes 1st place so far but not before he almost bins it on the last corner.
Quite a few almost joining the spectators on that last left hander...0 -
inkyfingers wrote:Chavanel faster than Martin at first time check...the conditions actually making this TT quite interesting.
Lefevre's following Chav, not Tony - says Chav's properly up for it.0 -
Froome 19 down.0
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Good ride from Froome.0
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Froome finishes just 6' down0
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Rick Chasey wrote:LangerDan wrote:inkyfingers wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Quick question - say your team has a lot of riders bunched together on GC, so they're all out on the road at the same time during this TT - how d'ya given them support? Do you pick your favourite two and let the others be tailed by neutral cars?
I've wondered this before, I think they must just pick their main favourites. Would be hard when you are somebody like Sky with Wiggins, Porte, Rogers and Froome who will all be on course at the same time and all could conceivably finish in the top 5 on the stage.
On the bigger races, I think they allow you send out your riders over a longer time period - ie they don't all have to go in GC order
Even in the final Tour TT?
They're point-to-point too, so they have to drive 50odd km back to get to their next rider.
Not sure it would be a practical issue for the final TT in the Tour, TBH. In races like the Giro where they might kick off with a TTT and then have an individual ITT a few days later, there will be several team "groupings" in the GC. I've certainly notices lower-ranked riders starting the ITT out of sequence. There is no fixed rule for this - its up to the commissaire, the race jury and the race organisers to agree the sequence.'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'0 -
sportbilly1976 wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Kelderman takes 1st place so far but not before he almost bins it on the last corner.
Quite a few almost joining the spectators on that last left hander...
Dave Brailsford will have posted a man there in a big inflatable suit to stop Wiggins from hurting himself if he crashes."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
TailWindHome wrote:sportbilly1976 wrote:The Mad Rapper wrote:Is today the last day?
Sunday is the final day
He's just pulling your leg.
Today is the last day, so there's no need to be picking anyone for PTP.
Honest
Unsportsmanlike conduct. Or at least it would be if the Mad Rapper played PTP.0 -
Lots of riders moving up and down the rankings quite a lot between the first and second checkpoints."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
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50km/h average for this course over 50+ km is kind of insane.
Chavanel really been working to refind his super TT form of a few years ago. Looks like it is working - hope he places really well.Contador is the Greatest0 -
1. Kelderman, 20.35
2. LL Sanchez, at 0.04
3. Amador, at 0.10
4. Rogers, at 0.15
5. Millar, at 0.29Contador is the Greatest0 -
Showing Martin to take the jersey by 6 seconds going off the times at checkpoint 10
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Wind really blowing!0
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frenchfighter wrote:50km/h average for this course over 50+ km is kind of insane.
Chavanel really been working to refind his super TT form of a few years ago. Looks like it is working - hope he places really well.
Coincides with a bike change...
I know Jeff Jones, TT expert on here reckons a lot of riders really suffer when their TT kit changes.0 -
inkyfingers wrote:Lots of riders moving up and down the rankings quite a lot between the first and second checkpoints.
Most notably, all the Sky riders seem to move up.Twitter: @RichN950 -
I never really think of Chavanel as a tester. He won the French TT champs three times, but a while ago.0
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Mick Rogers into the lead (of the stage) by 14'0
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Did you see that chainring!!Contador is the Greatest0
