Tirreno-Adriatico TTT

joelsim
joelsim Posts: 7,552
edited March 2014 in Pro race
Looks like there are plenty of TTers is the main teams. Could be close over 16km. Who do you think are the favourites?

OPQS obviously have a cracking team, Orica too, Movistar and Trek don't look too shabby either. Sky look a little weaker than normal without Froome or Porte.

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    Joelsim wrote:
    Looks like there are plenty of TTers is the main teams. Could be close over 16km. Who do you think are the favourites?

    OPQS obviously have a cracking team, Orica too, Movistar and Trek don't look too shabby either. Sky look a little weaker than normal without Froome or Porte.

    Why where's Porte gone to?
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Getting mixed up.
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    what order are the teams setting off in?
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    jam1e wrote:
    what order are the teams setting off in?


    Probably wont be announced till tomorrow morning. As they'll have the number 1 bib, I'd assume Astana will be the last off
  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
    Be interesting to see how Contador and his boys do.

    Very strong squad for so early in the season. All their big GC Contenders racing together.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Isn't Wiggins riding for Porte? I'm not sure his current form is so bad that you can completely write off his value to a TTT....
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Isn't Wiggins riding for Porte? I'm not sure his current form is so bad that you can completely write off his value to a TTT....


    He is. Not being last man for Porte on the climbs at Ruta del Sol doesnt equate to not being able to do big shifts for the team around a 17km TTT course, I wouldnt have thought
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    jam1e wrote:
    what order are the teams setting off in?


    Probably wont be announced till tomorrow morning. As they'll have the number 1 bib, I'd assume Astana will be the last off

    Cheers for that, I'd assumed the order always followed some kind of pattern, previous winner followed by current standings or something but apparently not.

    I did spend most of the day until hitting refresh on the ticker though thinking it was today until I read your post...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    What time does coverage of this start?

    I'm teaching most of the day tomorrow. :cry:
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Word on the street is that this is the schedule. I have no idea if it's accurate.

    1 MTN - QHUBEKA MTN 14:40
    2 IAM CYCLING IAM 14:43
    3 ASTANA PRO TEAM AST 14:46
    4 BARDIANI CSF BAR 14:49
    5 BMC RACING TEAM BMC 14:52
    6 TEAM EUROPCAR EUC 14:55
    7 LAMPRE - MERIDA LAM 14:58
    8 CANNONDALE CAN 15:01
    9 ORICA GREENEDGE OGE 15:04
    10 TEAM GIANT - SHIMANO GIA 15:07
    11 AG2R LA MONDIALE ALM 15:10
    12 GARMIN SHARP GRS 15:13
    13 TEAM SKY SKY 15:16
    14 TREK FACTORY RACING TFR 15:19
    15 TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA TNE 15:22
    16 TINKOFF SAXO TCS 15:25
    17 TEAM KATUSHA KAT 15:28
    18 BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM BEL 15:31
    19 MOVISTAR TEAM MOV 15:34
    20 FDJ.FR FDJ 15:37
    21 OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP OPQ 15:40
    22 LOTTO BELISOL LTB 15:43
  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Isn't Wiggins riding for Porte? I'm not sure his current form is so bad that you can completely write off his value to a TTT....


    He is. Not being last man for Porte on the climbs at Ruta del Sol doesn't equate to not being able to do big shifts for the team around a 17km TTT course, I wouldn't have thought
    '

    Corrected :wink:
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    jam1e wrote:
    Word on the street is that this is the schedule. I have no idea if it's accurate.

    1 MTN - QHUBEKA MTN 14:40
    2 IAM CYCLING IAM 14:43
    3 ASTANA PRO TEAM AST 14:46
    4 BARDIANI CSF BAR 14:49
    5 BMC RACING TEAM BMC 14:52
    6 TEAM EUROPCAR EUC 14:55
    7 LAMPRE - MERIDA LAM 14:58
    8 CANNONDALE CAN 15:01
    9 ORICA GREENEDGE OGE 15:04
    10 TEAM GIANT - SHIMANO GIA 15:07
    11 AG2R LA MONDIALE ALM 15:10
    12 GARMIN SHARP GRS 15:13
    13 TEAM SKY SKY 15:16
    14 TREK FACTORY RACING TFR 15:19
    15 TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA TNE 15:22
    16 TINKOFF SAXO TCS 15:25
    17 TEAM KATUSHA KAT 15:28
    18 BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM BEL 15:31
    19 MOVISTAR TEAM MOV 15:34
    20 FDJ.FR FDJ 15:37
    21 OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP OPQ 15:40
    22 LOTTO BELISOL LTB 15:43

    Have seen Qhubeka confirm they're off first, so looks good. Time zone info might be nice though!
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    jam1e wrote:
    Word on the street is that this is the schedule. I have no idea if it's accurate.

    1 MTN - QHUBEKA MTN 14:40
    2 IAM CYCLING IAM 14:43
    3 ASTANA PRO TEAM AST 14:46
    4 BARDIANI CSF BAR 14:49
    5 BMC RACING TEAM BMC 14:52
    6 TEAM EUROPCAR EUC 14:55
    7 LAMPRE - MERIDA LAM 14:58
    8 CANNONDALE CAN 15:01
    9 ORICA GREENEDGE OGE 15:04
    10 TEAM GIANT - SHIMANO GIA 15:07
    11 AG2R LA MONDIALE ALM 15:10
    12 GARMIN SHARP GRS 15:13
    13 TEAM SKY SKY 15:16
    14 TREK FACTORY RACING TFR 15:19
    15 TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA TNE 15:22
    16 TINKOFF SAXO TCS 15:25
    17 TEAM KATUSHA KAT 15:28
    18 BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM BEL 15:31
    19 MOVISTAR TEAM MOV 15:34
    20 FDJ.FR FDJ 15:37
    21 OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP OPQ 15:40
    22 LOTTO BELISOL LTB 15:43

    Have seen Qhubeka confirm they're off first, so looks good. Time zone info might be nice though!


    Those times are CET


    According to cyclingfans, video starts 1430 CET
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Any thoughts as to who is going to win today?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,114
    One of OPQS or Orica-GreenEdge I think. Movistar will be close too but I can't see them winning.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    OPQS or OGE, with Sky* and Movistar pushing them both close

    *having ditched Nieve fairly quickly


    handful of secs between those teams

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