TdF Stage 1 - Utrecht-Utrecht *SPOILERS*
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I think out of the gc guys Quintana will be the happiest. Hardly lost any time at all really.
You don't think Nibali?"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Strong by Nibali despite the odd radio bump. Good that all the GC riders are close (apart from Purito).Contador is the Greatest0
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Nice 10th place for My Man Cummings.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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I think out of the gc guys Quintana will be the happiest. Hardly lost any time at all really.
You don't think Nibali?"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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So Nibali takes a slight lead out of the 'big four.' Nothing significant in the scheme of things though. Thankfully.
Pinot again shows how much he has improved his TT.0 -
KeldermanGesink the best of the GC riders!!!0 -
Dennis confirmedit was intentional to go out early.
My men having their expected shocker"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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So, a handful of seconds between the main protagonists (Bardet excluded) is the sum total of this year's ITT kms.
An underwhelming start to this Tour.
Quintana is in the pound seats, as a result, I reckon."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Peraud's overshoes - what was going on there? Looked like a 1970's handbag0
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19640555#p19640555]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I think out of the gc guys Quintana will be the happiest. Hardly lost any time at all really.
You don't think Nibali?
Well obviously he will be happy putting time into his rivals. But Quintana was always going to be the weakest in the tt so I think he will be happier still being so close to his rivals with his weakest event out the way.***** Pro Tour Pundit Champion 2020, 2018, 2017 & 2011 *****0 -
The king of the Dutch looks like an Oxbridge fop"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Pinot beating all 4 of them could be the most significant surprise for the overall - real contender for the win now? He'll lose time in the TTT, but is clearly in good shape[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19640552#p19640552]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I think out of the gc guys Quintana will be the happiest. Hardly lost any time at all really.
You don't think Nibali?0 -
Nibali 15'39" +00'43" 22nd place
Froome 15'46" +00'50 39th place
Contador 15'54" +00'58" 46th place
Quintana 15'57" + -1'01" 57th place
TT record time for Dennis."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19640555#p19640555]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I think out of the gc guys Quintana will be the happiest. Hardly lost any time at all really.
You don't think Nibali?
Well obviously he will be happy putting time into his rivals. But Quintana was always going to be the weakest in the tt so I think he will be happier still being so close to his rivals with his weakest event out the way.
I agree with this. There was a risk of him being a lot further back, I thought.It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
That was certaintly a performant ride by Dennis. Chapeau
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That was certaintly a performant ride by Dennis. Chapeau
Ha ha. I picked up on that too.0 -
Sounds like Dowsett was trying to match Dennis on the first half of the course but the conditions were worse so he ended up digging himself into a hole and paying for it in the second half.Over 30 secs down for Dowsett. Bad unless we blame the heat.0 -
No. Going out early was clearly a big advantage. Nibali has this in the bag already.
Pinot beating all 4 of them could be the most significant surprise for the overall - real contender for the win now? He'll lose time in the TTT, but is clearly in good shape[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19640552#p19640552]disgruntledgoat[/url] wrote:I think out of the gc guys Quintana will be the happiest. Hardly lost any time at all really.
You don't think Nibali?0 -
En route home.
Main points from roadside:
Was a tougher test for the audience to sit through the whole 3.5hrs then for the riders. Was very hot - especially early on when there was no breeze - probably explains the finish list too. I'm ok in the heat and it was hard work at times for me.
Contador looked unusually uncomfortable roadside. Crazy grimace I haven't seen before (roadside).
Neither did Froome - Quintana looked ok and so did Nibs.
Rohan was noticeably faster when he came past.
Very fun relaxed vibe. Not too intense about the sport but enjoying it nonetheless. Some good fun balcony water fights kicked off which everyone enjoyed.
Did it well.0 -
Pinot!
Now very much in contention for the jersey... it's a battle of the 5, rather than the 4left the forum March 20230 -
One word.
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Strava is not Zen.0 -
GC riders:
Kelderman
Gesink +0.03
Mollema +0.07
Uran +0.10
Pinot +0.11
Van Garderen +0.12
Konig +0.13
Nibali +0.13
Froome +0.20
Valverde +0.26
Contador +0.28
Peraud +0.29
Quintana +0.31
Kreuziger +0.36
Porte +0.36
Frank +0.42
Talansky +0.45
Martin +0.47
Majka +0.53
J-Rod +0.56
Bardet +1.040 -
With the TTT coming so late and having the potential for disaster, given the nature of the finish, I thought it interesting to look at how the big 4's teams fared today. A lot of water to pass under the bridge before then but is is it a possible pointer to who will come out on top?
Sky:
12. GBR THOMAS Geraint 39 TEAM SKY 15' 29''
21. CZE KONIG Leopold 33 TEAM SKY 15' 39''
39.GBR FROOME Christopher 31 TEAM SKY 15' 46''
62. NED POELS Wouter 34 TEAM SKY 16' 01''
65. AUS PORTE Richie 35 TEAM SKY 16' 02''
68. GBR KENNAUGH Peter 32 TEAM SKY 16' 04''
74. GBR STANNARD Ian 38 TEAM SKY 16' 07''
101. IRL ROCHE Nicolas 36 TEAM SKY 16' 16'
180. GBR ROWE Luke 37 TEAM SKY 16' 50''
Tinkoff:
19. SVK SAGAN Peter 47 TINKOFF-SAXO 15' 37''
34. AUS ROGERS Michael 46 TINKOFF-SAXO 15' 43''
46. ESP CONTADOR Alberto 41 TINKOFF-SAXO 15' 54''
63. CZE KREUZIGER Roman 44 TINKOFF-SAXO 16' 02''
93. ITA BENNATI Daniele 43 TINKOFF-SAXO 16' 12''
111. POL MAJKA Rafal 45 TINKOFF-SAXO 16' 19''
156. ITA TOSATTO Matteo 48 TINKOFF-SAXO 16' 36''
164. ITA BASSO Ivan 42 TINKOFF-SAXO 16' 41''
172. DEN ANDERSEN Michael Valgren 49 TINKOFF-SAXO 16' 45''
Astana:
22. ITA NIBALI Vincenzo 1 ASTANA PRO TEAM 15' 39''
23. NED BOOM Lars 2 ASTANA PRO TEAM 15' 40''
27. NED WESTRA Lieuwe 9 ASTANA PRO TEAM 15' 41''
30. EST TAARAMÄE Rein 8 ASTANA PRO TEAM 15' 41''
45. UKR GRIVKO Andriy 4 ASTANA PRO TEAM 15' 53''
58. EST KANGERT Tanel 6 ASTANA PRO TEAM 15' 58''
126. DEN FUGLSANG Jakob 3 ASTANA PRO TEAM 16' 22''
128. KAZ GRUZDEV Dmitriy 5 ASTANA PRO TEAM 16' 23''
131. ITA SCARPONI Michele 7 ASTANA PRO TEAM 16' 24''
Movistar:
6. ESP CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 53 MOVISTAR TEAM 15' 19''
8. ITA MALORI Adriano 58 MOVISTAR TEAM 15' 25''
13. GBR DOWSETT Alex 54 MOVISTAR TEAM 15' 32''
41. ESP IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 57 MOVISTAR TEAM 15' 49''
43. ESP VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 59 MOVISTAR TEAM 15' 52''
57. COL QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 51 MOVISTAR TEAM 15' 57''
77. ESP ERVITI OLLO Imanol 55 MOVISTAR TEAM 16' 07''
82. COL ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 52 MOVISTAR TEAM 16' 09''
174. ESP HERRADA LOPEZ José 56 MOVISTAR TEAM 16' 46''"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
cant really compare the times . a lot of riders wont be going full gas today but they will in the TTT0
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Good one Blazing. G put in a big ride and am surprised that Konig came in firing. Quintana got lucky by going early.A comparison of how much Individual Time Trialling six GC riders have done this season prior to today:
Valverde: 11km in 1 TT
Froome: 25km in 2 TTs
Nibali: 32km in 3 TTs
Quintana: 70km in 5 TTs
Contador: 83km in 4 TTs
Pinot: 115km in 8 TTs
Nice numbers. Froome has come into this race rested as the pea princess. He has zero excuse for not firing on 100% cyclinders all race. Contador has almost 2x the amount of km and race days. Contador will only get better also. Even Quintana (who people think has been incognito despite winning the tough T-A stage race) has more race days and km then Mr Chris 'I don't have to race much' Froome.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Didn't know Keldo was TT champ:Contador is the Greatest0
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I think, win or lose, Froome may quietly be thinking of doing the Vuelta as well after this.Even Quintana (who people think has been incognito despite winning the tough T-A stage race) has more race days and km then Mr Chris 'I don't have to race much' Froome.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Simon Yates beat Froome by 4s and Froome was 45s slower than Tony Martin. Quite a change from 2013 TT Froome. Wonder if his TT has to suffer to compete with these climbers.
No change for Alberto's GT cojones. Still uncomfortable in his skinsuit....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
@friebos 49m49 minutes ago
Something for the Dutchies to shout about: 7 of the top 20 on today's TT rode for Rabobank development squads. via @ElkeDagEenUurContador is the Greatest0
