2011 Tour de Suisse, Stage 9: Schaffhausen ITT, 32.1km

[El Pistolero]

Good time trial of De Gendt by the way.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Criminal result!!! I'll now destroy the live recording before I watch.

Considering the skill Cunego ( and others) showed in the mountains, it is unbelievable that such a mountainous race is decided by the brute force of a boring time trialist. Why did the organisers bother with the other eight days of racing.

I think most people will remember this race for Cunego's and Sagans rapid decent which was the most exciting bit of cycling I have watched for a while, than who won it.

I don't understand. Isn't racing racing? IMO a change of lead by an overall 4 seconds is exciting over any course, mountains, ITT, or flats. Racing like that makes it a nail biter. From the 1989 Tour, what video clip gets played over and over? The last few moments when Fignon crossed the line and collapsed. I do understand the emotions on both sides. But that's part of sport in general.

I think we'll also remember this race for Soler, and his eventual recovery.

 

[Granville57]

I don't get it?

If its an American thing, you know that one of your guys also won the whole thing, right?

No no no no...not an American thing.

Garmin-Cervelo thing. I've been trying desperately to keep the faith all year.
I hope Tommy D. goes the TdF. It will make for some good stories however he does.

I'm also hoping that a healthy and uninjured CVV will bring something special as well. I wouldn't be surprised if he retires after this year.

 

[Parrulo]

Who on earth is Nelson Olivera?

a guy that isn't from an anglo saxon country nor for the netherlands so he can't have that much talent according to this forum

 

[AntonioRossi]

Sorry but Mollema was way back in the ITT today, but Kruijswijk held on to third! I don't think it would have mattered anyway. As for Leipheimer all that might have been aim at him as well as he didn't have a single teammate with him after that split. Cunego really could use some help with the ITT. Too upright, knees to far out, head down to much (if your going to do that choose the short back helmet).

I totally agree. Mollema didnt have it today, but yes, I am happy for Kruijswijk and Rabo. They rode really well this week, so a podium place for them is fantastic

 

[rides like a girl]

Who on earth is Nelson Olivera?

i assumed the forum would tell me...I said the same thing when watching the feed...tried to google him during the feed on my phone...found that he was a silver medalist in the U-23 time trial once...and that there is a footballer with the same name.

 

[Pantani_lives]

It's that ole devil called Levi again.

 

[Granville57]

not a bad time for oliveira. only 25 secs behind canc and he is only 22. i hope he gets to ride the vuelta

Who on earth is Nelson Olivera?

a guy that isn't from an anglo saxon country nor for the netherlands so he can't have that much talent according to this forum

WOW! I must admit that anger and outrage caused me to miss this bit of info entirely.

That is impressive for the young man from Portugal!

 

[Connor Pass]

I think a lot of credit has to go to the race organisers.

Every stage was exciting and offered different possible finishing scenarios and it resulted in one of the closest finishes ever for a week long Tour.

Although a TTer won it - it was a lot more exciting than Tony Martin's Paris-Nice win.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

The forum has exploded!

kinda makes me wanna see a levi tdf win.

could you imagine

Well, if today is a forum explosion, then a Levi Tour win would be like a forum atomic bomb.

BTW, nice to see BAMF (Bad A ss Mathias Frank) move up several notches on GC.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Who on earth is Nelson Olivera?

Maybe footballer Nelson Oliveira?

 

[Granville57]

Maybe footballer Nelson Oliveira?

In September 2009 he won the silver medal in the under-23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. In November 2009, Oliveira signed with Xacobeo-Galicia.

In September 2010 he went again to the World Championship Sub 23, and was 4th, not repeating a podium by just 4 seconds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Oliveira

He's got some skills!

(Different guy )

 

[Dedelou]

I don't understand. Isn't racing racing? IMO a change of lead by an overall 4 seconds is exciting over any course, mountains, ITT, or flats. Racing like that makes it a nail biter. From the 1989 Tour, what video clip gets played over and over? The last few moments when Fignon crossed the line and collapsed. I do understand the emotions on both sides. But that's part of sport in general.

I think we'll also remember this race for Soler, and his eventual recovery.

in my opinion Cunego didn't loose the race on the ITT . we knew he was the weaker of the two in that medium.. He lost when he allowed or could not prevent Bottle stealing a bunch of seconds in the mountain finish a few days ago

 

[luckyboy]

Well this totally sucked.

RSH 2, 3 , 4

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Actually I find him having 100 times more charisma than most cyclists when interviewed. Doesn't say much, but still.

Nobody has the charisma of Kevin Pauwels though

 

[Dedelou]

I think a lot of credit has to go to the race organisers.

Every stage was exciting and offered different possible finishing scenarios and it resulted in one of the closest finishes ever for a week long Tour.

Although a TTer won it - it was a lot more exciting than Tony Martin's Paris-Nice win.

Wait! wait.. Isn't the TDS famous for very close finishes? my old memory is failing me but I have a nagging thought somebody should clarify for me.. Andy Hempstein , winning or loosing it by 1 second? The tony Romingers days when it came down to the TT.. Didn't F. Schleck win in the ITT last year. Am I off ? or what... Please let the real historians tell us

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

General reaction on cyclingnews

 

[Flamin]

lol, 4 Belgians in the the top 17 GC and a stage in a tough, mountaineous stage race. Freaking long ago

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

lol, 4 Belgians in the the top 17 GC and a stage in a tough, mountaineous stage race. Freaking long ago

3 Dutchies in the top 10 of the GC with one on the podium and a stage in a freaking hard MTF finish.

Even longer ago

 

[Dedelou]

Wait! wait.. Isn't the TDS famous for very close finishes? my old memory is failing me but I have a nagging thought somebody should clarify for me.. Andy Hempstein , winning or loosing it by 1 second? The tony Romingers days when it came down to the TT.. Didn't F. Schleck win in the ITT last year. Am I off ? or what... Please let the real historians tell us

i got one : In a historical context, the last time the Tour de Suisse was decided by such a small margin was in 1987 when Andy Hampsten beat Peter Winnen by one second. ...

 

[theyoungest]

Sorry Damiano, but if you can't defend a 2 minute advantage in a 30 k TT you don't deserve to win the race. Leipie even attacked in this race (okay, after wheelsucking Cunego until 500 meters from the finish line ) so I can sort of live with it.

Kruijswijk on the podium, very nice. Watch out Gesink, he's approaching fast.

 

[Parrulo]

WOW! I must admit that anger and outrage caused me to miss this bit of info entirely.

That is impressive for the young man from Portugal!

it wasn't an anger outrage. just making fun of the natural forum bias towards english speaking riders. which is understandable

anyway oliveira is a portuguese young rider(22) that is fairly good at time trialling. he hasn't shown much climbing potential yet so i guess only time will tell what kind of rider he may become.

shame RS isn't riding the volta this year. would be cool to see him riding there as a leader

 

[The Sheep]

I think a lot of credit has to go to the race organisers.

Every stage was exciting and offered different possible finishing scenarios and it resulted in one of the closest finishes ever for a week long Tour.

Although a TTer won it - it was a lot more exciting than Tony Martin's Paris-Nice win.

Yes was a good TDS

 

[Flamin]

3 Dutchies in the top 10 of the GC with one on the podium and a stage in a freaking hard MTF finish.

Even longer ago

Did that ever happen in the first place? No, Tirreno a few years back I think? Although that was nothing compared to this Suisse.

 

[Phlakaton]

Levi doesnt "deserve" to win. You people are something. He does. He has the lowest overall time. Done.