2012 Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 7:San Benedetto del Tronto: 9,3 km ITT

[Ryo Hazuki]

kreuziger :rofl: what an idiot. I really wonder what goes on in his head the entire week. eh ride like the biggest coward and then he fails so hard in the itt that everyone saw comign as he's so overrated in everything especially itt

 

[skidmark]

Final classification:

1 - Nibali
2 - Horner 14"
3 - Kreuziger 26"
4 - Nocentini 53"
5 - Hoogerland 1'00"
6 - Rodriguez 1'16"
7 - Scarponi 1'16"
8 - Poels 1'25"
9 - Riblon 1'31"
10 - Meyer 1'33'

Whoa Rodriguez gained a spot in the TT?

Katusha, better rethink your Tour team...

 

[Flamin]

For Horner and Kreuziger that would have meant they have to gain back time on Cancellara to beat Nibali.

Not really. Horner could still have lost 8" on Cancellara in the second part.

 

[Parrulo]

how far behind canc did nibali end up?

i would really consider this itt an indication of his time trial improvements as short itt's have always been something he has been good at, i would like to see his performance on a longer one before any conclusions. his climbing tho seems to have improved a bit tho, horner's and RK failures in the itt don't mean they weren't any good at the mountains.

 

[roundabout]

How far back was Riblon before today?

It seems with him whenever he is climbing well his TT goes bad and the opposite.

 

[TeoSheva]

Purito was better than Scarponi.

I think there is an error... not joking

 

[Bavarianrider]

Seriously what happened to Horner and Kreuziger today. O mean they didn't just lose, they showed a pathetic performance. Really strange

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Whoa Rodriguez gained a spot in the TT?

Katusha, better rethink your Tour team...

scarponi just rode a very bad itt

 

[El Pistolero]

Someone needs to make a thread about who's the best cyclist: Gesink or Nibali.

 

[BillytheKid]

kreuziger :rofl: what an idiot. I really wonder what goes on in his head the entire week. eh ride like the biggest coward and then he fails so hard in the itt that everyone saw comign as he's so overrated in everything especially itt

He look really uncomfortable on TT bike as compared to Nibali being dialed in. A good comparison of position on TT bike. RK was a little upright catching air...
and going into the red.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Seriously what happened to Horner and Kreuziger today. O mean they didn't just lose, they showed a pathetic performance. Really strange

none of them are very good in itt/ horner is also not great tit rider and he's never been. on longer courses he's better and don';t even get me started on kreuziger who sucks in every itt form except mountain itt a bit. his itt today was as pathetic as his racing this entire week

 

[royalpig180]

TA definitely has the greatest trophy in cycling... short of the PR cobblestone maybe.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

how far behind canc did nibali end up?

i would really consider this itt an indication of his time trial improvements as short itt's have always been something he has been good at, i would like to see his performance on a longer one before any conclusions. his climbing tho seems to have improved a bit tho, horner's and RK failures in the itt don't mean they weren't any good at the mountains.

Nibali's time is 4 seconds faster than Gesink was last year. So he's about that level...

 

[The Hitch]

Someone needs to make a thread about who's the best cyclist: Gesink or Nibali.

That would be entertaining.

 

[spalco]

how far behind canc did nibali end up?

20 seconds - probably more than he can afford to lose in the Tour and still get on the podium (adjusted for TT kms).

 

[cineteq]

Someone needs to make a thread about who's the best cyclist: Gesink or Nibali.

I'm all for that, go ahead and open one!

 

[Zam_Olyas]

none of them are very good in itt/ horner is also not great tit rider and he's never been. on longer courses he's better and don';t even get me started on kreuziger who sucks in every itt form except mountain itt a bit. his itt today was as pathetic as his racing this entire week

Yes.. Kreuziger won 2008 tour de suisse tt which was not flat.

 

[BillytheKid]

Horner really dejected. He underestimated Nibali.

 

[The Hitch]

Kronplatz crown

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Well Horner was 45th in the time trial. That has nothing to do with underrating Nibali but overrating himself.

Ofcourse, 8 months without competition might do that with him

 

[The Sheep]

TA definitely has the greatest trophy in cycling... short of the PR cobblestone maybe.

toledo sword is also awesome

 

[hrotha]

none of them are very good in itt/ horner is also not great tit rider and he's never been. on longer courses he's better and don';t even get me started on kreuziger who sucks in every itt form except mountain itt a bit. his itt today was as pathetic as his racing this entire week

Not that I had much faith on Kreuziger, but overrated as he is, surely he should at least have managed a top 30 or something like that. This is almost as if he came in the autobus in a mountain stage.

 

[Forunculo]

Nibali a favourite at Tour too?

 

[The Hitch]

TA definitely has the greatest trophy in cycling... short ]of the PR cobblestone

Kronplatz