2012 Tour de France: Stage 9: Arc-et-Senans → Besançon (ITT) (41.5 km)

[Falken]

Chava +7 at 1st split. Guess we shouldn't count out Wiggo just yet.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Cancellara's time nothing amazing to judge by Chav.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Gnomeheimer is off.

 

[Pharazon]

Chava always starts off fast, and fades... he'll be done by 1+ min at the end

 

[Bala Verde]

Gnomeheimer is off.

That was a real podium bottle.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Sagan looks back to see if he survived.

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

No way. Remember Fabian's time is flattered somewhat by Tony M. being off colour.

Apparently, he also had a puncture so he must have been going pretty well.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Sagan disappointment finish

 

[Trunnions]

BBC:

Dave Millar, who "felt good" but went slower than hoped...
Q/
"It's actually harder than the profile shows, with that little climb in the middle, For the General Classification guys, it's a really good course - if they can climb and time trial. I think for Chris Froome it's a good course and Wiggo, obviously, and Cadel Evans. I think it's not necessarily a specialist's course."
/Q

 

[TheEnoculator]

Wiggo has the work cut out for him now. In the mountains he has to think about Nibali and VDB to keep yellow, now in TT he has Cancellara to think about to keep yellow. Very rarely in a Tour you have to worry about two separate groups of people.

 

[Unkown]

Velits is killing it today.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

BBC:

Dave Millar, who "felt good" but went slower than hoped...
Q/
"It's actually harder than the profile shows, with that little climb in the middle, For the General Classification guys, it's a really good course - if they can climb and time trial. I think for Chris Froome it's a good course and Wiggo, obviously, and Cadel Evans. I think it's not necessarily a specialist's course."
/Q

I also usually feel pretty good when i'm going slow.

 

[glassmoon]

good time for Velits

 

[its like that]

BBC:

Dave Millar, who "felt good" but went slower than hoped...
Q/
"It's actually harder than the profile shows, with that little climb in the middle, For the General Classification guys, it's a really good course - if they can climb and time trial. I think for Chris Froome it's a good course and Wiggo, obviously, and Cadel Evans. I think it's not necessarily a specialist's course."
/Q

Is Cancellara classed as a specialist?

 

[Trunnions]

Wiggo has the work cut out for him now. In the mountains he has to think about Nibali and VDB to keep yellow, now in TT he has Cancellara to think about to keep yellow. Very rarely in a Tour you have to worry about two separate groups of people.

Not a problem really at this stage of the race. Let RSNT do the work, they need the PR.

 

[Marcus135]

Is Cancellara classed as a specialist?

Yes he is.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Wiggo has the work cut out for him now. In the mountains he has to think about Nibali and VDB to keep yellow, now in TT he has Cancellara to think about to keep yellow. Very rarely in a Tour you have to worry about two separate groups of people.

Yup. Wiggins to lose 14 minutes in this ITT on Fabian. Yup yup.

 

[Fetisoff]

Nice new tarmac indeed

(Can't believe noone else caught that comment on eurosport)

 

[Trunnions]

Is Cancellara classed as a specialist?

Nah, just a learner at the Trade

(He's 4 time World ITT champ.)

 

[woodburn]

52:21. Can they touch it?

 

[AtletiSK]

Sagan disappointment finish

Are you serious? I mean, he is 22, has never been good at long ITTs and in the interview after the finish, he said he took it very, very easy to save power
btw. Cancellara is a beast, great ride once again!!!

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Did Fabian puncture too? Only 10 seconds on Martin in last section?

Should be beaten really.

 

[Falken]

47.56 kph by Canc. Tough course indeed.

 

[taiwan]

I also usually feel pretty good when i'm going slow.

..........

 

[Fetisoff]

Is Cancellara classed as a specialist?

Well before this season he was about as good as Voeckler or Schlecks. But then he broke a collarbone, so doctors inserted a plate which made him way more aerodynamic and all of the sudden he's a specialist now.

Google is your friend by the way