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

[Bavarianrider]

Martin to leave in 2 minutes.
Come on Tony, beat the pain and hammer down!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Falken]

Time for Panzerwagen. Come on Martin!

 

[ingsve]

Westra +10 at 2nd split, guess he won't beat his teammate Larsson today.

Guess who just did beat his team mate...Westra takes the lead by 10.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Uhhh Westra had a great last part!

 

[Falken]

Haha! Westra turned it around, he beat Larsson by 10 seconds! Nice finish Westra.

 

[Danilot]

Impressive Westra over the last stretch of the TT.

 

[Tony Martin brute hero]

Fingers crossed now for Tony

 

[Falken]

Guess who just did beat his team mate...Westra takes the lead by 10.

Well who would have thought that he would take 20 seconds in the last 10k when he lost time to Larsson between 1st and 2nd split. Nicely done Westra.

 

[Yingge]

Looks like the starting times have been altered, presumably due to 3 OPQ riders out of 4 in succession:

Pineau - due out 11:51, but left at 11:50 (one minute behind the previous rider)
Grabsch - due/left 11:53 - 3 minute gap
Cummings (BMC) at 11:55
Martin at 11:57

Wonder how OPQ go for having a car to follow each.

 

[Tony Martin brute hero]

Looks like the starting times have been altered, presumably due to 3 OPQ riders out of 4 in succession:

Pineau - due out 11:51, but left at 11:50 (one minute behind the previous rider)
Grabsch - due/left 11:53 - 3 minute gap
Cummings (BMC) at 11:55
Martin at 11:57

Wonder how OPQ go for having a car to follow each.

If they have only two cars they will follow Martin and Grabsch obviously

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

A shame Westra was al ready so far down on the GC.....

 

[Ruudz0r]

DZ with a terrible time @ first checkpoint

 

[Falken]

Zabriskie +1.01 at 1st split.

 

[dlwssonic]

There is only one fabian cancellara, he will take this stage. He has been looking super strong.
The course must be pretty hard and technical like langeveld said.
Even brice feillu did quite well here!

 

[Falken]

Guess Garmin-Sharp just want the rest day to come. Millar +1.29 at finish...

 

[dlwssonic]

how will the weather be today?

 

[dlwssonic]

Ochowiz expects cadel to lose less than a minute to wiggins.
I think he will do a great ride today, its technical and quite hard.
Although I believe he TTs better in the third week.

 

[screaming fist]

Tony without cast

 

[Yingge]

how will the weather be today?

According to LeTour, Sunny, scattered clouds, light wind, 21c.

Doesnt say what the forecast for the next 5 hours is though.

 

[JA.Tri]

Tony Martin will try his guts out but the fractured scaphoid will compromise his braking/handling with significant impact on his time.

Fabian to win...with weather providing welcome assistance (just my guess).

 

[UlleGigo]

I hope that delightful chap Wiggins does well. If he needs any advice before this important stage I think he need look no further than his own advice when he said, '**** **** and **** *********** you ****'. Truly inspirational stuff.

Wiggins can also draw inspiration from his wife's advice when she said, '******* ***** can **** in **** then **** because **** ******* *************'.

Inspiration is always right around the corner in the Wiggins household.

 

[Danilot]

Guess Garmin-Sharp just want the rest day to come. Millar +1.29 at finish...

Well, he did get into a breakaway yesterday.

 

[The Sheep]

Tony doing well

 

[Falken]

There you go! Martin takes the lead by 13 seconds at 1st split!

 

[classicomano]

Martin SMASH!