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

[Trunnions]

52:21. Can they touch it?

Gentlemen, we are into the final twenty riders...

 

[Fetisoff]

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!!!

Yep. Saving power for the rest day.

 

[iZnoGouD]

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!!!

was expecting a wheelie or something

 

[webvan]

Rogers pretty decent, same time as Tony, Sky to get yellow helmets back.

 

[Falken]

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

Should be beaten really.

He only took 6 seconds on Westra! Probably tired a bit.

 

[Morbius]

There will be a few people who can beat an injured Martin by 19sec, so within 1 min of Canc

 

[hoerpi]

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

Should be beaten really.

Wasn't the puncture for Martin inside the first 10 km?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Rogers pretty decent, same time as Tony, Sky to get yellow helmets back.

A shade disappointing, hopefully he's riding himself in to it if this is a full gas effort, certainly relative to Chav & Velits.

 

[Tony Martin brute hero]

Wasn't the puncture for Martin inside the first 10 km?

Yes after 5 k

 

[AtletiSK]

Yep. Saving power for the rest day.

saving power for the remaining stages of course... what whould´ve changed for him if he had gone full gas and lost 3:30 instead of 6:00? on Cance??? nothing

 

[Trunnions]

What happened to DZ?

 

[El Pistolero]

A shade disappointing, hopefully he's riding himself in to it if this is a full gas effort, certainly relative to Chav & Velits.

Lol Rogers is not nearly as talented as you seem to think. I'm surprised this guy is a three/two time world champion time trial in the first place.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

What happened to DZ?

He's racing clean.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

That Time RXR TT bike is the bomb.

 

[Unkown]

Frank Schleck about to start, 3 minutes?

 

[Fetisoff]

Frank Schleck about to start, 3 minutes?

I'd say at least 4, probably more like 5

 

[Unkown]

I'd say at least 4, probably more like 5

I don't want him to lose to much because he might just give up in the mountains. But your probably right.

 

[Falken]

Chavanel holding on quiet well. Proves that Canc hasn't done a super remarkable ride. Wiggo should be able to challange Canc today.

 

[aspider]

I think Wiggins is going to kill the time of Spartacus

 

[Trunnions]

I'd say at least 4, probably more like 5

I wonder if Bruyneel has his TV tuned in...
Or weeding his cabbages?

 

[Fetisoff]

I don't want him to lose to much because he might just give up in the mountains. But your probably right.

His body language says he's already given up.
That's why I think he's going to lose so much, he's capable of only losing 2:30 - 3 minutes if going absolutely all out, but I just don't think he'll do that, it's Frank freaking Schleck after all

 

[Bala Verde]

Schleck to lose how much time?

place your bets.....

 

[iZnoGouD]

I think Wiggins is going to kill the time of Spartacus

Evans will

 

[Warhawk]

Schleck to lose how much time?

place your bets.....

4:12.

 

[Fetisoff]

I think he's more concerned with making sure Jakob Fulglslang doesn't somehow, by mistake, show up on a start list of another world tour race

(Which is stupid in it's own, because if I'm not mistaken he got more points from winning Austria than he would have from getting 15-20 at TDF)