2012 Tour of California May 17 stage 5: Bakersfield ITT 29.6 km

[Cowgirlup]

Does anyone watch the backstage pass that greenEdge post on Youtube? They are doing a daily one for the tour of California.

Anyway the two Meyer brothers are having a bet among themselves to who will do better in the TT.

I know a bit about Cam Meyer on the track but don't know much about him on the road and know nearly nothing about his brother. Are they both any good at TT?

Edited to add: DOH I do actually know about Cam as a road racer, sorry brain fart. lol But still right that I know nothing about his brother.

 

[Ripper]

Time to start separating the pretenders from the contenders, at least a little bit. Also, we can start to see if anyone's been a-sandbagging

 

[tomorrow]

Velits

Velits shouldn't be forgotten too, from the finishes, he seems to be in good form. Normally, he's above average ITT-ist, even won VUELTA ITT back in 2010. And his advantage can be, that he's 12th in GC for now, so all of the ITT favourites will be starting before him.

About Sagain, i'm really looking forward to what he can do, he's won the stage finishing in bakersfield back in 2010, his first pro season. I wouldn't be that surprised, if he had best time in the final climb, both ascent and descent too(his descenting abilities are freaking good). More question is how much will he loose on the flat parts.

 

[jens_attacks]

1.levi
2.zabriskie @30 s
3.sagan @39 s
4.horner @1:00

 

[offbyone]

I believe talansky abandoned.

1)Bushe
2)Zabriskie
3)Van Garderen
4)Levi

 

[theyoungest]

I believe talansky abandoned.

1)Bushe
2)Zabriskie
3)Van Garderen
4)Levi

No he didn't, that was a mistake, corrected almost immediately.

BTW, Busche winning the TT? Is he your neighbour or something?

 

[montel]

What about the "domestic" pros.

Top 10 for someone like Ben Jacques-Maynes, or even Rory Sutherland...

1. Zabriskie
2. Durbrige
3. Talansky
4. TJ Van Garderen
5. Meyer
6. Danielson
7. Sutherland
8. Nibali
9. Ben J-M
10. C. Meyer

 

[offbyone]

No he didn't, that was a mistake, corrected almost immediately.

BTW, Busche winning the TT? Is he your neighbour or something?

Haha, yes it is probably very unlikely, but he can TT.

I didn't realize that about Talansky. He could do well in the TT. I am just looking forward to some time gaps!

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Startlist

http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/news/press/Time-Trial-Start-List.html

 

[therhodeo]

Vanborg to top 10 possibly?

 

[Angliru]

What kind of form does Bert Grabsch have? He has an excellent history in ITT's.

I'm going with:

1. Zabriskie
2. Durbridge
3. Grabsch
4. Velits

 

[Froome19]

What about the "domestic" pros.

Top 10 for someone like Ben Jacques-Maynes, or even Rory Sutherland...

1. Zabriskie
2. Durbrige
3. Talansky
4. TJ Van Garderen
5. Meyer
6. Danielson
7. Sutherland
8. Nibali
9. Ben J-M
10. C. Meyer

Sutherland crashed and hurt his hand earlier but then made an attack just before the sprint so he will probably show something.
BJM is exciting but I really dont know about his TT history.

 

[Fetisoff]

What kind of form does Bert Grabsch have? He has an excellent history in ITT's.

I'm going with:

1. Zabriskie
2. Durbridge
3. Grabsch
4. Velits

Been more like Bert Fatsch lately. Could still easily win this if he gives half a ****

 

[Jakob747]

What about the "domestic" pros.

Lawson Craddock should put on a decent performance.

Nathan Brown is good against the clock as well.

Joe Dombrowski can certainly push some watts on the flat, despite being such a tall lanky climber.

Josh Atkins - Same as J. Dombrowski - Only difference is their stature.

Carter Jones could potentially do well! Although he doesn't seem to be completely back at his old level, after his knee injury last season.

I don't think any of them will feature in the top-10 though! There is solid depth TT wise in this field.

My pick today : Andrew Talansky.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The most important question. What's the tarmac like today?

 

[Rocksteady]

What about the "domestic" pros.

Top 10 for someone like Ben Jacques-Maynes, or even Rory Sutherland...

1. Zabriskie
2. Durbrige
3. Talansky
4. TJ Van Garderen
5. Meyer
6. Danielson
7. Sutherland
8. Nibali
9. Ben J-M
10. C. Meyer

The Token U.S. Domestic top ten will be Zirbel (though I would prefer Ben J-M)

 

[Froome19]

Watch out for Tom Dumoulin, it may be a bit too long for him atm but he definitely has it within him to get a top10.

 

[Fetisoff]

1. Bottle
2. Tjallingi
3. Lulu
4. TJVG
5. Durbridge

 

[Jakob747]

What about the "domestic" pros.

Or if you mean more seasoned veterans, Scott Zwizanski or Jeremy Vennell, etc. etc. could be names follow! Tom Zirbel as well obviously. Someone of that caliber.

 

[TatryTour2013]

Last Year ITT - 25km

1. David Zabriskie (USA), Garmin-Cervélo, at 30:3592
2. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Team RadioShack, at 14
3. Tejay Van Garderen (USA), HTC-Highroad, at 40
4. Peter Velits (SVK), HTC-Highroad, at 48
5. Maarten Tjallingii (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 49
6. Christopher Horner (USA), Team RadioShack, at 51
7. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Leopard-Trek, at 53
8. Jeremy Vennell (NZL), Bissell Pro Cycling, at 59
9. Rory Sutherland (AUS), UnitedHealthcare, at 59
10. Christian Vandevelde (USA), Garmin-Cervélo, at 01:01
11. Andrew Talansky (USA), Garmin-Cervélo, at 01:10
12. Danny Pate (USA), HTC-Highroad, at 01:10
13. Tom Danielson (USA), Garmin-Cervélo, at 01:13
14. Peter Sagan (SVK), Liquigas-Doimo, at 01:15
15. Linus Gerdemann (GER), Leopard-Trek, at 01:27

Not so bad performance by Peter Sagan last year ...

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Who will win the first stage tonight so?

I see what you did there. my bad

 

[benpounder]

Agreed that Levi is a question mark. But looking at the start times, I'm wondering how the early start times of some of the better ITT cyclists may affect the outcome? Furthermore, with Hincapie starting so late (thirteenth from last), I think he may surprise...

 

[Kwibus]

Gesink to do surprisingly well in the time trail only to do surprisingly bad on the MTF.

Definately this

 

[Kwibus]

1. Bottle
2. Tjallingi
3. Lulu
4. TJVG
5. Durbridge

What? Do you think Rabo decided to 'prepare' their riders better from now on?

 

[Fetisoff]

What? Do you think Rabo decided to 'prepare' their riders better from now on?

Yeah, you're right, you're right. It should actually be TJVG - 3rd, LuLu - 4th