2012 World Championships, Men Individual Time Trial: 45.7Km

[Miburo]

Huitchinson just rode the tt and says he thinks it will suite The Great One.

Let's hope he has the legs lol

I wonder if Contador will go all out on the first part.

What is brajkovic's time?

Edit: found it, pretty bad, damn...

 

[TomasC]

The winner just started.

 

[Cimber]

it should be dry from now on I think

Ye it does look alot better bu showers seem to be a risk all afternoon:

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/Valkenburg+NLXX0476:1:NL

http://www.yr.no/place/Netherlands/South_Holland/Valkenburg/hour_by_hour.html

 

[JimPanzen]

TJVG obviously willing to take some risk judging from his first meters.

 

[Afrank]

Dowsett second fastest, was 12th at first checkpoint, and 6th at 2nd checkpoint.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I was standing on the roadside at the last climb of that stage. I saw how Haussler climbed and I saw Chavanel. He bonked.

on topic: really hoping for a good ride for Larsson. He's good at championships and this course should suit him

I'm talking about the downhil here. there chavanel lost all the time

 

[Fidolix]

what a lame coverage. The worst tv production of a TT I ever seen.

 

[The Hitch]

mmm hutchinson says that whoever wins probably is not going to post the fastest timechecks at first and will excell on the 2nd half.

Didnt the norwegian who won juniors win like that?

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Gruzdev first so far and Kessiakoff starts.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Who is the jerk in the blue jacket?

 

[The Hitch]

Both Hutchinson and Kelly say they put their money on Contador, because the course is too tough for Martin.

Werent Grenoble and Paris nice tts last year quite hard?

 

[DominicDecoco]

mmm hutchinson says that whoever wins probably is not going to post the fastest timechecks at first and will excell on the 2nd half.

Didnt the norwegian who won juniors win like that?

Yes. Svendsen gained over 20 seconds or something like that on the last part.

 

[The Hitch]

Here we go.

 

[The Hitch]

Yes. Gained 20+ seconds on the last part.

Yeah. Then again Arndt yesterday just blew everyone from the start. Her performance is one of the big reason why i half expect her compatriot to do likewise today.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Toooooooooooooooooonyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Alllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Miburo]

Both Hutchinson and Kelly say they put their money on Contador, because the course is too tough for Martin.

Werent Grenoble and Paris nice tts last year quite hard?

Different Martin there and Contador wasn't 100% in grenoble aswell so hard to compare those.

 

[Afrank]

Both Hutchinson and Kelly say they put their money on Contador, because the course is too tough for Martin.

Werent Grenoble and Paris nice tts last year quite hard?

Paris Nice TT had a nice big steady climb in the middle, Grenoble was kinda lumpy but had no really big climbs. I think this course looks harder than Grenoble though.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Yeah. Then again Arndt yesterday just blew everyone from the start. Her performance is one of the big reason why i half expect her compatriot to do likewise today.

It's definitely the only way to win it for ze Germans today.

 

[Antianti]

Very slow times from real competitors. Westra, Castroviejo down ~50 sec at first intermediate

 

[Hugo Koblet]

From Danish television: it's currently dry in the goal area, but the weather forecast says that it could potentially begin raining again from 16.00.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Both Hutchinson and Kelly say they put their money on Contador, because the course is too tough for Martin.

Werent Grenoble and Paris nice tts last year quite hard?

Not really.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Chavanel couldn't beat Gruzdev's time at first mark.

 

[sultanofhyd]

Well done Kiryienka! Gained a lot on the Cauberg.

 

[Antianti]

Burbridge ~40 sec down at first

 

[Hugo Koblet]

First "real" test now. Van Garderen.