2013 Giro D'Italia, Stage 2: Ischia - Forio, 17.4 km TTT

[FellOff]

BBC saying Pate had problem with gears, stuck on small rings?

 

[SafeBet]

Sky down to 5?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lotto 23:05

 

[Miburo]

Pate apparently had problems shifting. He could not shift to the big ring.

So he went back on the small ring? With sky you never know

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Nibali, Aru, Tira, Kess and Grudzev will be the 5 Astana riders finishing at the same time

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Sky now limited to Henao pace.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Not in the same post as saying Pate shouldn't be dropped on this course. Problem for Blanco is they are just too heavy and their climber-types aren't names you'd usually associate with a great TTT.

Gesink, Kelderman, Clement and Kruijswijk are all decent itt-ers as well

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Sky five are coming in. Passed some Lotto guy.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sky is going to finish around 22:05-22:15

 

[infeXio]

Theyre smashing it

 

[Kazistuta]

who is that big dude from saxo?

I think it's Rory Sutherland you're thinking of.

 

[spalco]

Did Sky just race past Lotto? 3 minutes in that TTT seems quite massive to me.

eta: oh, ok, only one random Lotto, I wasn't paying much attention.

 

[Ferminal]

Gesink, Kelderman, Clement and Kruijswijk are all decent itt-ers as well

Decent ITTs but none have ever really led a team to TTT greatness.

 

[Red Rick]

Alright, this sucks

 

[hfer07]

the good Ol' "shifting Issues" ... but I thought Sky's scientific approach would have foreseen this prior to races....

 

[SafeBet]

Sky with a very good time nevertheless. Cataldo first in.

 

[Publicus]

I would say this is a pretty impressive ride from the SkyBorg

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sky 22:05 47,275 km/h
Blanco 22:33
Bardiani 22:47
Saxo 22:48
AG2R 22:55
Coldeportes 23:01
Lotto 23:05
Argos 23:18

 

[Aristarchus]

22:05 for Sky, easily best so far.

 

[the sceptic]

Nice of st Brad to give Cataldo the jersey

 

[Pharazon]

Katusha only +3 on Sky at the int

 

[Gloin22]

Nice of st Brad to give Cataldo the jersey

There will be at least one team that will beat that time..

 

[iZnoGouD]

22:05 for Sky, easily best so far.

RLT will finish inside minute 21

 

[maxmartin]

Sky directeur sportif Rod Ellingworth kept things in perspective

"The course isn't as technical as people make out, but until you know things like exactly where the barriers are on the day and you've done the final recon, it won't be exactly possible to know what it’s like," Ellingworth said.

Hint: we are going to take time on all your losers

as expected, let's see how Astana and Garmin perform

 

[SafeBet]

Nice of st Brad to give Cataldo the jersey

class act, but jersey is far from a sure thing.