2013 Giro d'Italia Stage 8: Gabicce Mare - Saltara 54,8 km ITT

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Blanco are hedging their bets. Gesink and Kruijswijk will start on an aero road bike, Kelderman will ride a TT bike.

hmm for a 55km itt like this i'd chose a full TT bike any time. Hope they aren't ruining things here
Then again, you could make a big difference in that last little climb with a lighter bike. 20/30 seconds even

 

[Bavarianrider]

Tweet from yesterday

Taylor Phinney‏@taylorphinney17u
Welp. I made it through today's brutality! Looking forward to the TT, not entirely sure what to expect but I will give it my all regardless!

Thanks

 

[Bavarianrider]

hmm for a 55km itt like this i'd chose a full TT bike any time. Hope they aren't ruining things here
Then again, you could make a big difference in that last little climb with a lighter bike. 20/30 seconds even

No way in hell.
Maybe 5-10, not more.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Blanco are hedging their bets. Gesink and Kruijswijk will start on an aero road bike, Kelderman will ride a TT bike.

Lol roadbikes, Blanco never disapoints in delevering a comedy fail

 

[burning]

If road bikes are better, why the f*ck Kelderman is using a TT bike

or I think Gesink is too afraid to take corners with a TT bike

 

[theyoungest]

Lol roadbikes, Blanco never disapoints in delevering a comedy fail

It's not a regular road bike. It's the Propel, somewhere in the middle between a TT bike and a road bike. The advantage is that it's lighter, Giant's TT bikes are notoriously heavy.

hmm for a 55km itt like this i'd chose a full TT bike any time. Hope they aren't ruining things here
Then again, you could make a big difference in that last little climb with a lighter bike. 20/30 seconds even

Yeah, there are some real power parts in this TT where you could really use a TT bike.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It's not a road bike. The propel is some sort of intermediate bike. It's way more aerodynamic then a road bike, but not a full itt bike, lot lighter.

Like theyoungest just said.

 

[icefire]

TT bike with low profile rims and road bike with high profile rims. I miss the other two combinations

 

[Bavarianrider]

Only 2 time checks, one of them very close to the finish

 

[Popchu]

What's the best liveticker for this TT? I would like to see a ticker with the intermediate times. I know letour.fr always has a good ticker for time trials, but this isn't le Tour of course.

Only 2 time checks, one of them very close to the finish

I like the last time check. It's just before the last ramp. But yeah, a third time check would be a lot better.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Only 2 time checks, one of them very close to the finish

yeah that's typical italian. Anyway if it doesn't rain wiggins will get his advantage back. The rest of the contenders are going to finish pretty close to eachother, but far from wiggins.

If it rains however... massacre

 

[gerundium]

Blanco are hedging their bets. Gesink and Kruijswijk will start on an aero road bike, Kelderman will ride a TT bike.

smart setup in my opinion. It isn't a road bike + clip ons. They actually built these up with a proper TT handlebar. This could work out very well for them. The steep seat tube on a dedicated TT bike makes it really crappy in technical sections AND climbing. Especially for someone who isn't as comfortable in the technical sections going with a really aero road bike built up with dedicated TT components should be > dedicated TT bike with steep seat tube.

 

[SafeBet]

yeah that's typical italian. Anyway if it doesn't rain wiggins will get his advantage back. The rest of the contenders are going to finish pretty close to eachother, but far from wiggins.

If it rains however... massacre

thing is weather conditions may change in late afternoon with showers over the whole area.

 

[MrTea1976]

Does anyone fancy Alex Dowsett to make the top 10 today?

I think he'll top 5. But maybe that's just 'cos I like him.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

will we have any live times? I couldn't find them for the ttt and they had them every yea,r but in general the giro page on gazzetta has become horrible so I don';t know

 

[thehog]

To be honest all/most of the corners in the first part are mostly gentle.

The most technical corner I could find:

Good place to bury a dead body.

 

[Winnen]

I am surprised that Gesink is not on the full TT bike. Is there information on what the other GC riders choose as a setup for today?

I expect a good Wiggins but not superb. So I voted for a 1 - 1.30 time difference.

I hope to see a strong Clement, Kelderman and Hesjedal. I do not expect Nibali to be improved significantly compared to previous years. Gesink around place 15, because every time when I think he can do better, he fails.

 

[Magnus]

Blanco are hedging their bets. Gesink and Kruijswijk will start on an aero road bike, Kelderman will ride a TT bike.

One of their riders had the same set-up (aero road-bike with tt bars) in the ttt.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

One of their riders had the same set-up (aero road-bike with tt bars) in the ttt.

That was Kruijswijk

 

[Gloin22]

Is there a live TT ticker somewhere ?

 

[zalacain]

Is there a live TT ticker somewhere ?

http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2013/it/diretta-tempo-reale/index.shtml?t=08&lang=en

 

[jens_attacks]

how is the weather now?

will we see the full bionic wiggo?

in how many kms will he catch danilo? i go for 10 kms

 

[Bavarianrider]

Timing not working

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2013/it/diretta-tempo-reale/index.shtml?t=08&lang=en

no live times?

 

[jens_attacks]

predicted average time by gazzetta specialists 1 hour and 5 minutes..that would be 50,58 km/h

yeah right. put more ten minutes and you are close