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

[Pentacycle]

hmm, awful tt-ing? Yet it was his best ever long grand tour ITT...

You're right it was his best ever long TT, but I described the way it looked, not the performance itself.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink never, and i mean never, looked good in an ITT.

He will never become a fluid stylist.
What matters is power output to the bike. He tried a more fluent style in 2010, which turned out horrible (worst ITT performances in his career in suisse and TDF)

 

[maxmartin]

“It wasn’t a hard decision," he said of his move. "I enjoyed my time with Sky and for my first two years as a pro it was the best place to be, but I wasn’t in the big races and I couldn’t see me getting in.

"Movistar wanted me and, more importantly, they wanted to put me into the big races," he added. "I’m very grateful to the team; they rested me as much as they could before this stage, and I’m glad to repay then for their faith in me."

Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...wsett-takes-his-maiden-win.aspx#ixzz2T1e5ilsv

SMART

 

[auscyclefan94]

Gesink never, and i mean never, looked good in an ITT.

He will never become a fluid stylist.
What matters is power output to the bike. He tried a more fluent style in 2010, which turned out horrible (worst ITT performances in his career in suisse and TDF)

I remember that. The great time triallist Steve Morabito beat him.

Gesink or Santa?

Santa is no real threat imo in a 3 week event. Gesink would be annoyed but clearly it is a slip of the tongue by Vincenzo.

ll Delfino Tricolore

I am sure jens_attacks has already mentioned Nibali missing The Killer as a threat

I meant earlier in the race, on previous stages. His TT performance today was above all expectations, indicating that he is in super shape.

And about your comment, i think the only thing we can see from these results of the last little climb is that maybe Hesjedal and Uran dug too deep and that may come back to haunt them later in the race.

And, ofc, that Evans is in super shape, which is usually the case until we hit serious mountains. Except that once...

Evans is in good shape, but I think he has ridden himself into some form.

How would he know what wind the earlier riders had, did he ride the course twice?

People on the course, teammates, weather reports, general observations, etc.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Gesink and Evans are still largely unknown in regards to form in the mountains. At this point nibbles is the obvious favourite.

Wiggo you'd back to come good.

Can't remember gesink having such a good first week (with a ttt and 50k + itt) , hopefully for him he can deliver in the mountains.

 

[HOTDOG]

2nd part times:

kangert 37:02 1:19:20 => 32:18
wiggins 37:12 1:09:37 => 32:25
henao 36:47 1:10:05 => 33:18
kelderman 37:45 1:11:06 => 33:21
scarponi 36:50 1:10:16 => 33:26
evans 36:42 1:10:11 => 33:29
nibali 36:12 1:09:45 => 33:33
gesink 37:01 1:10:36 => 33:35
uran 37:02 1:10:37 => 33:35
sanchez 38:19 1:12:28 => 34:09
pozzovivo 37:51 1:12:00 => 34:09
hesjedal 37:03 1:11:22 => 34:19
santambrogio 38:04 1:13:23 => 35:19

So basically, Nibali won nearly all his time on Scarponi/Gesink/Evans in the first part.

where did you (or anyone else) find the split times of such riders as Sanchez, Pozzovivo and Santambrogio?

 

[auscyclefan94]

where did you (or anyone else) find the split times of such riders as Sanchez, Pozzovivo and Santambrogio?

People like me like to write down the split times. There was also a live ticker recording the times.

Gesink and Evans are still largely unknown in regards to form in the mountains. At this point nibbles is the obvious favourite.

Wiggo you'd back to come good.

Can't remember gesink having such a good first week (with a ttt and 50k + itt) , hopefully for him he can deliver in the mountains.

If he is time trialling well, then he will climb well. Just how well is the question.

 

[SafeBet]

If he is time trialling well, then he will climb well. Just how well is the question.

That's not been the case in recent years (if you're talking about Bobby).

 

[auscyclefan94]

That's not been the case in recent years (if you're talking about Bobby).

I was more referring to Evans, but Gesink has given me the same feeling this time around.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Don't agree with that logic tbh.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Don't agree with that logic tbh.

Gesinks time on the last climb was also the 6th fastest, only evans, wiggo, pozzovivo, scarponi and nibali were faster.
Ofcourse such a short climb is normally not an indicator for long climbs, but we all know Gesink sucks more on short climbs

 

[Ruudz0r]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...N3FoV1diNW9Cd2s4UkE3WjVhTUE&usp=sharing#gid=0

There is a nice overview of all split times of all riders.

First colum - 1st intermediate
2nd Colum - Total of 1st + 2nd intermediate
3rd colum - finish time
4rd colum - only the 2nd part
5th colum - only the 3rd part (the climb)

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...N3FoV1diNW9Cd2s4UkE3WjVhTUE&usp=sharing#gid=0

There is a nice overview of all split times of all riders.

First colum - 1st intermediate
2nd Colum - Total of 1st + 2nd intermediate
3rd colum - finish time
4rd colum - only the 2nd part
5th colum - only the 3rd part (the climb)

Muchos gracias!

 

[Panda Claws]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...N3FoV1diNW9Cd2s4UkE3WjVhTUE&usp=sharing#gid=0

There is a nice overview of all split times of all riders.

First colum - 1st intermediate
2nd Colum - Total of 1st + 2nd intermediate
3rd colum - finish time
4rd colum - only the 2nd part
5th colum - only the 3rd part (the climb)

Great! Thank you for sharing that.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Passing Serpa, which I guess means we can classify Serpa's ITT skills as toxic and he can join Mikel Nieve and Ezequiel Mosquera in that category.

what?

serpa's itt is really good. see last years giro alone. he has won at least 20 itt's in his career

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

To be fair to Wigans, he crashed and had a mechanical, and he seemed to do ******-all since the Olympics through winter.

of coruse wigigns didn't crash. if he had we would';ve sene it. my god. can't believe by reading these posts now. we saw eveyr fart wigigns did in the itt and not the crash? yeah right. he only had a mechnical that cost him 10-15 seconds max. he just did a horrible downhil and great 2nd part despite the wind change

 

[theyoungest]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...N3FoV1diNW9Cd2s4UkE3WjVhTUE&usp=sharing#gid=0

There is a nice overview of all split times of all riders.

First colum - 1st intermediate
2nd Colum - Total of 1st + 2nd intermediate
3rd colum - finish time
4rd colum - only the 2nd part
5th colum - only the 3rd part (the climb)

Henao doing surprisingly well on the flat. Now how could that be

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Henao doing surprisingly well on the flat. Now how could that be

he improved his itt tremendously. good on him using sky's expertise and leaving them after this year

 

[Miburo]

he improved his itt tremendously. good on him using sky's expertise and leaving them after this year

Yea look how great Rogers is doing

 

[theyoungest]

he improved his itt tremendously. good on him using sky's expertise and leaving them after this year

In this case he was riding a two man TT with Kelderman. That's how he did so well on the flat, no other reason.

 

[taiwan]

Garate

Top 20 on the stage, and with a top 10 split in the flat section.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

but we all know Gesink sucks more on short climbs

Going by last year's Vuelta I'd say short climbs suit him much better.

 

[Netserk]

Top 20 on the stage, and with a top 10 split in the flat section.

The back-up plan, if all the Dutchies should crash out.

You never know

 

[hrotha]

of coruse wigigns didn't crash. if he had we would';ve sene it. my god. can't believe by reading these posts now. we saw eveyr fart wigigns did in the itt and not the crash? yeah right. he only had a mechnical that cost him 10-15 seconds max. he just did a horrible downhil and great 2nd part despite the wind change

Huh. First of all, that was posted in the middle of the stage, at a time when the best info we had said he had crashed. Secondly, it was a ****ing joke about his partying hard and smoking and what not after the Olympics.

 

[Netserk]

It was rai radio that thought he had crashed. The rai channel denied it. So did Sky after the stage.