2013 Tour de France, stage 11: Avranches - Mont-Saint-Michelle 33km (ITT)

[tweak37]

1' 20" down for porte. I was right, he slowed.

What are you talking about man, he was extremely consistent compared to Martin.

1rst part (9,5 km) -> 25" slower than TM
2nd part (12,5 km) -> 29" slower than TM
3rd part (11 km) -> 27" slower than TM

 

[sjonnie]

1' 20" down for porte. I was right, he slowed.

He lost 25' in the first 9.5km, 29' in the next 12.5km and 27' in the last 11km. That's consistently slower.

 

[Publicus]

Not watching, but just popping in for final confirmation that the age of Contador is over. Has it arrived yet?

You are about 45 minutes early for your schadenfraude.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

first time im watching belgian tv this tour instead of Eurosport (because here the image stays black..pff) and after 10 minutes i hate wuyts already again

Hope they fire him and make Renaat Schotte 1st commentator soon. My god..

I can hardly imagine it can be anywhere near as agrivating as listening for 5 seconds to Mart Smeets.

Just watch a different channel and don't bother people with your personal bias.

 

[del1962]

1' 20" down for porte. I was right, he slowed.

He didnt slow as first point was 9.5, then 22, then 33

So if we do 11/9.5 * 25, we get a predicted first third at 29
The second third at 54 - 29 = 25
And final third at 27

 

[tomorrow]

so sagan might eventually get some points? Who'se there to contest him? Chava, Kwiatkowski, Alberto, Froome, maybe Evans, Martin, Rogers, very big maybe Kreuziger, anybody else?

 

[Broth3r]

What's Evans mad with?

Also, Eurosport HD seems to be back... with British commentary. Lol.

Still better than Marco Chagas.

 

[Lanark]

I can hardly imagine it can be anywhere near as agrivating as listening for 5 seconds to Mart Smeets.
.

Neither can I, but Smeets hasn't done live commentating in some time now.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Come on Cadel!!!!

 

[wwabbit]

What are you talking about man, he was extremely consistent compared to Martin.

1rst part (9,5 km) -> 25" slower than TM
2nd part (12,5 km) -> 29" slower than TM
3rd part (11 km) -> 27" slower than TM

It's almost like Sky has stolen Tony Martin's SRM numbers, subtracted a constant number, and told Richie Porte what precise numbers to ride to...

 

[Pippo_San]

The discussion over the consistency in losing time from Martin must be the epitome of this forum.

 

[The Hitch]

You are about 45 minutes early for your schadenfraude.

oh Damn, I thought gc guys started at 4 o'clock cet. Looks like 4 o'clock gmt.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink at 3'09

I think it's realistic if Mollema finishes around that time. Maybe 2'30 to Froome..

 

[auscyclefan94]

Andy Schleck was ****ting himself.

 

[DenisMenchov]

Not watching, but just popping in for final confirmation that the age of Contador is over. Has it arrived yet?

Really expect someone to believe in that?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Great cornering by Cadel!

 

[del1962]

Gesink at 3'09

I think it's realistic if Mollema finishes around that time. Maybe 2'30 to Froome..

Dificult to say as Gesink hasn't got GC to ride for, and does not have form of Mollema.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dificult to say as Gesink hasn't got GC to ride for, and does not have form of Mollema.

but is a better time trial specialist

 

[roundabout]

Go, J-C. Not really a TT for him, but I still hope he can scrape into the top-10.

 

[murali]

I think I should clarify.

For a rider of porte's caliber, it seemed as if he was not intent on beating TM's time. He was consistently slowing down across all the 3 sectors. The Porte that i respect might have lost time in first check, but he would not have lost by a similar margin in the second 2 sectors.

Bad choice of word: "slowed" sorry.

 

[roundabout]

woohoo, Evans got a whole car to draft behind

 

[auscyclefan94]

woohoo, Evans got a whole car to draft behind

Good news!!

 

[del1962]

Kwiatkowski's up next, should be interesting to see how he does

 

[BigMac]

What's Evans mad with?

Also, Eurosport HD seems to be back... with British commentary. Lol.

Still better than Marco Chagas.

I know right... Hate those two. In facebook Paulo Martins says portuguese commentary is comming in the next minutes.

 

[manafana]

It's almost like Sky has stolen Tony Martin's SRM numbers, subtracted a constant number, and told Richie Porte what precise numbers to ride to...

now that made me laugh, imagine if in exchange tony got help with his marginal gains.

hope your enjoiying what is just a fantastic piece of france.