2013 Tour de France, stage 17: Embrun / Chorges 32 km (ITT)

[Cyivel]

TDG 2nd, 12s down.

 

[hoerpi]

Does anyone now the current weather status, not a forcast but how it is right now.

 

[classicomano]

De Gendt went boom. Lost 42 seconds to Westra in the last part.

 

[cycladianpirate]

LeTour site saying Westra used a TT bike

 

[Pentacycle]

TDG second. Pure bluff.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

when is the supposed rain going to start?

 

[Sylvester]

you don't seem to understand teh fact that 80% of the riders don't do an itt fdull. therefore your assumptions based on the first itt are already wrong. today lower placed riders all took ti easy as well, save a few

We'll see. I say Kreuziger will be nowhere near 52:30 on this course, Talansky will be nowhere near 52:00 and Ten Dam won't do 52:30 either. That's all.

 

[Bakhjulet]

Taaramäe 2nd last time check, won't be enough to beat Westra I guess.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

We'll see. I say Kreuziger will be nowhere near 52:30 on this course, Talansky will be nowhere near 52:00 and Ten Dam won't do 52:30 either. That's all.

of course not because it will rain like mad

 

[Liquigas]

So it's just a matter of will is it?

Well, looking at his first time split, he doesn't give a shït about it.

 

[King Boonen]

when is the supposed rain going to start?

2 pm.

10 char.

 

[classicomano]

Taaramäe 2nd last time check, won't be enough to beat Westra I guess.

Martin is the only one to gain time on Westra on the last part, so probably not.

 

[murali]

another sad day for sagan fans

 

[King Boonen]

No feed. Road bikes I'm assuming?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

2 pm.

10 char.

it's already 8 minutes over that

 

[Cyivel]

Rob Hayles saying Froome might change bikes at the top of the 2nd climb

 

[sultanofhyd]

another sad day for sagan fans

What? Does anyone really think Sagan can do two cat-2 climbs faster than any decent GC contender?

 

[Pulpstar]

This bike changing business is a bit like F1 and pit stop strategy lol.

 

[classicomano]

No feed. Road bikes I'm assuming?

Westra did it all on his TT bike.

 

[King Boonen]

it's already 8 minutes over that

Let the Met office know.

 

[tomorrow]

What? Does anyone really think Sagan can do two cat-2 climbs faster than any decent GC contender?

no, he most certainly can't, but together with the descend, he could make top 15 or better I guess if he wanted.

 

[JimPanzen]

Rob Hayles saying Froome might change bikes at the top of the 2nd climb

I thought the second decent is tricky. Wouldn't it be better to stay on the normal road bike?

 

[King Boonen]

Westra did it all on his TT bike.

Thanks. Sounds like others are changing bikes. Might be sensible for the final descent.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Sagan just had to do the fastest descent

 

[tomorrow]

lol, sagan made 27s on de gent on the descent, pretty curious about the next split, he could have been saving some strenghts for the second climb, but that's only my dream