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

[Stetoe]

How do you guys rate de Gendt. top 10 chances for this stage?

 

[theyoungest]

Evans has said he is going to take it easy on today's stage in order to try to do something in coming stages.

He also thinks that a fall for Alberto could make it a bit more harder for his body to recover.

Evans in his current shape couldn't have done anything in this TT, so it doesn't really matter I guess.

How do you guys rate de Gendt. top 10 chances for this stage?

De Gendt is a mystery. Yesterday he was the first to get dropped from the break.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

How do you guys rate de Gendt. top 10 chances for this stage?

Based on general form I would say zero chance, but you never know with De Gendt.

From fodder to sublime only separated by a few days is his MO.

 

[Kwibus]

LOL at Contador is gonna full ***, while Froome is gonna to take a minimal risk to be fresh in the Alps. Fire further

Tomorrow it will also rain. Will be quite an descent

 

[Kwibus]

RAin starting during the afternoon. Martin certainly has a chance if he gets dry roads, while Froome is in the rain.

Rain will certainly make it interesting. I remember Mollema riding a great hilly/technical tt in Basque last year. Same for Purito.

No idea how Froome will deal with wet roads.

 

[taiwan]

JCP please

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

3 time checks plus the finish today, so they'll be able to award mountain points for the 2 fastest climbs.

 

[theyoungest]

Tony Martin just posted on his website, that he will start on a road bike and change to a tt bike for the last 10k.

Interesting to read that he will compare his performance in this TT to the GC guys, to see his potential as a GC rider. Why not just look at his performance in the actual climbing stages?

 

[wwabbit]

TT has started, looks like there is a time check added at the start of the second climb.

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/live/aso/

 

[Ruby United]

TT has started, looks like there is a time check added at the start of the second climb.

http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/live/aso/

Yep. Sky sports also says so.

 

[Opalius]

Tony won't even be en the top 20.

If he's indeed planning on changing bikes thrice, as this article suggest (http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/cykling/article2043032.ece), he must be somewhat intent on doing a good stage...

Don't know how reliable their sources are, but it will be interesting to if the GC riders will change bikes three times, and how that will will reflect the results.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

If he's indeed planning on changing bikes thrice, as this article suggest (http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/cykling/article2043032.ece), he must be somewhat intent on doing a good stage...

Don't know how reliable their sources are, but it will be interesting to if the GC riders will change bikes three times, and how that will will reflect the results.

obviously not facepalm

 

[Winnen]

All early starters have been on normal road bikes (so far...).

TM switches to his TT bike on top of the second climb (according to a dutch newspaper).

 

[Opalius]

obviously not facepalm

Noted that I don't know how reliable their sources are. However they quote Rolf Aldag, who mentions the three changes...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Noted that I don't know how reliable their sources are. However they quote Rolf Aldag, who mentions the three changes...

only one change, which is at the top of 2nd climb

 

[Pulpstar]

I bet Mr Froome sticks to a single bike.

Open up the chest for better climbing. He's barely got it open anyway with his road-bike anyway so might as well go for extra aero.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Quite a surprise results so far. Tuft loses 2 minutes on Kittel at halfway point

 

[Pulpstar]

What is the cut off % ?

 

[Sylvester]

A bike change takes at least ten seconds, so we will never see 3 voluntary bike changes in one TT.

I like this route, it seems to be really hard. Second climb: 20 minutes for Tuft!

 

[Sylvester]

What is the cut off % ?

25%, as usual in TT's.

 

[Lanark]

Peraud crashed during a training ride, now on his way to the hospital for some scans. I hope he'll be okay to start, really disappointing.

 

[jens_attacks]

3 time checks plus the finish today, so they'll be able to award mountain points for the 2 fastest climbs.

nice. in the future, i see a tour de france where the fastest ascents will be rewarded with huge money.

alpe d'huez record=100.000 euros

for today, vamos nairitooooooo

 

[manafana]

loving the extra time check,

Hivert already has huge time gaps back to lads behind him.

50mins for winner doable?

 

[Cimber]

the Inner Ring‏@inrng5m
Ag2r's Jean-Christophe Péraud, 9th overall, going to hospital for a scan after crashing during a ride this morning

****ing hell

 

[Dazed and Confused]

the Inner Ring‏@inrng5m
Ag2r's Jean-Christophe Péraud, 9th overall, going to hospital for a scan after crashing during a ride this morning

****ing hell

well, sh!t happens, but thats just terrible news for him and AG2R.