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

[Panda Claws]

Contador to break Mollema

 

[cyclogenesis]

TT or normal road bikes?

Any answers to this? Do you think they will use TT bikes? Roadies or swap out as some did on the Dauphine?

 

[Netserk]

I think they'll use road bikes with TT-bars.

Contador will win.

Froome will crash in the first descent.

 

[Hugo87]

I think they'll use road bikes with TT-bars.

Contador will win.

Froome will crash in the first descent.

Froome to do "a Rasmussen" ?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Froome to gain at least a minute. The only drama left is for 2nd and 3rd overall.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

more important question, will it rain and when

 

[RiccoDinko]

Costa top 5? Or used all gas today

 

[Bavarianrider]

1.Dawg
2. Tony
3. de Gendt

 

[Bavarianrider]

TT or normal road bikes?

Don't think anyone will ride a TT bike.

Gaps won't be big at all.
Froome will win by a minute, but behind him it'll be close. Simply too short for real damages.

 

[Netserk]

more important question, will it rain and when

It will rain.

 

[murali]

which way is wind blowing? will wind make a difference?

 

[RiccoDinko]

Purito Top 5, that's crazy, lucky if he's in top 20.

 

[Miburo]

It will rain.

Nice (source?) and apperently the descent is really tricky. Tony Martin said that.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Are the starting times already published?

 

[wwabbit]

Don't think anyone will ride a TT bike.
Gaps won't be big at all.
Froome will win by a minute, but behind him it'll be close. Simply too short for real damages.

At 32km, it is just 1km shorter than the first ITT.
I'd expect finish time to be slightly longer than the first ITT, considering the nature of the course.

 

[Bavarianrider]

At 32km, it is just 1km shorter than the first ITT.
I'd expect finish time to be slightly longer than the first ITT, considering the nature of the course.

Well, but only like 18 of those 32 km are really raced. In the downhill only marginal differences can be made

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Nice (source?) and apperently the descent is really tricky. Tony Martin said that.

any descent is tricky for tony martin

 

[Parrulo]

I hope they have time checks at the top of both climbs and at the bottom of the first descent.

 

[fantomas]

Irregular ascends, first descent very technical, the second one very fast. All according to Rolf Soerensen who rode it earlier this year.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I hope they have time checks at the top of both climbs and at the bottom of the first descent.

looking at the map time checks are at the top of the climbs only.

 

[Ruudz0r]

I hope they have time checks at the top of both climbs and at the bottom of the first descent.

That would be nice yea.

Anyone has any info on what time(s) it is expected to rain?

 

[Red Rick]

I heard the descents are technical, so Froome might not put so much time into everybody after all, I don't think he'll take much more than a minute out of #2, and if he takes 2 minutes, the forum will have another meltdown

 

[classicomano]

If it rains Mollema wins. If not he'll do a top 10.

 

[hoerpi]

Well, but only like 18 of those 32 km are really raced. In the downhill only marginal differences can be made

If it rains and it's somewhat technical, much time can be lost in the downhill sections.

 

[Bavarianrider]

If it rains and it's somewhat technical, much time can be lost in the downhill sections.

But not nearly as much as if those parts were flat instead of downhill.
32km with two descends simply isn't that long.
This one should de around 55km which would have been easily possible. Could have been a similar time trial to the one in St. Etiennne in 1997, this would have been really cool.