2013 Tour de France, Stage 4: Nice / Nice 25km (TTT)

[spalco]

Shack very slow.

Well, they had to wait for Andy I suppose.

 

[Ramira]

Maybe it's because Radioshack wasn't as fast as previous years, but Andy looks very fresh. Considering the TTT is probably his worst discipline I think this is an encouraging performance.

 

[Pulpstar]

Shack looked like they sat up before the finish...

 

[Ramira]

Well, they had to wait for Andy I suppose.

Tbh I don't think Andy was the weakest link there. I think it was more the lack of Cancellara that did them in .

 

[Wigwan]

Very happy for Svein Tuft

 

[Rocksteady]

Very happy for Svein Tuft

agreed. Wish Garmin had held on to him...

 

[zigzag wanderer]

Only 195 riders listed on the official GC - looks like King missed the time limit.

 

[willbick]

Maybe it's because Radioshack wasn't as fast as previous years, but Andy looks very fresh. Considering the TTT is probably his worst discipline I think this is an encouraging performance.

Lol. Keep dreaming

 

[Unkown]

Lol at the Shack hate, where are any super TT specialists on that team? They did pretty good to me imo. Nice by Orica, thank goodness they beat Sky, day has been made.

 

[spalco]

Tbh I don't think Andy was the weakest link there. I think it was more the lack of Cancellara that did them in .

Maybe, it wasn't a horrible time anyway, just not good.

 

[hfer07]

Gerrans must be having wet dreams tonight- what a pair of days for him...

 

[Amused]

Not good for potential breakaways I guess. Orica now going to do everything in their power to help the sprint teams until the jersey is gone.

 

[Afrank]

Lol at the Shack hate, where are any super TT specialists on that team? They did pretty good to me imo. Nice by Orica, thank goodness they beat Sky, day has been made.

+1, they really weren't expected to do anything special without Cance or any other big name TTers. They did fine under the circumstances.

 

[Pulpstar]

Not good for potential breakaways I guess. Orica now going to do everything in their power to help the sprint teams until the jersey is gone.

I'll agree with that assessment.

 

[perico]

Well- wonder if Vaughters is rethinking his selection. Navardauskas, Bauer, and Dennis were the 3 riders dropped.

 

[movingtarget]

Expected better from Movistar and BMC. Great result for GE and they were not even getting time checks, their radio was not working.

 

[Avionic]

Noval hit a spectators camera and fears that something in the hand is broken.

 

[Pulpstar]

WINNERS of the day (Compared to expectations)

OGE
Saxo

LOSERS:

BMC
Garmin

As expected:

Sky (Good to see Geraint going so well though)
OPQS (Will be disappointed not to win but hey they now have more helpers to chase breakaways)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Expected more from Movistar and Garmin.

Also Belkin should've been into the top 10, but the time differences are negligible.

 

[manafana]

it does annoy me how poor likes of ag2r can be in ttt, when teams like katusha with simliar riders can limit their losses alot better.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Looks like Astana send all their best guys to Austria:

16 Astana +0:56

 

[Pulpstar]

Expected better from Movistar and BMC. Great result for GE and they were not even getting time checks, their radio was not working.

I think Movistar will be happier than BMC though. But no huge time differences.

 

[movingtarget]

Lampre was quite a good time but Astana were pretty bad.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Bakelants discribes the race: "we hebben gereden en zo rap als dat we konden en't was niet rap genoeg."

"We rode (and) as fast as we could and it wasn't fast enough."

Doesn't get any more clear cut than that, lol.

 

[movingtarget]

I think Movistar will be happier than BMC though. But no huge time differences.

Trouble is they have to match Froome in the individual TTs which they won't. Evans would be disappointed as would Valverde.