Dazed and Confused said:will anybody be able to beat Martin this year (longish TT)?
this will probably be the longest tt Martin will ride this year, with the exception of the world championships.
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Dazed and Confused said:will anybody be able to beat Martin this year (longish TT)?
I think Ryo means it is a good TT by Uran's standards. Which it is.theyoungest said:It doesn't seem to be a TT where too many riders bothered, given the huge gaps in the top-10 already. Uran is 10th, a minute down on no. 8...
Bavarianrider said:Why are there hardly any TTers that can climb on such montains like today?
Really, there are like 50 really good climbers in the sport.
But there are almost no Tters who can climb a little bit these days.
rghysens said:this will probably be the longest tt Martin will ride this year, with the exception of the world championships.
Dazed and Confused said:could be, but the two TT's in the Tour are close.
rghysens said:close...but no cigar.
What I wanted to say is that it's odd that a 2nd tier preparation race in february includes one of the longest tt's in stage races this year.
Another prove that balance in race design seems to be completely lost.
Dazed and Confused said:will anybody be able to beat Martin this year (longish TT)?
will10 said:Is the ITT competition here really that high? Everyone who's worth a cent is racing elsewhere.
Contador in the last Tour ITT.Dazed and Confused said:so who do you think will beat him?
Netserk said:Contador in the last Tour ITT.
Dazed and Confused said:(still no details about the two TT's in the tour?)
Possible, but I think Martin will be brutal on power routes.
Does anybody know the details of the worlds TT?
Netserk said:Contador in the last Tour ITT.
the asian said:Long and flat. There was a profile in the 2013 WC thread.
Dazed and Confused said:(still no details about the two TT's in the tour?)
Possible, but I think Martin will be brutal on power routes.
Does anybody know the details of the worlds TT?
roundabout said:Purely from the start and finish points and the distance, I would guess that there would be 2 climbs, over 800 meters of climbing and about 5 km of flat in the second Tour TT.
It seems to be a GC rider TT so a few people can beat Martin.
It's a perfect ITT for Contador though.Bavarianrider said:The second Tour Time Trial is a mountain time trial really. Only up and down.
Even on his best day Tony couldn't win that. He'll lose lots of time on the downhills.
Dazed and Confused said:so who do you think will beat him?
theyoungest said:It doesn't seem to be a TT where too many riders bothered, given the huge gaps in the top-10 already. Uran is 10th, a minute down on no. 8...
will10 said:There's several guys who certainly wouldn't be crushed for a 1 min+ in 35km. Wiggins, Froome, Contador, Cancellara, Phinney, Evans, hell even Tejay.
postmanhat said:Just caught up with the highlights and a very decent showing from Josh Edmonson. 7th up the mountain yesterday and 16th overall.
Seems to be out of the blocks better than JTL. Is JTL still in training mode?