2014 Giro D'Italia, stage 1: Belfast › Belfast, 21.7 km (TTT)

[The Hitch]

So the better mountain rider who can actually create fireworks in the mountains, goes into the race with a pretty big headstart and wont even need to.

This is why ttts suck.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Belkin very slow but keeping all the riders together which is a good thing.

That's the genius of Andy Schleck. He finishes 50 minutes down per stage, but he's the moral winner because all his teammates are with him.

 

[hfer07]

Purito already losing time on Quintana...

 

[The Hitch]

Well JRod is one of the main reasons why they are so slow.

They had J Rod and Moreno back in 2012 as well and came 2nd very close to the win.

 

[saneguy]

Movistar not too bad!

 

[willbick]

So the better mountain rider who can actually create fireworks in the mountains, goes into the race with a pretty big headstart and wont even need to.

This is why ttts suck.

Its a team sport laddie

 

[Eshnar]

So the better mountain rider who can actually create fireworks in the mountains, goes into the race with a pretty big headstart and wont even need to.

You mean Majka?

 

[Bavarianrider]

So the better mountain rider who can actually create fireworks in the mountains, goes into the race with a pretty big headstart and wont even need to.

This is why ttts suck.

Yeah right, cause surely JRod would have done so much better if it was a ITT

 

[GuyIncognito]

Yeah right, cause surely JRod would have done so much better if it was a ITT

Actually a TTT is not about having good TT guys, it's about having guys a good mix of those guys wtih guys who are good at repeated short efforts.

That is why Valverde or Cavendish are some of the most desirable people to have in a TTT squad. Having good ITT guys usually only results in exploding the legs of the rest of the squad unless the guy is smart enough to ride longer slower pulls that he normally would

EDIT: For an example, go back to the 90s to see Chris Boardman single handedly ensuring his team lost minutes in TTTs

 

[T-Nielsen]

10chars

When you are jonesing for a bag of grade A Charlie you don't really bother to much about the spelling.

 

[Netserk]

Its a team sport laddie

No it's not.

Or is running also a team sport?

 

[the sceptic]

refreshing to watch a gt with such a weak sky team

 

[GuyIncognito]

Or is running also a team sport?

One guy in the relay messes up, the whole team has lost

 

[hfer07]

Nairito already 38 secs ahead of Purito

 

[Netserk]

One guy in the relay messes up, the whole team has lost

In a marathon two dudes can run for the same country/team, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not a team sport.

 

[Hugo87]

Nairito already 38 secs ahead of Purito

And Majka 1.10m

 

[saneguy]

Lotto worse than Katusha!

 

[GuyIncognito]

In a marathon two dudes can run for the same country/team, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not a team sport.

So you specifically went after a sport that's unlike cycling, to compare it to cycling.

That's genius in a very unsmart way. It's like saying football is not a team sport and using a penalty shootout as evidence.

 

[Better Call Saul]

Weather only getting worse or could the roads dry up for the last teams?

 

[ILovecycling]

When you are jonesing for a bag of grade A Charlie you don't really bother to much about the spelling.

I thought you know it,just for the case you know..

 

[The Hitch]

Yeah right, cause surely JRod would have done so much better if it was a ITT

Yeah. And Andy Schleck would have definately gotten 30 seconds on Contador in the 2011 TDF if that had been an ITT not a TTT

And Cav is won of the best time trialists ever cos he has won most ttts hes done.

You can't extrapolate a ttt where a rider contributes to about 12% of his time, to an itt where he is responsible for 100% of his time

 

[ILovecycling]

Majka for the Maglia Rosa after stage 8?

 

[T-Nielsen]

I thought you know it,just for the case you know..

I am a massive Columbo fan so I will probably mess it up again but I will do my best in the future.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

So you specifically went after a sport that's unlike cycling, to compare it to cycling.

That's genius in a very unsmart way. It's like saying football is not a team sport and using a penalty shootout as evidence.

Cycling is a indivudual sport cause there is an individual winner. Football is a team sport cause there is a whole team that wins.

Not that hard really

 

[luckyboy]

Rodriguez just needs a GT with no TT kilometres whatsoever doesn't he