2014 Tirreno Adriatico, Stage 1: Donoratico - San Vincenzo 16.9km (TTT)

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I'll be amazed if either Uran or Kwia go on to win this. Are they joint leaders AND joint domestiques?

there is not much need for a mountain domestique in this race anyway. The first mountain top finish is so flat that even Trentin should be able to stay with the leaders up to a couple of km before the finish and the 2nd is so steep that domestiques are of no help anyway

 

[oliveira]

Tony Martin, Poels, Kenaugh, Sioutsou and Cataldo should be enough to drive Kwia or Úran to victory, againts the likes of Tinkoff and Movistar.

 

[jaylew]

Quintana a massive favourite for me for the GC. Movistar's performance today was really impressive. More to come I suspect.

I think Movi's ride was pretty much exactly as expected. The issue with Nairo will be the ITT.

 

[therhodeo]

Tony Martin, Poels, Kenaugh, Sioutsou and Cataldo should be enough to drive Kwia or Úran to victory, againts the likes of Tinkoff and Movistar.

So true.

 

[ILovecycling]

Lol,guys,how many secs do you think Quintana will lose in that itt?its short enough to limit loses anyway,in addition to this he isnt even bad timetrialist.
Secondly,more important factor is his form.If he has decent form,opqs will never win this race....
And there is still Contador,this is gonna be hell for Kwia

 

[LaFlorecita]

time for you to change your avatar

Fanks for reminding me, I'd almost forgotten

 

[jaylew]

No, Nairo's not a bad TTer but I wonder if there is there enough time to be gained on the climbs to offset the cumulative TT loss. I expect Kwia, Porte and AC to gain time on him there that he will need to recoup.

 

[ILovecycling]

No, Nairo's not a bad TTer but I wonder if there is there enough time to be gained on the climbs to offset the cumulative TT loss. I expect Kwia, Porte and AC to gain time on him there that he will need to recoup.

Oh,I understand.Well,I believe that parcours are not that bad to not regain half a minute orso.

 

[Jspear]

Oh,I understand.Well,I believe that parcours are not that bad to not regain half a minute orso.

I was very happy to see Tinkov do better than Sky. I was expecting Contador to lose time to Porte in both tt's. I'm happy.

 

[jens_attacks]

untouchable war machines slaughtered them
happy that kiwi got an advantage so now alberto will go full gas on lanciano. it will be beautiful.

 

[LaFlorecita]

untouchable war machines slaughtered them
happy that kiwi got an advantage so now alberto will go full gas on lanciano. it will be beautiful.

Don't hold your breath jensie I'm predicting he won't

 

[rhubroma]

Don't hold your breath jensie I'm predicting he won't

Nope, he has to if he wants to win TA.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Hotsteppers:

The big question for me is where will Poels end up GC wise?

TTT times from '13 (16,9km)
1 Omega Pharma-Quick Step 19:24
2 Movistar Team + 0:11
3 BMC + 0:16
4 Cannondale + 0:19
5 Astana + 0:20
6 Orica-Greenedge + 0:24
7 Sky + 0:25
8 Team Saxo-Tinkoff + 0:32
9 Lampre-Merida + 0:35
10 RadioShack-Leopard + 0:36
11 Blanco + 0:37
12 NetApp-Endura + 0:39
13 Katusha + 0:44
14 Argps-Shimano + 0:51
15 Lotto-Belisol + 0:55
16 Garmin-Sharp + 0:57
17 MTN-Qhubeka + 1:00
18 FDJ + 1:02
19 Vacansoleil-DCM + 1:04
20 Ag2r-La Mondiale + 1:05
21 Vini Fantini + 1:06

This year (18,5km)
1. Omega Pharma-Quick Step 20:13 (54.9 kph)
2. Orica-GreenEdge 20:24 @ + 11
3. Movistar Team 20:31 @ + 18
4. Team Tinkoff-Saxo 20:37 @ + 24
5. Cannondale 20:39 @ + 26
6. Sky 20:40 @ + 27
7. Lotto-Belisol 20:41 @ + 28
8. Trek Factory Racing 20:49 @ + 36
9. Belkin 20:50 @ + 37
10. FDJ.fr 20:56 @ + 43
11. BMC Racing Team 21:00 @ + 47
12. IAM Cycling 21:03 @ + 50
13. Ag2r La Mondiale 21:06 @ + 53
14. NetApp-Endura 21:06
15. Lampre-Merida 21:06
16. Astana 21:07 @ + 54
17. Giant-Shimano 21:08 @ + 55
18. Garmin-Sharp 21:17 @ + 1:04
19. Katusha 21:19 @ + 1:06
20. Bardiani-CSF 21:30 @ + 1:17
21. MTN-Qhubeka 21:32 @ + 1:19
22. Team Europcar 21:41 @ + 1:28

 

[cycladianpirate]

there is not much need for a mountain domestique in this race anyway. The first mountain top finish is so flat that even Trentin should be able to stay with the leaders up to a couple of km before the finish and the 2nd is so steep that domestiques are of no help anyway

We shall agree to disagree. With bonifications, I take the view that delivering a leader to the business end of the stage will make a major difference (particularly if 7 seconds is considered a massive advantage).

On a bet, I'd happily take Quintana over either of the OPQS boys even money.

 

[Kwibus]

The big question for me is where will Poels end up GC wise?

Pretty sure his job will be to help Kwaitkowski/Uran.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nope, he has to if he wants to win TA.

Very true, but he still won't he also said he'd try everything to win Algarve - and instead of attacking on the first ascent of Malhao he attacked with 500m to go

 

[Jelantik]

untouchable war machines slaughtered them
happy that kiwi got an advantage so now alberto will go full gas on lanciano. it will be beautiful.

Don't hold your breath jensie I'm predicting he won't

I will hold my breath. If contador can't dislodge sky no.2, quintana, uran and kwiat, then history of last year will repeat itself comes TDF when he'll face sky no.1. Maybe he should start transfering his knowledge to Edward Beltran

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pretty sure his job will be to help Kwaitkowski/Uran.

Fair enough. Lets see how much is needed at the bizz end.

 

[alessandrocheti]

twenty minute while watching Contador trains at Tirreno

 

[hfer07]

Congrats to OPQS- it was widely expected from them to win today-which means my man Uran goes to the next stages with the advantage

as far as the "GC contenders" the list goes like this:

1-) Uran & Kwiatkowski
2-) Quintana +18"
3-) Contador +24"
4-) Porte +27

 

[rhubroma]

Very true, but he still won't he also said he'd try everything to win Algarve - and instead of attacking on the first ascent of Malhao he attacked with 500m to go

Tirreno is a different animal altogether.

AC's not here for a stage win, he will go on the attack everywhere there's opportunity. This means both Sat. and Sun. and then give everything in the final tt.

However, this is what every serious contender must do except for Kwiatkowski.

Yet the Pole is young and while he finished 11th in the last Tour and is off to a flying start in 14, I doubt he has the same firepower (at this point) as Contador, Porte and Quintana.

 

[Anderis]

Can someone explain me why are Garmin doing THAT badly in the TTT recently? I know they're not as strong TT-wise as they used to be a couple of years ago, but still, with Talansky, Millar, Bauer, Dekker, King, they should have a team good enough to finish in the middle of the field at worst today.

 

[theyoungest]

Can someone explain me why are Garmin doing THAT badly in the TTT recently? I know they're not as strong TT-wise as they used to be a couple of years ago, but still, with Talansky, Millar, Bauer, Dekker, King, they should have a team good enough to finish in the middle of the field at worst today.

Millar is way over the hill, Dekker is... well, you know, and King? Who the f. is King?

Just not a very strong team.

 

[VeloHuman]

Congrats to OPQS- it was widely expected from them to win today-which means my man Uran goes to the next stages with the advantage

as far as the "GC contenders" the list goes like this:

1-) Uran & Kwiatkowski
2-) Quintana +18"
3-) Contador +24"
4-) Porte +27

Pretty much as expected, though they've set themselves apart maybe even a little earlier than expected. Porte's got his work cut out for him making up for lost time.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Can someone explain me why are Garmin doing THAT badly in the TTT recently? I know they're not as strong TT-wise as they used to be a couple of years ago, but still, with Talansky, Millar, Bauer, Dekker, King, they should have a team good enough to finish in the middle of the field at worst today.

I understand they went for a long training camp later than usual. Perhaps they are lacking some race miles. Not sure.