2014 Tour de France July 26, Stage 20: Bergerac - Périgueux (ITT) 54km

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Although if Petit's time at the finish is correct, Tony should be easily under 68 minutes

Yeah, I think so. Course is probably not too hard and there's practically no wind, either.

 

[Kwibus]

Why broken?
I am not a cycling fan anymore. simply an observer now. I never said i would quit as an observer

You did say you would never post here again. I cherished that post a lot.

 

[Kwibus]

Ji C covers 39km in just under 22 mins according to the tour tracker.

Is he allowed to carry out to set the hour record?

Ji Cheng actually fears this TT the most. He has serious knee pain since the early days of thsi tour and is aware that in the TT he won't be able to hide behind a pack for a moment of relief. He hopes to the time cute.

And he does seems to have a really hard time atm.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The official time schedule predicts a total time for the course of 1h 07mins. The time limit is 25% = 16:45 mins.

I don't know if the time is realistic. It suggests an avg. speed of 48.36 km/h. A bit fast for such a bumpy road. Maybe 46 km/h is more realistic? But it's hard to judge just by looking at the profile. 70 mins mentioned by thequestionmark = 46.29 km/h.

Martin did 54.271 km/h at the 1st TT at the 2013 Tour (33 km flat).
Froome did 37.245 km/h at the 2nd TT at the 2013 Tour (32 km really hilly).

This year's stage is much closer to the 1st TT of last year, of course.

1h 07 + 25% = 1 h 23:45
Cheng is more than 5 minutes inside that. All should be safe.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So is Pate being made to sit on a daft chair for an hour or two?

 

[GuyIncognito]

This is the first time I remember hearing Valverde be anything except so positive he borders on self-parody

Seems to me even he's not confident in himself.
Besides, every day for a week he's been saying how exhausted he is

 

[Frosty]

Durbridge five seconds down on Pate/Tuft at the first check.

Tuft 16 seconds down on Pate at the second check.

 

[Arnout]

Why broken?
I am not a cycling fan anymore. simply an observer now. I never said i would quit as an observer

What happened?

 

[Frosty]

For anyone else trying to avoid doing dull domestic tasks, Bodnar is the new leader at the first check, shaving a second off the Pate/Tuft time.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Why broken?
I am not a cycling fan anymore. simply an observer now. I never said i would quit as an observer

It's not called being an observer. It's called being a cycling fan instead of a fan of specific riders....which I think you still are

 

[Dr. Juice]

Geraint Thomas could do well today. Unlike Porte who is cooked, Thomas doesn't seem in bad shape for his standards and took it easy at Hautacam, coming in together with a tired Porte 19 minutes behind Nibali.

 

[Piz Buin]

Moose's projected finishing order for the 54km TT:

1. Panzerwagen
2. Panzerwagen's shadow +25
3. Nibali + 45
4. TJvG + 57
5. Dumoulin + 1.01

Tom Dumoulin is a very handsome man.

 

[Frosty]

Bodnar betters Pate's time at the second time check by 2 seconds.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

So no deal for Orica.
Both Tuft and Durbridge behind Pate at finish.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Vasil on the ramp now.

 

[Tournesol]

So no deal for Orica.
Both Tuft and Durbridge behind Pate at finish.

So much for my Turbo Durbo top 6 prediction.Picking Navardauskas yesterday has went to my head.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Bodnar +11s at 3rd

 

[Kwibus]

What happened?

They removed 2 cobbled strokes from stage 5.
It made him throw a tantrum and he probably cried a bit as well.

 

[Kwibus]

Tom Dumoulin is a very handsome man.

Ok what's the deal with people saying that Tom is a very handsome man?

 

[jens_attacks]

lol at lemond's face when he heard about the 58x11 used today. welcome to 2014 cycling,greg

normally, tony should go under 1h5min for this

vamos bala!!!!!!!!!

 

[GuyIncognito]

lol at lemond's face when he heard about the 58x11 used today

Gonchar laughs and calls that girly gears

 

[Carols]

vamos bala!!!!!!!!!

Bala!! Bala!! 16 seconds Please

Weather all day now said to be good.

 

[jens_attacks]

epic jan barta smoking it!

 

[Climbing]

Doesn't look very hilly at all, pretty much a power TT.
Still legs gonna hurt after 3 weeks on such a long TT.

 

[SeriousSam]

Rafal Majka, the best climber in this Tour, has just started.

I guess they mean he won the polka dot jersey, as opposed being the best climber, right?