2015 Paris - Nice, Prologue: Maurepas > Maurepas 6.7km

[wirral]

The curse of the rainbow jersey (the other one).

 

[luckyboy]

People were severely overrating Wiggins' time trial today now that he is focusing on Roubaix

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Despite his new car behind, Wiggins doesn't take the lead.

Nor will Van Garderen

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wiggins slow

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

So Dennis will finish 2nd.

Again.


By 0.3 seconds.

 

[fowlyetti]

what happened there? Did the car hit something or what?

Was the moto I think

 

[Carstenbf]

****ing Kwiat! Didn't even consider him a threat. Stupid me I guess.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Fabio Aru +33 seconds..

 

[karaev]

Is there anyone else capable to beat Kwiat time?

Oh, JCP was the last one to start... Silly me..

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Not really. Or it must be Peraud

 

[MBotero]

G.Thomas at 0.14,Porte and Sir Bradley at 0.15,time for them to ride for G.
That car was deserving a better performance

 

[May0maniac]

Fabio Aru +33 seconds..

Not to bad, first race of the season for him and it's not a priority for him.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal151 EQS in 07' 40''
2. DENNIS Rohan52BMC in 07' 40'' at 00' 00''
3. MARTIN Tony157EQS in 07' 47'' at 00' 07''
4. SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon46AST in 07' 50'' at 00' 10''
5. BOOM Lars42AST in 07' 50'' at 00' 10''
6. DEGENKOLB John71TGA in 07' 50'' at 00' 10''
7. CHAVANEL Sylvain101IAM in 07' 50'' at 00' 10''
8. MATTHEWS Michael91OGE in 07' 52'' at 00' 12''
9. DUMOULIN Tom75TGA in 07' 53'' at 00' 13''
10. THOMAS Geraint68SKY in 07' 54'' at 00' 14''
11. VAN GARDEREN Tejay51BMC in 07' 54'' at 00' 14''
12. WIGGINS Bradley61SKY in 07' 55'' at 00' 15''
13. PORTE Richie64SKY in 07' 55'' at 00' 15''
14. KELDERMAN Wilco111TLJ in 07' 56'' at 00' 16''
15. BAUER Jack182TCG in 07' 56'' at 00' 16''
16. PLAZA MOLINA Ruben17LAM in 07' 56'' at 00' 16''
17. LANGEVELD Sebastian186TCG in 07' 57'' at 00' 17''
18. GILBERT Philippe54BMC in 07' 57'' at 00' 17''
19. IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka31MOV in 07' 58'' at 00' 18''
20. GALLOPIN Tony121LTS in 07' 58'' at 00' 18''
21. SLAGTER Tom Jelte187TCG in 07' 58'' at 00' 18''
22. JUNGELS Bob171TFR in 07' 59'' at 00' 19''
23. FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben34MOV in 08' 00'' at 00' 20''
24. MACHADO Tiago165KAT in 08' 00'' at 00' 20''
25. TAARAM?E Rein47AST in 08' 00'' at 00' 20''

 

[Jelantik]

i hope rohan is strong enough for the rest of paris niece. It's nice to see TJ riding for rohan. Haha.

 

[bala v]

i hope rohan is strong enough for the rest of paris niece. It's nice to see TJ riding for rohan. Haha.

Not gonna happen. TJ will ride for himself
He's with the best time out of climbers

 

[Carstenbf]

LLS biggest surprise to me really. Can't recall a halfway decent TT from him ever.

(prob just me though)

 

[Miburo]

LLS biggest surprise to me really. Can't recall a halfway decent TT from him ever.

(prob just me though)

6 years ago, in the same race.

 

[bala v]

People were severely overrating Wiggins' time trial today now that he is focusing on Roubaix

Yet he should do better on this course, Roubaix is not that far...

 

[Bushman]

LLS biggest surprise to me really. Can't recall a halfway decent TT from him ever.

(prob just me though)

Lol are you serious?

Surprising at this point in his career though.

 

[May0maniac]

6 years ago, in the same race.

7th in the 2009 TdF ITT, 5th i the 2010 Vuelta and a 7th place at the ITT WC in 2010.
Edit: and 3rd in the final ITT of the 2012 TdF behind Wiggo and Froome.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Top ride by Kwia and gotta say the top 20 is pure quality.

Lets hope for some crosswind action.....

 

[Bexon30]

7th in the 2009 TdF ITT, 5th i the 2010 Vuelta and a 7th place at the ITT WC in 2010.
Edit: and 3rd in the final ITT of the 2012 TdF behind Wiggo and Froome.

It's a slight surprise but so is Degenkolb for me placing better than Porte, wiggins, TJVG and Kelderman. Great ride by both, Kwiatowski is going to be a beast this year.

 

[Tank Engine]

Degenkolb > Thomas

Still, I would have guessed that G would be in the bottom half of the top ten. He made it (just).

Flowers

(I'm only allowed 4 images, so I had to cut them down )

It's a slight surprise but so is Degenkolb for me placing better than Porte, wiggins, TJVG and Kelderman. Great ride by both, Kwiatowski is going to be a beast this year.

Sanchez's ride was definitely a surprise for me, but Degenkolb's not. Non-one dimensional sprinters often do very well in prologues.

Not gonna happen. TJ will ride for himself
He's with the best time out of climbers

Dennis is a decent climber, young and improving. He'll fancy his chances on such a course. It will be interesting how BMC play this.

 

[Carstenbf]

Lol are you serious?.

I'm glad my post caused you to laugh out loud. Good for the health I hear.

 

[ray j willings]

There was a significant amount of ant activity for the early riders.