2015 Tour de France: Stage 1, Utrecht-Utrecht

[Põhja Konn]

Dumoulin
Martin
Cancellara
Kwiatkowski
Malori

Of GC men Froome and TJ in top 10 with 1-2 seconds either way, Contador losing about 5 secods, Nibali and Valverde ca 10-15 and Quintana, Pinot and Purito 18-25 seconds.

 

[Kwibus]

Boom won't win that's for sure. Unless Astana leave the MPCC right now.
That won't help their credibility though...

 

[Kwibus]

I don't think Dumoulin will win though. It's a course for Martin or a trackie like Dennis.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Boom, lol.
What a clown.
Writing off, just like Cobo,

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

So in CST, when do the contenders start riding?

 

[Miburo]

Not like Boom was gonna do anything anways in the ITT. You guys still live in '10

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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So in CST, when do the contenders start riding?

Start times:

http://06.live-radsport.ch/details_199941/Vorschau_Tour_de_France_Etappe_1_%E2%80%93_Einzelzeitfahren_durch_Utrecht_entscheidet_uumlber_1_Gelbes_Trikot.html

 

[The Hitch]

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Not the best position there for Contador, 1 minute ahead of Froome. 10 years ago yesterday on an only slightly longer opening TDF tt Armstrong caught and passed Ullrich.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Where is the Rohan Dennis tipping coming from?

The guy hasn't won a TT since 2012 (and it was a 1.2 baby race).

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Not the best position there for Contador, 1 minute ahead of Froome. 10 years ago yesterday on an only slightly longer opening TDF tt Armstrong caught and passed Ullrich.

lol . . this isn't 2013

 

[Red Rick]

That's amazing, Flo can just wait till Contador is past before throwing spikes on the road

 

[ILovecycling]

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That's amazing, Flo can just wait till Contador is past before throwing spikes on the road

yeah like a clockwork

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Why did Quintana chose to start so early???

Is he betting on some rain? I guess he knows he is going to loose some time anyway so why not start early.

he's obviously starting early because of thunderstorms and wind

 

[blackmamba]

Re: Re:

Why did Quintana chose to start so early???

Is he betting on some rain? I guess he knows he is going to loose some time anyway so why not start early.

he's obviously starting early because of thunderstorms and wind

Was this the guy who said Spilak couldnt TT? (just wondering since im not sure)

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Re: Re:

Why did Quintana chose to start so early???

Is he betting on some rain? I guess he knows he is going to loose some time anyway so why not start early.

he's obviously starting early because of thunderstorms and wind

Was this the guy who said Spilak couldnt TT? (just wondering since im not sure)

Quintana obviously has better weather forecasts than everyone else.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Re: Re:

Why did Quintana chose to start so early???

Is he betting on some rain? I guess he knows he is going to loose some time anyway so why not start early.

he's obviously starting early because of thunderstorms and wind

Was this the guy who said Spilak couldnt TT? (just wondering since im not sure)

Quintana obviously has better weather forecasts than everyone else.

well for the afternoon thunderstorms have been forecasted and change of wind. that's also why dumoulin and lottonl guys start early. but believer whatever you want

 

[blackmamba]

Re: Re:

Why did Quintana chose to start so early???

Is he betting on some rain? I guess he knows he is going to loose some time anyway so why not start early.

he's obviously starting early because of thunderstorms and wind

Was this the guy who said Spilak couldnt TT? (just wondering since im not sure)

Quintana obviously has better weather forecasts than everyone else.

obviously doesnt need to be a genious to check the weather forecast exactly but im just wondering if thats the guy who said spilak cant TT since I dont know.

 

[Miburo]

Re: Re:

Why did Quintana chose to start so early???

Is he betting on some rain? I guess he knows he is going to loose some time anyway so why not start early.

he's obviously starting early because of thunderstorms and wind

Was this the guy who said Spilak couldnt TT? (just wondering since im not sure)

Quintana obviously has better weather forecasts than everyone else.

well for the afternoon thunderstorms have been forecasted and change of wind. that's also why dumoulin and lottonl guys start early. but believer whatever you want

Always an excuse.

 

[SeriousSam]

A fully fit Quintana equipped with superior weather forecasts may well limit the damage to 30 seconds tomorrow.

 

[No_Balls]

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Laughable. Here is this guy with a reputation well beyond his palmares, widely regarded in the same breath as multiple GT-winners, actually plan his starts after weather forecasts. Like i said against the presented excuses after Route du Sud, tarot cards, planet positions and the Oracle of Delphi are next in line for the emphatetic colombian.

 

[Carols]

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Froome starting 1 minute behind Contador in a prologue like time trial? Might just be a Lance Jan moment.

None of the big four this year are as undisciplined as Jan was. How did he come so out of shape to the beginning of some of the Tours is beyond me!

Jan went through the back end car window the day before that prologue.

 

[nepetalactone]

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Laughable. Here is this guy with a reputation well beyond his palmares, widely regarded in the same breath as multiple GT-winners, actually plan his starts after weather forecasts. Like i said against the presented excuses after Route du Sud, tarot cards, planet positions and the Oracle of Delphi are next in line for the emphatetic colombian.

He won the Giro and got 2nd in the tour, similar palmares to Froome... The only 'multiple grand tour winners' in the current peloton are Contadar and Nibs (and Basso, I guess). IMO Quintana has shown both consistency and tenacity these last few years and has earned his spot in the discussion.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I think Dennis is a real dark horse for this course today. Although the early start will influence the way he looks at the race, his time trialling and hour record training should hold him in good stead.

 

[cellardoor]

Got to go with Martin - Dumoulin - Cancellara as the top 3, probably Froome 4th and Contador & Nibali in the top 10 and only a handful of seconds behind Froome. Quintana to lose a bit more time but nothing to write home about.

 

[Hakkapelit]

Lovely that Astana has this other belgian classics gut to throw in instead of Bååm, Van Otti. /hurrdurr