2015 Tour de France: Stage 1, Utrecht-Utrecht

[Rollthedice]

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Still 1 and a half hours till the big boys right?

one hour

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Still 1 and a half hours till the big boys right?

20 min. and 1 hour

 

[Brullnux]

If Pinot can do this then what can Froome, AC and Lo Squalo do? Unless Pinot has monstrously improved his TT-ing since 2weeks ago.

 

[SeriousSam]

When are Tony, Tom, Fab, Maloria and Alex?

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

impressive by Thibaut Pinotti

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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When are Tony, Tom, Fab, Maloria and Alex?

14:11 - Luke Durbridge
14:36 - Lars Bak
14:37 - Rohan Dennis
14:39 - Michael Valgren
15:00 - Nairo Quintana
15:47 - Thibaut Pinot
16:25 - Tom Dumoulin
16:28 - Alex Dowsett
16:33 - Jakob Fuglsang
16:44 - Tony Martin
16:50 - Adriano Malori
16:52 - Geraint Thomas
17:03 - Fabian Cancellara
17:11 - Tejay van Garderen
17:13 - Alberto Contador
17:14 - Chris Froome
17:17 - Vincenzo Nibali

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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It’s hard for him, but the wind may help a lot

Rooting for you guys... if I had 250 leave alone 2.500 at stake... well, just being short of a heart-attack. 1-25 odds wins are sweet

 

[cellardoor]

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When are Tony, Tom, Fab, Maloria and Alex?

On http://www.cyclingfans.com/tour-de-france/live you can see a live leader board that has the starting times of everyone left to start.

 

[Irondan]

Hahaha Stephen Roche...

 

[Alexandre B.]

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If Pinot can do this then what can Froome, AC and Lo Squalo do? Unless Pinot has monstrously improved his TT-ing since 2weeks ago.

You underestimate Pinot's TT ability. He's pretty decent.

 

[concorde]

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It’s hard for him, but the wind may help a lot

Rooting for you guys... if I had 250 leave alone 2.500 at stake... well, just being short of a heart-attack. 1-25 odds wins are sweet

15 minutes until Tom Dumolain hits the track with crazy dutch ppl cheering for him.. Dennis has trained for this time trial all season. So when i saw 25 in odds i just had to make a bet. Amazing race anyway.

 

[winkybiker]

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Are we (US viewers) stuck with little Jens snippets for the entire tour???

The best way to put up with it is to imagine that it is actually Arnie making the comments.

 

[Pharazon]

have a feeling i'm going to be watching a lot of the tour on mute this year

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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It’s hard for him, but the wind may help a lot

Rooting for you guys... if I had 250 leave alone 2.500 at stake... well, just being short of a heart-attack. 1-25 odds wins are sweet

15 minutes until Tom Dumolain hits the track with crazy dutch ppl cheering for him.. Dennis has trained for this time trial all season. So when i saw 25 in odds i just had to make a bet. Amazing race anyway.

Good luck. All the best. Rooting for both of you. Fingers crossed. Give it to them bookies.

Edit: Yes, remember your post very well. It somehow sticked to me...

 

[SeriousSam]

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It’s hard for him, but the wind may help a lot

Rooting for you guys... if I had 250 leave alone 2.500 at stake... well, just being short of a heart-attack. 1-25 odds wins are sweet

15 minutes until Tom Dumolain hits the track with crazy dutch ppl cheering for him.. Dennis has trained for this time trial all season. So when i saw 25 in odds i just had to make a bet. Amazing race anyway.

As good as Dennis is, Tony and Tom ought to be better. Maybe even Alex and Adrian. Hell, I would not be shocked to see the Dawg beat him. He already has the 5th fastest average speed of all time, over 33k, into a headwind.

 

[mr. tibbs]

My Eurosport feed failed. Here's a new link that's working, if anyone needs it:

http://www.sportingvideo.com/20150703/vv5596b3654acfa8.66838047-1099375.html

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

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If Pinot can do this then what can Froome, AC and Lo Squalo do? Unless Pinot has monstrously improved his TT-ing since 2weeks ago.

Pinot's actually not a terrible time trialist compared to the other favorites. If you look at his results from this year he's roughly in the company of Quintana, Contador, and Nibali. Froome is really the only one of these guys who's consistently great against the watch.

 

[Sasquatch]

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FoxxyBrown1111[/url]"]Who was the poster betting 100 $ on Dennis at 1-25? He must be bite nails now.... 2.500 $ at stake

I bet on Dennis, but not 100 $ !!

I was mentioning him yesterday.

One posted he had 100 $... anyway, how his your heart-rate now?

Ahahah pretty light, just 10€ for me...

Still 250 $... that is lots of beers. Enjoy your party. Looks good now (regarding wind)

It’s hard for him, but the wind may help a lot[/quote]

In Australia, cash out is a major thing now. I'm thinking of cashing out on Dennis now. I had planned to cash out on him and get the profit, which is currently about 6 times my original stake, or ride it out.

Edit: I'm going to cash out. Profit is better. If he wins, then oh well.

 

[etymology]

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all sky riders are slow so far. great sign.

they may not be going all out. other than froome's time, i don't think it matters. remember:

sky plan a: froome in yellow.
sky plan b: see plan "a"
sky plan c: see plan "b"
sky plan d: see plan "c"
sky plan e: ut-ohhhhhhhhh!

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Sam, you think they all beat the old ITT record... ok, we´ll see.

 

[LeindersGains]

Waiting for the forum to crash when the Dawg wins gets 2nd by slowing down and almost catching Contador.

 

[Big Doopie]

i am not sure y everyone is thinking froome is going to do well here. he has been crap at itt since 2013 tdf - owned by "tiny climber" contador in every itt.

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

Rogers only +13 at intermediate. Keeps impressing me

 

[mr. tibbs]

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Rogers only +13 at intermediate. Keeps impressing me

I wouldn't mind seeing him take it easy on stages like this. He's got a lot of work to do over the next three weeks.

 

[wirral]

What on earth is Kirby talking about, "Quintana losing 2 minutes 20 seconds." Is he on drugs?