2015 Tour de France time trials

[jens_attacks]

bad news, i really wanted a MTT

 

[sir fly]

The rumor about a ttt on stage 9 is getting to the level of certainty.
Only 13 kilometers of individual time trialing and less than 50 in total is rather unusual.
Hard to believe, if you ask me.

 

[the sceptic]

The rumor about a ttt on stage 9 is getting to the level of certainty.
Only 13 kilometers of individual time trialing and less than 50 in total is rather unusual.
Hard to believe, if you ask me.

Froome should skip the tour and focus on the tour of britain

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The rumor about a ttt on stage 9 is getting to the level of certainty.
Only 13 kilometers of individual time trialing and less than 50 in total is rather unusual.
Hard to believe, if you ask me.

Frankly it would be a joke.

 

[dabar85]

http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2015/espace-pro/TDF15_HRP.PDF
In this document you can find route. It was active until 10 min. It is just 13.7 km of ITT. Also you have whole route on velowire blog

 

[sir fly]

Frankly it would be a joke.

Agreed.
There can't be more team kilometers than individual. It's absurd.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Agreed.
There can't be more team kilometers than individual. It's absurd.

Not just the comparison, more so the actual length of the ITT.
13km of ITT in a GT? Thats it? Laughable.

 

[the sceptic]

13 km ITT, 28 km TTT.. lolol

 

[sir fly]

Not just the comparison, more so the actual length of the ITT.
13km of ITT in a GT? Thats it? Laughable.

Exactly.
That's below the level of week long races. Even Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde has more.

 

[Akuryo]

I would like to see one really long individual and one TTT. Yes, most people don't like TTTs, but I enjoy them. Cycling is still a team sport. And if guys like Purito can't get a good enough team around them that is their problem.

 

[sir fly]

Hopefully, the UCI will disapprove the ttt on stage 9 and force the ASO to turn it into an itt.
Cookson might spice it.

 

[Eshnar]

Hopefully, the UCI will disapprove the ttt on stage 9 and force the ASO to turn it into an itt.
Cookson might spice it.

nah, the Tour can do whatever the **** it wants.
It's not like UCI rules are the most enforced rules in the world, too.

 

[Netserk]

nah, the Tour can do whatever the **** it wants.
It's not like UCI rules are the most enforced rules in the world, too.

Especially the route rules. Mere guidelines.

 

[sir fly]

Just thinking wishfully...

 

[LaFlorecita]

Hopefully, the UCI will disapprove the ttt on stage 9 and force the ASO to turn it into an itt.
Cookson might spice it.

Fingers and toes crossed

 

[Pricey_sky]

Shocked at the proposed lack of iTT proposed in next years Tour. Hopefully I will be surprised tomorrow but I doubt it. There really should be at least another 40km of iTT to begin to balance the route.

 

[guncha]

Shocked at the proposed lack of iTT proposed in next years Tour. Hopefully I will be surprised tomorrow but I doubt it. There really should be at least another 40km of iTT to begin to balance the route.

Or at worst start with TTT and have a normal ITT on Stage 9.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Shocked at the proposed lack of iTT proposed in next years Tour. Hopefully I will be surprised tomorrow but I doubt it. There really should be at least another 40km of iTT to begin to balance the route.

Agreed Pricey, 14km is just laughable.

 

[Bavarianrider]

A Tour should have a 70km TTT, a 65km flat TT and a 50km km TT with some hills.

 

[ILovecycling]

A Tour should have a 70km TTT, a 65km flat TT and a 50km km TT with some hills.

And iseran,bonette,Angelo to balance it

 

[Bavarianrider]

If you'd try to balance TT with climbs you'd need like 250km of TT.
A TTrialist who can't climb has zero chances to finish within the Top 15.
A Climber who can't TT can still finish easily Top 10 or 5. In same occasions he can even win.

 

[Netserk]

Ideally a GT would have:
A prologue
A very long flat ITT
A long hilly ITT
A MTT/mountainous ITT (Avoriaz '94, Val d'Isère '96, Chamrousse '01, Chorges, '13 etc.)

 

[retzko]

If you'd try to balance TT with climbs you'd need like 250km of TT.
A TTrialist who can't climb has zero chances to finish within the Top 15.
A Climber who can't TT can still finish easily Top 10 or 5. In same occasions he can even win.

there should be at minimum 100 km time trials...