2015 Tour de Suisse Stage 9 TT: Bern 38.4 km

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LosBrolin said:
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To think Pinot had 50 seconds on Simon after the Rettenbachferner.
FDJ really screwed up by not protecting Thibaut, and Pinot himself by not responding to certain attacks,
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Dumoulin suddenly pulled 21 seconds on Thomas by point 3?

This is how Dumoulin usually does a TT. Easy first half, hard second half. Everyone was surprised at his win in the Basque Country hill climb TT because he put in a so-so midsplit and is a heavy guy, but he has the power and the strategy.
 
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Anybody slightly worried about what Sky might do in the Tour?

They all seem in immense form and we haven't seen lil Richie post-Giro yet.

Froome, Porte, Poels, Thomas, Kennaugh, Roche, Stannard, Rowe all nailed.

Still 1 place up for grabs and it has to be a rouleur for the first week/TTT.
 
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Hilarious to see people acting like Katusha are the underdog. They lead the world tour and have won the most WT races of any team.
 
Jul 27, 2009
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Amsterhammer said:
They couldn't find two prettier stage gals?

You shouldn't judge podium girls based on the Giro where every beauty seems to look like Ariana Grande! :D ;)
 
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b.broadhurst said:
Anybody slightly worried about what Sky might do in the Tour?

They all seem in immense form and we haven't seen lil Richie post-Giro yet.

Froome, Porte, Poels, Thomas, Kennaugh, Roche, Stannard, Rowe all nailed.

Still 1 place up for grabs and it has to be a rouleur for the first week/TTT.
That place is taken by Henao :cool:
 
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b.broadhurst said:
Anybody slightly worried about what Sky might do in the Tour?

They all seem in immense form and we haven't seen lil Richie post-Giro yet.

Froome, Porte, Poels, Thomas, Kennaugh, Roche, Stannard, Rowe all nailed.

Still 1 place up for grabs and it has to be a rouleur for the first week/TTT.

Astana's team will be pretty much as good
 
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DBotero said:
b.broadhurst said:
Anybody slightly worried about what Sky might do in the Tour?

They all seem in immense form and we haven't seen lil Richie post-Giro yet.

Froome, Porte, Poels, Thomas, Kennaugh, Roche, Stannard, Rowe all nailed.

Still 1 place up for grabs and it has to be a rouleur for the first week/TTT.
That place is taken by Henao :cool:

I don't think Henao will go now, why do Sky need 7 climbers?
 
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Pleased for Spile,he's never really won much in his career,Romandie when he was young but not much else.
 
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PremierAndrew said:
b.broadhurst said:
Anybody slightly worried about what Sky might do in the Tour?

They all seem in immense form and we haven't seen lil Richie post-Giro yet.

Froome, Porte, Poels, Thomas, Kennaugh, Roche, Stannard, Rowe all nailed.

Still 1 place up for grabs and it has to be a rouleur for the first week/TTT.

Astana's team will be pretty much as good

How so? They have neither Landa or Aru here, otherwise their climbers are nowhere as strong..

Contador will have Majka at least..
 
JRanton said:
Hilarious to see people acting like Katusha are the underdog. They lead the world tour and have won the most WT races of any team.
What are you talking about? Nobody has been treating Katusha like an underdog. Nothing like beating around the bush, yes Katusha is having a great season. I don't think you'll get any arguments there... :rolleyes:
 
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b.broadhurst said:
Anybody slightly worried about what Sky might do in the Tour?

They all seem in immense form and we haven't seen lil Richie post-Giro yet.

Froome, Porte, Poels, Thomas, Kennaugh, Roche, Stannard, Rowe all nailed.

Still 1 place up for grabs and it has to be a rouleur for the first week/TTT.
Don't forget you need tactical nous in addition to pure physical power.
Especially when things start to go awry / Plan B etc.
 
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PremierAndrew said:
b.broadhurst said:
Anybody slightly worried about what Sky might do in the Tour?

They all seem in immense form and we haven't seen lil Richie post-Giro yet.

Froome, Porte, Poels, Thomas, Kennaugh, Roche, Stannard, Rowe all nailed.

Still 1 place up for grabs and it has to be a rouleur for the first week/TTT.

Astana's team will be pretty much as good

How so? Nibali has Fuglsang who can climb with the top 10. Froome has Porte, Poels and Thomas.
 
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irondan said:
JRanton said:
Hilarious to see people acting like Katusha are the underdog. They lead the world tour and have won the most WT races of any team.
What are you talking about? Nobody has been treating Katusha like an underdog. Nothing like beating around the bush, yes Katusha is having a great season. I don't think you'll get any arguments there... :rolleyes:

People saying them beating Sky is great for cycling as if they don't have a monster budget and highly questionable ''ethics''.