One man from Astana was ready to show some initiative, but the rest of the team didn't respond. Pathetic.
Good to see Tinkoff being a little bit of guts at least.
Good to see Tinkoff being a little bit of guts at least.
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It's a shame the break is so far away. With this pace they could probably take back 8-9 minutes from this point.
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Flecha probably meant that Rodriguez, Majka or Aru would only lose around 1 and a half minutes, if they are allowed to race with mechanical doping.
Rodriguez and Majka already had a taste of TD power earlier this year, in Utrecht, in 13.8 km Majka lost 1' 15" to TD, Rodriguez lost 1' 18".
And that was in 13.8km.
The upcoming ITT will be 38.7, almost triple. Just looking at the cold facts (not opinions) anyone can conclude that more than 3' it is possible.
Having said that, I will add that ITT at the end of a GT, depend not only on the particular talent for ITT, but also in your current state of form.
IMO TD will take somewhere between 2' 20" and 2' 50"
The 1' 30" Flecha is talking is just pie in the sky.
That's right.WheelofGear said:
Flecha probably meant that Rodriguez, Majka or Aru would only lose around 1 and a half minutes, if they are allowed to race with mechanical doping.
Rodriguez and Majka already had a taste of TD power earlier this year, in Utrecht, in 13.8 km Majka lost 1' 15" to TD, Rodriguez lost 1' 18".
And that was in 13.8km.
The upcoming ITT will be 38.7, almost triple. Just looking at the cold facts (not opinions) anyone can conclude that more than 3' it is possible.
Having said that, I will add that ITT at the end of a GT, depend not only on the particular talent for ITT, but also in your current state of form.
IMO TD will take somewhere between 2' 20" and 2' 50"
The 1' 30" Flecha is talking is just pie in the sky.
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When TD was interviewed on telly two or three days ago, he said the gap could be 1 minute if he’s bad or three if he’s good. He might have changed his views since then.
GuyIncognito said:WheelofGear said:
This isn't a one week stage race.
In the third week of a grand tour it's quite normal for a climber to beat a specialist time trialist, especially when said TTer isn't used to going all out every day for GC. No offense, but not making the assumption of what will happen in a third week time trial is one of the basic rules of following a grand tour
That said, I'd quite like it if Tom won.
When TD was interviewed on telly two or three days ago, he said the gap could be 1 minute if he’s bad or three if he’s good. He might have changed his views since then.
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I hope Purito and Majka will gain some time today.
Katusha and Saxo are the only teams who have pulled so far.
Katusha and Saxo are the only teams who have pulled so far.
Could the break be brought back here? They could lose 5 minutes on this next climb if this pace is kept up.
Dumoulin was going full gas in Utrecht. I doubt Majka and Rodriquez were doing that too. Such speculations are pointless unless we would know riders actual FTP and CdA. Also fatigue and form at the day of ITT are important, and those are impossible to predict. Dumoulin is most likely to gain time over other GT contenders but it is hard to tell if it will be 1 or 4 minutes
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