2016 Giro d'Italia - Stage 9: Chianti ITT, 40.5 km

[dacooley]

any sky rider doing well = no justice in the world lol. grande landa

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Zakarin with an amazing imitation of Michael Rasmussen's 2005 ITT. Great effort.

And Brambilla with a Rasmussen Albi 2009 imitation

2007. And you probably refer Brambilla as Landa.

Yes 2007.
And i mean Brambilla he's the one keeping the jersey just like chicken that rainy day

 

[Pippo_San]

Brambilla was going to have a great year. Did you even watch Strade Bianche 2016?

 

[killswitch]

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Man, Brambilla with that disgusting overnight transformation.

Brambilla was 5th in the Barolo TT two years ago.

 

[kenk09]

lol oh you guys!

 

[TMP402]

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Man, Brambilla with that disgusting overnight transformation.

Brambilla was 5th in the Barolo TT two years ago.

Just a little sarcasm.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Congratulations Landa. First career TT over 25kms where he loses less than 4 minutes to the GC guys
That's almost a Froome level transformation there.

Last year he was just over a minute down on Aru

But that was a really bad Aru. I think 2 minutes down in Hesjedal is a batter example.

Aru that day finished behind Alex Porsev, the sprinter.

 

[Singer01]

Sounds like today was a *** day to be sat on the train.

 

[Googolplex]

Intermediate and sector times:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U8GKpFhi--SpmgG-GNtIzr1Fmtoc0otWT0I7fStNpzw/edit?usp=sharing

Some mistakes in intermediate times it seems.

 

[perico]

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Every time a SKY rider improves the tin foil briagade are out in force
No such comments when Dumoulin becomes a climber or Brambilla holds off Valverde, Nibali & co

Its is sickening really to have to read this rubbish
Landa has spent ages improving his TT..nothing more
He is hardly Fabian Cancelera


For me Nibali & Valverde still the best in the race and still going to be fighting for the win

Ages??? He's been with Sky for 6 months.

 

[huge]

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Just a reminder: Landa lost 4min to Contador over 60 km last season. He improved a hell lot and I'm looking forward to see him in the mountains.

People keep mentioning last year TT as an example of how bad Landa was.
I think the comparison doesn't make any sense at all. He has improved, definitely, but it has to be taken into account that last year he was riding as a domestique and probably rode that TT without pushing full gas. You have to look at the wider picture and not at the performance alone, out of any context.

 

[IlGrillo]

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Jungels with 1'28" on Nibali, so he will be in pink.

Wait for the final two, dude.

My bad, you were right.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Every time a SKY rider improves the tin foil briagade are out in force
No such comments when Dumoulin becomes a climber or Brambilla holds off Valverde, Nibali & co

Its is sickening really to have to read this rubbish
Landa has spent ages improving his TT..nothing more
He is hardly Fabian Cancelera


For me Nibali & Valverde still the best in the race and still going to be fighting for the win

The clinic exploded after Dumoulin's win on Cumbre de Sol last year

 

[saganftw]

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Every time a SKY rider improves the tin foil briagade are out in force
No such comments when Dumoulin becomes a climber or Brambilla holds off Valverde, Nibali & co

Its is sickening really to have to read this rubbish
Landa has spent ages improving his TT..nothing more
He is hardly Fabian Cancelera


For me Nibali & Valverde still the best in the race and still going to be fighting for the win

Ages??? He's been with Sky for 6 months.

imagine what next 6 months will do to him

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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The clinic exploded after Dumoulin's win on Cumbre de Sol last year

Like it does every time a rider exceeds expectations by a millionth of one percent.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

This was one of the most entertaining TT's I've seen recently.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Just a reminder: Landa lost 4min to Contador over 60 km last season. He improved a hell lot and I'm looking forward to see him in the mountains.

People keep mentioning last year TT as an example of how bad Landa was.
I think the comparison doesn't make any sense at all. He has improved, definitely, but it has to be taken into account that last year he was riding as a domestique and probably rode that TT without pushing full gas. You have to look at the wider picture and not at the performance alone, out of any context.

He was third on GC.

 

[Red Rick]

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Just a reminder: Landa lost 4min to Contador over 60 km last season. He improved a hell lot and I'm looking forward to see him in the mountains.

People keep mentioning last year TT as an example of how bad Landa was.
I think the comparison doesn't make any sense at all. He has improved, definitely, but it has to be taken into account that last year he was riding as a domestique and probably rode that TT without pushing full gas. You have to look at the wider picture and not at the performance alone, out of any context.

That is total bull ***. Last year he was 3rd after 2 weeks, so he had every reason to go all out in that tt. Besides, Aru, who top 10'd the Vuelta tt, was only 1'20" faster

 

[Mr.White]

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lol Nibali slower than Landa. What a joke

The true joke is that Nibali won 3 gt's.
Andy Hampsten's Giro win is more worth than any of Nibali's gt achievements!

Yeah, only to you and Hampsten. What a nonsense!

 

[gunara]

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any sky rider doing well = no justice in the world lol. grande landa

But it's almost true. Sky just do everything right, they fix every weakness in no time, in a sport where most others struggle to just maintain one single good thing.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Uran No surprise considering his team choice.

To be fair, he was also pretty mediocre at Etixx last year

not really. he had great results bar the gt's and in the tour first itt he finished 17th.

 

[whittashau]

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Man, Brambilla with that disgusting overnight transformation.

Really? He has been a decent TTer for a while. He just doesn't go full gas in them very often

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Cycling as we know it is over. Landa better than Valverde ina 40 k ITT.

what are you crying about?

 

[Jancouver]

General classification after stage 9
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 34:33:04
2 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:01
3 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:32
4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:51
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:53
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:55
7 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:58
8 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:18
9 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:01:45
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:51

 

[Orbit501]

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Top 16 on GC

Jungels - 52:30
Amador - 53:04
Dumoulin - 53:43
Brambilla - 53:50
Nibali - 53:58
Landa - 54:05
Kruijswijk 54:08
Valverde - 54:09
Fuglsang - 54:29
Majka - 54:41
Hesjedahl - 54:43
Ulissi - 55:17
Pozzovivo - 55:24
Chaves - 55:33
Zakarin - 55:36
Uran - 55:57
Firsanov - 57:01

Who all crashed? I know Zaka (3x, or was it 2 crashes and one mechanical?) and Uran crashed. Anyone else? Firsa maybe with that time?

Don't know if he crashed or not, but Firsanov was always going to lose a lot of time today regardless. His TT is not very good. I made mention of it yesterday.