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

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Hepburn and Bewley both over 2.30 down at the first intermediate. Either they are pacing themselves muuuuuuch better than everyone else or yet again these antipodean alleged TT specialists show themselves to be over-hyped third tier contenders at this point.

bewley was never hyped. hepburn comes from the australian track circus which is a recipe for disaster for road pro's because they've been squeezed out at the track program age 16-22 en after that it's done. see cameron meyer and countless other examples as well.

Didn't Meyer win the TdS prologue some years ago?

so?

 

[search]

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Hepburn and Bewley both over 2.30 down at the first intermediate. Either they are pacing themselves muuuuuuch better than everyone else or yet again these antipodean alleged TT specialists show themselves to be over-hyped third tier contenders at this point.

bewley was never hyped. hepburn comes from the australian track circus which is a recipe for disaster for road pro's because they've been squeezed out at the track program age 16-22 en after that it's done. see cameron meyer and countless other examples as well.

Didn't Meyer win the TdS prologue some years ago?

only due to massively changing weather conditions though

 

[jens_attacks]

brandle didn't put any time almost on tjalingii from int 2 to finish. so he will be beaten i guess

 

[Brullnux]

Ah, Cancellara is not gonna win this unless he goes absolutely crazy and gains 30 seconds in the last 5km

 

[yaco]

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Hepburn and Bewley both over 2.30 down at the first intermediate. Either they are pacing themselves muuuuuuch better than everyone else or yet again these antipodean alleged TT specialists show themselves to be over-hyped third tier contenders at this point.

Everything is being saved to support Chavez in the next 2 weeks. Anyway Howson will do best for OGE in the TT - Nothing wrong with Rohan Dennis as a TTer.

 

[ice&fire]

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I just answered your question

Valverde's performances in long flat ITTs are unpredictable. The only point in his favour today is that he's still relatively fresh as the ITT comes before any big mountain stage. I'd be surprised if he finishes ahead of Nibali.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

Hepburn and Bewley both over 2.30 down at the first intermediate. Either they are pacing themselves muuuuuuch better than everyone else or yet again these antipodean alleged TT specialists show themselves to be over-hyped third tier contenders at this point.

bewley was never hyped. hepburn comes from the australian track circus which is a recipe for disaster for road pro's because they've been squeezed out at the track program age 16-22 en after that it's done. see cameron meyer and countless other examples as well.

Didn't Meyer win the TdS prologue some years ago?

only due to massively changing weather conditions though

Alright. My memory of it was only vague. He's done nicely in other various time trials though

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Hepburn and Bewley both over 2.30 down at the first intermediate. Either they are pacing themselves muuuuuuch better than everyone else or yet again these antipodean alleged TT specialists show themselves to be over-hyped third tier contenders at this point.

bewley was never hyped. hepburn comes from the australian track circus which is a recipe for disaster for road pro's because they've been squeezed out at the track program age 16-22 en after that it's done. see cameron meyer and countless other examples as well.

Didn't Meyer win the TdS prologue some years ago?

only due to massively changing weather conditions though

Alright. My memory of it was only vague. He's done nicely in other various time trials though

are you seriously suggesting cameron meyer had had anywhere near the career he was supposed to have?

 

[DNP-Old]

Chaves to top-15.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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are you seriously suggesting cameron meyer had had anywhere near the career he was supposed to have?

"career he was supposed to have". Seriously??? Since when is being a great track talent a guarantee for a great road career?

 

[Txrt]

Vamos Uran.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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Valverde's last great GT ITT was last year at the Vuelta. Nibali's was...uhm.. I guess in 2014?

Well, Nibali's last long ITT was in 2014. 19 sec slower than Dumoulin over 54 K and he wasn't going all out.

Proof?

He was certainly taking the corners easy and cautious, absolutely no reason to force anything, Le Tour was won and anyway it was impossible to beat Tony Martin.

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

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Ah, Cancellara is not gonna win this unless he goes absolutely crazy and gains 30 seconds in the last 5km

He gave it a good try.

 

[Rollthedice]

Laengen same as Brandle at 3rd check.

 

[johnymax]

Rogla, my man

 

[rainman]

ES embarrasing themselves still on yesterdays news

 

[classicomano]

Roglic now fastest at the 3rd time check.

 

[Rollthedice]

Roglic is a big surprise.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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are you seriously suggesting cameron meyer had had anywhere near the career he was supposed to have?

"career he was supposed to have". Seriously??? Since when is being a great track talent a guarantee for a great road career?

ughh, never mind. if you had followed cycling for the past 10 years you would've known with what credentials and hype cameron meyer became a pro.

 

[Brullnux]

Laengen 7" off

 

[Eshnar]

Roglic best time

 

[Laplaz]

Roglic 1st!!! He will podium today

 

[Rollthedice]

Roglic first 10 sec faster than Brandle.

 

[johnymax]

Wow. What a ride again by Roglic. Can he hold on this time?

 

[Jancouver]

76 Roglic Primoz SLO TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO TLJ 51:45 +00: 00 1
92 BRANDLE Matthias AUT IAM CYCLING IAM 51:55 +00: 10 2
99 LAENGEN Vegard Stake NOR IAM CYCLING IAM 52:02 +00: 17 3
204 Fabian Cancellara SUI TREK - SEGAFREDO TFS 52:13 +00: 28 4
165 VOROBYEV Anton RUS KATUSHA TEAM KAT 52:15 +00: 30 5
178 Maarten Tjallingii NED TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO TLJ 53:01 +01: 16 6
128 Sütterlin Jasha GER MOVISTAR TEAM MOV 53:41 +01: 56 7
69 Wiśniowski Lukasz POL ETIXX - QUICK-STEP EQS 54:37 +02: 52 8
86 OVECHKIN Artem RUS GAZPROM - RusVelo GAZ 54:41 +02: 56 9
159 TIMMER Albert NED TEAM GIANT - Alpecin TGA 54:48 +03: 03 10
203 Jack Bobridge AUS TREK - SEGAFREDO TFS 55:10 +03: 25 11
73 Mickael DELAGE BETWEEN FDJ FDJ 55:23 +03: 38 12
82 Rybalkin Aleksey RUS GAZPROM - RusVelo GAZ 55:38 +03: 53 13
24 BOEM Nicola ITA BARDIANI CSF BAR 55:55 +04: 10 14
134 BOLE Grega SLO NIPPO - FANTINI WINES NIP 56:04 +04: 19 15
78 Sarreau Marc BETWEEN FDJ FDJ 56:09 +04: 24 16
205 Coledan Marco ITA TREK - SEGAFREDO TFS 56:19 +04: 34 17
212 Amezqueta Julen ESP WILIER TRIESTINA - SOUTHEAST WIL 56:30 +04: 45 18
174 Castelijns Twan NED TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO TLJ 56:44 +04: 59 19
22 ANDREETTA Simone ITA BARDIANI CSF BAR 56:44 +04: 59 20
116 LIGTHART Pim NED SOUDAL LOT LTS 56:54 +05: 09 21
139 Gianfranco ZILIOLI ITA NIPPO - FANTINI WINES NIP 57:07 +05: 22 22
158 Tom Stamsnijder NED TEAM GIANT - Alpecin TGA 57:09 +05: 24 23
74 FISCHER Murilo Antonio BRA FDJ FDJ 57:17 +05: 32 24
148 Svein TUFT CAN ORICA GREENEDGE OGE 57:23 +05: 38 25
7 KADRI Blel BETWEEN AG2R La Mondiale ALM 57:32 +05: 47 26
153 DE BACKER Bert BEL TEAM GIANT - Alpecin TGA 57:33 +05: 48 27
137 Eduard Michael Grosu ROU NIPPO - FANTINI WINES NIP 57:58 +06: 13 28
138 YAMAMOTO Genki JPN NIPPO - FANTINI WINES NIP 58:01 +06: 16 29
57 THOMSON Jay Robert RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA DDD 58:07 +06: 22 30
103 Koshevoy Ilia BLR LAMPRE - MERIDA LAM 58:21 +06: 36 31
53 JIM Songezo RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA DDD 58:23 +06: 38 32
119 Jelle Vanendert BEL SOUDAL LOT LTS 58:36 +06: 51 33
29 RUFFONI Nicola ITA BARDIANI CSF BAR 58:49 +07: 04 34
83 Artur Ershov RUS GAZPROM - RusVelo GAZ 58:56 +07: 11 35
144 HEPBURN Michael AUS ORICA GREENEDGE OGE 59:02 +07: 17 36
142 Sam BEWLEY NZL ORICA GREENEDGE OGE 59:35 +07: 50 37
135 STACCHIOTTI Riccardo ITA NIPPO - FANTINI WINES NIP 59:52 +08: 07 38
155 JI Cheng CHN TEAM GIANT - Alpecin TGA 01:00 +09: 02 39
94 KLUGE Roger GER IAM CYCLING IAM 01:01 +09: 26 40