2017 Amgen Tour of California, May 14-20, WT

[May0maniac]

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Good on Talansky. I have a hard time with Cannondale in general, I don't really like Vaughters and the likes, but its nice to see them finally win on a WT-stage. Maybe TJ's cracking in Italy inspired him to grab the spot as the leading stage racer of the States. Lmao.

Is the MTF worth watching? Wondering if I should watch it before the TT on such an evenfull friday evening.

It wasn't a great MTF.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Good on Talansky. I have a hard time with Cannondale in general, I don't really like Vaughters and the likes, but its nice to see them finally win on a WT-stage. Maybe TJ's cracking in Italy inspired him to grab the spot as the leading stage racer of the States. Lmao.

Is the MTF worth watching? Wondering if I should watch it before the TT on such an evenfull friday evening.

It wasn't a great MTF.

It's better than the early parts of a TT anyway. It was good in the sense that action happened earlyish. It was mediocre in the sense that the principals were too evenly matched to shed each other.

 

[jaylew]

Re:

Good on Talansky. I have a hard time with Cannondale in general, I don't really like Vaughters and the likes, but its nice to see them finally win on a WT-stage. Maybe TJ's cracking in Italy inspired him to grab the spot as the leading stage racer of the States. Lmao.

Is the MTF worth watching? Wondering if I should watch it before the TT on such an evenfull friday evening.

I think it's worth watching. I thought it was quite entertaining. That said, I used to ride those roads all the time so I'm sure that helped my enjoyment. Anyway, there were several attacks, even if very few stuck.

 

[May0maniac]

Ganna leading right now, 2 seconds ahead of Bodnar, Elmiger 3rd, Phinney 4th.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Dibben with new fastest time. Apparently 21 seconds faster than Ganna :O

 

[staubsauger]

Who's the best tt'er of the top 3, Boswell? Any chance one of those three maintains in lead over Talansky?

Edith meant the Pitbull!

 

[killswitch]

Sagan same time as Bodnar, good enough for provisional 3rd place.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

What the hell happened there?

 

[SlickMongoose]

Morton with a second bike change. Poor bloke.

 

[killswitch]

Talansky will catch Morton soon.

edit: Schachmann ahead of Sagan with a time of 28:48

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Talansky turned at the halfway intermediate split in approximately 14.53 if my calculated timing is correct. Sagan was there at 14.45 to give a reference.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Boswell looks terrible TT'ing. Wobbling around the whole time.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Talansky has crazy calves

 

[killswitch]

Gesink finished on a road bike.

 

[Irondan]

What happened to Gesink?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Bookwalter super fast and hilariously contorted as he tries to get it all out

 

[Irondan]

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Bookwalter super fast and hilariously contorted as he tries to get it all out

Altitude contortions.

They're up at almost 2000 meters in elevation, not a typical ITT.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Majka's intermediate time was 15:10, so 17 seconds off Talansky, but Bookwalter must have been quicker than Talansky already at that point

 

[GuyIncognito]

Majka needs 29:26 at least. Gonna be close at this rate

 

[GuyIncognito]

Bennett wins the GC. No way Majka does 28:51

 

[killswitch]

Great ride by Bennett, only two seconds slower than Talansky.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Mother of God Bennett. Where did that come from?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Haha Bennett so stunned he looks out of it

 

[Irondan]

Bennett? Wow, where did that come from!

Chapau!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Well, that was a surprise. Maybe we could have discussed his 10th place in the Pais Vasco time trial more, but still.