2019 Tour de France, stage 2: Bruxelles - Brussel 27,6 km TT

[tobydawq]

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What's your take on average speed/finishing time, people?

Probably not faster than 55 kph. Headwind, and despite a visually flat-looking profile, the altitude info indicates that there are a few rolling hills that will suppress the speed a little.

 

[Kwibus]

Re: 2019 Tour de France, stage 2: Bruxelles - Brussel 27,6 k

I forgot about EF, they will certainly be up there!

 

[Anderis]

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Its a tough one to call but I still expect Jumbo to narrowly win ahead of DQS, Ineos, Mitchelton and EF. I don't really believe on Sunweb because Dumoulin isn't on the team and Kelderman is not at his best either.

I initally picked EF, but when they didn't select Craddock and Phinney, I changed my mind

There are like 5 riders in EF roster who have been consistently better than Phinney and at least on par with Craddock in ITTs recently.

 

[sir fly]

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What's your take on average speed/finishing time, people?

Probably not faster than 55 kph. Headwind, and despite a visually flat-looking profile, the altitude info indicates that there are a few rolling hills that will suppress the speed a little.

55 would be a fairly high mark.
But it's about percents of it, anyway, I assume.

 

[tobydawq]

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What's your take on average speed/finishing time, people?

Probably not faster than 55 kph. Headwind, and despite a visually flat-looking profile, the altitude info indicates that there are a few rolling hills that will suppress the speed a little.

55 would be a fairly high mark.
But it's about percents of it, anyway, I assume.

You're probably right. 53?

 

[sir fly]

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What's your take on average speed/finishing time, people?

Probably not faster than 55 kph. Headwind, and despite a visually flat-looking profile, the altitude info indicates that there are a few rolling hills that will suppress the speed a little.

55 would be a fairly high mark.
But it's about percents of it, anyway, I assume.

You're probably right. 53?

Not sure, really.
At first glance, I thought about something between 50 and 55 (guessing whether it'll be closer to 50 or 55 could've been amusing).
But after a closer look, I won't be surprised if it goes beyond 55.
Profile and parcourse are very similar to the last year's ttt, but the length is for a higher speed.
Also, the wind and surface will play a part, so around 55 is the safest to say.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Ineos on paper always the strongest, but usually dont win. Qs, sunweb, jumbo, mitchelton. It should be between those 5.

Bahrain Merida, top 3 if Caruso and Mohoric recovered from the crashes.

 

[Finn84]

In last five TTTs, the winning team starting positions:

2009 Astana 20/20
2011 Garmin-Cervelo 9/22
2013 Orica-GreenEdge 18/22
2015 BMC 21/22
2018 BMC 5/22

 

[TomLPC]

Bora at 100/1 seems a good punt

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Fuglsang's knee now being put to the test

 

[sir fly]

And, after another thought, half an hour is the mark.

 

[Kwibus]

According to Gouvenou the riders need to use their brakes maybe 4 times and expects a possible speed record. Old one somewhere in 57km/h.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Richie Porte looks so thin you'd think he's already ridden the tour. So he could be on monster form, or more likely he's going to get sick soon.

 

[Hayabusa]

So graphics still refer to Ineos as Sky....

 

[Rollthedice]

Astana 15" down to Ineos at first checkpont.

 

[TomLPC]

The graphic on the TTT still says "SKY". Incredible how the ones at the back look like they are barely pedalling at 60kph

 

[sir fly]

Ineos will shoot off all our marks (mostly mine), but we'll see about the rest of the teams.

 

[TomLPC]

Could this be some sort of record? Infernal pace.

 

[Rollthedice]

Ineos 29'18" 56.5 km/h

 

[Hayabusa]

Good time from Ineos. That should stand for awhile but will be interesting to see how the other favourites go.

 

[Laplaz]

FDJ? Not bad

 

[Rollthedice]

FdJ 7 sec down on Ineos first checkpoint, 8 sec better than Astana.

 

[tobydawq]

Was Moscon dropped just before the finish?

 

[Jagartrott]

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Ineos will shoot off all our marks (mostly mine), but we'll see about the rest of the teams.

Mostly yours I think, because the organizers thought they could possibly beat 58 km/h this TTT. Is not going to happen. Couple of hilly bits that really hurt + some headwind in the second part.

 

[Salvarani]

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Was Moscon dropped just before the finish?

It was Kwiatkowski I think, unless Moscon was dropped earlier