well i'd like vino to take the overall but cadel definitely seems kind of fresher.his power of recovery is indeed tremendous.also watch out for intxausti.
the stage win:tony martin or brajkovic.
the stage win:tony martin or brajkovic.
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Nearly said:Shouldn't that apply to Porte as well? (He seems to be slipping back into early vintage habits.)
it is solid but i think it's slightly below what i'd expected...auscyclefan94 said:9 Tour de Romandie, Prologue : Martigny I.T.T. 3.5km
15 Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 6 : Zalla - Zalla I.T.T. 24km
15 Critérium International, Stage 3 : Porto-Vecchio I.T.T. 7km
11 Paris - Nice, Stage 6 : Rognes - Aix-en-Provence I.T.T. (27 km
19 Tour of Oman, Stage 5 : Bander Al Jissah I.T.T. 18.5km
He's definetly been solid.
python said:it is solid but i think it's slightly below what i'd expected...
someone asked vino recently, 'did your tting suffer at the expense of climbing improvement since you lost some weight ?' his answer was, 'we will see on saturday'.
indeed vino was climbing exceptionally well in the classics in the steeper terrain.
but this is vino, you can't 'calculate' him
Sasquatch said:Don't rule out Castro to win. It may not suit him that much, but he should figure top 10.
python said:yeh, theoretically it should be matnin's.
but again, when he attacked yesterday with 3 km to go on a pan cake flat course suiting him to a tee, he should have been able to stay away...
but no, vino single-handedly closed what looked like a rather large gap.
either vino is in super shape or martin has lost some.
python said:yea, vino is punchier than martin, but look at the stage finish again. the point was that the gap was rather large. vino went probably from 50 km/h to 55-57/kmh for a long time...it was 1 km pursuit tt of it's own. i doubt vino would close on canc if he lost his wheel for so long. we'll see rather soon.
It's easier to close a gap than to maintain one. Vino probably exhausted himself completely closing that gap, and then he rested on Tony Martin's wheel for a while until he launched his sprint. Tony Martin was the strongest in my opinion. Just like when Vinokourov won champs elysee when he took advantage of Cancellara's attack, but Cancellara was the strongest.python said:yea, vino is punchier than martin, but look at the stage finish again. the point was that the gap was rather large. vino went probably from 50 km/h to 55-57/kmh for a long time...it was 1 km pursuit tt of it's own. i doubt vino would close on canc if he lost his wheel for so long. we'll see rather soon.
You forgot to add a Tony Martin picture to your post.Bavarianrider said:Yeah cause Tony is not Cancellara. Tony is very good for a short distance like 3km. But not extraordinary like Cance. Vino has always been very punchy for such finals. Just think of Paris 2005.
And today theay are riding on TT bikes. Huge difference. Tonys position on the bike is extraordinary, Vinos isn't.
theyoungest said:This looks like a good course for Pinotti, actually. I'll go with him for the surprise overall victory.