Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

[AlpRaid]

can someone please tell me what the point of a 21-22 minute TT is?

it's like having a 21-22 minute bonus sprint.

it will most likely have zero effect on final GC.

wtf happened to the "race of truth"?

 

[jono]

Nice ride from young Mr. Leonard.

 

[noob]

What was that weird tdf ad zooming in on the facial hair of Jonas, Remco and Tadej?

 

[Potomac]

I guess I got really used to the crowds and decorations of the Giro.
So now them going through some dead village seems odd.

 

[dobrien]

can someone please tell me what the point of a 21-22 minute TT is?

it's like having a 21-22 minute bonus sprint.

it will most likely have zero effect on final GC.

wtf happened to the "race of truth"?

Fully agree. Should be at least twice as long, minimum.

 

[Boehmand]

Evenepoel, Vingegaard and Pogacar are only starting 4 minutes apart today - just under an hour from now (16:33 Evenepoel, 16:35 Vingegaard, 16:37 Pogacar).

It will all go down over the next 22 minutes from there.

 

[veganrob]

Fully agree. Should be at least twice as long, minimum.

This just makes it look like the designers couldn’t come up with a good course so just put in this crap.

 

[Boehmand]

can someone please tell me what the point of a 21-22 minute TT is?

it's like having a 21-22 minute bonus sprint.

it will most likely have zero effect on final GC.

wtf happened to the "race of truth"?

The length of the TT is measured against the difficulty of the other stages.

If the race had more big mountain stages, they could do a longer TT.

They want the TT to have an impact, but not be able to decide the race on its own.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Why are some of Quicksteps 999 wins disputed? Doping strike-offs?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Find a man more aware his team is about to fold than Thibault Guernalec

 

[moljoh]

GC Kuss I wasn't even aware he's here...

 

[dobrien]

The length of the TT is measured against the difficulty of the other stages.

If the race had more big mountain stages, they could do a longer TT.

They want the TT to have an impact, but not be able to decide the race on its own.

But this TT won't even come close to balancing the route imho; Saturday alone could decide the whole race, why NOT the TT? I think a TT which afforded Remco an opportunity to gain 30+ seconds would be much better for the race... Just my .02 of course!

 

[Heston]

Cavagna flying. Might get 4th today after the 3 aliens

 

[RedheadDane]

Cavagna is flying.

 

[Brullnux]

The sole time check being at over two-thirds of the way in (by time) is always a bad choice.

Unclear to me why they didn't do it at the top of the climb

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

GC Kuss I wasn't even aware he's here...

I'm as dyslexic as the next person, but last Time I checked he was spelled Sepp Kyss. Something is wrong here!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

can someone please tell me what the point of a 21-22 minute TT is?

it's like having a 21-22 minute bonus sprint.

it will most likely have zero effect on final GC.

wtf happened to the "race of truth"?

Because in the modern era TTs are not the 'race of truth', but the 'race of which team has the biggest budget to spend on aero testing wind tunnels and equipment'.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Kyss taking it seriously it seems. 5th time, 36 seconds back at the first stop.

 

[solo80k]

Because in the modern era TTs are not the 'race of truth', but the 'race of which team has the biggest budget to spend on aero testing wind tunnels and equipment'.

And we all know that the most efficient in recent years is so called TT miner position. 😉

 

[RedheadDane]

Ritter just mentioned a rather interesting fact; all three reigning ITT world champions are in the race.

Seixas: Junior
Romeo: U23
Evenepoel: Elite

 

[search]

Ritter just mentioned a rather interesting fact; all three reigning ITT world champions are in the race.

Seixas: Junior
Romeo: U23
Evenepoel: Elite

yes, he seems to read the forum more thoroughly than you do

 

[Tim Cahill]

Kuss must be absolutely flying, a top 100 would indicate good form for him

 

[dobrien]

Solid ride from Kuss!

 

[YavorD]

Kuss must be absolutely flying, a top 100 would indicate good form for him

Did you mean top 10?
He is guaranteed in top 100 already.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Lenny Martinez with a good time as well, 2nd at the intervall, 16 seconds down.