Critérium du Dauphiné May 30-June 6 2021

[Red Rick]

Tony Martin actually going for it in a TT? What year is this?

 

[Taxus4a]

22'35'' (vitesse moyenne : 43,572 km/h) for T. Martin, so the ITT is quite hard. Anybody will pass 45 Km/h

 

[Taxus4a]

Tony Martin actually going for it in a TT? What year is this?

Why you think he wiil be even in the top 20?
I said to consider as a reference, but not to win the stage

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Tony Martin actually going for it in a TT? What year is this?

I can imagine more guys than usual trying their luck and going all out, because there is no super ITT favorite (Ganna/Dennis/Van Aert...) present. So if you're feeling good, might as well go for it.

 

[ppanther92]

Why you think he wiil be even in the top 20?
I said to consider as a reference, but not to win the stage

Probably not win, but top 20 - why not? Cerny is a pretty strong TTer as well and Martin put 23s into him in the secon part. Lets wait for Haga as next indicator. But I think its a top 10 time eventually.

 

[ppanther92]

Probably not win, but top 20 - why not? Cerny is a pretty strong TTer as well and Martin put 23s into him in the secon part. Lets wait for Haga as next indicator. But I think its a top 10 time eventually.

Ok, never mind. Got too excited apparently. Sweeny already faster.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Top 10 prediction from Feltet.dk (in order):

Thomas
Porte
McNulty
Asgreen
Wilder
Bjerg
Kruijswijk
Armirail
Kwiatkowski
Craddock

I hope they are wrong on Asgreen

 

[SafeBet]

Cerny badly faded in the second part, so I don't think beating him means that much.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Im interested in how Pöstlberger does. He’s the kind of rider who should have the physical tools to do a decent TT but almost never has any reason to try.

 

[Taxus4a]

Probably not win, but top 20 - why not? Cerny is a pretty strong TTer as well and Martin put 23s into him in the secon part. Lets wait for Haga as next indicator. But I think its a top 10 time eventually.

Of course he can be top 20. It would be a surprise if he is not. .But of course, it not sure..It is what I meant-

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Live reporting from the finish line (Danish TV2), indicating that the route is harder than it looks on the profile.

The hills are quite steep, there are a lot of tempo changes, and there are a lot of speedbumps on the road.

Wandahl (Bora) who started as one of the first, said it's a hard route to find your rhythm on, and that many will struggle with managing their strength throughout the route.

 

[ppanther92]

25min to go until its Froome time

 

[Taxus4a]

Gesink did a very good second part to finish 5th at the end, better than Cerny.

 

[ppanther92]

Vingegaard starting strong.

 

[SafeBet]

Vingegaard destroys the previous best intermediate.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Wineyard bossed the first part of the TT, a bit of a surprise considering his performance on the last few stages.

 

[Poursuivant]

Kwiatkowski for the win

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Live pictures now

 

[Panda Claws]

Pretty lacklustre field this year.

 

[SafeBet]

Vingegaard with a sub-22 minutes time at the finish.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Vingegaard......... cutting 35 seconds off the best time......... W - T - F ?

 

[gregrowlerson]

First time at the arrival, 23' 24" (1)

I said about 21 minutes best time, but could be even better, as there is tailwind

Taxus, I never thought I'd say this, but you might be exactly right!

 

[broppo]

vingegaard has got this in the bag!

 

[Panda Claws]

Ah the 'the faster I go the quicker this will be over' school of thought.

 

[Baldinger]

Confusing with Harry Sweeny.