Only because hes climbing it.Ganna is struggling a bit on the climb.
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Only because hes climbing it.Ganna is struggling a bit on the climb.
How many people has Ganna actually passed here? 7?
I would very much not like such a thing.One discipline I'd love to see in Tour like once in every 4 years is a 1st-day ½TTT of 100 kms.
Team to freely divide their team to A- and B-squads and have that traditional (if scrapped) Olympic discipline.
Would need to be at the start of Tour so each team was still complete 2 times 4 guys.
30%, 15:36 to Ganna‘s timeHe passed the whole peloton. What’s the % time limit today? And how many minutes will it be?
The last riders he passed didn’t look like trying. Hope they’re safe.
He caught 9-minute man, but he didn't catch 4-minute man in Kepplinger nor 8-minute man in De Bod and probably not 7-minute man Colleoni either. So that would be 6 caught.9, I think.
Takes 1:39min on Bjerg. Will be really difficult to beat even for Pogačar.
Oh 30%. Time enough to freewheel indeed.30%, 15:36 to Ganna‘s time
I would like it but they have to temper it with a couple of 300k big Chiappucchi-style mountain stages too to balance it out. Not like the Wiggo Tour when they had mad tt ks with weak mountains.One discipline I'd love to see in Tour like once in every 4 years is a 1st-day ½TTT of 100 kms.
Team to freely divide their team to A- and B-squads and have that traditional (if scrapped) Olympic discipline.
Would need to be at the start of Tour so each team was still complete 2 times 4 guys.
I didn't see it myself, but commentators said he passed ColleoniHe caught 9-minute man, but he didn't catch 4-minute man in Kepplinger nor 8-minute man in De Bod and probably not 7-minute man Colleoni either. So that would be 6 caught.
If he does then we will have to admit Mou was rightGanna fastest T2-finish split.
Still somehow I think Pogacar will take it.
For reference, Pog took 33s out of Van Aert in the Combloux ITT despite Van Aert doing a negative split.Pippo gained 11" on Bjerg in the final split.
Superb performance, hopefully it will be enough. but I reckon Pog can be 20"-30" in the final split.
Pogi was 2nd behind Vingo in the 22km 2023 Tour ITT, and 1min 13 seconds ahead of Van Aert in third.Totally obliterated by Ganna. No one will touch this time.
Bjerg was controlling as well as pulling at the front almost half the stage yesterday. Pogacar should beat this by 30+ secs9, I think.
Takes 1:39min on Bjerg. Will be really difficult to beat even for Pogačar.
He won't take 30 seconds, no way. Ganna went too deep at the end and climb is not as long.For reference, Pog took 33s out of Van Aert in the Combloux ITT despite Van Aert doing a negative split.
Here the final climb is ofcourse easier than in in the Tour ITT, and a smaller part of the overall ITT, which in turn favors Pog taking more.
Combloux ITT was much hillier overall, so the comparison isn't that good.Pogi was 2nd behind Vingo in the 22km 2023 Tour ITT, and 1min 13 seconds ahead of Van Aert in third.
Given that
1. Pogi wasn't in top form for that day
2. Van Aert is a much better rider than Bjerg who is second atm
3. This ITT is almost twice as long
You would expect Pogi to be a lot more than that ahead of Bjerg. I'd expect Pogi to be around 2 minutes better than Bjerg. Ganna is 1min 39 ahead of Bjerg so I would say that Pogi has a good chance of beating that
Totally different TTs, Combloux had like no flat road and this is 34km of pure TT power, where Bjerg is pretty good.Pogi was 2nd behind Vingo in the 22km 2023 Tour ITT, and 1min 13 seconds ahead of Van Aert in third.
Given that
1. Pogi wasn't in top form for that day
2. Van Aert is a much better rider than Bjerg who is second atm
3. This ITT is almost twice as long
You would expect Pogi to be a lot more than that ahead of Bjerg. I'd expect Pogi to be around 2 minutes better than Bjerg. Ganna is 1min 39 ahead of Bjerg so I would say that Pogi has a good chance of beating that