Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 16: Trento – Rovereto 34.2 km ITT

[sir fly]

Looks like having the time references means a lot on this route.
Best times at the finish are changing more frequent than expected.

 

[Carols]

Tony Still Rocks!!!!

 

[Climbing]

Re:

Has the wind changed direction?

Nope, it's tail wind as expected.
Will probably stay like that.

 

[May0maniac]

It's raining a bit at the start right now.

 

[skippo12]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 16: Trento – Rovereto 34.2 km I

Now we can wait for Dumoulin. Don`t expect anyone else to beat Tony today.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re: Re:

Has the wind changed direction?

Nope, it's tail wind as expected.
Will probably stay like that.

Well that measn Yates can limit the damage to maybe 45s tops

 

[Jagartrott]

Re: Re:

Has the wind changed direction?

Nope, it's tail wind as expected.
Will probably stay like that.

Well that measn Yates can limit the damage to maybe 45s tops

I don't know. There are big gaps even between specialists.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

But Bak is at 2:30. If Yates cannot TT better than Bak then he is hopeless

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

Has the wind changed direction?

Nope, it's tail wind as expected.
Will probably stay like that.

Well that measn Yates can limit the damage to maybe 45s tops

I don't know. There are big gaps even between specialists.

Yes. Appears that the route allows deep digs towards the finish if rider has a chasing mark.

 

[Climbing]

Re: Re:

Has the wind changed direction?

Nope, it's tail wind as expected.
Will probably stay like that.

Well that measn Yates can limit the damage to maybe 45s tops

I predicted Yates deficit from Dumo between 1:30 and 2:00
45 sec is out of this world, unless Tom stops for a break.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

FWIW there is not much wind forecast but what little wind there is should be more against later instead of from behind as the early starters had

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

FWIW there is not much wind forecast but what little wind there is should be more against later instead of from behind as the early starters had

Not unusual in the mountains, around here the wind often turns around 4 pm.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

FWIW there is not much wind forecast but what little wind there is should be more against later instead of from behind as the early starters had

Not unusual in the mountains, around here the wind often turns around 4 pm.

Thought it would turn sooner.

Always a pain when windsurfing on Lago di Garda

 

[May0maniac]

Haga ahead of Kiry at the finish.

 

[shalgo]

This is what I was saying yesterday: there has been no evidence of Tony Martin's decline in long, flat time trials. He has just had fair/poor results in short and/or hilly ones in the last year and a half.

 

[Carols]

Rain Big Tom's chance of a win in the ITT just went down

 

[Salvarani]

Ulissi

 

[dgodave]

Sketchy rain cobbles. They should do roller-races on days like this.

 

[Salvarani]

Re:

Rain Big Tom's chance of a win in the ITT just went down

Bad weather might see him gain more time on Yates tho?

 

[hfer07]

Bananito off

Top 10 already set to go

 

[ferryman]

Hey all. Anyone help with a live stream link today? English preferably but not really fussed. Cheers

 

[sir fly]

Slippery roads make the difference. More for the stage victory than the GC, but the overall can be affected too.

 

[Jagartrott]

Up until a couple of minutes ago, you could get a Tony Martin win @4. Now that odd has gone down to 2.6.

 

[fantomas]

:surprised: Aru.

 

[Salvarani]

Aru