Official thread - TdF Stage 4: Team Time Trial (Montpellier - Montpellier 38 km)

[Cobblestones]

Milram going now...

And van Summeren off as well.

 

[sometriguy]

Does anybody know where to look up overall results, it would be a lot of fun to see how far back a lot of the dropees are finishing?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Jo Van Sum off the back with a puncture. Lotto down to 6 already. What a mare!

 

[msjett]

Hes coming back....they are waiting a little

 

[39*23t]

Milram going now...

And van Summeren off as well.

milram have a strong team should post a new best time

 

[Publicus]

Milram going now...

And van Summeren off as well.

If you are watching the Versus feed they just showed SiL with 7 men. I really hate Versus right now. Love the HD feed, but the coverage leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Apparently he made it back on.

 

[Seth Bullock]

At least back to seven now (Lotto). Wonder what's going through Cadel's mind right now......

 

[Anonymous]

Hes coming back....they are waiting a little

silence back up to seven

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

If you are watching the Versus feed they just showed SiL with 7 men. I really hate Versus right now. Love the HD feed, but the coverage leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Use the link the friendly luckyboy prvided us with here.

 

[Cobblestones]

If you are watching the Versus feed they just showed SiL with 7 men. I really hate Versus right now. Love the HD feed, but the coverage leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

He came actually back. Who knows, maybe VS is actually a few seconds ahead in their coverage.

 

[ak-zaaf]

terpstra and wrolich went down for milram (?)

 

[sportzchick]

silence back up to seven

they are already 1min plus and looking like they may struggle to get home with 5 riders

its going to take a minor miracle for Cadel to get back to being in it for the GC

 

[39*23t]

looks like miram crashed as well a few torn pants

 

[Delicato]

At least we gonna see some great attacks from Cadel in Arcalis now.

 

[Cobblestones]

Skil 4' down on Katusha

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

At least we gonna see some attacks from Cadel in Arcalis now.

 

[ak-zaaf]

according to dutch tv hupond of skil is off to a hospital after a crash.


i'm not sure cause i'm watching belgium, but my wife in the other room said so

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

Am I the only person who regrets the return of the TTT? In my mind it amounts to a time bonus for riders who don't need one: riders on weak teams are already at a big disadvantage in the "real" stages, and then adding an extra event that penalizes them 1 or 2 or 3 minutes basically takes them out of the game entirely. It should always be possible for a rider on a weak team to win the Tour, and the TTT more or less makes that impossible. Lemond only won the 89 Tour because his special tri-bars effectively balanced out ADR's weak ride in the TTT.

 

[ak-zaaf]

At least we gonna see an attack from Cadel on Ventoux now.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Skil rider Hupond a faller, taken straight to hospital, no further details yet.

 

[Parrot23]

I really hate Versus right now.
.

They are probably getting all their ads and filler fluff (80% of the broadcast) out of the way so we can all focus on you know who, LOL.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Lemond only won the 89 Tour because his special tri-bars effectively balanced out ADR's weak ride in the TTT.

so as your final argument you point to one of the most exciting tours of all-time?

 

[Anonymous]

Am I the only person who regrets the return of the TTT? In my mind it amounts to a time bonus for riders who don't need one: riders on weak teams are already at a big disadvantage in the "real" stages, and then adding an extra event that penalizes them 1 or 2 or 3 minutes basically takes them out of the game entirely. It should always be possible for a rider on a weak team to win the Tour, and the TTT more or less makes that impossible. Lemond only won the 89 Tour because his special tri-bars effectively balanced out ADR's weak ride in the TTT.

its a team sport... any tour contender is only as strong as his team, be it in a TT or in the mountains.. just different ways of depending on them.,.

For TV and the Spectators on the road, theyre great.. i love em..

 

[sometriguy]

Am I the only person who regrets the return of the TTT? In my mind it amounts to a time bonus for riders who don't need one: riders on weak teams are already at a big disadvantage in the "real" stages, and then adding an extra event that penalizes them 1 or 2 or 3 minutes basically takes them out of the game entirely. It should always be possible for a rider on a weak team to win the Tour, and the TTT more or less makes that impossible. Lemond only won the 89 Tour because his special tri-bars effectively balanced out ADR's weak ride in the TTT.

As long as it benefits Lance, aka Master and Commander of the Universe, it seems to be ok.

 

[Cobblestones]

Euskatel Euskadi going now.

Wegmann going off the back of Milram