Paris-Nice 2012 - Stage 8: Nice - Col d'Èze (ITT), 9,6 km

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Paris-Nice 2012 - Stage 8: Nice - Col d'Èze (ITT), 9,6 km

http://www.letour.fr/2012/PNC/LIVE/fr/800/allChronos.html

131. COPPEL Jérôme 13:57:00
132. BOUET Maxime 13:59:00
133. URAN Rigoberto 14:01:00
134. SANCHEZ Luis-Leon 14:03:00
135. ROJAS Jose Joaquin 14:05:00
136. VICIOSO Angel 14:07:00
137. KISERLOVSKI Robert 14:09:00
138. CHAVANEL Sylvain 14:11:00
139. JEANNESSON Arnold 14:13:00
140. MONFORT Maxime 14:15:00
141. VAN GARDEREN Tejay 14:17:00
142. SPILAK Simon 14:19:00
143. VALVERDE Alejandro 14:21:00
144. WESTRA Lieuwe 14:23:00
145. WIGGINS Bradley 14:25:00

Top 15

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 27:53:04
2 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:00:06
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:18
4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0:00:37
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:39
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:46
7 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat 0:01:06
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:01:16
9 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:01:21
10 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha Team 0:02:24
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:46
12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:27
13 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:03:34
14 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
15 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:03:37

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I wonder if people even look at the profile and see this is not your normal flat time trial but a climb time trial where time trial capabilties hardly matter.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

the lieuwe westra show

 

[Bavarianrider]

I hope Tony can show some improvement tomorow. If not he should drop out of the season, do a training period and return to racing in late May

 

[jens_attacks]

i'd like westra to beat wiggins and win paris-nice.
not likely to happen but hey lieuwe just won on goddamn mende.from the favourites group.

 

[stefrees]

Can look at it 3 ways. Best history up climbs? Wiggins, but still not massively so. Time trials? Yes it's not your average standard tt, but wiggins wins head to head 11-2. On form? Close but Westra looked better on the climb.

So, very close. Wiggins favourite purely because IMO they're so close but wiggins has 6 seconds

 

[Fetisoff]

Hoping for Westra.
If nothing else, because of Brad's whining on twitter today.
There you go.

Wonder if Spilak can hold top 5.

 

[Christian]

Wonder if Spilak can hold top 5.

How good of an ITT'ist is he?

 

[Froome19]

I wonder if people even look at the profile and see this is not your normal flat time trial but a climb time trial where time trial capabilties hardly matter.

8. SPILAK Simon LAM 55" in tour of romandie stage 3 ITT (23.4km) so there is a possibility... but TJVG should beat him, the harder it is though the bigger his chance. Also I delibaredly didnt post some of his other ITT results...
Edit: in answer to christian like the 8.9km prlogue in 2010 tour where he came 129th or the Giro last year where he came 158th of 159 riders... (last one he must have been shattered though as last stage)

 

[gustienordic]

I wonder if people even look at the profile and see this is not your normal flat time trial but a climb time trial where time trial capabilties hardly matter.

I'm excited to see it will give guys like Westra & Spliak a better chance!

 

[stefrees]

Hoping for Westra.
If nothing else, because of Brad's whining on twitter today.
There you go.

Wonder if Spilak can hold top 5.

Wouldn't say brad was whining. He gained today. He was expressing an opinion that it seems a lot of the peloton seen to hold.

I thought de ghendts comments were more rude, dismissing wiggins. Bit if course, that's ok, as it's slagging off wiggins, that's fine of course

 

[Panda Claws]

I hope Leipheimer wins here now.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wiggins is still the outright favorite tho.

But I hope Westra can pull of a stunt

 

[Fetisoff]

How good of an ITT'ist is he?

Not that good

8. SPILAK Simon LAM 55" in tour of romandie stage 3 ITT (23.4km) so there is a possibility... but TJVG should beat him, the harder it is though the bigger his chance. Also I delibaredly didnt post some of his other ITT results...
Edit: in answer to christian like the 8.9km prlogue in 2010 tour where he came 129th or the Giro last year where he came 158th of 159 riders... (last one he must have been shattered though as last stage)

Last year was a write-off for him, but yeah, other than Romandie
http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=17497
Lost 50 seconds to Monfort here

Half decent result at Eneco
http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=19308

But yet again, like said before - this is no flat time-trial either

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

btw:

Etappe 1 (ITT): Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM
Etappe 2: Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Etappe 3: Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team
Etappe 4: Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team
Etappe 5: Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM
Etappe 6: Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team
Etappe 7: Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM

Interesting, 6/7 stages have been won by Beneluxteams i hope they can continue the trend

 

[JRanton]

Richie Porte FTW

Wiggins to just hang on to take GC

 

[greenedge]

I think Wiggins can win the overall but i would not be surprised if Westra gains a few seconds- it can go either way.

I think Porte will win the MTT.

 

[Moviefan1203]

I'm really hoping Van Garderen can put in a good result tomorrow and jump onto the podium. Besides that I hope Levi wins the stage, he deserves it after today.

 

[Richeypen]

Richie Porte FTW

Wiggins to just hang on to take GC

Interesting, was a beast on stage 5. Been a bit disappointing in TTs this season though.

 

[Jukebox]

It seems like Im in the majority that hopes for Westra, but thinks itll be Wiggins.

The climb doesnt look super hard either, no really steep gradients, so someone who can get into a rhythm should do well. You know, kinda like a TTer.

 

[Richeypen]

It seems like Im in the majority that hopes for Westra, but thinks itll be Wiggins.

The climb doesnt look super hard either, no really steep gradients, so someone who can get into a rhythm should do well. You know, kinda like a TTer.

For GC I want Wiggins but think that Westra will get it. Vacansoleil have been imense this week, almost like they had finally got round to emptying Ricco's locker

 

[hfer07]

I reckoned Valverde finishing 3rd after Contador & Leecheimer in La Navacerrada in 08............. just saying

Back on Earth: Wiggo will hold off the contenders..

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'll root for Westra, because at least when he whines, he knows the difference between "verliezen" and "los".

 

[Fetisoff]

I'll root for Westra, because at least when he whines, he knows the difference between "verliezen" and "los".

Without trying google translate - let me try - "loose" vs "lose"?

 

[Raceoftruth]

Can only see 1 result. Wiggins.