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theyoungest said:A prologue like this proves that there's still a lot cycling can do about improving its appeal to the masses. A Sunday afternoon, probably the highest viewing numbers they can get for the entire race, and what do they put on? A meaningless ultra short prologue, where Lady Luck decides upon the winner.
hfer07 said:by looking at the startlist-its difficult to find an specialist for this lame/stupid prologue should've been 9k to make it worth.
anyways-I'm throwing the following names FTW:
*SChavanel
*Kristoff
*Boonen
*MIllar
*JJRojas
*Stannard
*Westra
greenedge said:I will go Matthews, Porte, Gerrans.
In all seriousness i think Gerrans should do a good time here. I do see him coming in the top 10. Roy and Roux will be good here and Westra, TJVG, Chavanel, De Gendt, Gilbert, Howard, Gesink, Costa, Kelderman and Talansky hopefully can do nice rides.
Gesink? If there's any TT that doesn't suit him, it's an ultra short technical prologue.greenedge said:I will go Matthews, Porte, Gerrans.
In all seriousness i think Gerrans should do a good time here. I do see him coming in the top 10. Roy and Roux will be good here and Westra, TJVG, Chavanel, De Gendt, Gilbert, Howard, Gesink, Costa, Kelderman and Talansky hopefully can do nice rides.
theyoungest said:Gesink? If there's any TT that doesn't suit him, it's an ultra short technical prologue.
Orbit501 said:I'm inclined to think Kittel will place above Viviani. Not sure why Viviani seems to be so favoured for this as I can't find any results that match Kittel's at this distance, and in terms of current form I can't see much difference. Am I missing something?
While it's nice to joke about Gesink's perceived lack of bike handling skills, there's actually not too much evidence for that. He's done his fair share of good technical TTs. But in this case I meant technical in the sense of a lot of corners and a lot of accelerations in a very short distance, that's not his cup of tea.gruppeto993 said:anything technical is a recipe for disaster when it comes to gesink.
search said:there is a small cobbled hill in there as far as I can remember
gatete said:What time does this thing start?
burning said:Bandiera will start in 25 minutes
gatete said:Thanks alot, do you know if there are going to be any feeds?
wirral said:Bouhanni takes the lead, no great surprise there. How long will he hold it?
Wrong. Tjallingii and Rojas faster already.wirral said:My guess is "till rider 36 arrives, Brent Bookwalter".
I was very wrong.wirral said:My guess is "till rider 36 arrives, Brent Bookwalter".
theyoungest said:Wrong. Tjallingii and Rojas faster already.