Paris-Nice Stage 6: Rognes - Aix-en-Provence (ITT) 27km

[ingsve]

Westra ahead by 15 seconds at the intermediate.

He should be able to gain on the second half as well I think.

 

[theyoungest]

He should be able to gain on the second half as well I think.

Yes, Westra can climb, as he's shown yesterday.

 

[Mellow Velo]

No surprise that Westra is going to take the lead.
DT is in overdrive already!

 

[kurtinsc]

Talansky 2nd at the intermediate. Interesting.

 

[Frosty]

Tjallingii third at the split

 

[Frosty]

Westra beats Thomas by over a minute

 

[Jamsque]

Wow, Westra MUCH faster over the climb than Thomas. Talansky and Tjallingi are both very close at the first split so Westra's time might not last long.

 

[joy118118]

Peter Sagan (Liquigas) finishes 1:31 behind Geraint Thomas.…

 

[euanli]

Thomas tweeted to say he could have done with a 56 on the front. I'm guessing that is for the first part of the course.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sagan was never going to win Paris Nice, as I said before the race, ok the fall might have made him a lot worse, but still I can't see him surviving yesterdays stage or the TT or the final stage....

 

[Frosty]

Talanksy second at the finish, only 8 seconds back, Jens Voigt fifth at the first split, Tjallingii gone third at the finish only a few seconds ahead of Thomas, and 51 seconds behind Talansky

 

[theyoungest]

Incredible time by Talansky.

 

[kurtinsc]

So... Talansky eased off big yesterday to save up for this?

I never considered him a good TT guy. Decent... sure. But more of a Danny Pate level (who was over 3 minutes back).

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ok, so Tjallingii loses 1 minute in the second part. But Talansky keeps pretty much on par with Westra. Amazing!

 

[joy118118]

Tommy G is doing great things these days.

would you please change you signature? It is annoyed and diffcult to read threads.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Ok, so Tjallingii loses 1 minute in the second part. But Talansky keeps pretty much on par with Westra. Amazing!

talasnky impressed me ever sicne he was teh only oen that could keep up a little with nairo quintana in avenir climbing itt, was I think less than a minute behind.

 

[theyoungest]

So... Talansky eased off big yesterday to save up for this?

I never considered him a good TT guy. Decent... sure. But more of a Danny Pate level (who was over 3 minutes back).

Isn't he the US U23 champion TT?

BTW I don't think as a climber he'd save up for this... if you can keep up, you keep up, if you have such a TT to rely on.

 

[Frosty]

talasnky impressed me ever sicne he was teh only oen that could keep up a little with nairo quintana in avenir climbing itt, was I think less than a minute behind.

Here we go

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=19389

Off-topic but does anyone know what quintana is doing now?

On-topic, Voigt goes 5th at the finish, 1.13 down. Uran 17th at the split before the climb. Interesting to see what difference the climb makes to his position at the end. Van Summeren fourth now at the split.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Here we go

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=19389

Off-topic but does anyone know what quintana is doing now?

On-topic, Voigt goes 5th at the finish, 1.13 down.

Quintana is i believe part of colombia es passion no? So he'll be racing in colombia mainly...

 

[royalpig180]

Anyone know when this will be live on Eurosport? I'm still seeing cross country skiing...

 

[Sylvester]

Bretagne-Schuller once again showing they should never have been invited to this race. They're all more than four minutes down.

Van Garderen will probably do very well today.

 

[Kazistuta]

Quintana is i believe part of colombia es passion no? So he'll be racing in colombia mainly...

And as Ryo (or Ruygas perhaps) noted in another thread, he's part of the Columbia squad that's going to compete in Volta Catalunya.

 

[kurtinsc]

Isn't he the US U23 champion TT?

BTW I don't think as a climber he'd save up for this... if you can keep up, you keep up, if you have such a TT to rely on.

Well, yeah... but only because Phinney didn't ride it.

Pate was a former U23 national and world champion in the ITT. In this year's under 23 ITT, the next finishers were Carter Jones, David Williams, Nathan Brown and Alister Radcliffe. Not exactly a who's who of cycling.

I thought marking him at a Pate level was a reasonable estimate. Apparently I was wrong.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Here we go

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=19389

Off-topic but does anyone know what quintana is doing now?

On-topic, Voigt goes 5th at the finish, 1.13 down. Uran 17th at the split before the climb. Interesting to see what difference the climb makes to his position at the end. Van Summeren fourth now at the split.

he rides for colombia es pasison still, the guy is only 20 years old more than 2 years younger than talansky, but he will be racing vuelta catalunya later this month

 

[Cobblestoned]

That Talansky boy is really good again.

Looking forward to see him grow up.
America's finest GT hope next to TJ I think.