Stage 5 Châteauneuf-du-Pape -> La Montagne de Lure 176 km, Friday 8th March

[Miburo]

Anyway thanks for the time. I hope i don't forget to clock it.

hopefully other people will do it too (hint, hint,...thanks lol)

 

[will10]

Anyway thanks for the time. I hope i don't forget to clock it.

hopefully other people will do it too (hint, hint,...thanks lol)

jens will be on the case I am sure.

If you're timing it yourself vs. the Contador ascent in 2009 it may be worth retiming that one so you start your watch in the same place. Pretty sure it's on youtube somewhere.

 

[Lanark]

Does someone know know how fast Contador went on montagne de lure?

Would be interesting to compare his time with today's time.

Ferrari times it a little different than Portoleau:

'The whole climb was done in 33'42" at and average speed of 26.7 km/h, with Alberto's VAM of 1629m/h, corresponding to 6.26 w/kg.'

 

[Ferminal]

Ferrari always overestimates VAM.

 

[Miburo]

jens will be on the case I am sure.

If you're timing it yourself vs. the Contador ascent in 2009 it may be worth retiming that one so you start your watch in the same place. Pretty sure it's on youtube somewhere.

Not a bad idea, i downloaded the file a few months ago

 

[Lanark]

Ferrari always overestimates VAM.

It's 1617, not 1629, but he times at 13.5km, so there could be some small difference due to that.

 

[cineteq]

Roche missing there so do Scarponi.

They're not missing from the list. They can't ITT good enough to be considered.

 

[Ferminal]

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=20325

 

[Netserk]

They're not missing from the list. They can't ITT good enough to be considered.

'Cause it ends with a dead flat ITT

 

[cineteq]

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=20325

'Cause it ends with a dead flat ITT

Didn't I mention he'll be +5:00 by the time of the ITT?

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

I beg to differ. Gesink to destroy the field including Quintana.

This should be good.

 

[staubsauger]

Yeah but Col d' Eze is not a Kronplatz like mtt, it's more a mtt like the ones Bruseghin or Leipheimer won in Giro/Vuelta. Otherwise no way W&W would have been first and second in 2012.

Scarponi might win the stage today. But if you want to add a climber as a dark horse for the overall I would go for Gorka .....

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Yeah but Col d' Eze is not a Kronplatz like mtt, it's more a mtt like the ones Bruseghin or Leipheimer won in Giro/Vuelta. Otherwise no way W&W would have been first and second in 2012.

Scarponi might win the stage today. But if you want to add a climber as a dark horse for the overall I would go for Gorka .....

gorka izagirre isn't even a climber

 

[tomorrow]

my wild guess for today is that velits will take the yellow, he looked quite good so far and with the best climbers na TA, imho he will be at the finish with the best. Than, the overall will be decided between him and chava in the last stage.

 

[staubsauger]

gorka izagirre isn't even a climber

My mistake. I probably was mistaking him with his brother, right?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

soft break today, looks good for Garmin at least early on.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

My mistake. I probably was mistaking him with his brother, right?

yes, ion is a climber. but not of extreme talent I'd say

 

[Sophistic82]

Yeah but Col d' Eze is not a Kronplatz like mtt, it's more a mtt like the ones Bruseghin or Leipheimer won in Giro/Vuelta. Otherwise no way W&W would have been first and second in 2012.

Well, how many riders outclimbed W&W at that 10% Mende climb last year?

 

[trevim]

My mistake. I probably was mistaking him with his brother, right?

I don't think Ion is a climber either
Very atypical riders for the Euskadi standards. They seem to be much more than your typical basque mountain goat.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hahahaa!
Voigt in the breakaway! Gotta love that old guy!

 

[airstream]

Objectively, there can be the only bright favorite - Gesink. Quintana is a belief in a magic of perspective. I wish Robert to win.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Objectively, there can be the only bright favorite - Gesink. Quintana is a belief in a magic of perspective. I with Robert to win.

you are great at butchering the english language

 

[airstream]

you are great at butchering the english language

Thanks. You English is outstanding too as I could notice.

 

[Miburo]

Thanks. You English is outstanding too as I could notice.

Your english

 

[airstream]

Your english

I like 'you' more. Anyway thanks, it is a syntactic detal I obviously didn't know )))