TdF 2018 stage 3 TTT Cholet 35.5 km

[woodburn]

Let's go Major Tom.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Semi bad time for Movistar.

Ag2r 1'20?

 

[SafeBet]

I don't think Ag2r is doing that bad considering the injuries.

 

[DNP-Old]

Awful time for team Roglic.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Poor Dan Martin

 

[ppanther92]

Re:

Awful time for team Roglic.

Should have ridden the TT alone.

 

[woodburn]

Movistar start too fast?

 

[Durden93]

Great ride by BMC. I’m hoping for something special from sunweb.

 

[Rollthedice]

Re:

I don't think Ag2r is doing that bad considering the injuries.

Indeed.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Only QS and sunweb left to challenge

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re: Re:

I don't think Ag2r is doing that bad considering the injuries.

Indeed.

A statue for Pierre Latour, he saved the day.

 

[clydesdale]

Re:

I don't think Ag2r is doing that bad considering the injuries.

Yeah, 1:15 down was much better than I thought they’d do. So that’s 20 down to Froome? That has to be considered a massive victory.

 

[Lequack]

Re: Re:

Awful time for team Roglic.

Should have ridden the TT alone.

I wonder who is slowing them down so much, Kruijswik is not a bad TT either.

 

[SKSemtex]

It looks it is quite windy looking on some flags.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

I don't think Ag2r is doing that bad considering the injuries.

Indeed.

A statue for Pierre Latour, he saved the day.

He should get a tower named after him

 

[Escarabajo]

Maybe the technicality and the hills are making the gaps smaller than we thought. And the thought of a crash making the teams more cautious.

 

[Red Rick]

It looks it is quite windy looking on some flags.

Another dumb thing about a stage 3 TTT

Stage finish close to the start is the only remotely good thing

 

[Koronin]

Thoughts before I leave for work. Movistar not bad, not good, but not bad. They could have shed a lot more time than that. Valverde said at the end of the ride that the time loss was within what they expected. Very impressive ride by Lawson Craddock. With his injuries I was really worried about this stage for him. He not only survived but did well and took pulls. Not at all surprised that BMC beat Sky's time today, I actually thought BMC being ahead of Sky by around 5 seconds was very likely.

 

[DenisMenchov]

Who changed the Bahrain flag into Butans'?

 

[woodburn]

Sunweb +15

 

[bambino]

Re:

Sunweb +15

That is quite odd... is it wind that is picking? Majot Tom will somehow manage it, but Nibs might be the biggest loser after all...

 

[woodburn]

Re: Re:

Sunweb +15

That is quite odd... is it wind that is picking? Majot Tom will somehow manage it, but Nibs might be the biggest loser after all...

If Bahrain loses 1:15 that would be win.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I believe Sunweb is gonna smash the last 10k

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

Poor Dan Martin

Given how bad this UAE Tour squad is, I would say it’s more a case of lucky Dan Martin to be only 45 seconds behind Froome and Porte and ahead of Quintana after the TTT. I assumed he’d be 2:30 to 3 mins down.

What a disgrace this squad is though. They have a mega budget yet they’ve managed to send a team with a GC man and a sprinter to the Tour which is incapable of offering meaningful support to either. What the hell did they do with the money?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

Sunweb +15

That is quite odd... is it wind that is picking? Majot Tom will somehow manage it, but Nibs might be the biggest loser after all...

Think they are just riding a different tactic