TDF Stage 19 - Saturday, July 24 2010, Bordeaux - Pauillac, 51 km ITT

[Mellow Velo]

Wacky at 2'-44" at the 1st CP. A flat ITT is his worst nightmare.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

At least Schlecklet has some team data to work with. Even Chris Sorensen is currently in the top 20

 

[dgodave]

No bikes tested positive for motors this year?
.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Rodrihuez already 2'44 behind at first checkpoint

 

[thrawn]

rodriguez has already lost over a min to hesjedal

 

[nicholaaaas]

Fair game to P&P for trying to talk it up as a decisive day.

is it really thou?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink 94th

Oh dear

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The wind has a HUGE influence here

 

[nicholaaaas]

Looked like Contador jumped the start.

He's already been DQ'ed Andy Schleck wins his first Tour de France!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Sheep]

Gesink 94th

Oh dear

50 seconds to Ryder

 

[roundabout]

I'm sure losing a minute in 18k to Hesjedal is all down to the wind.

 

[Bala Verde]

Gesink 94th

Oh dear

~1m to Hesjedal already... with 2:27

 

[ttrider]

Contador 4 up now

 

[Francois the Postman]

Gesink 94th

Oh dear

He actually has a lot to learn then.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Legendary time gaps. We need 100km TT's back.

/edit: and 300km mountain stages.

 

[Delicato]

AC 4 seconds faster than AS right now

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

He is never going to hold that.

Vandenbroeck 27th. Gesink loses 50 seconds on 18km on Vandenbroeck

 

[Mellow Velo]

Bobby G brings his TdS ITTing form to the Tour.
Bertie either up or down 4 seconds, according to rubbish rr.

 

[Big GMaC]

I really don't understand the hop that Contador does...

Oh wow, Paul nearly said 'C(u)ntador'

 

[Anonymous]

Surely Lance's only goal is to finish this (his last) tour... And it has been that for a while now.

And only because Lemond said he would quit. Last year = juice. This year = no juice. I guess we can see what the Tour would have been like without Ferrari.

 

[SoNiK4]

Seeing a fair amount of riders with behind the saddle water bottles, wouldn't they be better off with front mount (between the aero bars) so they don't break aero to get a drink?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kloden 5'-04" down the the 2nd CP. WTF?

 

[nicholaaaas]

1. Yes, to your point.
2. LA exposed himself as the petty little man he is.
3. AC makes people forget all about Lance. (Well, people who aren't kissing LA's keister.)

I've been told by Versus' cycling producer that Lance get's ratings

Also told me cyclo-cross is marketable in the US on TV? come on the WC's are here in a couple years

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Stef Clement explained to the Dutch commentators that at the windtunnel tests, Gesink catches the most wind of the Rabo team... and with headwind that's a huge disadvantage

 

[clydesdale]

I already have the barf bucket at the ready in case AC beats Spartacus again

There is no way that happens, the way things are looking, if he comes within 2 minutes, it'll be a miracle.