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

[spanky wanderlust]

i strongly disagree with those that say that cancellara is having anything but a terrific tour.

it is not his job to place high. it is his job to usher his man to the early slopes of the highest climbs and then empty the tank while shelling contenders off the back of the pack.

and to win the time trials if he can.

let's see. his man is in second place by 8 seconds. he won the prologue and wore the mj for several stages. check and check.

his job tomorrow is to scout the course, set time checks for andy, and hopefully hang on to win the whole thing.

if he does win he's gonna have to be sitting in that chair for a veeeery loooong time!

 

[markjohnconley]

who i don't want to see when i'm watching the greatest sporting event all year

attention directeurs, no more movie actors! i don't want to see any movie actors, not even French, and certainly not American 2nd raters!

 

[Old&slow]

I'd have sworn I remembered some pretty good TT performances by Hesjedal but looking at CQ I think I must have dreamed them up. That 13th (11th without Schumacher and Kohl) place you mention seems to be about his only remarkable result.

15th in the 2008 Olympic games TT, 20th in the 9th stage of the 2009 TdS, 12th in the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya this year... Not much, really. I must be getting old.

Hejesdal also finished first in the Tour of California TT this year.

 

[kukiniloa]

wind

thanks for posting this publicus. i was wondering which direction the wind would come from. however, this looks like it predicts a headwind to me. anyone here familiar with the wind patterns in bordeaux?

That looks like a headwind. It should be a seabreeze, maybe tending up the Girond river valley, strengthening and becoming more gusty into mid-afternoon, which may work against the favorites.

 

[Scirea]

Hejesdal also finished first in the Tour of California TT this year.

No he did not. Martin won that ITT, Rogers was second and Zabriskie third. Hesjedal finished 14th.

 

[auscyclefan94]

attention directeurs, no more movie actors! i don't want to see any movie actors, not even French, and certainly not American 2nd raters!

And people up there who are scientologists and that have married cretin's like Katie Holmes.

I believe there is a tailwind tomorrow. At least that's how I read this map:

CN have said that the earlier starters will have a tailwind with the later starters having the headwind. Read the wiggins article.

Here is a cool video of the lead up to the tourmalet with all the people camping on the climb.
http://player.sbs.com.au/tdf#/tdf_08/extras/extras/playlist/Tourmalet-Camping/

 

[Sasquatch]

1. Grabsch
2. Cancellara
3. Martin
4. Contador
5. Zabriskie
6. Wiggins
7. Leipheimer
8. Menchov
9. Sanchez
10. Sanchez

 

[Sasquatch]

Easterly wind later on - what does that mean on this course? Tail, Head or Cross Wind?

 

[timmarshall]

Eurosport and ITV, in their infinite wisdom, have decided not to start til about 2, meaning they will miss all the TT specialists...

Stream, anyone?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

First time check coming soon. This year the LeTour website actually seems to have it's ish together and be capable of providing decent live timing info rather than 15 minute update clumps.

 

[Sasquatch]

And people up there who are scientologists and that have married cretin's like Katie Holmes.


CN have said that the earlier starters will have a tailwind with the later starters having the headwind. Read the wiggins article.

Here is a cool video of the lead up to the tourmalet with all the people camping on the climb.
http://player.sbs.com.au/tdf#/tdf_08/extras/extras/playlist/Tourmalet-Camping/

OI

Katie Holmes is good looking.

 

[auscyclefan94]

OI

Katie Holmes is good looking.

Are you on drugs?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Kiss of death - the live timing is now stuck giving updates of the 2nd check-point which no one has reached.

 

[Sasquatch]

Grabsch doing 48.69km/h at the moment.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Kiss of death - the live timing is now stuck giving updates of the 2nd check-point which no one has reached.

Fixed


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[auscyclefan94]

You would think on a course like this that a rider like Grabsch would be going faster than 49km/h? What is the wind like?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

What's the time limit rules today - unless we've had mechanicals already some people look likely to be 7/8 mins + off the pace.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Eurosport and ITV, in their infinite wisdom, have decided not to start til about 2, meaning they will miss all the TT specialists...

Stream, anyone?

If they aren't live, then neither are French tv, so no feed zone.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Bookwalter about to start. Hopefully he can do something but big bertie grabsch is going to love this course as he can roll that big gear along and there are no climbs on the course. I like watching big power houses like him in tt's.

 

[timmarshall]

If they aren't live, then neither are French tv, so no feed zone.

ah ok... seems abit silly to not show Cancellara, Martin etc

 

[Sophistic]

wasnt a tailwind predicted for the early starters?right now the wind is coming from the north(headwind) with 7km/h now and more in the afternoon.

 

[auscyclefan94]

wasnt a tailwind predicted for the early starters?right now the wind is coming from the north(headwind) with 7km/h now and more in the afternoon.

Don't ever be stupid enough to trust the weather man.

 

[Sasquatch]

wasnt a tailwind predicted for the early starters?right now the wind is coming from the north(headwind) with 7km/h now and more in the afternoon.

Thought there was no wind early.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I think the headwind will suit the stronger riders in the race therefore the tt will suit AC over AS, but if someone in the gc has a bad day in the itt, then it could be disastrous.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Roux has caught malori, as malori started before roux because he is 2nd to the 2nd intermediate time check.