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

[Ryo Hazuki]

Gesink's form seems to be pretty ok after the rest day. And while Hesjedal has the form of his life, 2'40" is a bit much IMHO.

Well the gaps in this itt so far are inmense and gesink really sucks this year in itt. Although Hesjedal hasn't proven to be that good either yet.

 

[theyoungest]

Well the gaps in this itt so far are inmense and gesink really sucks this year in itt. Although Hesjedal hasn't proven to be that good either yet.

Gesink has done one longer TT this year. Yes, it was bad, but apparently he did some specific training since then.

 

[joy118118]

Brajkovic reaches the 1st time check +1'51"

he doesnt bring his DL form to Tour.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Moerenhout lost a lot of time between point 1 and point 2

 

[Big GMaC]

Oh wow, Moorenhout is actually being followed by a Rabobus....

That mecredes mini-bus...

 

[nia O'Malley]

There is 1'51" already at checkpoint 2 between #1 and #5. This is mad

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Brajkovic reaches the 1st time check +1'51"

he doesnt bring his DL form to Tour.

it's more like I said before. Brajkovic sucks at 3 week tours.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Some big gaps are definitely going to be possible amongst the top 10

Half the field losing well over 7 minutes at this point and if the wind increases as forecast it's only going to get harder

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

True, if the wind gets harder and the speed gets lower (headwind) the gaps become higher.

If it was tailwind the differences would be much much smaller.

 

[Big GMaC]

Van-Summeren... Oops

Yeah, headwinds pushout the gaps

 

[Publicus]

Terrible start for Van Summeren

 

[Publicus]

True, if the wind gets harder and the speed gets lower (headwind) the gaps become higher.

If it was tailwind the differences would be much much smaller.

Shouldn't affect the GC contenders. They will all have the same conditions.

 

[joy118118]

Shouldn't affect the GC contenders. They will all have the same conditions.

it will affect fans. many of my friends expect LA wins today

 

[Mellow Velo]

I mean, WTF? Harmon at it again. Chris Horner to out trial Roman Kreuziger for 9th spot.
So, based upon his Basque hilly, short, ITT, the Shack man will over hauled the more renowned trialist.

Cuddles is off! No..........no, I mean just the start ramp, ACF.

 

[nia O'Malley]

Very little posting today and yesterday........ do all these people who called themselves "fans of the tdf" all of last week actually only watch/post during the big mountain stages?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

you don't understand what I'm getting at.

Lower speeds bring higher gaps even between the GC contenders.
A gap of 100 meter in low speed is a lot more in seconds than a gap of 100 meters in high speed. Same why a gap of 50 meter on the Zoncolan is huge, and a gap of 50 meter on a 4% climb is nothing.
You do understand that concept?

The differences between GC contenders are therefore higher with headwind than if there was tailwind.

 

[roundabout]

There's not much to post about.

Yet.

 

[Christomir]

Samuel Sanchez

Guys, sorry if I missed some piece of news or something, but does anyone of you know if Samuel Sanchez has some injury or pain after his crash during the Tourmalet stage? Or maybe he is perfectly OK now?

 

[Big GMaC]

I mean, WTF? Harmon at it again. Chris Horner to out trial Roman Kreuziger for 9th spot.
So, based upon his Basque hilly, short, ITT, the Shack man will over hauled the more renowned trialist.

Cuddles is off! No..........no, I mean just the start ramp, ACF.

Cadel's peddling in the TT is very strange, he barely straightens his legs

 

[nia O'Malley]

it will affect fans. many of my friends expect LA wins today

LA is not actually a GC contender. He'll be alright

 

[Publicus]

you don't understand what I'm getting at.

Lower speeds bring higher gaps even between the GC contenders.
A gap of 100 meter in low speed is a lot more in seconds than a gap of 100 meters in high speed. Same why a gap of 50 meter on the Zoncolan is huge, and a gap of 50 meter on a 4% climb is nothing.
You do understand that concept?

The differences between GC contenders are therefore higher with headwind than if there was tailwind.

Thanks for going a little more in depth with your explanation. Hadn't thought of it that way.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

So it's interesting to see if the wind will get worse. It will influence the top differences and a gap of 3 minutes will suddenly not seem huge!

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I mean, WTF? Harmon at it again. Chris Horner to out trial Roman Kreuziger for 9th spot.
So, based upon his Basque hilly, short, ITT, the Shack man will over hauled the more renowned trialist.

Cuddles is off! No..........no, I mean just the start ramp, ACF.

All things considered I'm with Harmon on this one

 

[The Sheep]

So it's interesting to see if the wind will get worse. It will influence the top differences and a gap of 3 minutes will suddenly not seem huge!

Contador will pass Andy?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Contador will pass Andy?

Could be possible.
Although headwind doesn't suit 60kg Contador