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

[Delicato]

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.

Well, Kreuziger is not really a good time-trialist on longer TTs. He is great prologue specialist, mountain TTs specialist and on shorter, no more than 35 kms time trials. So, Harmon may be right.

 

[Bala Verde]

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?

from the team website after stage 18:

El líder de Euskaltel Euskadi Samuel Sánchez ha superado la jornada con los dolores lógicos después de la peligrosa caída de ayer. Los fuertes golpes en pecho, clavícula y homoplato derecho le han molestado, pero el campeón olímpico ha pasado el día y mañana tendrá que dar el máximo en la lucha por un puesto en el cajón de París.

He is bruised up and has some pains from his fall, so it probably won't benefit his TT position. On the other hand, it is nothing 'serious' in the sense that he can't ride or not be competitive.

Sanchez himself said:

"Hemos pasado un día más. He tenido las molestias lógicas después del golpetazo que tuve ayer. Ahora solo queda descansar, relajarse un poco y afrontar el día de mañana con mucha confianza. He sido muy regular durante todo el Tour y mañana espero mantener las prestaciones que me han llevado hasta el puesto en el que estoy hoy. Será una lucha de poder a poder y habrá que darlo todo. Menchov es un gran ciclista, con mucha experiencia, pero confío en mi rendimiento. Es un recorrido de más de 50 kilómetros en el que sobre todo van a contar las fuerzas con las que se llegue a este asalto final. La última crono de una gran vuelta depende más de las reservas que de ser especialista o no. Sin la caída llegaría mejor, pero la situación es la que es y habrá que
luchar a tope".

Sanchez is confident - he has been very consistent during the tour - and he believes the last TT of 50km depend much on how much you still have in the tank after 3 weeks. "without the fall it would have been better, but the situation is the way it is, and he'll have to fight as hard as he can"

 

[Anonymous]

Wiggins' helmet is quite ugly. Maybe he needs another color? It looks like an egg.

 

[Bala Verde]

Wiggins' helmet is quite ugly. Maybe he needs another color? It looks like an egg.

egg on his face?

 

[Fourier]

Valls Ferri just went past the finish line

 

[Mellow Velo]

Well, Kreuziger is not really a good time-trialist on longer TTs. He is great prologue specialist, mountain TTs specialist and on shorter, no more than 35 kms time trials. So, Harmon may be right.

Where did Horner suddenly acquire a long, flat ITT pedigree?
Kreuziger has by far the better trialing position.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Alexandre Vinokourov to start right about now (2 minutes)

 

[python]

harmon has a point, no more, but mellow's reasoning seems more sound to me.
horner put his watts on display and they are respectable, he also showed fresh legs in stage 17. that could be important.

 

[Christomir]

from the team website after stage 18:



He is bruised up and has some pains from his fall, so it probably won't benefit his TT position. On the other hand, it is nothing 'serious' in the sense that he can't ride or not be competitive.

Sanchez himself said:



Sanchez is confident - he has been very consistent during the tour - and he believes the last TT of 50km depend much on how much you still have in the tank after 3 weeks. "without the fall it would have been better, but the situation is the way it is, and he'll have to fight as hard as he can"

Thanks. That was very helpful indeed, cause my Spanish is almost nonexistent and I wouldn't have been able to find and read this myself.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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

62 kg contador or 65 kg schleck. just look at schlecks legs and contadors and tell me which one seem stronger. not to mention schleck is much taller which isn't in favor in the wind

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Wiggins' helmet is quite ugly. Maybe he needs another color? It looks like an egg.

I don't normally paint a Union flag on my eggs. Presumably there's an element of side winds on todays course, so the shorter track style helmet is more efficient.

 

[jens_attacks]

allez vino!

 

[Anonymous]

I don't normally paint a Union flag on my eggs. Presumably there's an element of side winds on todays course, so the shorter track style helmet is more efficient.

You go around painting Union flags on other things??? Mmmmmkay then...

 

[joy118118]

Evans +2'29 at the 1st time check

 

[roundabout]

Cadel is 2+ minutes at the first check.

 

[Publicus]

Wouldn't be Versus without a series of untimely commercial breaks. Didn't get to see Vino leave the start house.

But i did get to see some vineyards and Nicholas Roche!

 

[roundabout]

It's only the start, doubt he'll do a faceplant or drop his chain.

 

[Mellow Velo]

harmon has a point, no more, but mellow's reasoning seems more sound to me.
horner put his watts on display and they are respectable, he also showed fresh legs in stage 17. that could be important.

Well RK was 2nd in the World junior ITT, in 2004, but as you say, it's all about who has the legs today.
I've just never thought of CH as a long flat trialist.
Of course, he will probably prove me wrong and Harmon, right.

Wiggins 3rd fastest at the CP, but he will probably drop back.

 

[theyoungest]

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

He sucked pretty much from the get-go in this Tour, so no, it's not like you said before.

 

[Publicus]

Evans +2'29 at the 1st time check

I assume ACF94 isn't around to witness and share this with the rest of us.

 

[joy118118]

Wiggins +31'

 

[roundabout]

I can't recall Armstrong looking that bad on a TT bike.

 

[theyoungest]

Well RK was 2nd in the World junior ITT, in 2004, but as you say, it's all about who has the legs today.
I've just never thought of CH as a long flat trialist.
Of course, he will probably prove me wrong and Harmon, right.

Wiggins 3rd fastest at the CP, but he will probably drop back.

These junior results are meaningless, VDB2 has been junior world champion on the TT. The longer the TT is, the more Kreuziger fades away. I'd give the edge to an old fox like Horner on this one.

 

[Delicato]

Where did Horner suddenly acquire a long, flat ITT pedigree?
Kreuziger has by far the better trialing position.

I think it is more a question of recovery. And right now Horner seems to be better to me.

But, theoretically, yes, Kreuziger leads Horner 7-1 in the ITTs and should be better than Chris today, but TT on the 3rd week of the GT is just another matter. And Kreuziger was pretty average on a 40km TT last year, remember.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

He sucked pretty much from the get-go in this Tour, so no, it's not like you said before.

no... just no...