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

[AtletiSK]

13s now for Contador but it is still very close

 

[bobs nob]

Do not respond to BPC!!!!! Ignore him please!

I reported him and deleted my response to him. I suggest others do likewise.

 

[nicholaaaas]

Yeah he always does it, everyone always says WTF? And no one ever really understands why

@ss cooties?

 

[Ferminal]

Wtf are they talking about, SS is way ahead of JVdB...

 

[El Pistolero]

Perhaps Cancellara taught Andy a thing or 2.

Kinda strange that time trial specialists like Leipheimer and Cuddles sucked at this time trial.

 

[Mellow Velo]

It will be doubly funny if The Slack loses the team comp.

Even that is conceivable, given the early starts and LLS going better than any of them.

 

[Steel4Ever]

Actually, it has been a LOT slower:

"yesterday on the Col du Tormalet, the climbing time was 56:30 for the Yellow Jersey, compared to that huge day in 2003, when Armstrong and Ullrich did it in 44:30.* And yes, the race situation was different, but 12 minutes?* That's too big to be accounted for by strategy alone, even weather conditions"

Multiple Track Stands?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Horner now wins time on Kreuziger at point 3.

Lot's of guys breaking.

 

[El Pistolero]

Actually, it has been a LOT slower:

"yesterday on the Col du Tormalet, the climbing time was 56:30 for the Yellow Jersey, compared to that huge day in 2003, when Armstrong and Ullrich did it in 44:30.* And yes, the race situation was different, but 12 minutes?* That's too big to be accounted for by strategy alone, even weather conditions"

Good proof that the peloton is getting cleaner now.

But did Ullrich and Armstrong work together in that climb or was one of them wheelsucking the entire time?

 

[Anonymous]

Even that is conceivable, given the early starts and LLS going better than any of them.

Bottle finished strongly though. We will see.

 

[Ferminal]

Actually, it has been a LOT slower:

"yesterday on the Col du Tormalet, the climbing time was 56:30 for the Yellow Jersey, compared to that huge day in 2003, when Armstrong and Ullrich did it in 44:30.* And yes, the race situation was different, but 12 minutes?* That's too big to be accounted for by strategy alone, even weather conditions"

Wrong side of the Tourmalet?

 

[AtletiSK]

Sánchez doing pretty well compared to other Top10 riders

 

[roundabout]

Wrong side of the Tourmalet?

Same side.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Horner now wins time on Kreuziger at point 3.

Lot's of guys breaking.

Yup.
LLS in at 7'-18". The headwind is killing a lot of legs.
Horner passed him, too.
7'-08"

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Actually, it has been a LOT slower:

"yesterday on the Col du Tormalet, the climbing time was 56:30 for the Yellow Jersey, compared to that huge day in 2003, when Armstrong and Ullrich did it in 44:30.* And yes, the race situation was different, but 12 minutes?* That's too big to be accounted for by strategy alone, even weather conditions"

Think you need a new watch

 

[bobs nob]

streaming english audio link anyone? Paul has cracked me. Finally, 3 weeks and he finally did it.

 

[Big GMaC]

Schleck at 3.50 to Canc

 

[krebs303]

streaming english audio link anyone? Paul has cracked me. Finally, 3 weeks and he finally did it.

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/audioplayer.html

 

[Ramira]

Same side.

Yeah little thing about the Tourmalet, this tour was only the second time they went to the top. The one you're referring to stopped earlier on in some small village, it's not the same climb.

 

[Steel4Ever]

Ryder 5:37 down...fighting for 6th...according to JV and CN.com....

 

[nia O'Malley]

Think you need a new watch

new brain cells as well, as the debate was whether AC was slower this year than last year.
Whatever the 2 old boilers have to do with it beats me.

 

[El Pistolero]

Cancellara was able to benefit a lot from the wind, but w/e. He would have won anyway, no doubt about it.

 

[Cerberus]

Schleck at 3.50 to Canc

How far behind was Menchov?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yup.
LLS in at 7'-18". The headwind is killing a lot of legs.
Horner passed him, too.
7'-08"

Only the amazing new time trial specialist Hesjedal is doing well

5'37

Where did Hesjedal suddenly learn how to ITT?
Very very suspicious to me. Sorry
With no results prior...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kreuziger at 7'-25" and just hangs on. Phew!