Tirreno - Adriatico: Stage 1, Marina di Carrara - 16.8km, TTT

[theyoungest]

Meh... Is that really so surprising? Schleck the Younger only cares about races in April or July. Nothing else.

Schleck was still hanging on. That's what's surprising.

 

[ingsve]

The big winner is clearly Gesink. All the other main favourites are very close to each other on time.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

FINAL STANDINGS:


Rabo 18:08
Garmin 18:17
HTC 18:18
SAXO 18:19
Liquigas 18:30
BMC 18:34
Leopard 18:37
Radioshack 18:38
Sky 18:41
Lampre 18:45
OMPL 18:49
ACQUA: 18:55
Movistar 18:59
Astana 18:59
Vasc 18:59
Katusha 19:01
Farnese 19:03
AG2r 19:05
Q/STEP 19:16
Eusk 19:21

 

[auscyclefan94]

Congratulations to Rabobank for the stage and the overall victory

Nibali, Evans and Basso may have something to say about that but Gesink is obviously the big favourite.

 

[Havetts]

He was still there, 172 was his number, he was behind Cancellara in the order everytime

 

[Ferminal]

Boom (Leader)
Gesink
Velits +10"
Albasini +10"
Larsson +11"
Nibali +22"
Basso +22"
Evans +26"
Ballan +26"
Cancellara +29"
Machado +30"
Lofkvist +33"
EBH +33"
Cunego +38"
Scarponi +38"
Gilbert +41"
Garzelli +47"
Kiryienka +51"
Bruseghin +51"
Gasparotto +51"
Rodriguez +53"
Visconti +55"
Sinkewitz +55"
Nocentini +57"

Gesink v Nibali v Evans for the overall I think. Larsson as a smokey.

 

[will10]

Who was first over the line for Rabo?

 

[Moondance]

Now I'm confused.

Did Schleck get dropped or not?!?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Congratulations to Rabobank for the stage and the overall victory

again, Gesink will be no good on that last itt. But the other contenders might not be a lot better. We'll see.

 

[Moondance]

Who was first over the line for Rabo?

Its been said a few times now. Lars Boom.

 

[The Sheep]

Wynants was the other rabo to get dropped

 

[Havetts]

Mhm - Leezer and Freire held on .

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Poels + 51

 

[Moondance]

Boom was sprinting a little bit to makes sure he crossed first... Scoundrel

 

[will10]

Its been said a few times now. Lars Boom.

I was just watching the feed, couldn't be arsed to go through 20 pages cheers

 

[Ferminal]

Poels + 51

Sorry I'm sure I missed more, although I didn't really bother with the last two teams...

 

[boomcie]

Damn Rabo. What the hell are they doing this season. Luckily I have this wretched avatar to make me look good.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Now I'm confused.

Did Schleck get dropped or not?!?

He didn't.

So, what exactly happened here? I know, Rabo isn't the worst TTT team ever, but going out first and staying on top until the end... that's not a coincidence, the wind obviously changed during the race.

Did they have a choice when they were to start? Because if they did, that was a clever tactical choice.

 

[auscyclefan94]

He didn't.

So, what exactly happened here? I know, Rabo isn't the worst TTT team ever, but going out first and staying on top until the end... that's not a coincidence, the wind obviously changed during the race.

Did they have a choice when they were to start? Because if they did, that was a clever tactical choice.

Probably slightly to do with the wind but rabobank seem to be working really well as a team this year which is evident in all their wins

 

[hrotha]

Whoa, Savoldelli is all grown up now.

 

[theyoungest]

Mhm - Leezer and Freire held on .

Of course Freire held on, he's one of the strongest riders out there.

 

[Moondance]

He didn't.

So, what exactly happened here? I know, Rabo isn't the worst TTT team ever, but going out first and staying on top until the end... that's not a coincidence, the wind obviously changed during the race.

Did they have a choice when they were to start? Because if they did, that was a clever tactical choice.

Given that parcours was a loop I doubt the wind made much of a difference.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Gee did well to stay up after the latern rouge ran inot the back of him.

 

[kurtinsc]

Who's the Radioshack leader for this race in the GC? Popo? Machado? Hermans?

 

[theyoungest]

He didn't.

So, what exactly happened here? I know, Rabo isn't the worst TTT team ever, but going out first and staying on top until the end... that's not a coincidence, the wind obviously changed during the race.

Did they have a choice when they were to start? Because if they did, that was a clever tactical choice.

They got screwed in the Giro last year by very local rainfall, so if they profited today, good for them. But given that HTC started second, and didn't beat their time, I think they just did very well. Or do you consider HTC an average TTT team as well.