Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 1, San Vincenzo -> Donoratico, 16.9 kms TTT (06/03/2013)

[wwabbit]

and Henao is missing also...

Too much TT in this race for Henoa to have a chance, sadly

 

[cineteq]

You're forgetting Tony Martin

and Henao is missing also...

No, I didn't forget guys. Even guys like Pozzovivo, Capecchi or Cobo shouldn't be on that list.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

No, I didn't forget guys. Even guys like Pozzovivo, Capecchi or Cobo shouln't be on that list.

Clearly you forgot TGBM

 

[BlenJones2]

Has the full classification been released yet?

 

[UpTheRoad]

Hey Andy made it farther than many thought (>7km). Small victories. Small victories

If he had to do any pulls, he would have lasted only 7km.

http://www.radioshackleopardtrek.com/news/team-time-trial-kicks-racing-italy

Sitting in and still dropped. A highly paid anchor.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Too much TT in this race for Henoa to have a chance, sadly

yeah a massive 9 km

 

[gruppeto993]

Nobody from OPQS has a chance for the overall with the field we have. Great ride today though. Movistar are doing very good TTTs!!
Saxo need to improve by July or else Contador is going to have to make up a lot of time since Sky will probably win the TTT there. Katusha could have done better too.
Absolutely ridiculous ride by Radioshack and if they re relying on Horner for the GC trying to go up against Contador, Rodriguez, Froome, Quintana, Nibali then it doesnt look good.

 

[BlenJones2]

Sitting in and still dropped. A highly paid anchor.

What is he even doing in the race? Should be training or category 2 races to gain confidence instead of ****ing fabian off

 

[Afrank]

Good ride from Movistar, they are becoming very good in the TTT it seems. If only they had brought Valverde, they would have a good chance of a high GC. Gotta say I expected a lot better result from Saxo, their riders still have work to do it seems.

I didn't see the stage yet, was Radioshack doing any waiting for Andy?

Nobody from OPQS has a chance for the overall with the field we have. Great ride today though. Movistar are doing very good TTTs!!
Saxo need to improve by July or else Contador is going to have to make up a lot of time since Sky will probably win the TTT there. Katusha could have done better too.
Absolutely ridiculous ride by Radioshack and if they re relying on Horner for the GC trying to go up against Contador, Rodriguez, Froome, Quintana, Nibali then it doesnt look good.

Quintana is in Paris-Nice.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

What is he even doing in the race? Should be training or category 2 races to gain confidence instead of ****ing fabian off

Schleck never contributes in a TTT, today was no different. Its business as usual for the team in such an event.

I can imagine Cancellara will be thinking mostly of himself moving forward. Try and win a stage in T-A or get some deep training done before MSR etc.

 

[jens_attacks]

this is the time for juanjo to have his best form, he can win this

the untouchable war machines were really untouchable today. super strong riders

 

[SafeBet]

Cannondale doing good is not a surprise at all.
Liquigas used to do great TTTs even with no big names. It's more about team working than anything else, really.

GC is looking promising for the next few days. Berto will attack relentlessly.
Of course nobody knows what kind of form El Bisonte has. He might just destroy everybody and get his trident.

 

[burning]

Didnt watched this yet, did the big guys looked in shape in the TTT?

 

[search]

Tony Martin seriously did

 

[Cyivel]

Has the full classification been released yet?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2013/stage-1/results

 

[Pentacycle]

Stijn Devolder finishing together with Schleck. They have a lot in common, must be best friends at RS. Seriously, I expected Schleck to lose even more time than he did, but Devolder is simply disappointing.

 

[Pippo_San]

Tony Martin seriously did

Tony's a beast, it looks like he's born for TTs...amazing.

 

[garyhoop1]

Videos

Watch Videos from Tirreno - Adriatico 2013 here: http://bit.ly/W5Mgmo

 

[gruppeto993]

Stijn Devolder finishing together with Schleck. They have a lot in common, must be best friends at RS. Seriously, I expected Schleck to lose even more time than he did, but Devolder is simply disappointing.

what do they have in common? no discipline, poor attitude? The PR said devolder went ok today.
Well i want him to go well for the sake of helping fabian not riding for himself. That guy needs some team mates.

 

[Pentacycle]

This was actually the first time Devolder had to let go in a TTT, so I don't really think he'll be Fabian's best helper. He's already 3 to 4 years over his peak imo, but I could be wrong.

 

[The Hitch]

So it will be good practise for contador trying to win this race from behind considering the massive headstart froome will get over him in July.

 

[del1962]

So it will be good practise for contador trying to win this race from behind considering the massive headstart froome will get over him in July.

I assume you are referring to Froome v Contador, I really don't see a massive difference between thme in TTrialing, Froome may be marginally better on the flat, but Contador won't be far behind, and on mountain TT Contador seems to have the edge, though again not by a lot.

 

[The Hitch]

I assume you are referring to Froome v Contador, I really don't see a massive difference between thme in TTrialing, Froome may be marginally better on the flat, but Contador won't be far behind, and on mountain TT Contador seems to have the edge, though again not by a lot.

No im not talking about time trialing and i dont see how it could be interpreted that way. Any time froome gets in a tt is well earned and would not constitute a headstart. There is not tt at the beginning of the tour but a team time trial where gc contenders get given times that have almost nothing to do with their own ability and performance.

Contador will have a weaker team than froome and will likely therefore start the tour having a lot more to do to win the race.

 

[BlenJones2]

I don't think contador has to worry too much about his ability to win races from behind. Did an incredible job in the vuelta

 

[del1962]

No im not talking about time trialing and i dont see how it could be interpreted that way. Any time froome gets in a tt is well earned and would not constitute a headstart. There is not tt at the beginning of the tour but a team time trial where gc contenders get given times that have almost nothing to do with their own ability and performance.

Contador will have a weaker team than froome and will likely therefore start the tour having a lot more to do to win the race.

What sort of time differences are you expecting in a 25K timetrial between Sky and Saxo?