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

[Eshnar]

It's raining everywhere in Italy.
Don't think it's gonna stop.

yep I just saw the forecasts. Rain everywhere until Saturday.

 

[Eshnar]

Lotto Belisol have started.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Lotto Belisol have started.

nice blurry overhead pictures.
Gorilla en route.

Update Greenedge off the ramp too.

 

[xrayvision]

Time gaps from last year's TTT (reminder):

1 GreenEdge 18:41
2 Radioshack-Nissan-Trek + 00:17
3 Garmin-Barracuda
4 Team Sky + 00:23
5 Team Astana + 00:30
6 Saxo Bank + 00:38
7 Acqua & Sapone + 00:39
8 Katusha + 00:40
9 AG2R-La Mondiale + 00:43
10 Lotto-Belisol + 00:45
11 Lampre-ISD + 00:46
12 Farnese Vini + 00:47
13 Vacansoleil-DCM + 00:51
14 Omega Pharma-QuickStep
15 Liquigas + 00:55
16 Rabobank + 00:57
17 BMC Racing Team + 00:58
18 Colnago CSF + 01:09
19 FDJ-Big Mat + 01:18
20 Team Movistar + 01:19
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi + 01:25
22 Colombia-Coldeportes + 01:45

These are pretty significant and if the weather changes during the TTT today, the gaps could be even bigger.

You can hardly compare the line up for Saxo last year with the one today.
Last year:

Manuele Boaro
Mads Christensen
Rafal Majka
Sérgio Paulinho
Bruno Pires
Nicki Sørensen
David Tanner
Matteo Tosatto

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Cannondale, Sagan + Moser off the ramp into the rain

 

[Publicus]

Crappy riding conditions. I hope it stays consistent for everyone (though I know it won't)

 

[Netserk]

Anyone with a stream? Can only find for Paris-Nice...

 

[tomorrow]

any livetext updates(not twitter) or intermediate times?

 

[Miburo]

Crappy riding conditions. I hope it stays consistent for everyone (though I know it won't)

It can't get much worse it seems, and it's only 1 hour so i doubt it can get much better.

 

[Hysminai]

Danish commentators just said that Flecha can win T-A if he tries. Are they for real?

 

[UselessToo]

OPQS starts

 

[Hugo Koblet]

OPQS on the ramp.

 

[luckyboy]

here come the winners

 

[Parrot23]

Here you go:

http://88.80.5.80/w00t/20130305/vv51365eaf9ce3c310102125-536940.html

 

[UselessToo]

Lotto 20:19

 

[Eshnar]

Danish commentators just said that Flecha can win T-A if he tries. Are they for real?

lol did he really say that?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Lotto in. Very slow compared to last year because of the conditions: 20'19.

 

[Netserk]

Here you go:

http://88.80.5.80/w00t/20130305/vv51365eaf9ce3c310102125-536940.html

Thanks a lot!

Really good stream

 

[UselessToo]

Greenedge 19:48

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Orica-GreenEdge with new best time: 19'48

 

[Hysminai]

lol did he really say that?

They said the same thing about Sagan, but that's just a bit more realistic imo

 

[Miburo]

Place your bets, how long will it take until andy drops?

I say 6 km.

 

[BlenJones2]

Radioshack are off #prayforAndy

 

[Miburo]

They said the same thing about Sagan, but that's just a bit more realistic imo

that's still ***.

 

[infeXio]

Cavendish is so small compared to the rest