Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto (ITT) 9.3km

[The Sheep]

Looks good indeed

 

[taiwan]

Looks good indeed

Stand on my dog, and...

(sorry)

Nice victory. Great race, the T-A. Can't wait for the Giro.

 

[Christian]

Looks good indeed

And kinda gay to be honest.

Anyways most important thing is the c0cky c0ck (cf. either Ryo Hazuky or Ryaguas, I can never seem to keep the two apart) won the stage

 

[Mellow Velo]

Judging by the size of that trident, Cadel's devilish smirk and the petrified look on the dog's face...........................

 

[canyonball]

OK, that photo is disturbing

Good Tirreno for machado. Theres's nothing more than quality looking at the top 10 and he's still there in the mix.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nice bit of recognition from Evans:

After wrapping up the overall win in Italy, Evans reflected on the final time trial on his personal web page, http://www.cadelevans.com.au, noting the improvement of Rabobank's Robert Gesink, who climbed to second overall and went four seconds quicker over the 9.3km course.
"Gesink seems to have improved his time trialing to another level this year, and today he proved it again. I was ok, took me 2-3km to get into my rhythm, having eight months since my last 'crono', not surprising, but a bit of a worry when you only have 6km to make for lost time. My TT legs eventually got into gear, enough to hold onto my GC position, and happily get one of pitch fork trophies."

 

[theyoungest]

Nice bit of recognition from Evans:

After wrapping up the overall win in Italy, Evans reflected on the final time trial on his personal web page, http://www.cadelevans.com.au, noting the improvement of Rabobank's Robert Gesink, who climbed to second overall and went four seconds quicker over the 9.3km course.
"Gesink seems to have improved his time trialing to another level this year, and today he proved it again. I was ok, took me 2-3km to get into my rhythm, having eight months since my last 'crono', not surprising, but a bit of a worry when you only have 6km to make for lost time. My TT legs eventually got into gear, enough to hold onto my GC position, and happily get one of pitch fork trophies."

ACF already posted that bit (naturally).

 

[Parrulo]

Looks good indeed

thats one hell of a cute furry little b*stard

talking about the dog ofc

 

[El Pistolero]

And kinda gay to be honest.

Anyways most important thing is the c0cky c0ck (cf. either Ryo Hazuky or Ryaguas, I can never seem to keep the two apart) won the stage

Bolded is a Contador fan, the other one is a Columbian cyclist fan

 

[The Hitch]

Nice bit of recognition from Evans:

After wrapping up the overall win in Italy, Evans reflected on the final time trial on his personal web page, http://www.cadelevans.com.au, noting the improvement of Rabobank's Robert Gesink, who climbed to second overall and went four seconds quicker over the 9.3km course.
"Gesink seems to have improved his time trialing to another level this year, and today he proved it again. I was ok, took me 2-3km to get into my rhythm, having eight months since my last 'crono', not surprising, but a bit of a worry when you only have 6km to make for lost time. My TT legs eventually got into gear, enough to hold onto my GC position, and happily get one of pitch fork trophies."

I have not been on here all day to avoid spoilers so this has probably been mentioned but never forget, Gesink only got 2nd because of the ttt.

Just reminding you

My man Michelle once again screwed by a ttt

Wont be as bad at the Giro this year though.

Bolded is a Contador fan, the other one is a Columbian cyclist fan

Ryaguas likes everyone not just Contador.

His posts usually take the form

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees rider x did good = D"

 

[Spine Concept]

Meh, I'll bite, got some spare time anyway. Gesink merited his 2nd position no matter how you want to spin it. Yes, he wasn't up to his normal standards on the climbs but that's why it's a 7 stage race inluding ttt's and itt's. The parts where he lacked he made up for in other parts. It could also be said that he only got 2nd because he foolishly lost more time than he had to due to bad positioning or he would have won. Thus, let's not be instigators of *** arguments based on flawed logic.

 

[The Hitch]

Meh, I'll bite, got some spare time anyway. Gesink merited his 2nd position no matter how you want to spin it. Yes, he wasn't up to his normal standards on the climbs but that's why it's a 7 stage race inluding ttt's and itt's. The parts where he lacked he made up for in other parts. It could also be said that he only got 2nd because he foolishly lost more time than he had to due to bad positioning or he would have won. Thus, let's not be instigators of *** arguments based on flawed logic.

Lol. You can not be serious gesink should have been higher because he didnt perform on the climbs

Hell, why dont we just give Andrew the medal then. He didnt perform but should have, which is pretty much your logic.

I do enjoy ttts, particularly short ones, but when someone gets the entirety of their gap to the next place and then some from the head start that they recieved from the ttt, it is entirely fair to suggest that they didnt quite deserve it.

Its like giving one team a 3-0 head start in the world cup final, then when they win 5-4 suggesting they are deserved winners.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hey he got some of the gap on the ITT as well. And he didn't lose time on Macerata.
You could also say Scarponi failed in digging out the gap in the hilly stages...

Just another way to put it. Gesink wasn't freewheeling like Andy Schleck so that's a bad analogy.

besides, Gesink wasn't given a head start, he took it by riding well with his team. He was one of the biggest motors, as the ITT again proved

 

[theyoungest]

I have not been on here all day to avoid spoilers so this has probably been mentioned but never forget, Gesink only got 2nd because of the ttt.

Just reminding you

My man Michelle once again screwed by a ttt

Wont be as bad at the Giro this year though.

Scarponi hoped that by moving to a WorldTour team his TTT nightmares would be over. But alas, he chose a team of non-TTers (except for Malori)

 

[The Hitch]

Scarponi hoped that by moving to a WorldTour team his TTT nightmares would be over. But alas, he chose a team of non-TTers (except for Malori)

Thankfully the ttt is shorter at the Giro this year. And liqui wont be as dominant. And he has a team for the mountians. Premislav Nimek showed us a glimpse in this race of the kind of domestiquing we will be watching in May.

Just another way to put it. Gesink wasn't freewheeling like Andy Schleck so that's a bad analogy.

Its a hyperbole you schifuz.

 

[The Sheep]

Shouldn't you be happy about Michele, he did a good TT today.

 

[Spine Concept]

Lol. You can not be serious gesink should have been higher because he didnt perform on the climbs

Hell, why dont we just give Andrew the medal then. He didnt perform but should have, which is pretty much your logic.

I do enjoy ttts, particularly short ones, but when someone gets the entirety of their gap to the next place and then some from the head start that they recieved from the ttt, it is entirely fair to suggest that they didnt quite deserve it.

Its like giving one team a 3-0 head start in the world cup final, then when they win 5-4 suggesting they are deserved winners.

I totally disagree. However, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think Gesink deserved his 2nd position, love it or hate it. That's just the way it is.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Lol. You can not be serious gesink should have been higher because he didnt perform on the climbs

Hell, why dont we just give Andrew the medal then. He didnt perform but should have, which is pretty much your logic.

I do enjoy ttts, particularly short ones, but when someone gets the entirety of their gap to the next place and then some from the head start that they recieved from the ttt, it is entirely fair to suggest that they didnt quite deserve it.

Its like giving one team a 3-0 head start in the world cup final, then when they win 5-4 suggesting they are deserved winners.

Scarponi was more worthy of a 2nd place I totally agree, I never like it when riders get a GC win (or podium) thru TT.
However, this hardly makes Scarponi a better climber, I mentioned as early as the TTT thread that Gesink wasn't great in these hills. Just not his thing I guess. To still get 2nd place aint bad, for a natural climber.
These hills are not mountains, and do not determine whom is a better climber (in mountains) then others.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

And a potential precursor to a GT performance. For those pimping Gesink as the next big thing some of the Old big things are still a factor. It's way early.

Yes, if you mean he'll only get that much better by the time THE GT comes around. That's what I'm hoping. As ACF pointed out, he was probably a little rusty in the ITT. He's got plenty of time to shake off that rust.

 

[Oldman]

Yes, if you mean he'll only get that much better by the time THE GT comes around. That's what I'm hoping. As ACF pointed out, he was probably a little rusty in the ITT. He's got plenty of time to shake off that rust.

It's going to be interesting to see how much better everyone can get. There were alot of near-equal performances until the TT. The longer Tour TT's will probably suit Cadel better than Gesink but Basso has room to improve also. It'll be fun this year with a wider open selection, assuming Contador is made to sit it out.

 

[hfer07]

congrats to cuddles-a well deserved winner-& of course Spartacus didn't let us down. I was surprised by Gesink & Scarponi-both did a fantastic performance. Let's see what they're capable of when the TT stretches up to 30 plus Km

 

[simo1733]

congrats to cuddles-a well deserved winner-& of course Spartacus didn't let us down. I was surprised by Gesink & Scarponi-both did a fantastic performance. Let's see what they're capable of when the TT stretches up to 30 plus Km

I liked Cuddles raceleaders skinsuit. looked better than most of the team uniforms.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cadel striking down the dutch mafia with his trident

 

[auscyclefan94]

had to look 12 pages into the sport section (last page of it) to find something about cadel. Only 5lines about it.

 

[blaxland]

Cadel striking down the dutch mafia with his trident

Nice ACF that comment is gold....Well done Cadel and nice to see Bmc get a win.