Tour 2018 stage 20: St P-S-Nivelle - Espelette 31km ITT

[samhocking]

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Roglic getting a lesson in energy management in a grand tour.

Hopefully it doesn't neuter his racing style going forward

Yep, he blew some matches yesterday.

 

[woodburn]

Dumoulin +2. Looks like he should hold on to second.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Roglic maybe a common problem of TT & TTT preparation from Lotto

 

[jaylew]

Roglic is just awful

 

[Singer01]

The in action time gaps are showing the overall rather than the stage gaps? That explains Roglic appearing to have a 6 second lead early on then being massively behind.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Dumoulin +2. Looks like he should hold on to second.

The only one preventing a Dark side 1-2

 

[staubsauger]

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The in action time gaps are showing the overall rather than the stage gaps? That explains Roglic appearing to have a 6 second lead early on then being massively behind.

yes, indeed!

 

[woodburn]

Thomas flying. -12

 

[perico]

WTF...........

 

[jaylew]

G is incredible. Strongest in the race by far.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Thomas flying. -12

That means he is losing time actually

 

[Gigs_98]

You just have to feel sorry for Roglic. Couldn't have timed his bad day any worse

 

[woodburn]

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The in action time gaps are showing the overall rather than the stage gaps? That explains Roglic appearing to have a 6 second lead early on then being massively behind.

Yeah. That threw me off too. Looked like he was pulling back some time earlier.

 

[Inquitus]

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Thomas flying. -12

That means he is losing time actually

No he's 12 seconds up on Froome at INT 2

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=181552&c=6&s=itt-start-order-and-livetiming&sortby=point2&ApplyFilter=Filter

 

[Ramira]

I have to wonder, is this really that surprising? Thomas is beating two riders coming off the Giro-Tour double, something that hasn't been done close to successfully since Pantani. And the number 4 is going to be Roglic, a man who's best GT finish so far is 38.

I'm not saying anyone should have expected this, or that it's not a revelation that Thomas is this good. But honestly the competition is really quite poor.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

But he was 14 seconds up, now 12. So he is losing his advantage.
Is this so hard to understand?

 

[woodburn]

Froome getting booed.

 

[infeXio]

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Thomas flying. -12

That means he is losing time actually

No he's 12 seconds up on Froome at INT 2

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=181552&c=6&s=itt-start-order-and-livetiming&sortby=point2&ApplyFilter=Filter

Losing time compared to INT1, where he was up by 14 seconds

 

[jsem94]

So Froome goes 1-3, Dumoulin 2-2. Those are by far the best Giro-Tour double attempts in the last 20 years. That extra week in between probably does a lot.

 

[Finn84]

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The in action time gaps are showing the overall rather than the stage gaps? That explains Roglic appearing to have a 6 second lead early on then being massively behind.

Yes. I remember similar thing earlier for example in 2011 as they were trying to spot the exact moment Evans went ahead of Andy.

 

[luckyboy]

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So Froome goes 1-3, Dumoulin 2-2. Those are by far the best Giro-Tour double attempts in the last 20 years. That extra week in between probably does a lot.

Didn't have competition like the Astana team Contador was up against during his Giro either

 

[rick james]

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Froome getting booed.

Better than piss and spit

 

[Ramira]

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So Froome goes 1-3, Dumoulin 2-2. Those are by far the best Giro-Tour double attempts in the last 20 years. That extra week in between probably does a lot.

I think the fact that none of the normal GT challengers are remotely close to peak form (or crashed out) is helping a lot as well.

 

[yetiyeti]

Roglic is so tired, shame he's losing his podium spot, but he's had an amazing tour.

 

[woodburn]

Very solid tour overall for Kruijwyk.