Tour de France 2011 STAGE 20 - Grenoble 42.5 km ITT

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Koren at 17 seconds at 2nd check.

 

[El Pistolero]

okkkkkkkkay...=8^!

I wonder ACF if you believe in Omens - Stuey was the last Aussie to wear the MJ before Cadel and he first got to it after winning in Grenoble....

Charly Gaul won 3 stages in the Tour at Grenoble

 

[spalco]

Ok, I'm starting to doubt Cancellara's time now too. Martin's race to lose I guess.

 

[auscyclefan94]

okkkkkkkkay...=8^!

I wonder ACF if you believe in Omens - Stuey was the last Aussie to wear the MJ before Cadel and he first got to it after winning in Grenoble....

Ha! That would be good if the omen was true. Evans has said that his idol as a kid was Miguel Indurain and that after 6th attempts he had not won a tdf. At his 7th tour he won his first overall title. Evans has ridden the tour 6 times without winning the gc, he is in his 7th attempt this year.

 

[benpounder]

3rd check 35.5 km, finish 42.5 km so distance between = 7 km
Canc
3rd check 51.22, finish 57.15 so 5 mins 53 sec = 5.883 min = 0.09806 hrs
speed = 7 / 0.09806 = 71.4 km/h over last 7 km

Somebody please tell me where Im messing up?

The third time check is at 37.5, not 35.5.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I am outta here! Lets hope for a Cadel Evans victory!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tjallingii finishes at 2:25
Means he didn't lose time since the 2nd checkpoint.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Tjallingii finishes at 2:25
Means he didn't lose time since the 2nd checkpoint.

Will be very interesting to see if Koren and Malori can do something similar.



EDIT-

Malori can't.

 

[sportzchick]

Ha! That would be good if the omen was true. Evans has said that his idol as a kid was Miguel Indurain and that after 6th attempts he had not won a tdf. At his 7th tour he won his first overall title. Evans has ridden the tour 6 times without winning the gc, he is in his 7th attempt this year.

keeps getting better and better

 

[BillytheKid]

But Menchov is better in time trials than Cuddles.

As Evans is that much better than Andy Schleck.

 

[The Hitch]

I would say the biggest question is does Cavendish latch on to Cancellara's wheel (4 minute gap at the start) and then try to outsprint him.

It will help answer that age old forum question. "Who would win a 200k flat race between Canc and Cav".

 

[BillytheKid]

I am outta here! Lets hope for a Cadel Evans victory!

Cadel on GC by 23!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Millar sucks
53 seconds slower than Cancellara

 

[jens_attacks]

alberto for the win,cadel for overall.

rolland and voeckler to come in the top 10.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Millar crap.

 

[LaFlorecita]

3rd check 35.5 km, finish 42.5 km so distance between = 7 km
Canc
3rd check 51.22, finish 57.15 so 5 mins 53 sec = 5.883 min = 0.09806 hrs
speed = 7 / 0.09806 = 71.4 km/h over last 7 km

Somebody please tell me where Im messing up?

The third time check is at 37.5, not 35.5.

That makes 50.9 km/h over last 5 km.

 

[Kvinto]

Millar +0:53 on the first time check

 

[UpTheRoad]

I am outta here! Lets hope for a Cadel Evans victory!

I am rooting for a Rasmussen circa 2005 performance for Evans, plus a 2011 TdS repeat from Andy. I usually don't go the schadenfreude route, but for these two I can make an exception. I will say, though, that if either Andy or Cadel wins they will be very deserving of the victory, especially Evans.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. CANCELLARA Fabian 12 TEAM LEOPARD-TREK 00:51:22
2. MALORI Adriano 168 LAMPRE - ISD 00:52:11 00:00:49
3. WESTRA Lieuwe 209 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 00:52:13 00:00:51
4. KOREN Kristjan 93 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:52:15 00:00:53

Already 3 people within a minute of Cancellara at the 3rd check
Makes you think, can Evans really grind out 57 seconds on Andy?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Better than I expected from Porte.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Millar only 5s faster than Nicki Sörensen. There goes my hope for a win for Dave.

Edit: Porte does well though.

 

[Square-pedaller]

Deleted. Misread post

 

[spalco]

Koren lost half a minute on the 3rd chrono.

 

[The Hitch]

Wow.

Rolland " I am fired up to be the next "Bernard Hinault"

 

[davestoller]

France TV saying first and last 5km are dry, but Canc rode the middle bit in the rain and that it's still raining
http://tour-de-france.sport.francetv.fr/direct-video

Weather extremely variable in that part of France.
Showers can blow through in minutes, drench one area, leave others bone dry.

As a certain somebody mentioned last night:

@lancearmstrong
Lance Armstrong
Last thing, 70% chance of rain tomorrow. . . This could be a real factor.
17 hours ago via web