Tour de France 2011 STAGE 20 - Grenoble 42.5 km ITT

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cadel finally taking his Tour win?

I surely hope so

 

[warmfuzzies]

I'd be surprised to see any of the GC top 5 in the top 5 of Saturday's ITT. Too many mountain climbs near their limit. There will be drama, but not domination from the yellow jersey.

 

[Kaxesen]

What about Velits? Nobody believing in him? LL?

 

[luckyboy]

Cadel finally taking his Tour win?

I surely hope so

Yeah I'll be praying for him.

Who gives a crap about who wins the stage when the GC is still on the line? Cancellara will obviously win.

 

[sulgpallur]

contador to overtake basso and cunego in TT if gaps stay same (~1min) and gain 5th place?
or he will just cruise it?

 

[Descender]

Evans
Andy +40s
Franck +55s
Voeckler +1:00

 

[jobiwan]

I think this is an appropriate bump now!
YOU CAN DO IT ANDY!!

 

[just some guy]

So no time change between Andy, Fränk and Cadel

Andy
Frank - 53
Evans- 57

So who wins between Andy and Cadel ?

 

[LaFlorecita]

So no time change between Andy, Fränk and Cadel

Andy
Frank - 53
Evans- 57

So who wins between Andy and Cadel ?

I'm gonna say Cadel, just because I want him to. Luckily no Leopard 1-2.

Do you guys think Contador can make up 3 mins on Frank??

 

[cyclingfanatik]

Cadel puts 1:30 into Andy. Game over Schleck.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I'll post it again

15km TT check - Evans needs to be at least 20 seconds faster
27.5 TT check - Evans needs to be at least 38 seconds faster

At the end he needs to be 58 seconds faster.

 

[dlwssonic]

I'll post it again

15km TT check - Evans needs to be at least 20 seconds faster
27.5 TT check - Evans needs to be at least 38 seconds faster

At the end he needs to be 5 seconds faster.

thanks I will follow your info really closely during the race. GO EVANS!! I will go MAD if he wins tomorrow.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

I'll post it again

15km TT check - Evans needs to be at least 20 seconds faster
27.5 TT check - Evans needs to be at least 38 seconds faster

At the end he needs to be 5 seconds faster.

5?

You mean 57?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

could be the smallest margin ever imo.

 

[jsem94]

1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 82:57:40
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:33

How good is Rolland's TTing?

Also:
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:10
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:03:31
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:55
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:22

I don't think Basso at 8th will be a factor here, but is it possible that the two spaniards take 4th and 5th now?

 

[just some guy]

I'm gonna say Cadel, just because I want him to. Luckily no Leopard 1-2.

Do you guys think Contador can make up 3 mins on Frank??

if Contador goes for it maybe

The important thing that I think you posted re last yer itt

Was that Andy lost 2.30 ish to Denis last year - if Evans is on he could own Andy but he maybe toast a huge amount of work in the last 2 days.

ACF Evans always backends his ITT

 

[dlwssonic]

if Contador goes for it maybe

The important thing that I think you posted re last yer itt

Was that Andy lost 2.30 ish to Denis last year - if Evans is on he could own Andy but he maybe toast a huge amount of work in the last 2 days.

ACF Evans always backends his ITT

I can assure you andy did twice the amount of work that evans did over the 2days.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I can assure you andy did twice the amount of work that evans did over the 2days.

he did more for sure, but so did evans.

Recuperation abilities will play a big part.

Andy should ask canc to wait for him

 

[luckyboy]

he did more for sure, but so did evans.

Recuperation abilities will play a big part.

Andy should ask canc to wait for him

Andy led Evans up most of l'Alpe today. Add that to his two breakaways I can't see Andy winning.

 

[jsem94]

he did more for sure, but so did evans.

Logic fail.

But yeah, Evans did a lot of work too obviously. We'll just see I guess.



I also see Frank losing max 2.30 on Evans. Evans is going to catch him but Frank will stay relatively close til the finish, having a reference in Evans' tempo.

 

[michaeld]

Andy should ask canc to wait for him

They'll figure out some way to neutralize it.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Andy led Evans up most of l'Alpe today. Add that to his two breakaways I can't see Andy winning.

I found it odd that he did, andy fears ac that much?

 

[rzombie1988]

My guess is that Cadel misses it by less than 10 seconds.

 

[auscyclefan94]

It is predicted that there will be rain on the course during the early afternoon and morning.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If Cadel takes the yellow he really did it PERFECT this tour.
I always thought the only way for him to win was if he takes yellow the last day, so he doesn't have to defend it too long with his team.

It all worked out perfectly this Tour. Although I think he'd rather be at 30 seconds than 58. But it should still be possible.