Tour de France 2011 STAGE 20 - Grenoble 42.5 km ITT

[michaeld]

No matter the result, we'll have a deserving winner!!

And notice, Martin and Cancellara have gone AWOL in the Alps. They're gonna blow everyone out of the water tomorrow, but I think the Canc will win, AGAIN!

I can't really care about this much, with them riding in the gruppetto for the last few days. The real race is for the yellow jersey.

 

[Thomsena]

Weather forecast for tommorow?

 

[jobiwan]

I can't really care about this much, with them riding in the gruppetto for the last few days. The real race is for the yellow jersey.

Yeah, but SOMEBODY'S got to win the stage!

 

[Altitude]

Are the start times listed

 

[mr. tibbs]

Chapeau to you, Jobiwan, for the respect you show all the riders, not just your faves, and their fans. That really is the way to enjoy sport.

Agreed. I've also been enjoying Jobiwan's ever-evolving signature as the race developed.

I expect that, in addition to the obvious guys, Leipheimer will have a decent day. Top five, maybe.

 

[Tank Engine]

It's going to be a close call. Of course it all depends on how they recover after 2 epic days. Whoever wins (Andy or Cadel) will be a deserving winner. Andy like last year will start out quickly, but I think Cadel will just have the power to win this in the last 5k.

As for the stage, I guess the natural top three is 1. Cancellara, 2. Martin, 3. Millar. True, Cancellara has not been too visible this year, but he seemed in decent form on day 1. All three have gone AWOL in the last couple of days and should be relatively fresh. I would be mightily impressed if Geraint placed in the top 10, especially after not riding in the grupetto (at any time, I think).

 

[jsem94]

Rainfall tomorrow. Less rainfall in the afternoon. At least according to a very trusted weather site. But on letour.fr it says that it's going to be sunny.

 

[GWAR79]

Andy and Cadel. Who will be Greg and who will be Laurent tomorrow?

My prediction: Andy will lose yellow by 3". It will be Cadel's lucky day tomorrow.

Andy will lose 5 seconds to Cadel on the start ramp descent alone!!!!!

GO CADEL !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I hope for a Cadel victory tomorrow, but I greatly appreciate the way that Andy has ridden this Tour. He rode the Tour with panache and courage. If he wins it, he would be a deserving winner as well.

 

[LaFleur]

Andy will lose 5 seconds to Cadel on the start ramp descent alone!!!!!

GO CADEL !!!!!!!!!!!

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Mn1D8qV-E://

Nah, hoping Andy can handle Cadel

 

[zombo10]

Are the start times listed

French hours

10 h 26 – SABATINI Fabio
10 h 28 – AMADOR Andrey
10 h 30 – PATE Danny
10 h 32 – BURGHARDT Marcus
10 h 34 – DUMOULIN Samuel
10 h 36 – RENSHAW Mark
10 h 38 – NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
10 h 40 – ENGOULVENT Jimmy
10 h 42 – EISEL Bernhard
10 h 44 – FARRAR Tyler
10 h 46 – GENE Yohann
10 h 48 – JEROME Vincent
10 h 50 – BAK Lars
10 h 52 – GREIPEL André
10 h 54 – ZINGLE Romain
10 h 56 – QUEMENEUR Perrig
10 h 58 – IGNATYEV Mikhail

11 h 00 – KOSTYUK Denys
11 h 02 – COYOT Arnaud
11 h 04 – CIOLEK Gerald
11 h 06 – URTASUN Pablo
11 h 08 – ENGELS Addy
11 h 10 – DEAN Julian
11 h 12 – BODNAR Maciej
11 h 14 – GRIVKO Andriy
11 h 16 – GOSS Matthew
11 h 18 – VAITKUS Tomas
11 h 20 – SIEBERG Marcel
11 h 22 – DELAPLACE Anthony
11 h 24 – VENTOSO Francisco
11 h 26 – WESTRA Lieuwe
11 h 28 – SWIFT Ben

11 h 30 – MURAVYEV Dmitriy
11 h 32 – GALLAND Jeremie
11 h 34 – BOLE Grega
11 h 36 – DELAGE Mickaël
11 h 38 – BOZIC Borut
11 h 40 – VANOTTI Alessandro
11 h 42 – LONGO BORGHINI Paolo
11 h 44 – CAVENDISH Mark
11 h 46 – BUFFAZ Mickaël
11 h 48 – CANCELLARA Fabian
11 h 50 – JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
11 h 52 – TERPSTRA Niki
11 h 54 – VANDBORG Brian
11 h 56 – MANGEL Laurent
11 h 58 – TOSATTO Matteo

12 h 00 – TURGOT Sébastien
12 h 02 – KADRI Blel
12 h 04 – VALENTIN Tristan
12 h 06 – DUQUE Leonardo
12 h 08 – BOOKWALTER Brent
12 h 10 – QUINZIATO Manuel
12 h 12 – NOVAL Benjamin
12 h 14 – LANG Sebastian
12 h 16 – KREUZIGER Roman
12 h 18 – MINARD Sébastien
12 h 20 – HINAULT Sébastien
12 h 22 – HONDO Danilo
12 h 24 – POSTHUMA Joost
12 h 26 – PETACCHI Alessandro
12 h 28 – FOFONOV Dmitriy

12 h 30 – SCHÄR Michael
12 h 32 – IGLINSKIY Maxim
12 h 34 – GUTIERREZ José Ivan
12 h 36 – OSS Daniel
12 h 38 – ROUX Anthony
12 h 40 – VICHOT Arthur
12 h 42 – TJALLINGII Maarten
12 h 44 – FLECHA Juan Antonio
12 h 46 – SORENSEN Nicki
12 h 48 – GERRANS Simon
12 h 50 – HIVERT Jonathan
12 h 52 – PEREZ Alan
12 h 54 – MALORI Adriano
12 h 56 – COSTA Rui Alberto
12 h 58 – KOREN Kristjan

13 h 00 – BONO Matteo
13 h 02 – HERNANDEZ Jesus
13 h 04 – ROELANDTS Jurgen
13 h 06 – ROY Jérémy
13 h 08 – MARCATO Marco
13 h 10 – ERVITI Imanol
13 h 12 – IRIZAR Markel
13 h 14 – SANTAROMITA Ivan
13 h 16 – VAN GARDEREN Tejay
13 h 18 – PAULINHO Sergio
13 h 20 – ROJAS Jose Joaquin
13 h 22 – GALLOPIN Tony
13 h 24 – O’GRADY Stuart
13 h 26 – MEERSMAN Gianni
13 h 28 – MILLAR David

13 h 30 – PORTE Richie
13 h 32 – HOOGERLAND Johnny
13 h 34 – PEREZ Ruben
13 h 36 – SILIN Egor
13 h 38 – NIERMANN Grischa
13 h 40 – MOLLEMA Bauke
13 h 42 – PATERSKI Maciej
13 h 44 – HUSHOVD Thor
13 h 46 – IZAGIRRE Gorka
13 h 48 – DE GENDT Thomas
13 h 50 – MOINARD Amaël
13 h 52 – KNEES Christian
13 h 54 – VOIGT Jens
13 h 56 – CHAVANEL Sylvain
13 h 58 – NAVARRO Daniel

14 h 00 – GERDEMANN Linus
14 h 02 – LOOSLI David
14 h 04 – BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
14 h 06 – RIBLON Christophe
14 h 08 – SANCHEZ Luis-Leon
14 h 10 – BOUET Maxime
14 h 12 – HINCAPIE George
14 h 14 – TEN DAM Laurens
14 h 16 – PINEAU Jérôme
14 h 18 – CHARTEAU Anthony
14 h 20 – FUGLSANG Jakob
14 h 22 – MORABITO Steve
14 h 24 – ZANDIO Xabier
14 h 26 – MARTIN Tony
14 h 28 – TALABARDON Yannick

14 h 30 – DEVENYNS Dries
14 h 32 – ZEITS Andrey
14 h 34 – GAUTIER Cyril
14 h 36 – SZMYD Sylvester
14 h 38 – EL FARES Julien
14 h 40 – MONCOUTIE David
14 h 42 – DI GREGORIO Rémy
14 h 44 – SORENSEN Chris Anker
14 h 46 – BARREDO Carlos
14 h 48 – GILBERT Philippe
14 h 50 – ARROYO David
14 h 52 – MARTINEZ Egoi
14 h 54 – GESINK Robert
14 h 56 – LEIPHEIMER Levi
14 h 58 – THOMAS Geraint

15 h 00 – TROFIMOV Yury
15 h 02 – MONFORT Maxime
15 h 04 – KARPETS Vladimir
15 h 06 – CASAR Sandy
15 h 08 – ROCHE Nicolas
15 h 10 – VERDUGO Gorka
15 h 12 – GUSEV Vladimir
15 h 14 – URAN Rigoberto
15 h 16 – DUPONT Hubert
15 h 18 – RUIJGH Rob
15 h 21 – VANENDERT Jelle
15 h 24 – VELITS Peter
15 h 27 – VANDE VELDE Christian
15 h 30 – HESJEDAL Ryder
15 h 33 – ZUBELDIA Haimar
15 h 36 – JEANNESSON Arnold
15 h 39 – COPPEL Jérôme
15 h 42 – DE WEERT Kevin
15 h 45 – TAARAMAE Rein
15 h 48 – PERAUD Jean-Christophe
15 h 51 – ROLLAND Pierre
15 h 54 – DANIELSON Tom
15 h 57 – BASSO Ivan
16 h 00 – SANCHEZ Samuel
16 h 03 – CONTADOR Alberto
16 h 06 – CUNEGO Damiano
16 h 09 – VOECKLER Thomas
16 h 12 – EVANS Cadel
16 h 15 – SCHLECK Frank
16 h 18 – SCHLECK Andy

 

[LaFleur]

So Fränk before Andy? Thought someone said that Fränk will be put ahead of Cadel cuz of the team thing, nvm..

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It's unlike Andy will make up 3 minutes to Fränk

 

[Mellow Velo]

Weather forecast for tommorow?

Looks like we might well have another throw of the dice:
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/FRXX0153?dayNum=1
Same as for the Dauphine, it seems.
Who gets a wet descent..................loses.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Looks like we might well have another throw of the dice:
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/FRXX0153?dayNum=1
Same as for the Dauphine, it seems.
Who gets a wet descent..................loses.

I hope not. Don't want this to be decided by either one of the contenders having a chute.

 

[BillytheKid]

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Mn1D8qV-E://

Nah, hoping Andy can handle Cadel

Keep hoping then. I ain't gonna happen.

 

[The Hitch]

When Andy was asked if he likes 57 seconds as the gap he was very confident and said yes.

When they were talking to Evans, well it took a while and it was a strange interview, he didnt seem to happy being interviewed and didnt answere all questions but he said that he wasnt confident because he had already lost 2 Tour in that situation.

I think losing a 3rd time would break Evans more than Andy, so i hope he wins, but i do now think, looking at Andys confidence, that he'll do it.

 

[jrolaf]

I think Andy will hold on to the MJ. He only lost 31 seconds to Bertie last year, and has improved his TT since then. And , much like Red Bull, the MJ gives you wings..just ask Tommy V or Sastre...

 

[Maxiton]

A Velonation article quotes Andy Schleck on tomorrow's time trial:

“[Leopard Trek sports director] Kim Andersen tells me the course suits me well. I didn’t do a reconnaissance, but I saw it on television when the peloton did it on the [Critérium du] Dauphiné, so I have a clue what it’s like.”

A) You are Andy Schleck, TdF champion-hopeful. You came into the Tour with every intention of winning.

B) You didn't recon the TT course. You saw it on TV. You are satisfied that you "have a clue."

Let's see, one of these things is not like the other. I mean, I know a lot of course recon is done by TV, and maybe that's OK during the regular season, but for the most important race of your life?

Maybe he'll get away with it, but if he loses the Tour by seconds tomorrow on account of some unexpected bump or bauble or off-camber corner, I have a feeling his attitude will change significantly.

 

[davestoller]

Weather forecast for tommorow?

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

 

[roundabout]

I demand Lance in the commentary booth.

 

[Thomsena]

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

Yep. As far as I could see it's light rain the whole day. Wind should be a factor as well. That one is a bit harder to predict whether it's head, tail or cross.

 

[Maxiton]

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

Well, let's see, who doesn't like racing in the rain?

 

[davestoller]

Well, let's see, who doesn't like racing in the rain?

exactly

 

[luckyboy]

Going to be great.