Tour de France 2011 STAGE 20 - Grenoble 42.5 km ITT

[Dekker_Tifosi]

http://www.letour.fr/2011/CDD/LIVE/us/300/allChronos.html

at Chrono 1 at 15 km at the Dauphine so same point as today Tony Martin had 19:25 which is 1 minute 17 faster then Cancellara has right now at the 15K point :O

Can that be right?

Very slow from Fab. Must be poor conditions, but even so that doesn't look good enough.

Nice chance for Eddy Boss.

Are you guys forgetting this TT comes after 3 weeks of racing with many mountains?

The Dauphine one came after 3 not so incredibly hard stages.
How can you possible expect times as fast as in the Dauphine

 

[Square-pedaller]

Cancellara 1'17'' slower at first intermediate than Martin was in Dauphine

Edit: beaten to it

 

[hatcher]

I bet it turns out Cancellara's time is actually quite good.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Are you guys forgetting this TT comes after 3 weeks of racing with many mountains?

The Dauphine one came after 3 not so incredibly hard stages.
How can you possible expect times as fast as in the Dauphine

No im not, but 1.17 is A LOT in 20 minutes of racing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ofcourse, it's after 3 weeks Tour as I just said.

I don't know why people expect same times as in Dauphine, that would be insane and clinic stuff really

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

I bet it turns out Cancellara's time is actually quite good.

quite good for Canc means it wins by 30 to a minute. We shall see.

 

[manafana]

yeah, anyone whos raced bike would know you just cant go as fast after few hard days racing as you can fresh.

 

[spalco]

I bet it turns out Cancellara's time is actually quite good.

No ****?

...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Westra is faster than himself in the Dauphine

Westra Dauphine:
28.

WESTRA Lieuwe 211 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 58' 28" + 03' 01"
Westra Tour de France:
1.

WESTRA Lieuwe 209 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 00:58:13

 

[Sophistic]

Westra is faster than himself in the Dauphine

Westra Dauphine:
28.

WESTRA Lieuwe 211 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 58' 28" + 03' 01"
Westra Tour de France:
1.

WESTRA Lieuwe 209 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 00:58:13

didnt it rain during the Dauphine ITT?

 

[AussieGoddess]

Ofcourse, it's after 3 weeks Tour as I just said.

I don't know why people expect same times as in Dauphine, that would be insane and clinic stuff really

certainly dont expect the same times .... but its quite a big gap.

I dont think Cance's time at 15km's will be the fastest

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Westra is faster than himself in the Dauphine

Westra Dauphine:
28.

WESTRA Lieuwe 211 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 58' 28" + 03' 01"
Westra Tour de France:
1.

WESTRA Lieuwe 209 VACANSOLEIL-DCM 00:58:13

Hmmm. Doesn't help the Canc narrative.

 

[hatcher]

No ****?

...

It's a gamble, but I'm sticking with it.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

didnt it rain during the Dauphine ITT?

Yup, wet descent at the end hence Bradley knocked it off after the 2nd check point IIRC.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Pate is also only 23 sec slower then his Dauphine time, so I really dont think Canc time is good at the first point, but maybe he can go for a very good 2nd part.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Canc 26 seconds ahead of Westra at 2nd check.

He's going slowly I'm afraid.

He actually lost time to Westra in that section.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Cancellara 26 seconds faster then Westra at point 2, so he lost 3 seconds to Westra.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cancellara had 29 seconds on Westra in part 1
Cancellara has 26 seconds on Westra in part 2

Cancellara losing time to Westra is not a good sign.

 

[AussieGoddess]

2 mins behind best split at Dauphine

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Maybe Westra hasn't had to ride for 3 weeks? Maybe?



Sorry, couldn't resist.

Game on for Tony and Edvald, amongst others.

 

[Delicato]

Game on for Tony and Edvald, amongst others.

Panzerwagon had cold and also crashed on Thursday. He himself stated that doesn't really have chances for this ITT.

 

[hatcher]

Don't we do this every TT that Cancellara is in?
"ooh someone is up on him at the halfway point"
"oh he won by a minute at the end".

Hope I'm wrong, but kinda doubt it.

 

[hrotha]

Hmmm. Doesn't help the Canc narrative.

It fits when you consider a 28th for Westra was a pretty bad result.

 

[SarahDane]

Can we be sure that Cancellara won't win now?

 

[hatcher]

It fits when you consider a 28th for Westra was a pretty bad result.

And that Westra now knows the course much better.