Tour de France 2015 Stage 9: Vannes-Plumelec 28 km TTT

[sultanofhyd]

Tinkoff to put a minute on Sky. You heard it here first.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Tinkoff to put a minute on Sky. You heard it here first.

I predicted 55 seconds on my twitter account.. I was only semi-serious though

 

[Andro]

I'm really unsure what to expect here. Really great route. Will be interesting how much the teams will hold back on the earlier hills to avoid their 5th man being cooked at the bottom of the final climb.

 

[Mr.White]

1.Movistar
2.BMC
3.Tinkoff-Saxo

Sky 30-45 sec
Astana 45-1.00
Katusha +1.00

 

[Finn84]

Is the last hill same as in 2008 stage 1 finish?

 

[Jspear]

1. BMC
2. Tinkov
3. Sky
4. Moviestar
5. Etixx
6. Astana

Tejay in yellow. AC ahead of Froome in the GC.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Go BMC.

Do we have the start times?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Astana to be revived back to its giro glory

 

[sir fly]

On the second thought, Katusha should be happy to limit it's loses with the weakened team that already has been the least suited for the test.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Kinda hope Sky lose over a minute or this Tour is in danger of being yet another snoozefest

 

[DBotero]

1.BMC
2.Tinkoff
3.Sky
Hopefully TVG will get the yellow,but i don't expect big gaps.

 

[sunnyIce]

How are the start lists for the teams determined?

 

[snccdcno]

How are the start lists for the teams determined?

In reverse order in regard to the team classification I believe.

Edit: Sky will go off last as Froome is leading but aside that it's based on Team Classification.

 

[Miburo]

Re: Re:

Tinkoff to put a minute on Sky. You heard it here first.

I predicted 55 seconds on my twitter account.. I was only semi-serious though

Looks very objective

And i'm 100%sure froome is gonna blow them all up on the final climb lol

 

[pablohidalgo7]

1 BMC
2 Sky
3 Movistar
4 Tinkoff
5 Lotto jumbo.

 

[Big Doopie]

1. BMC
2. Tinkov

3. Sky (if they really pull something out of the bag)

 

[TourOfSardinia]

OGE any one
poor guys
lost 3 men already.

Edit:

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Tinkoff to put a minute on Sky. You heard it here first.

I predicted 55 seconds on my twitter account.. I was only semi-serious though

Looks very objective

And i'm 100%sure froome is gonna blow them all up on the final climb lol

I'd pay to see that happen tbh

 

[Tank Engine]

Re:

LOL at the bookmakers. Tinkoff same odds as Lotto-NL. 22:1 ...

My prediction:

1. BMC
2. Tinkoff
3. Sky

I'll second that. I don't think Etixx will be too far off. They probably would have won it with Tony still in. Movistar will probably do pretty well on such a course. Astana look like the team from the "big 5" that will struggle the most, since they've done nothing impressive so far.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Re:

OGE any one
poor guys
lost 3 men already.

Presumably a team training ride, over/under c. 5mins behind. Absolutely no point pushing hard enough to not finish with 6.

 

[Califootman]

Anyone know how the TTT results factor into the Team Competition standings? Is it just the straight time difference between the teams (based on rider #5 over the line), or 3x that difference, or the actual times of the top 3 riders from each team?

(And, yes, I know the correct answer is, "Who cares about the Team Competition?")

 

[wwabbit]

http://www.oddschecker.com/cycling/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-stage-9/winner
if anyone is interested in watching the bookmaker odds change in near-realtime

 

[roundabout]

Re:

Anyone know how the TTT results factor into the Team Competition standings? Is it just the straight time difference between the teams (based on rider #5 over the line), or 3x that difference, or the actual times of the top 3 riders from each team?

(And, yes, I know the correct answer is, "Who cares about the Team Competition?")

time difference on the stage

 

[Bavarianrider]

What a waste of a day. 28km
You gotta love that official UCI Profile though. Talking about exagerating

 

[Rollthedice]

Astana are drinking in the last chance saloon. Prepare to be surprised.