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

[TMP402]

So Sky did best of the of the big four, and kept the yellow jersey. This is a clear failure.

 

[DBotero]

Wow it was close.Sky better than expected,so no jersey for TVG Good performance for Movistar too,disappointing ride for Tinkoff.

 

[Publicus]

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Tinkoff faster than Sky uphill.

Well they were carrying dead weight (Roche). Though as I said, Contador looked strong on the finale (IMO)

 

[skidmark]

Exciting finish. Top 5 contenders' teams are top 5 teams. Not huge differences but the consistent trend is Contador losing seconds to Froome. Looks good for Quintana with only mountains to go; looks good for Tejay but how much can he hold on? All told, an entertaining opening act to the Tour, sets the table for the mountains. I'm ready to watch (although I reserve the right to turn it off in disgust if it just turns into a one-sided Froome romp a la 2013).

 

[Kwibus]

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I'm calling it. Froome wins the Tour.

Yeh I can't see who could challenge him.

He looks to be in great form and Nibali and Contador do not. Quintana is too far down allready.

Still a lot can happen.

 

[Irondan]

TJ gets his stage win in the tour.

 

[Savant12]

Froome looks Uber. Drops back to pick up Roche and then powers through to the line.

 

[auscyclefan94]

It is a TEAM Time Trial for a reason. Well done BMC. Super ride by Dennis on that final climb.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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I'm calling it. Froome wins the Tour.

Beware of Quintana. Looked also in mutant form.
Also, Quintana beat Froome in the 3rd week of the Tour pretty solidly in 2013. Now he's much closer to Froome to begin with.


I think it's going to be close between Froome and Quintana. V Garderen will be 3rd

 

[del1962]

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Top 3 should be BMC, Sky and Movistar, Not going to predict the order

Called it, just 4 seconds difference, I think the big 5 may have become the big 3

 

[TI-Raleigh]

Froome to win this tour now. Nibs toast, going to be a fight just to reach podium. Same for Contador. Quintana wishes he wasn't two minutes down, or he would be in perfect position.

 

[djpbaltimore]

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So Sky did best of the of the big four, and kept the yellow jersey. This is a clear failure.

Obviously.

Winners, Froome, Quintana, TJ
Losers, Contador, Nibali, French 'contenders'

 

[rick james]

Sky at the end of the day will be happy.

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

Contador is getting those legs ready... He was in beast mode on that climb. All that no-racing in June, besides putting Quintana on his place, is paying off.

One rest day and he will glue himself to Froome's wheel until 2Km to go, until he does what he did at the Vuelta.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Tinkoff faster than Sky uphill.

Well they were carrying dead weight (Roche). Though as I said, Contador looked strong on the finale (IMO)

Tinkoff were carrying Basso

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Froome is clearly in the driver's seat for this Tour.

We will find out more at the first mountain top finish.

 

[Jelantik]

Wow it was close.Sky better than expected,so no jersey for TVG Good performance for Movistar too,disappointing ride for Tinkoff.

thank God!

 

[dacooley]

glad for nairito. he was very good even on powerful false flat parts of the stage! come the mountains

 

[TMP402]

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I hate **** loser Roche how cost me money, It's was a sure bet that Sky was going to win if the loser Roche just could hang on.

on hindsight.. who else left as the 5th rider? Poehls already gone mid climb... so he is the looser too. At least Roche hangs on.

I read Sky planned to drop Roche, Rowe, Stannard and Kennaugh. Instead it seemed like Poels was dropped and not Roche. So they probably shouldn't have used up Kennaugh so early.

 

[Flamin]

Makes you wonder how much time Movistar lost when they fell apart on that uphill part. I guess more than 4".

 

[Publicus]

Re: Re:

I'm calling it. Froome wins the Tour.

Yeh I can't see who could challenge him.

He looks to be in great form and Nibali and Contador do not. Quintana is too far down allready.

Still a lot can happen.

I disagree with you on Contador (he's looking better). I just don't see Froome faltering. He's super-strong.

 

[sir fly]

Quintana is nearing to Froome...

 

[Pricey_sky]

So Contador now over a minute down, Quintana 2 minutes and Nibali even more.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Contador is getting those legs ready... He was in best mode on that climb. All that no-racing in June, besides putting Quintana on his place, is paying off.

One rest day and he will glue himself to Froome's wheel until 2Km to go, until he does what he did at the Vuelta.

Indeed....

 

[Kwibus]

Hello people. Every team had to carry their dead 5th man up that final hill.

Roche still rode that TTT among the 10 fastest.