Tour de France 2017. stage 1: Düsseldorf, 14 km itt

[sir fly]

Christian Prudhomme's comment

Of the 13 kilometres of the inaugural time-trial course, close to 10 will be set on the banks of the Rhine river or the bridges above it… and bends can be counted on the fingers of both hands! There will be no or almost no mystery: the “rouleurs” will have their word to say. In this speciality where a new generation is showing up, a multiple world-champion boosted by the support of his fans could well be the fastest man.

24 hours till the beginning...
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And don't forget the concert afterwards.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Tony Martin FTW. Don't expect much from the GC guys here.

 

[Red Rick]

Alberto Contador will win this bike race.

 

[bob.a.feet]

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Alberto Contador will win this bike race.

 

[DFA123]

Martin surely is favourite, but in a short TT like this it's kind of unpredictable. A bad warm up, a couple of bad corners, wind changing slightly can all result in a loss of crucial seconds.

Other serious contender I guess is Roglic. I have a feeling Kwiatkowski could sneak a win though, if he is allowed to go for it. Matthews as another dark horse.

 

[sir fly]

I thought about the tt parcourse, and I think I could complete it inside the time limit should've it been the Cecilienallee, instead of the Messe, that makes the loop.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Going with Roglic. Dark horses Küng, Jasha, Castro, Matthews, Kwito and Démare.

 

[Kwibus]

Normally this would be Tony's win, but it's hard to judge his form. Im hoping on Roglic, but 14km panflat isnt ideal for him as well.

 

[Inquitus]

Would like to see Tony take yellow in his home country, vive le Panzerwagen!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Küng

Anyone have a link to the start times? And I don't mean a link to a photo of the start times but an actual document

 

[sir fly]

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Going with Roglic. Dark horses Küng, Jasha, Castro, Matthews, Kwito and Démare.

Have you arrived to Düsseldorf?

 

[Squire]

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Going with Roglic. Dark horses Küng, Jasha, Castro, Matthews, Kwito and Démare.

Anybody but Martin, in other words?

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

I'm really not sure who wins this stage. Conditions could definitely factor in.

 

[jmdirt]

Taylor Phinney FTW!

 

[Pantani_lives]

Martin 16'06"
Froome 15"
Porte 15"
Contador 30"
Valverde 30"
Aru 40"
Quintana 45"
Bardet 45"

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Going with Roglic. Dark horses Küng, Jasha, Castro, Matthews, Kwito and Démare.

Anybody but Martin, in other words?

It aint no fun predicing the favourite to win

Btw Bardet over/under 2 minutes to the winner?

 

[HelloDolly]

Can we have the link to the start times please

 

[ice&fire]

For a starting ITT I'd guess that teams are given a list of start times, then they decide which rider takes which time and tell the organiser the day before, so start times may not be available until later in the evening.

 

[klintE]

looking on map - eleven sharp (90+ deg.) turns.
So Roglic before everyone else, and most dangerous for him - Kwiato

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Can we have the link to the start times please

https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/880779585398460416

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Well after checking out those veins, I was gonna go with Mr Fit, but after putting my sensible head on I'm gonna go for 1. Roglic 2. Martin 3, Cummings.

 

[ice&fire]

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Can we have the link to the start times please

https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/880779585398460416

Interesting. Latour between Quintana and Froome. AG2R doesn't want Bardet overtaken by Froome.

 

[vedrafjord]

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Alberto Contador will win this bike race.

Bertie's Tour record post-positive: 5th, 4th, DNF, 5th, DNF. Contador fans in July are a lot like Liverpool fans in August: "this will be our year". No it won't.

 

[portugal11]

Thomas will catch bardet... so I don't understand this ag2r tactic

 

[HelloDolly]

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Can we have the link to the start times please

https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/880779585398460416

Thanks