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Kelderman has crashed twice in the last two days, though.I'm expecting Kelderman to do quite a bit better than last time. As BlueRoads said above Kelderman was hindered by a crash prior to the first TT. It's hard to imagine him finishing in the same time as Mas again.
The list of non-specialists includes a couple of world champions of the speciality. Very interesting.Of the last ten penultimate day TTs, six have been won by time trial specialists and four by GC men.
2006 Honchar - TT
2007 Leipheimer - GC (later removed)
2008 Cancellara - TT (originally won by Schumacher who was also TT specialist)
2010 Cancellara - TT
2011 Martin - TT
2012 Wiggins - GC
2014 Martin - TT
2017 Bodnar - TT
2018 Dumoulin - GC
2020 Pogacar - GC
The list of non-specialists includes a couple of world champions of the speciality. Very interesting.
Leipheimer "removed" which leaves only one non specialist, Pog.
That one should definitely count; he did beat a specialist into 2nd place.Contador won in 2009 too (I know it wasn't penultimate, but close enough to it).
Wasn't that the Megeve MTT? If so, it was a given that a GC rider would beat the specialists.That one should definitely count; he did beat a specialist into 2nd place.
Froome won a stage 18 TT in 2016. There were 2 big mountain stages straight after, but it pretty much sealed the w.
Just because it had some hilly bits? Dumoulin was a TT specialist at the time and pushed him close.Wasn't that the Megeve MTT? If so, it was a given that a GC rider would beat the specialists.
Sub 35' realistically.Froome or Pogacar, who gets the sub 30’ time?
Froome or Pogacar, who gets the sub 30’ time?
I agree. Carapaz could have been solidly in second place, though, if he had raced smarter in week 1, when Vingegaard wasn't as strong in the mountains (and had already lost time because he wasn't a protected rider at that point and had to wait for Roglic, while Van Aert did not).In terms of GC podium I don't think a 60k length would have changed much. Pogacar vs. Vingegaard is not exactly climber vs. time trialer.
Kelderman crashed at least 2 times in the past 3(?) days. If he stays in 5th place that would be a great result for him. His first TT was only decent (only marginally better than O'Connor) He hadn't crashed yet IIRC.Well, maybe Kelderman would have caught Carapaz. Thank god it's not 60k.
That would be... unexpected.
That was a cool stage though. Simply because it was meant to be a boring flat stage with a meaningless break. Suddenly one kinda awaked out of sleep once it became clear they've got a chance to make it to the finish line and eventually Boem succeeded! Memorable finish.Yes, but don't let this distract you from the fact that Nicola Boem came 5th in the Giro 2015 Points Classification finishing inside the top 100 only once.
Cav to take the record.
Cav to take the record.
If Pogacar can do a 32’01” in the video game than he can do sub 30 in real life!Sub 35' realistically.