Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 5: Changé – Laval Espace Mayenne, 27.2 km (ITT)

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Chris Horner will be delighted, that's a fine first split for one of his favourite riders, Stefanne Koon

I hope Roglic does better than expected and Van Aert fails to take yellow so we can have a mega Knuckleheads video tonight.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I thought 51kph will be the winning speed today.
It still can.

I thought 50.8kph - but what the fcuk do I know? - I've never been on a TT bike and haven't seen the route

 

[SafeBet]

King Kung still going strong.

 

[Volderke]

Cort is such an odd duck.

He is ALMOST great at everything, but not quite.

He is almost a great sprinter, but not quite.
He is almost a great TT rider, but not quite.
He is almost a great puncheur, but not quite.
He is almost a great climber, but not quite.

If this had been in the dirty old days, he would be winning GTs and Monuments

Cort is almost WvA?

 

[Eclipse]

Kung setting a scorcher

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Küng only has to worry about Van Aert now.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Küng is the first one to go faster than Bjerg between time check 1 and 2.

 

[Carols]

Kung has 24 seconds (down from 31) at 2nd time check.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Good showing from Cattaneo, I doubt that Ala will be better than him (his teammate Asgreen will beat him).

 

[sir fly]

I thought 50.8kph - but what the fcuk do I know? - I've never been on a TT bike and haven't seen the route

Neither have I.
Just compared with similar TTs.

 

[Orbit501]

Coming in late. Without going back over the thread, did Bissegger have a mechanical or a crash?
I saw something briefly about issues on a particular corner.

 

[ppanther92]

Coming in late. Without going back over the thread, did Bissegger have a mechanical or a crash?

Near crash but he was also riding in the rain. Thats probably the main issue.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Cort is almost WvA?

Don't see WvA winning GTs anytime soon

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kung has 24 seconds (down from 31) at 2nd time check.

Bjerg was 20 seconds behind at the first split, not 31.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

UNLEASH THE KRAGHEN

(See? - Told you )

 

[Orbit501]

Near crash but he was also riding in the rain. Thats probably the main issue.

Ah, ok thanks. That explains it.

Was expecting him to be leading, at least until Kung possibly challenging.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Neither have I.
Just compared with similar TTs.

I know dude, I was making a joke on both of us - amateur pundits that we are

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Porte not exactly saving himself for dom duties

 

[Mayomaniac]

Near crash but he was also riding in the rain. Thats probably the main issue.

I guess he also did tons of very specific training for the track cycling TP at the Olympics.

 

[Carols]

Bjerg was 20 seconds behind at the first split, not 31.

My misunderstanding? Wasn't Kung up 31 seconds at the 1st check, and 24 at the 2nd?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Porte not exactly saving himself for dom duties

No doubt he is "protected". - And a sensible choice at that I believe.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

My misunderstanding? Wasn't Kung up 31 seconds at the 1st check, and 24 at the 2nd?

No. He was leading by 9 seconds to Powless, 14 to Porte and 20 to Bjerg. At the second split his lead is now 23 to Porte and 24 to Bjerg,

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Ah, ok thanks. That explains it.

Was expecting him to be leading, at least until Kung possibly challenging.

Even in the rain, there were faster times than Bissegger's.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Kung #respect

 

[sir fly]

51kph still out of reach.