Tour de France: Stage 19, Bonneval - Chartres 53.5km

[Bavarianrider]

How is Tony doing? Ready for the olympics or not?

He's ready but still affected by the ingiro.
Winning a medal will be very difficult, though.

 

[Yingge]

According to the Ticker:

There is a third intermediate check in stage 19. It is in Le Coudray at the 48km mark. Four men have reached this mark and the best time to date has been set by Johan Vansummeren (GRS): 1h01'44", 1'15" better than Julien Fouchard (COF). No one has yet reached the finish in Chartres.

Does not actually show in the summary though.

 

[GazelleFormula]

From the ticker:

There is a third intermediate check in stage 19. It is in Le Coudray at the 48km mark.

But apparently the data from this checkpoint are not published.

^^Yingge was faster ;-)

 

[Yingge]

VanSummeren has the Benchmark - 1:09:24

Looks like Engouvent has retained the Lanterne.

 

[wirral]

The third intermediate check ticker times are only available in Francophile nations.

Just kidding

 

[Shardi]

1. Wiggins
2. Froome +1m24s
3. Van Garderen + 2m25s

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10. Nibali + 3m23s
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25. Van den Broeck +4m35s
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It's flat and open. Expect bigger timegaps than in the previous TT.
Wind will play a bigger role and lightweight climbers will loose more ground.
Wiggins will reveal why they ride solely for him in the tour.

 

[cineteq]

1. Wiggins
2. Froome +1m24s
3. Van Garderen + 2m25s

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10. Nibali + 3m23s
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25. Van den Broeck +4m35s

So you're saying Cadel is not winning this? He's clearly saved a lot of energy for the ITT in the last week.

 

[Panda Claws]

When is the last time any Tour winner will have such a gap on the runner-up in the GC?

Or better yet on the first real GC contender that is not his teammate.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

When is the last time any Tour winner will have such a gap on the runner-up in the GC?

Or better yet on the first real GC contender that is not his teammate.

Uhm, 2009?

 

[Panda Claws]

Uhm, 2009?

Thank you xD

Totally forgot about that one.

 

[MonteZoncolan]

My prediction

1. Wiggins
2 Froome +45s
3 TJVG +1:15

 

[El Pistolero]

http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1375007

Here's our classy world champion.

 

[Catwhoorg]

I thought it was normal when you had 2 team mates together on the rankings, that you adjusted the order and split them, to avoid any appearance of drafting etc.

Am I misremembering ? Why are Froome and Wiggo not separated ?

 

[MonteZoncolan]

I thought it was normal when you had 2 team mates together on the rankings, that you adjusted the order and split them, to avoid any appearance of drafting etc.

Am I misremembering ? Why are Froome and Wiggo not separated ?

Not sure - but Le Tour has the top 14 at 3 mins apart. I guess theyre not expecting a catch with that 3 min gap.

 

[RedheadDane]

Doesn't look good for Millar in that bet...

 

[Lexman]

I thought it was normal when you had 2 team mates together on the rankings, that you adjusted the order and split them, to avoid any appearance of drafting etc.

Am I misremembering ? Why are Froome and Wiggo not separated ?

Normally they do that yes, but in the first ITT it didn't happent either with some riders...

 

[One Eyed Aussie]

I thought it was normal when you had 2 team mates together on the rankings, that you adjusted the order and split them, to avoid any appearance of drafting etc.

Am I misremembering ? Why are Froome and Wiggo not separated ?

It didn't happen last year with the Schlecks. Don't know what the rules are.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1375007

Here's our classy world champion.

About as classy as Gilbert wanting to beat up that dog's owner

 

[happytramp]

http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1375007

Here's our classy world champion.

What has happened here? I seem to be missing the gist of it.

 

[El Pistolero]

About as classy as Gilbert wanting to beat up that dog's owner

Yes, touching the guy a little bit is obviously much more irresponsible then letting a big dog loose in a fast approaching peloton.

 

[Yingge]

They probably assume that 3 minute gaps for the last 13 is enough to avoid getting too close to the one in front.

Back in the first TT, I noticed a change due to 3 out of 4 in succession being from OPQ - but all in the 2 minute gap area.

Pineau left one minute (instead of 2) behind the previous rider, followed by Grabsch 3 minutes later, Cummings (BMC) was next, then Tony Martin. Would have been fun sorting out the Team cars, presumably a NS car in there somewhere.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Yes, touching the guy a little bit is obviously much more irresponsible then letting a big dog loose in a fast approaching peloton.

Exactly like shouting a little obviously is much more irresponsible than beating someone up.

 

[El Pistolero]

Exactly like shouting a little obviously is much more irresponsible than beating someone up.

Who beat who up? Am I missing something?

 

[RedheadDane]

Interesting car Nicki got... were they kinda short on Saxo?

 

[BillytheKid]

About as classy as Gilbert wanting to beat up that dog's owner

The Gilbert should have given the owner a word or two. People are clueless sometimes. I was sorry to see the little girl caught up in it, however. In the end, it was only a few ruffled feathers.