Tour de France Stage 2 (3/7/11) - Les Essarts 23km TTT

[The Sheep]

Those Astana suits are fabulous

 

[dlwssonic]

If Saxo are as bad as everyone claimed, that Garmin time is pretty poor.

I doubt it will win, but it looks like Bertie isn't going to be losing very much at all today, 30s to Andy maybe. GC gap to stay bridgeable in Grenoble alone.

you sure? contador hasnt looked very impressive in a long TT for a long time.

 

[Gubby Allen]

I've got Astana E/W 1-3 at 150/1.

 

[Jamsque]

Saxo were never going to do as poorly as the doom-prophets were expecting.

 

[cineteq]

great time for Garmin, pretty good time for rabobank and good time for Saxobank considering the team they have

Saxo have really cut their losses...didn't expect to be this good...

 

[Havetts]

Those Astana suits are fabulous

Yes! They look extremely aerodynamic and awesome.

 

[MrRoboto]

What was Garmin's speed?

 

[superconfex]

Garmin time was the fastest for that distance....EVER

 

[No_Balls]

you sure? contador hasnt looked very impressive in a long TT for a long time.

Won the time trial in Giro. Third in the last trial after celebrating for a kilometer.

When has Andy been impressive in a time trial?

 

[The Hitch]

Movi doing all right.

Shame they have been screwed so very very badly before the Tour even started and dont have much to ride for.

 

[Califer Hill]

What was Garmin's speed?

55.6km/h according to letour.com

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What was Garmin's speed?

Garmin 55,6km/h
Rabobank 55km/h

 

[superconfex]

so there are a lot of armchair cyclist in the room today

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Quick Step lost a lot of time in the 2nd part
now at +30s
While at part 1 they were close to Saxo

 

[Scansorial]

Thor was a good sport about wearing the polka dots in that interview.

 

[The Sheep]

Katusha could be good

 

[dlwssonic]

Won the time trial in Giro. Third in the last trial after celebrating for a kilometer.

When has Andy been impressive in a time trial?

didnt say andy has been impressive. im saying that what schleck has plus the 30 sec he might gain today might not be enough for contador to jump on schleck in the last TT.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Movi doing all right.

Shame they have been screwed so very very badly before the Tour even started and dont have much to ride for.

Especially considering Amador and Intxausti can't be considered anything more than passengers, and just making the time limit and staying in the race is their main goal for today.

 

[sublimit]

Boom must of pulled most of that for Rabo. Good time by them.

 

[The Barb]

When has Andy been impressive in a time trial?

I'd say his performace in last year's Tour's final time trial was extremely impressive and showed he's getting better at it.

 

[rhubroma]

didnt say andy has been impressive. im saying that what schleck has plus the 30 sec he might gain today might not be enough for contador to jump on schleck in the last TT.

Schleck will not gain 30 seconds today.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Won the time trial in Giro. Third in the last trial after celebrating for a kilometer.

When has Andy been impressive in a time trial?

mountain ttt is not comparable at all.

He is right, it has been a long time since aac has done much in a long itt, namely because we haven't seen him do one.

AC biggest risk in the itt is probably fatigue. At that stage, he will be feeling the giro and tour mountains in his legs.

I'd say at this point. If we head into the mountains with this advantage, it will be pretty fair game for the yellow.

But I suspect AC wont be fresh enough. We'll see.

 

[spalco]

I hope Sky sucks, can't stand the Eurosport guys fawning all over them all the time anymore.

 

[hfer07]

refreshing to hear Stephen Roche on Eurosport-at least he's more understandable than Sean..

 

[Ferminal]

Zzz Sherwen, if Garmin really wanted to win the TTT they wouldn't be carrying Danielson or Hesjedal.