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

[No_Balls]

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.

That is considering Andy stays tight in the mountains.

 

[GroupDK]

astana 1 check +5.5

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

astana nice time.

 

[Ney the Viking]

Vino POOWER! Gogo Vino! They just lost their first guy, jsut like garmin,

 

[Ferminal]

Astana 2 down, no surprise one of them is Di Gregorio.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Astana very good!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

vino is going to destroy his team again

 

[Havetts]

Wow if they lose men that quick, they might wonder if they'd get in in time

 

[Carl0880]

Wow those are some slick uniforms of Astana, and a good start so far, 2nd at the time check, Vino really wants to keep close for the chance at yellow going to Mur-Bretagne or maybe on Super Bessy

 

[wirral]

Sounds like Stephen's been on the speed. Fraid I'm having trouble deciphering his Dublin delivery.

 

[Publicus]

What was Garmin's speed?

55.61 kmh . . . .

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Astana 1s faster than Rabobank. That's good, almost no difference there.

 

[MrRoboto]

Shiny suits obviously helps ^^

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Astana will slow tho, or I suspect anyway.

 

[The Sheep]

Shiny suits obviously helps ^^

Still needs red stripes for +2 speed

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

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

He was crap last year, he's been much better this year. This TT has 2 sharp hills and plenty of descent in it - Bertie dominated the mountain TT in the Giro, and was ahead in the Milan TT until he stopped trying and enjoyed his victory ride in. Then in his first race day after a month off he came 2nd in the nationals. His form this year makes pretty clear he's in 2009 shape, not 2010.

Wiggins put 1 minute in to very good TTers on the Grenoble course. Schleck is going to lose out badly.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

hope sky win

i have them @13

 

[sublimit]

Vino is always epic in TTT's, he should try to carry speed that into the ITT for a change.

 

[No_Balls]

mountain ttt is not comparable at all.

Still a time-trial.

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.

That "long time" is Milan for over a month ago. Still way more impressive then Andy in the same discipline which is whom i compare him with (maybe a bit harsh given that Andy never competing unless it isn´t Le Tour).

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

You are probably right but we´ll see.

 

[superconfex]

come on SKY...tear them up boys

 

[Bala Verde]

Team Sky, another contender.

 

[Spine Concept]

it's Sky vs. HTC for me.

 

[spalco]

Interesting water bottles Astana has on their bikes.

 

[Tyke1968]

Rescue some rain forest with your Jaguars!

C'mon Sky.

 

[valentius borealis]

Kashusha 17 seconds down after the 1st check