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

[Parrulo]

so the question is: how man aussies will vanish this forum when cadel cracks and loses all chances of winning the tour?

 

[Franklin]

GC riders
15 Hesjedal +1m13s

17 Danielson +1m48s
18 Van de Velde +1m48s

Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.

14:51:57 BST

Hushovd dragged them to the finish with Vande Velde and Danielson both with him.

 

[thehog]

Doubt he will, still has to recuperate a little from the Giro before real mountains start.

Thats just silly. You don't recuperate in the Tour. You measure your efforts. You never recuperate.

 

[perico]

Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.

They were in the final 5-6 that finished the TTT with the team. It seems Hesjedal broke away from his team, and gained 30+ seconds, winning the stage and putting himself ahead in the Garmin GC race.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.

Do you have amnesia?

Already forgot about yesterday have we?

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.

I think some Stage 1 time gaps have been amended since yesterday. Looks like Hesdejal now given 1:20 rather than 1:55

 

[valentius borealis]

Did Danielson and VdV get dropped? I don't understand this gap.

They were in the third group on the road after the crash in stage 1.

 

[Scansorial]

I think it makes sense for Contador to attack and gain a few seconds on stage 4 or 8. Show Schleck he means business, because the mental part of the game is Schleck's biggest weakness next to his time trialing.

 

[Franklin]

Do you have amnesia?

Already forgot about yesterday have we?

Duh... look at those listed before you bark...

Hesjedal now wins 35 seconds over Danielson and VdV while they had the same time yesterday.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Eisel you ****ing Austrian hillbilly :mad

^^^This is classic!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I'm just copying from letour.fr

 

[perico]

I think some Stage 1 time gaps have been amended since yesterday. Looks like Hesdejal now given 1:20 rather than 1:55

Hesjedal finished with Danielson yesterday. From an interview, it seemed like all 3 finished together, but originally they had Vande Velde listed at 3:41 back, but he apparently finished with Danielson and Hesjedal. So how would they retroactively give him 35 seconds when all three were in the same group?

Yesterday's stage was a massive clusterf..k.

 

[Franklin]

I'm just copying from letour.fr

Cyclingnews also say TD and CvV have lost an extra 35 seconds over Ryder and Alberto. But that isn't reflected in their standings of the first stage.

I'm sure the current standings are the correct one and they changed from yesterday, but it 's still surprising.

Hesjedal finished with Danielson yesterday. From an interview, it seemed like all 3 finished together, but originally they had Vande Velde listed at 3:41 back, but he apparently finished with Danielson and Hesjedal. So how would they retroactively give him 35 seconds when all three were in the same group?

Yesterday's stage was a massive clusterf..k.

Not just CvV, TD also lost 35 extra seconds overnight. Not that I expect anything from him, but still it seems to be a bit harsh.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Hesjedal finished with Danielson yesterday. From an interview, it seemed like all 3 finished together, but originally they had Vande Velde listed at 3:41 back, but he apparently finished with Danielson and Hesjedal. So how would they retroactively give him 35 seconds when all three were in the same group?

Yesterday's stage was a massive clusterf..k.

FWIW it looks like Casar and Feillu have also been re-assessed

 

[Franklin]

FWIW it looks like Casar and Feillu have also been re-assessed

Considering the importance for the contenders I hope this is final... moving these times around is not very "professional".

 

[wirral]

Amador's ankle looks badly sprained. Dunno what they are allowed in terms of painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs but a normal person would not attempt to ride 200 km a day for the next 3 weeks on that. We'll see.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

In 2008, a late crash and split broke up the péloton. All of the expected GC contenders were in front of it. Bernhard Kohl was not. He lost 1'59" that day, but it was then annulled. If his final transfusion had worked, annulling that split would have won him the Tour.

 

[No_Balls]

I think it makes sense for Contador to attack and gain a few seconds on stage 4 or 8. Show Schleck he means business, because the mental part of the game is Schleck's biggest weakness next to his time trialing.

If he has the legs for it i´ll sure he is doing a try out.

 

[No_Balls]

Was anyone surprised that Contador was heavily booed?

Not really considering they are french.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

With the changes in the way that the KOM competition is scored, Gilbert is the only rider to have scored a point so far, so I presume that the polka dot jersey would pass to the second rider on GC, who is David Millar.

No: although he got no points for it, Evans came second on the only classified hill so far. Confirmed at letour.fr

 

[theyoungest]

Lars Boom mentions that all saddles were tested by the UCI before the start, to see if they were completely horizontal. One problem: they didn't know if their measuring equipment was completely horizontal.

What a joke of an organisation this is. Time for a rogue union.

 

[Dedelou]

Not really considering they are french.

Were you there checking passports to know that or simply not surprised because you were one of them.

 

[valentius borealis]

No: although he got no points for it, Evans came second on the only classified hill so far. Confirmed at letour.fr

Fair enough. I was thrown off by the fact that only 1 point was awarded on that particular hill.

 

[Dedelou]

Good day for Evans, Radioshack and a great day for Leopard.

Andy needs about 30 more seconds to be in the safe zone, but so far he's in a great spot. I don't see Contador getting more than 90 seconds on him, so things are looking good.

Totally surprised, but Cadel is in a great position right now. I think he probably needs about 3 + minutes total to be sure of having a shot at Contador though, so he could use another lucky break. If he can hang on somehow in the mountains, he might have a shot. Him being able to do the TT really helps him.

Contador getting caught in the crash has really opened things up and made for an exciting race. If he gets involved in one again, this race is wide open.

I think that to be exiting each of the gc contenders should have a least one crash.. *** edited by mod ***

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

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