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

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Raboban still with 9 at the finish, maybe they took it too easy

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Basso (Liqui) down 9 secs to AC (Saxo) at last intermediate

 

[superconfex]

Rabo with fastest time

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rabobank 25'00

Strong finishing Gesink!

 

[Ney the Viking]

Yes. Made me laugh.

The danish commentators joked that they needed to of the regular jerseys sown together to make them fit Thor

And Rabo clocks in: 25:00. so 55 average and beat Saxo by 16

 

[The Hitch]

Nooooooo!!!!!

 

[Bavarianrider]

Very strong effort bei the Dutchies

 

[ak-zaaf]

16 second for Rabo on Saxo.
Come on Garmin, tell us what it's worth

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Rabo 15s better than Saxo at the finish

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nooooooo!!!!!

Sammy 2'30 behind Gesink

 

[GroupDK]

rabo take further + 13 sec on saxo up to finish, and placed 1 at - 16 sec.

 

[Gubby Allen]

Ok, maybe not, Rabobank 25:00, they finished well.

Reckon Garmin will knock 20-30 secs off that.

 

[Publicus]

Well it was fun while it lasted. I have to say if the maximum loss to a GC candidate is 16", then AC will be happy. But of course, there are still some very big guns to come (Le-T, Shack, BMC).

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Any chance TGBM in yellow?

 

[cineteq]

16 second for Rabo on Saxo.
Come on Garmin, tell us what it's worth

Expected better than that...

 

[dlwssonic]

haha happy that rabo did well in the end. Might be because saxo died in the end. they only had 6 riders when there was still some distance to go.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Garmin, HTC and Leopard will go faster for sure.

But it's a good time by Rabobank I'm sure. They finished almost complete until the final 500m, so teams who are willing to shed the weaker links will go faster

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Well it was fun while it lasted. I have to say if the maximum loss to a GC candidate is 16", then AC will be happy. But of course, there are still some very big guns to come (Le-T, Shack, BMC).

guess it depends if you rate the htc, garmin and sky riders as gc candidates.

Leopard will probably do better also.

nothing too bad tho.

edit: and radio

 

[dlwssonic]

did ACF say BMC would beat rabo in this TTT?

 

[The Hitch]

Sammy 2'30 behind Gesink

Without a finger being lifted.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Ok, maybe not, Rabobank 25:00, they finished well.

Reckon Garmin will knock 20-30 secs off that.

no way..

vsd,d,

 

[dlwssonic]

the schlecks can suck wheel the whole time while those 7 super timetrialist go to work. and they will still get a great time.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Garmin, HTC and Leopard will go faster for sure.

But it's a good time by Rabobank I'm sure. They finished almost complete until the final 500m, so teams who are willing to shed the weaker links will go faster

sky will also be faster

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Without a finger being lifted.

Look on the bright side. In the Vuelta 09 Gesink had a similar bonus on Sanchez and he lost it in the end due to a fall. The tour has 21 stages and anything can happen. Cheer up

 

[DenisMenchov]

Well done Rabo boys, but they are not going to iwn...