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

[Gubby Allen]

Eisel will have a job not to be eliminated - can't lose more than about 15 secs per km.

 

[The Hitch]

That is really cruel. A unfortunate crash and your doing a itt just to stay in the race.

Its worse when they puncture though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Radioshack is old and slow. They are full of diesels. They'll crush the last part

 

[Jamsque]

Given how small the margins are at the finish this is probably the end of HTC's chances.

 

[Sofía_]

It's not the best time ever, Team Discovery still hold that with 57+km/h

he mean without dope

 

[Havetts]

Yep and Eisel could be out of the tour if he isnt waited for..

 

[Gubby Allen]

Shack look unlikely for a top 5 place at the first point.

 

[Scansorial]

Hushovd in yellow?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Hushovd in yellow?

looks like it

 

[Carl0880]

Shack look unlikely for a top 5 place at the first point.

This about normal, Bruyneel's team always starts slower then speed up. Their first time checks are meaningless, the second time check will give us a better indication of what they are going to do.

 

[No_Balls]

Dont think RS will be that good today. Not really a diesels track.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

looks like it

no bmc are motivated remember...

 

[Andy99]

Hushovd in yellow?

Looks very much like it. Can't look as much of a t**t wearing that as a polka dot skinsuit.

 

[ExRower]

“The race is so short (23 kilometers) that no one will struggle with the time cut,” said Cavendish’s director, Rolf Aldag, speaking of the rule that, in a team time trial, all riders must finish within 125 percent of the winning team’s time.

 

[Fourier]

If on a TTT you get dropped and caught by another team can you draft along with them?
That would be really funny

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

This about normal, Bruyneel's team always starts slower then speed up. Their first time checks are meaningless, the second time check will give us a better indication of what they are going to do.

Don't forget Rabobank won the most time in the last part.

I figure Radioshack does the same, and they have better ITT specialists, so they could threaten Garmin. Certainly.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Piccolo Principe loses 1 min to the GC boys - poor thing.

 

[spalco]

Should HTC maybe have said "**** the ttt, let's wait for Eisel"? Losing him would be a much blow than losing a couple extra seconds today I'd say.

 

[GroupDK]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

that also sounded like that was the phrase that the HTC DK sportdirector Brian Holm was shouting in the backcar.


**** **** ****.

 

[sublimit]

Radioshack crushing it... top 10 here we come!

 

[luckyboy]

From CN live feed - "Garmin will be watching the race eon telvision, knowing thet could be about to win their first ever TDFstage."

Wow, they've never won a stage?

 

[Boleyn]

Stage should be neutralized.

They can't, Cancellara hasn't started yet.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

If Thor gets in yellow, will that change how they choose to favor Thor or Farrar in certain finishes? Would Farrar get led out by the yellow jersey tomorrow?

 

[Havetts]

Here goes the Cancellara-TTT-on-your-own-machine!

 

[Gubby Allen]

Who were Garmin's 4th & 5th riders behind Thor, VDV, Hesjedal?

Dean was dropped and Zabriskie was back in 6th.

Miller & Danielson?