Tour de Romandie, April 29th - May 4th

[noob]

Huh? That's quite the opposite to what I said

I am once again so thankful for my nickname. I had no idea this was a prestigious race. Probably because no one I followed covered it. (IE Horner or Broe (before he became a DS))

 

[Lequack]

Is this the shortest TT ever?

 

[Berniece]

Is this the shortest TT ever?

No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi

 

[Tricycle Rider]

No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi

If I was a male rider I'd definitely not bother shaving my face for that, it would hardly be worth the effort!

 

[Sciatic]

No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi

The Tour used to have some quite short prologues in the days when Thierry Marie always won them and grabbed the yellow jersey. Also, someone asked earlier about the difference between an ITT and a prologue. It's not just that it's less than 10 km, it's also--as the name implies--the first day of racing. Sometimes they are called Stage 1 or sometimes Stage 1 is the day following.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi

Tour of Luxemburg used to have a prologue in the 2km range. Pretty intense.

 

[Berniece]

No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi

This was the one, Giro 2005, Petacchi came in 3rd

Giro d'Italia 2005 Prologue results

Brett Lancaster is the winner of Giro d'Italia 2005 Prologue, before Matteo Tosatto and Alessandro Petacchi. Brett Lancaster was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is this the shortest TT ever?

The prologue on Schlossberg in Linz for the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt is only 700m and takes just over a minute for the fastest riders, but the Tour de Kumano have had some where the winner only needed 50 seconds to complete the course.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The prologue on Schlossberg in Linz for the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt is only 700m and takes just over a minute for the fastest riders, but the Tour de Kumano have had some where the winner only needed 50 seconds to complete the course.

Didn't the also have an 800m one on the last part of the Kitzbüheler Horn one year earlier? Edit: It was a 600m uphill prologue, only 70sec for the winner Will Clarce.

 

[Oldman]

No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi

Better known as Sprinter's highlight reel. Like anything under 3km. Provided those teams with an excuse to bring specialists to an otherwise mountainous GT and still get jersey exposure on TV. TdF did some short prologues; I think in the 80's.

 

[Wyndbrook]

I think you mean the Y1RS. The V4RS is the former version of the traditional bike UAE uses (V5RS is the new version).

Sad that an former iconic bike maker has to resort to random series of letters and numbers for a model name.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Is this the shortest TT ever?

I'm glad you asked this question because the replies that followed are so stunning yet so fascinating! (Obviously I haven't followed cycling as closely and for as long as the posters who had replied to you, and I always love to learn new stuff! )

 

[KZD]

Surprising win for Watson, Ineos 10th win of the season.

As for GC, I think Almeida will take it.

 

[Red Rick]

Didn't the also have an 800m one on the last part of the Kitzbüheler Horn one year earlier? Edit: It was a 600m uphill prologue, only 70sec for the winner Will Clarce.

Commentators were stupidly comparing this prologue to a 400m in athletics. I assume they were talking about that one.

 

[staubsauger]

It‘s a tragedy that German Eurosport/Discovery will have Tour de Suisse rights this year and I won‘t hear all about Stefan Kchüng‘s exploits in beautiful Swiss German.

Karsten Migels is a big Küng fan!

 

[staubsauger]

No, I can remember a Giro with a prologue of 1km or something like that. Was in the age of Petacchi

2005 Giro d'Italia Reggio Calabria night TT won by Bret Lancaster!

Awesome Giro d'Italia and a fitting memorable start with the flootlight!

 

[YavorD]

Is this the shortest TT ever?

Just last year we've had a shorter one.

 

[noob]

2005 Giro d'Italia Reggio Calabria night TT won by Bret Lancaster!

Awesome Giro d'Italia and a fitting memorable start with the flootlight!

I read "flood fight" I wondered what on earth went on

 

[noob]

Just last year we've had a shorter one.

where?

 

[YavorD]

where?

In thes very race.
It was 2km or something.

And since I was beaten to it, other people gave more examples of a shorter TT's.

 

[Oldman]

Sad that an former iconic bike maker has to resort to random series of letters and numbers for a model name.

To be fair to the current owner of Colnago; Ernesto's crew started that before the sale. But you are correct in all ways. It becomes the newest Yuppie Applebike when the edition rolls out at $20k....

 

[SHAD0W93]

Is this the shortest TT ever?

In TdR history Cavendish won a 1.9 TT in 2008.


Cipo has won two 1 km TTs in Millemetri del Corso di Mestre. Allegedly Klöden won a 0 km TT in almost 7 mins https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-normadie/1998/prologue

 

[RedheadDane]

Today's stage finish in Fribourg.
Spare a thought for that guy, who was so bothered by Rob Hatch correctly pronouncing the name, he had to make a whole thread about it.

 

[Cycling111]

The prologue on Schlossberg in Linz for the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt is only 700m and takes just over a minute for the fastest riders, but the Tour de Kumano have had some where the winner only needed 50 seconds to complete the course.

They took less time to complete that prologue than G. Thomas changing his helmet in the Giro2023 ITT.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Today's stage finish in Fribourg.
Spare a thought for that guy, who was so bothered by Rob Hatch correctly pronouncing the name, he had to make a whole thread about it.

Wait and see what Cox and Smith pronouncation up with today!
Luckily I will have long clicked the ambient button by then.