Tour de San Luis 2012, 4ª Etapa: San Luis - San Luis, ITT (19,5 km)

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Tour de San Luis 2012, 4ª Etapa: San Luis - San Luis, ITT (19,5 km)

26.01.2012

First Rider 15:28 (GMT 18:28)
Last Rider ~ 18:07 (GMT 21:07)

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Time Table

Result 2011

1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Movistar 0:23:23
2 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Argentina 0:00:08
3 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Unitedhealthcare 0:00:15
4 Juan E. Arango (Col) Colombia 0:00:23
5 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Chile 0:00:25
6 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Chile 0:00:32
7 Walter Perez (Arg) Argentina 0:00:33
8 Matias Medici (Arg) Funvic-Pindamonhangaba 0:00:40
9 Jose Serpa (Col) Androni-Giocattoli
10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:45

 

[jens_attacks]

tondo siempre con nosotros

my pick:

 

[Gloin22]

Lepiheimer for a win

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Mekon does it.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Xavi...

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Mekon does it.

Who's that?

 

[jens_attacks]

Who's that?

 

[will10]

RIP Senor Tondo, a sad reminder.

I'll go with Levi for this one

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

I'd love to see one of the local guys taking this one, Giacinti or Medici.

 

[cineteq]

How about Jonathan?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That would be nice, one year on from Tondó's win, a Movistar at the top step. Tondó also won on the Mirador del Potrero back in 2009 of course, but that was with Andalucía.

It would have been more poetic if it could have been Intxausti, but that's of course not possible.

 

[maltiv]

I remember thinking that Tondo would have such a good season after he won this TT, I even predicted him to top 5 at TDF

Anyway, according to Rasmussen, Schumacher will smoke this TT...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

He was having a good season. 14th at Paris-Nice a bit of a disappointment, but he did have a go into Biot in a finish really unsuited to him, after his team had worked on the front all day but Rojas punctured with 10 to go. But 6th at Catalunya, 5th at País Vasco and overall victory at Castilla y León... he had almost matched his 2010 haul of CQ points already by May.

 

[c&cfan]

contador FTW, even if he suffers at TTing (suffers = no top 3 for him) when not at his best.

 

[jens_attacks]

same here contador for the win.
2.schumacher.you can see he trained hard in the winter,for christina watches unfortunately,tour de san luis is one of the biggest races of the calendar
3.levi

 

[Cimber]

contador FTW, even if he suffers at TTing (suffers = no top 3 for him) when not at his best.

I think Levi will take the jersey tomorrow, so it all comes down to wether he can stick to COntadors wheel on stage 5 imo.

 

[Siriuscat]

Berto by 20sec....... ****** the sandbagging he's here to win

 

[BillytheKid]

Contador will fight for it...Levi will have to be good.

 

[craig1985]

Well it depends if Bertie can be bothered tomorrow.

 

[Froome19]

Well it depends if Bertie can be bothered tomorrow.

unlike another not to be named rider, contador is always bothered especially once he's in the leaders jersey

 

[BillytheKid]

The final clicks of Stage 5 are very steep, Levi won't hold the wheel there.
He have to do it tomorrow. Big, but unlikely.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Leipheimer seems to have decent form so he'll take the tt and the gc quite easily.

 

[killswitch]

Leipheimer seems to have decent form so he'll take the tt and the gc quite easily.

http://www.tour-sanluis.com.ar/index.php/etapas/etapa-5

 

[Rocksteady]

Leipheimer seems to have decent form so he'll take the tt and the gc quite easily.

He always does well in the early season, remember the TOC back when it was in February, he could own everyone, especially in a time trial.

I could see Levi having a very good season this year. Change of team could be good for him...

 

[Sciocco]

Hard not to go with levi for stage 4.

He'll only keep the GC lead for one day if stage 5 is the one with the 14/15% gradient climb.