Tour de Suisse 2014: Stage 1 TT Bellinzona - Bellinzona 9.4 km

[christopherrowe]

Rohan Dennis has come in second at time trials this year at the Critérium International, the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, the Tour de Romandie, and the Tour of California. This is the one he'll get right.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lets see if

can take the leaders jersey and keep it until the end of the race.

 

[jens_attacks]

i can't see anyone beating sir wiggo!

 

[Netserk]

Canc ahead of Sagan.

 

[MBotero]

Lets see if

can take the leaders jersey and keep it until the end of the race.

I agree he'll win this but i'm not so sure he'll keep the jersey till the end,his motivation must be very low after he was left out of TDF team.

 

[Jspear]

I'm hoping the Cancellara can take it. Prologues used to be one of his things. Hopefully he is in good enough of form to take it.

 

[ILovecycling]

Sagan to smash it

 

[Jspear]

Canc ahead of Sagan.

Ya, looking at the profile, the stage seems technical enough....that make it suit Sagan more.

 

[Parrulo]

Is the descent technical?

I wonder how much time Wiggins will put into the other GC favourites

 

[ILovecycling]

Is the descent technical?

I wonder how much time Wiggins will put into the other GC favourites

according to Stef clement tweet it is very technical,he said its for redbull crashed ice

 

[Bushman]

Canc ahead of Sagan.

Im afraid Canc doesn't have the shape, the course fits him though.

 

[Parrulo]

So i guess Canc (if he recovered from his recent crash) or Sagan will take it.

What will the weather be like?

 

[roundabout]

5th consecutive opening in Ticino.

Feels like an attempt to transplant the usual Lugano stage

Although I suppose it beats the amazingly featureless race around the Ambri airport from last year.

 

[roundabout]

Start times

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmi.../Startliste_Zeitfahren_Bellinzona_TDS2014.pdf

Looks like some anticipation of the weather going on

 

[Parrulo]

Ya seems like the GC are affraid of the weather.

I remember Costa being annoyed last year because the organization wanted him to start last and he ended up racing in the worst conditions with Canc and TJVG.

 

[xanadu]

We will see how much firepower Sir Brad has, if i was him i would be fuming and out for blood. A good showing here would `flip the digit` to Sky management team.

 

[Catwhoorg]

How technical is the descent ?

Hard to tell from the map.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

How technical is the descent ?

Hard to tell from the map.

Judging from the position of the timing marker, the more twisty part is going up, and downhill is a series of longer winding sections with 5 big turns.

 

[roundabout]

Judging from the position of the timing marker, the more twisty part is going up, and downhill is a series of longer winding sections with 5 big turns.

follow the arrows

edit - wrong poster quoted

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Start times

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/fileadmi.../Startliste_Zeitfahren_Bellinzona_TDS2014.pdf

Looks like some anticipation of the weather going on

Methinks Movistar didn't check the forecast...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Is the descent technical?

I wonder how much time Wiggins will put into the other GC favourites

Could be that Wiggo goes sissy on the descent if there's wet weather - Giro 2013?
He wouldn't want to compete with Froome's fall the day before - would he?

 

[ILovecycling]

Dennis going to start after 16.00?

 

[christopherrowe]

Dennis going to start after 16.00?

As the last Garmin Sharp man, at that. Maybe they're confident the weather will be fine?

 

[classicomano]

Dumoulin to come second.

 

[ILovecycling]

Dumoulin to come second.

imo the climb is too hard for him,but we'll see he is in a good shape