Tour du Romandie: 27 April - 2 May 2010

[Mellow Velo]

Porte's time??? I reckon it's a minute off, too.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Porte, what the f.cl

Something's wrong here. He couldn't make a minute on all TT guys in 15 kms.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Maybe the wind has changed

 

[Barrus]

Maybe the wind has changed

What I gather is that there is a head wind in the first part so that would factor in, in the first part and not the second part. But perhaps the commentators are wrong

 

[issoisso]

Maybe the wind has changed

Only possible (and quite normal) explanation. There is no way everyone is making the same mistake of blowing up in the second half. Especially on a downhill

 

[Ferminal]

Porte must have had a crazy ride after the intermediate checkpoint, because no one is getting close....

He did swim underwater for one and a half olympic swimming worth in summer!

 

[python]

Karpets just finished 27 seconds behind Porte. Can he actually win this thing? I freely admit that I never even heard of him before today, so I'm rooting for him.

iirc, karp was second to romam kreuziger in this race last year ?

 

[Kazistuta]

Indeed it's hard to believe -If Portes time will be added one moinute he'll still have raced the TT of his life!

Didn't see this coming at all, I knwe he would be quite capable in TT's due to his earlier Triathlon days, but this is unreal.....Swiss timing are supposed to be the most precise in the World, right?

 

[Barrus]

bad intermediate by Kreuzinger

 

[Moondance]

It's Sagan time again!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kreuziger about to be replaced as Liquigas number one?

 

[issoisso]

It's Sagan time again!

It's a non-prologue TT. If he is anywhere near the best times, someone should throw the timer out the window.

 

[Ferminal]

All out there now.

16:33: 00 18 ESP19800425 VALVERDE BELMONTE GCE
16:35: 00 116 ESP19800711 OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose EUS
16:37: 00 176 ITA19900329 *FELLINE Fabio FOT
16:39: 00 96 NED19850515 STAMSNIJDER Tom RAB
16:41: 00 158 IRL19840703 ROCHE Nicholas ALM
16:43: 00 128 ESP19770401 ZUBELDIA Haimar RSH
16:45: 00 16 ESP19800229 PLACE OIL MILL Ruben GCE
16:47: 00 1 CZE19860506 W*KREUZIGER Roman LIQ
16:49: 00 131 ITA19840801 GAVAZZI Francesco LAM
16:51: 00 14 FRA19710412 MOREAU Christophe GCE
16:53: 00 58 AUS19791220 ROGERS Michael THR
16:55: 00 132 DEEP GER19740104 Danilo LAM
16:57: 00 166 FRA19830622 ROY Jeremy FDJ
16:59: 00 55 ITA19760225 PINOTTI Marco THR
17:01: 00 5 SVK19900126 and *SAGAN Peter LIQ

Tick them off as they come in.

 

[Highlander]

With the exception of the top spot, the Russians have been dominating so far.

 

[theyoungest]

I'd be surprised if Sagan makes the top-10.

 

[TomasC]

Very strange TT position on the bike by Sagan..

 

[Barrus]

I'd be surprised if Sagan makes the top-10.

Bad stance, looks like he's climbing a mountain

They even compared him to Pantani

 

[Kazistuta]

Moreau with a more than decent intermediate time...what's up with that???

Sagans position on the bike doesn't exactly look TT friendly I'd say...His days in the sun here at Romandy is over for now - but he'll be back at Cali!

 

[joy118118]

Bad stance, looks like he's climbing a mountain

They even compared him to Pantani

not Merckx this time?

 

[TomasC]

Bad stance, looks like he's climbing a mountain

They even compared him to Pantani

May help him in the climbing part

 

[issoisso]

not Merckx this time?

That's Hagen, you fool. Has this forum taught you nothing?

 

[python]

pinotti's position look real good...

edit: but not his intermediate time

 

[Barrus]

not Merckx this time?

was only comparing the stances, otherwise I really would've laughed

Pinotti also has a bad time, wind changed once again?

 

[Ferminal]

Ok that's it...

Porte will take the stage.

Piti will be in Yellow.

 

[joy118118]

That's Hagen, you fool. Has this forum taught you nothing?

Oh, isn't Hagen out of date here?