Tour Méditerranéen 2.1 (6th-10th February)

[will10]

Be interested to see if Etoile TT winner Roux can compete in this stronger field.

 

[Afrank]

I don't consider him a whiner for this, but a wuss.

It was the idea that anything Schleck says is whining that I originally objected too; so I am glad you, in this case, do not see what Schleck said as whining.

 

[search]

if Thomas Dekker is the threshold for good timetrialists nowadays Kreuziger is certainly a very good one

 

[RHRH19861986]

show me some results then

Vuelta and TdS 2009, Romandie 2008. Not great, but solid.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Vuelta and TdS 2009, Romandie 2008. Not great, but solid.

that's 4-5 years ago

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

if Thomas Dekker is the threshold for good timetrialists nowadays Kreuziger is certainly a very good one

thomas is a natural itt guy, kreuziger isn't and thomas has always been best in itt more than anything and he has more class and talent than kreuziger no doubt.

 

[Dead leaves]

Tomorrow is easy: Gustav Larsson IAM Cycling. And that´s not because I am Swedish.. I think he has some things to show, and he is a great Time trialist =)

/Fritz

I have to agree. Tomorrow can very well include some swedish success, however I'm more uncertain which one of them. "Gotland" showed sign of recovery to former glory today.

 

[RHRH19861986]

that's 4-5 years ago

So regarding just results from the last 1-2 years, why should we expect anything from Dekker? He´s older, and apart from 1.2 race Duo Normand, he did show zero after his comeback ITT wise.

Kreuziger still has to reach his peak as a rider.

 

[Lexman]

any video from today's stage?

 

[search]

thomas is a natural itt guy, kreuziger isn't and thomas has always been best in itt more than anything and he has more class and talent than kreuziger no doubt.

he always was, of course, but that's a long time ago. It's still to be seen what he is capable of now.

generally, regarding Kreuziger, I agree, having a short look at the start list there are plenty of guys who are better than him. But I was even more surprised to see Dekker being named in there

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

he always was, of course, but that's a long time ago. It's still to be seen what he is capable of now.

generally, regarding Kreuziger, I agree, having a short look at the start list there are plenty of guys who are better than him. But I was even more surprised to see Dekker being named in there

dekker has the most natural aero position I've ever seen, last year was basically just losing weight. he had a great winter I heard and injury free for first time since 2008

 

[RHRH19861986]

dekker has the most natural aero position I've ever seen, last year was basically just losing weight. he had a great winter I heard and injury free for first time since 2008

Landis and Evans looked like a heap of sh*t in their ITT bikes - Landis beat Klöden and Evans beat Schleck, though Klöden and Schleck look much better on their bikes.

 

[Pentacycle]

dekker has the most natural aero position I've ever seen, last year was basically just losing weight. he had a great winter I heard and injury free for first time since 2008

Yeah, and JV is counting on him and Talansky to ride well tomorrow, I have no doubt he's got his numbers right. Last year in Romandie he was doing the same with Talansky who was just one second off Wiggins in the final stage.

 

[theyoungest]

Landis and Evans looked like a heap of sh*t in their ITT bikes - Landis beat Klöden and Evans beat Schleck, though Klöden and Schleck look much better on their bikes.

To make up for a bad TT position you gotta have lots of power. Dekker isn't the strongest guy out there, but he's very aero. Hence needs less power.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 1 finish shot:

Pelucchi was pretty close (at least from this view).

 

[greenedge]

I think Rogers or Talansky might win.

 

[vladimir]

I think Rogers or Talansky might win.

They should at least be ranked among the favourites for the stage.
I expect a really good ride by Roy also. The FDJ guys are flying now, and he has done som quite decent ITTs in the last few years. If Navardauskas can get up the final climb he should finish high up too. But I have to hope for Kreuziger, as I'm one of very few who has him in my CQ ranking team this year

 

[gruppeto993]

this is bob jungels first pro race. he was a great time trialist in the amateur ranks. how do people expect him to do here, top 15-20 maybe?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hmm, the hill at the end is pretty steep according to LtD. So probably more for Talansky then TD

 

[Dazed and Confused]

TT started 15 minutes ago.
Early starters:

12h30 172 ARANGO CARVAJAL Juan Esteban COL
12h31 205 GAVAZZI Mattia AND
12h32 5 KERN Christophe EUC
12h33 133 * GAWRONSKI Piotr CCC
12h34 174 * CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban COL
12h35 176 * CAMACHO BERNAL Julio Alexis COL
12h36 152 VOGONDY Nicolas AJW
12h37 134 HONKISZ Adrian CCC
12h38 138 TACIAK Mateusz CCC
12h39 197 TRONET Steven BIG
12h40 153 DEGAND Thomas AJW
12h41 67 DOCKX Gert LTB
12h42 63 KAISEN Olivier LTB
12h43 137 MIHAYLOV Nikolay CCC
12h44 178 SUAREZ SUAREZ Juan Pablo COL
12h45 11 PERAUD Jean-Christophe ALM

 

[Christian]

Some intersting start times....

12h45 11 PERAUD Jean-Christophe ALM
13h22 6 ROLLAND Pierre EUC
13h41 53 * JUNGELS Bob RLT
13h48 71 DEKKER Thomas GRS
13h55 84 ROGERS Michael TST
14h00 125 LARSSON Gustav IAM
14h07 42 PINOTTI Marco BMC
14h25 131 REBELLIN Davide CCC
14h40 78 TALANSKY Andrew GRS
14h45 55 MONFORT Maxime RLT
14h51 94 MOLLEMA Bauke BLA
14h53 81 ROCHE Nicolas TST
14h59 82 KREUZIGER Roman TST
15h01 121 LÖFKVIST Thomas IAM

http://www.directvelo.com/actualite/24246-tour-mediterraneen-et-2-les-horaires-de-depart.html

 

[HiCadence]

Is there any ticker at all to give us any info about whats going on?

This is probably the most interesting race so far this season and to have nothing is really frustrating.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Is there any ticker at all to give us any info about whats going on?

This is probably the most interesting race so far this season and to have nothing is really frustrating.

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/1529/tour-mediterraneen-2e-etape-2-1.html

 

[HiCadence]

Can't read French but thanks for the link anyway.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

1er intermédiaire -provisoire :
TACIAK Mateusz CCC 16'45''
* GAWRONSKI Piotr CCC 16'47''
ARANGO CARVAJAL Juan Esteban COL 17'14''
* CAMACHO BERNAL Julio Alexis COL 17'35''
TRONET Steven BIG 17'40''
GAVAZZI Mattia AND 17'55''
VOGONDY Nicolas AJW 18'03''
KERN Christophe EUC 18'05''
* CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban COL 18'19''
HONKISZ Adrian CCC 18'25''