Tour of California Stage 7: Los Angeles TT (33.6 km)

[santacruz]

Paul Sherwen just referred to Jens as "that young man"

 

[Anonymous]

Well, i think they're haing some computer issues, since there have been some f-ups with the electronic timing.

im confused.. no timings, no splits, and people overtaking people that they arent really overtaking..

this whole thing is chaos.. one of the funniest tours in years.. its the one that all future idiotic races are going to be compared against

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, i think they're haing some computer issues, since there have been some f-ups with the electronic timing.

That may be part of it, but that's not what I can put my finger on. The wall of cones, giant streets with tiny cyclists, terrible presentation, poor organisation with the two laps and traffic being met... it just doesn't feel like it's important. The ITT at the Volta a Portugal was not particularly high-profile but the way they set it up made it look like a seriously big deal. This quite simply doesn't look important. It looks awkward. The Eurosport commentators openly saying they're bored certainly isn't helping, even if they're only saying they're bored of repeated shots of the Staples Center.

 

[Cervelo77]

... and people overtaking people that they arent really overtaking..

Yeah, this two laps business is a bit dubious. I mean, LA is a big place, surely they could have laid out a single 33 km circuit.

 

[santacruz]

Levi fuming and freaking out on his TT bike in the start house, awesome lol..

 

[issoisso]

Guy in the start house slowly developing arthritis from doing those complicated hand symbols for every rider for hours on end.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yeah, this two laps business is a bit dubious. I mean, LA is a big place, surely they could have laid out a single 33 km circuit.

Hell, look at how wide it is, they could have put in another line of cones and then had them spiralling inward or outward, or do the loop in one direction then hairpin back and do it again in the opposite direction. There are myriad ways to avoid this confusion.

 

[Highlander]

Great ride by Zwizanski. Even if Fabian didn't care about this TT, Zwizanski'll always be able to say that he beat a multiple time world champion at a TT.

 

[Cervelo77]

Team Type 1's Javier Megias Leal, the first rider to start today: "The course is totally flat and really windy. You need a lot of power on it. This is a typical ProTour time trial minus all the ProTour riders. This time trial is so flat and fast that it won't make a big gap among the leaders."

Are there time bonuses for the last stage crit race? If so, the final stage could be interesting.

 

[santacruz]

ahgg stupid amgen feed, missed dave z leaving start house

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Team time trial in California

Or is this a regular one? I'm confused

 

[santacruz]

Jens drafting Dave Z, good tactic, lol

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Megias Leal just got Andrew Messick really angry by saying that it's minus all the ProTour riders.

 

[Faserr]

Now, Voigt gets a ride from Zabriski

 

[issoisso]

Martin predictably sets the best time so far

 

[maltiv]

Jens drafting Dave Z, good tactic, lol

can't really blame him with this *** course.

 

[Faserr]

I told you Tony Martin is a great time trial rider

 

[santacruz]

Wow Tony Martin with new hottest time.. that guy is gonna rule the world some day!!

 

[goggalor]

Um, is Rogers carrying something in the front of of his skinsuit?

Martin flying.

 

[The Sheep]

a minute faster is that an error?

 

[Jamsque]

There is mad drafting going on at this TT.

 

[Jamsque]

I have literally never in my life seen this much drafting in a professional time trial. What the **** are the race referees doing?

 

[issoisso]

I have literally never in my life seen this much drafting in a professional time trial. What the **** are the race referees doing?

Despairing at the idiot who made the course?

 

[goggalor]

Jens "Wheelsucker" Voigt.

No, make that Saxo "Wheelsuckers" Bank.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What a moronic organisation