Vuelta a España - Stage 17 - Peñafiel individual time trial, 46 km

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rodriguez only 3 seconds behind

 

[JPM London]

Had the Leekygas guys never tried a time trial puncture before??? Pathetic bike/wheel change..they looked like amateurs!

Hopefully this won't affect Nibalis rhythm...

At least the mechanic changed his battery for a fresh one at the same time...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Anybody have a clue as to the split times they are showing?
It seems Nibali is catching Roriguez, but has been caught and passed by Mosquera.

 

[Christomir]

Nibali, top 10.
Schleck maybe top 25. Maybe.

That would be in equal conditions for everyone, of course. Which these conditions aren't. So it's a crapshoot.

OK, then I guess Purito could try and achieve something around 25th place too, considering he has the motivation of the red jersey on his shoulders...

 

[The Hitch]

After, obviously. And yes, Mosquera has never been good in a TT.

SO nibali actually did the first 1/3 about 30 seconds faster than Mosquera. Jeez hes going to lose minutes.

 

[Luis Ocaña]

Vamos Puritoooo! 3 seconds slower than Nibali.

Edit: at 1 second now!

 

[issoisso]

1/3 of the course....Schleck 45 secs behind Mosquera

 

[roundabout]

Ah, i'll repeat what's been said before. This forum is better than the live tickers.

 

[ruamruam]

Anybody have intermediate times for TD, Velits, Roche or Schlick?

 

[max_powers]

In a TT a front wheel change might be preferable to a bike change,

but all that should be planned out if going for the Jersey.

Sticking with the Primary bike typically preferable

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wacky down by 1 second.

 

[Sophistic]

1/3 of the course....Schleck 45 secs behind Mosquera

that means he made up ~40s

 

[issoisso]

Puncture.That's gonna break his rhythm.

And true to form, he's now going slower than both Mosquera and Rodríguez.

Although the last 15kms will suit him a lot more.

that means he made up ~40s

On the stage, not the GC.

 

[The Hitch]

Anybody have intermediate times for TD, Velits, Roche or Schlick?

Roche way down.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mosquera only 2 seconds behind Nibali, not 5

 

[hrotha]

Apparently the official info the commentators are getting in their computer from the Vuelta says Purito is losing over a minute to Nibali and they're freaking out because they don't know what to believe anymore.

 

[salixcycling]

1st checkpoint
p.Velits 0. 54
tondo 1.17
nibali 1.35
mosquera 1.40?
sastre 1.38
roche 1.45
plaza 2.07

 

[Kazistuta]

Anybody have a clue as to the split times they are showing?
It seems Nibali is catching Roriguez, but has been caught and passed by Mosquera.

This is La Vuelta......too much is confusing... (EDIT: Even the Spanish commentators call it "disastre!!")

It seems like the time in the bottom of the screen indicates the GC standing between Purito and Nibbles.

 

[the student]

tailwind home also means more headwind in the first half... but tailwind in the home stretch is more favourable... still the amount of headwind is still about the same. It just makes timing worthless because some have had tailwind in the first half where they now have headwind...

 

[The Hitch]

Mosquera only 2 seconds behind Nibali, not 5

Considering Nibali lost 25 seconds, being 2 seconds behind Nibali is a bad bad performance for Mosquera.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Anybody have intermediate times for TD, Velits, Roche or Schlick?

Nibali and Tommy D at 1-35" at the 1st CP.
Velits under 1 minute
LLS at 1-16"
Tondo @ 1'17"
TJ v G @ 1-18"
Zeek at 2 seconds slower than Nibs.

 

[Escarabajo]

guesses from the commentators are that the wind conditions seem changed for the later starters.

Thanks. That makes sense now.

 

[meandmygitane]

Larsson in to third 38s after Menchov. He finished pretty much just as fast as Menchov but lost more in the start.

If Menchov was super lucky he had less of a headwind in the first half and all the advantage of the wind in the back the second part.

At least I think someone would have advantageous wind when it either changed direction (being from the side for Canc i suppose?) or started blowing.

Someone i think had wind form the side part of the time going out on the first half and then wind in the back the second. Does it make sense?

 

[issoisso]

WTF. Schleck awesome at the check.

I give up on official info. It keeps contradicting itself. I'll see the times at the finish.

 

[The Hitch]

Nibali in red after 15km already. This Vuelta looks his.