Who will win Rwanda time trial?

[Cycling111]

 

[wirral]

Gosh, didn't realise it was so hilly. Evenepoel, Vine, Pogacar, Plapp in that order.

 

[rallybanana]

Did Vino become a Catholic?

 

[Squire]

Gosh, didn't realise it was so hilly. Evenepoel, Vine, Pogacar, Plapp in that order.

Looks like a Tour de France Alpine stage if you ignore the vertical scale. Is Ganna not even doing it? Or just left out of the poll because of hills? And what about Tarling? I see McNulty is not going, as the US team is marked as confirmed on PCS. That's a bit surprising. Could have been a strong candidate for a good result.

 

[Jan the Man]

Remco takes it for me.

Pogacar second for me given the parcours but Vine will be there or thereabouts. would not surprise me to see Pogacar/Vine push Remco close.

 

[Cycling111]

Looks like a Tour de France Alpine stage if you ignore the vertical scale. Is Ganna not even doing it? Or just left out of the poll because of hills? And what about Tarling? I see McNulty is not going, as the US team is marked as confirmed on PCS. That's a bit surprising. Could have been a strong candidate for a good result.

He's not participating, otherwise, he obviously would have been included. He said he'll focus on the European Championship.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I think the outcome depends on some external factors i.e. whom a lion will chase during the TT.

 

[SafeBet]

Looks like a Tour de France Alpine stage if you ignore the vertical scale. Is Ganna not even doing it? Or just left out of the poll because of hills? And what about Tarling? I see McNulty is not going, as the US team is marked as confirmed on PCS. That's a bit surprising. Could have been a strong candidate for a good result.

As far as I know, a number of American riders elected not to travel to Rwanda.
Ganna chose not to go after looking at the profile.

I'm giving Pog a slight edge over Remco, but it could go either way. Vine's my joker if he doesn't crash.
Can't see anybody else coming close honestly.

 

[Alien Performance]

I was in Girona last week and Plapp was doing repeated efforts on his TT bike behind a moto on 4-5% hills, think he should have a very strong chance for third

 

[yaco]

I was in Girona last week and Plapp was doing repeated efforts on his TT bike behind a moto on 4-5% hills, think he should have a very strong chance for third

Has specifically prepared for the ITT. He and Vine are evenly matched, so a podium is a possibility. I'm also interested in how they will perform in the RR.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I think Evenepoel and Pogacar are 50/50 but hope Pogacar wins.

 

[Gwbert]

Head says Pog, heart says Remco!

 

[Red Rick]

Could be either. I'd think Evenepoels level is gonna be way more more predictable and not deviate much, whereas Pogacar may be anywhere from lol Poglstomp to lol hungover training for the WC RR

 

[Mayomaniac]

Is Ayuso riding this one?

 

[Cycling111]

Is Ayuso riding this one?

No. Ivan Romeo and Raul Garcia Pierna.

I forgot about Romeo (U23 champion 😓) , I'll edit the poll.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Could be either. I'd think Evenepoels level is gonna be way more more predictable and not deviate much, whereas Pogacar may be anywhere from lol Poglstomp to lol hungover training for the WC RR

Agreed, Pogacar is more mercurial in TTs and sometimes flops. Evenepoel has strong TT performances even when not at his best (it terms of form, mass etc).

 

[Hugh Januss]

Tour of Flanders TT Edition

 

[rghysens]

Pogacar by a landslide.

 

[Berniece]

Pogacar by a landslide.

Quantify that in seconds/minutes

 

[BigCoward]

.Evenepoel has strong TT performances even when not at his best (it terms of form, mass etc).

His last time trial was absolutely garbage.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

His last time trial was absolutely garbage.

He was ill or exhausted because of preparation shortcomings plus it was almost pure uphill battle (simply climbers contest). I have to say that in this particular WC TT his margin will be smaller than usually because of those 600+ meters of climbing in total.

 

[entre nous]

How some think Remco can outperform Pogi on this route is beyond me. He will perhaps be ahead after 10k but that's it.
The q is - will they ride a TT machine or aero? Or a combination of the two

 

[Berniece]

How some think Remco can outperform Pogi on this route is beyond me. He will perhaps be ahead after 10k but that's it.
The q is - will they ride a TT machine or aero? Or a combination of the two

Remco will ride a TT machine

 

[rghysens]

Quantify that in seconds/minutes

More than 30"

 

[how yes no?]

Remco is the favourite for me, except for the cobbled part, could make a difference.