Worlds Team Time trial Race Thread

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Rabo losing to Itera?

 

[the asian]

Russian youngsters are better than Dutch youngsters

Liguigas are aiming for a top 5 finish. No surprises there.

 

[Cancellator]

I was thinking, is it feasible for ITT stars like Martin to go full-gas today as well? It should be, being just two one-day events, it's not like going at the max every stage of a GT.

PS: It's pretty funny how he pronounces "AG2R" (half English and half French).

 

[hrotha]

That's absolutely true.

North-Holland and South-Holland are both provinces of the Netherlands. So when people, even Dutch people, refer to Holland as a country, they are actually wrong. It's only 2 provinces that = holland

edit: Liquigas crushing at the first split...

They're not wrong. "Holland" in English doesn't necessarily mean the same as "Holland" in Dutch, that's all. It's no different from "Germany" being "Saksa" in Finnish or "Allemagne" in French.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Course that's not true: it's a part of Lincolnshire.

No it isn't: it's two thirds of a Motown songwriting/producing team.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Astana, Vacans, Saxo all at 10/11 seconds of Liquigas

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Russian youngsters are better than Dutch youngsters

Liguigas are aiming for a top 5 finish. No surprises there.

Rabo Conti are not exactly starting with their strongest team. Lot of very young guys, even Rick Zabel etc

 

[the asian]

Lampre absolutely sucks.

18th at 2nd Intermediate.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Queen discipline of cycling

 

[sultanofhyd]

Lampre absolutely sucks.

18th at 2nd Intermediate.

Is there a link that shows the intermediate checks of all the teams?

 

[DominicDecoco]

Queen discipline of cycling

Definitely the hardest..

 

[Cancellator]

Hoping for a nice surprise from Radioshack... Top 5 at least.

 

[wirral]

I was thinking, is it feasible for ITT stars like Martin to go full-gas today as well? It should be, being just two one-day events, it's not like going at the max every stage of a GT.

PS: It's pretty funny how he pronounces "AG2R" (half English and half French).

Yeah, I noticed that too. He is also very proud of his Dutch 'r' sound which he uses for every non-English name. Spanish, Italian, Polish, Swiss, doesn't matter, they all get the Dutch 'r'. But Anglo riders get the English 'r'.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Astana gaining time on Liquigas. Only 4 seconds at the 2nd split. Meaning Liquigas lost 6 seconds to Astana between 1 and 2...

 

[the asian]

Is there a link that shows the intermediate checks of all the teams?

http://static.sportresult.com/federations/uci/CR-node/

 

[the asian]

Rabo Conti are not exactly starting with their strongest team. Lot of very young guys, even Rick Zabel etc

I know


BTW good start by Movistar.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Vacansoleil beats Liquigas at split 2 suprising for me

 

[roundabout]

Vacansoleil seem to be finally living up to the individual level of TT riders that they have.

 

[l.Harm]

Vacansoleil got a pretty good team. Better TT'ers than Liqui.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Allezzzzzzzzzzzzz Tooooooooooonyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[Pharazon]

so it looks like Saur are going to be the team that sucks the most at this

 

[l.Harm]

Lol speaker is saying Rabo is super fast.

-2.8 secs faster than Liquigas.

 

[Cancellator]

AVS is pretty high - not that hilly after all is it?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rabobank best time at split 1. 2 secnds faster than Liquigas

 

[Miburo]

The day has finally come, no more jokes about euskatel in a TTT