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84 riders done, 32'27" new leader. Mostly road bikes so far is what I have seen wheels with larger rims as you'd expect. 20kmph up 12% incline, as you do 😳
Not sure there's much to be gleaned from the results so far given you don't know who's trying and who's cruising. Edet, leading so far, small climbing type. Gallopin quickest up the climb, more of a rouleur type.
Edit.. Olivera now leading, normal road bike with no clip ons. Eddie BH rode a proper TT bike (so likely to have been trying quite hard) over a minute down.
Double edit... Sicard now top of the table, full TT bike.
Tripple edit... Coppel just smashed it with a road bike with tri bars.
Eddie BH rode a proper TT bike (so likely to have been trying quite hard)
Maybe, but it could also be good training for the Rio TT (I'm assuming he's going).
Real mix of stuff now
Road bikes with/without tt rear wheel
Road bars, road bars plus tt, full tt-bars (eg Dumolin)
GVA just started on normal looking road bike ..
Have not personally seen a full tt bike yet
Think I'd go aero road frame with deep section wheels front and back, and then clip on TT bars, with remote Di2 shifters.
Dutch eye candy, Tom Dumoulin has gone full TT set up. looking quick too.
Dumoulin smashes it. 41 seconds up on De Gendt.
Real mix of stuff now
Not surprised as for a lot of riders this'll be pretty much a day off!
The Ulrika Bora Organ team, WTF is Kelly on about now 🙂
ITV just showed an image of Froome warming up, I [i]think[/i] his position is a touch more upright than his usual TT position. I guess they could have brought the bars a touch closer to allow more power up the hills on the extensions.
I don't think there's any adjustability there for Froome as they're one piece 3D printed to his exact fit. I guess it could be a completely different set.
This is Landa's...
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Do they warm up on "any old turbo" or is their bike less rear wheel
Bike change for Rodriguez, first I've seen.
This is Team Sky, you'd not rule it out.I don't think there's any adjustability there for Froome as they're one piece 3D printed to his exact fit. I guess it could be a completely different set.
They normally warm up on their race bikes, Sky use turbos that have the rear wheel removed.
Amused by Kelly again. Asked what Porte has to do today... "Go really fast... all the time... get a good time." 😀
No aero helmet or rear disc for Porte? I'm surprised.
Porte on a normal bike with clip on's, Yates on full TT bike, albeit with a shallow front wheel.
... and a road bike with clips but a disc wheel for Mollema (position does look good though.) It's a right mixed bag.
Aru 2nd, Porte up by 9s on Dumoulin.
Froome, full on TT bike, with disk wheel. Such a mix of kit, you'd have thought there'd be some kind of consensus but it appears not at all.
Aru 2nd, Porte up by 9s on Dumoulin.
At the second time check... and at the first time check.
Be interesting to see if Porte can maintain that over the false flat. Reckon pacing on that first climb is critical.
Edit... Richie now down by 9 on Dumoulin at the 2nd checkpoint.
Edit again... Aru putting in a very solid ride.
Yates 40s down on Dumoulin, placed 7th at second check.
Nice run Richie!
I do love a TT, can you tell? It's cycling for purists, just man and machine against the clock. It's like the test cricket of the cycling world, most people prefer a 20/20 or a mountain top finish, not me.
Yates looks to be gaining time on Mollema. Richie may well be up to 4th by the end of the day. Big jump to 3rd though. Looks like he's now 1 second behind Bardet on GC.
Froome looks like his normal TT position to me - it's certainly very close to that.
Looks like Nairo stays ahead of Bardet, who stays ahead of Porte. All pretty close now.
2nd quickest for Froome at 10km
all the gaps closing up from 2nd down by the looks of things
Froome now quickest at the 3rd intermediate, by some margin too (edit... 13 sec)
all the gaps closing up from 2nd down by the looks of things
Does look like it. Going to be about a minute covering 2nd to 6th by the looks of it.
16kmh, up a 7% hill, riding a TT bike, on the extensions. That is seriously impressive.
Honestly, get shot of the puncture who would be pushing Froome?
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#ManCrush
being honorably and not posting the me and Porte down pub pic (promised not until he retires) but come on Richie
Dumoulin looking concerned.
BBC is saying Froome is 3 minutes down. Is that pish?
Yes, BBC talking shite.
Is that pish?
Yes, he just won the stage by 21 seconds.
Yes, possibly a Tour computer glitch, the most he was down was 23secs at the first time check.
glitch in the matrix
Bloody hell fire!!
Awesome ride from Froome, paced it perfectly. I wonder what Richie would have on a TT bike???
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By my back of a fag packet GC calculations.... 1-6 still all in the same order, but 2-6 have closed up dramatically with Mollema, Yates falling back, Quintana getting a bit closer, and Bardet and Porte moving a lot closer. Aru ahead of Valverde now too.
mrblobby, your calculations are correct.
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Blimey, 1'08" covering 2 through to 6.
Quintana may as well go home!
Quintana may as well go home!
21 seconds from the podium.
and seriously money on Porte for 2nd, he will do it. Come on you tassie legend 🙂
Porte will move up to the podium and I think both Mollema and Yates look stronger than Quintana atm.
Porte will move up to the podium
Only 44 seconds from a podium. He'll fancy that. Should make for a great couple of stages coming up.
Mollema and Yates look stronger than Quintana
I think so too despite them both losing time to him today.
The GC after that suggests they'll all give up on trying to attack Froome (if they were capable of doing so before) and the rest of them will just be aiming for podium places - whether that means attacking each other or defending.