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Tour de France '11 - Stage 2: Les Essarts (TTT) 23km
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:28
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Le Tour de France 2011
Stage 2 - Les Essarts (TTT) 23km
Stage Info (from cyclingnews.com)
Measuring just 23km and on flat roads all the way, this team time trial test is designed to split up the contenders for the yellow jersey but not to the point where any of them end up totally out of contention. The equivalent stage run over 19.3km on the opening day of May's Giro d'Italia ended with just 73 seconds separating HTC in first place and Euskaltel in last. On that basis the gap between top and bottom today shouldn't be as much as two minutes, but that same Giro stage also suggests that euskaltel leader Samuel Sánchez is likely to be the main loser here.
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14h30 Saxo Bank
14h37 Euskatel
14h44 Vacansoleil
14h51 AG2R
14h58 Saur-Sojasun
15h05 Rabobank
15h12 FDJ
15h19 Liquigas
15h26 Garmin
15h33 Europcar
15h40 QuickStep
15h47 Movistar
15h54 Astana
16h01 Katusha
16h08 Sky
16h15 Lampre
16h22 Cofidis
16h29 RadioShack
16h36 HTC Highroad
16h43 Leopard
16h50 BMC
16h57 Omega Pharma Lotto
Edited by doddy13 on 03-07-2011 12:18
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| kwkke10 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:29
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Gilbert will be in yellow jersey tomorrow!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:31
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kwkke10 wrote:
Gilbert will be in yellow jersey tomorrow!
Yes, but he wont keep it!
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| Kami |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:32
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My bet is on Radioshack, so Kloden in yellow i guess.
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:32
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Leopard Trek to win this one in front of Radioshack is my guess |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:34
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The battle is between Sky, Radioshack, HTC and Leopard. Personally think it will be Sky. They trained for this since January marking it out as their stage win for the Tour. They have done loads of recons and I think they will be team to beat. |
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| Roman |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:35
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Cancellara, Fuglsang, Gerdemann, Monfort, O'Grady, Posthuma, Voigt + Schlecks in the pack. If Schlecks can hang in this train when they'll go full gas, I think they will take this stage.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:35
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Alakagom wrote:
The battle is between Sky, Radioshack, HTC and Leopard. Personally think it will be Sky. They trained for this since January marking it out as their stage win for the Tour. They have done loads of recons and I think they will be team to beat.
Garmin more likely than Leopard imo - depends how much of a drag Cancellara can give - Id have though the Schlecks would require a slower pace. Sky would have had a better chance if Rogers was there, as planned. I fear Radioshack could win.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 02-07-2011 17:36
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:36
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Roman wrote:
Cancellara, Fuglsang, Gerdemann, Monfort, O'Grady, Posthuma, Voigt + Schlecks in the pack. If Schlecks can hang in this train when they'll go full gas, I think they will take this stage.
Only 23kms which means Cancellara can win this on his own! Schlecks just have to hang on his wheel 
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:36
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Alakagom wrote:
Personally think it will be Sky.
What a surprise! 
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| aas169 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:37
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I think people are underestimating Rabobank their team is pretty stable, they have relatively good TT´ers |
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| tohher |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:38
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Katusha will surprise everyone.
Six of their riders are Russian track team members.
They are my bet |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:40
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Good TT'lists chart:
Sky; EBH Thomas Wiggins Flecha?
HTC: Martin, Bak, van Garderen, Velits
Leo: Spartacus, Fuglsang, Monfort, Gerdemann, Andy?
Shack: Kloeden, Leipheimer, Brajkovic? Horner? Popovych?
Garmin; Millar, that lithuainian guy, Hesjedal, Zabriskie, Vandevelde, Danielson?
Rabo: LuLu Sanchez, Boom, Tjallingii
? - stands for riders i'm not sure
Edited by Kirchen_75 on 02-07-2011 17:44
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:41
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Why is everyone forgetting Garmin?
VandeVelde, Zabriskie, Navardauskus (spellling?) Hesjedal, Danielson, Millar.
Leopard is only getting consideration cause of Cancellara, so why not Garmin, with Zabriskie and Millar?
Edited by valverde321 on 02-07-2011 17:42
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:42
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Personally think it will be Sky.
What a surprise!
On Sky's facebook page when I comment usually people reply that I am too negative. So I have to balance that here and stay postive  |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:42
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HTC FTW!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:42
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Im not forgetting Garmin
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Good TT'lists chart:
Sky; EBH Thomas Wiggins Flecha?
HTC: Martin, Bak, van Garderen, Velits
Leo: Spartacus, Fuglsang, Monfort, Gerdemann, Andy?
Shack: Kloeden, Leipheimer, Brajkovic? Horner? Popovych?
? - stands for riders i'm not sure
Good TTT riders arent necesarily the best TT riders. For example, Cavendish is a good TTT rider.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:43
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it is a little short for big changes |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:45
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Im not forgetting Garmin
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Good TT'lists chart:
Sky; EBH Thomas Wiggins Flecha?
HTC: Martin, Bak, van Garderen, Velits
Leo: Spartacus, Fuglsang, Monfort, Gerdemann, Andy?
Shack: Kloeden, Leipheimer, Brajkovic? Horner? Popovych?
? - stands for riders i'm not sure
Good TTT riders arent necesarily the best TT riders. For example, Cavendish is a good TTT rider.
I know this is all about team play but i just posted riders who are good at time trialing |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 02-07-2011 17:45
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What do you guys think of CSC's chances? Considering Conta lost a lot time today?
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