Today sees a 33 km ITT, so it’s no surprise the pure TTers are the top favourites. Apart from the fight for the stage win it’s also an important day for the GC favourites.
Goldstein is the first of the stage favourites on the road. His time of 37’35 will be the bar for now.
Sütterlin is the next favourite. He’s faster on both time splits and sets a new best time of 37’16.
Howson is 3’’ faster at both checkpoints. Will he be able to keep this lead at the finish? He is! The new best time is 37’10. Have we already seen the winner of today?
Thomas is 3rd at both checkpoints – and he is in the end, too. He is 19’’ down.
Razumov is 4th and 3rd at the checkpoints. He finishes in 3rd, 14’’ down.
His teammate Zakarin is a bit slower at the checkpoints and finishes 19’’ down.
Cattaneo is the first of the GC riders. He finishes 36’’ behind the leader.
Conci is a bit faster than his fellow Italian. He’s 7th for now, 28’’ behind.
Giannoutsos is 1’41 down.
Shikai does much better, losing only 47’’.
Powless finishes in 6th, 23’’ behind the best time
His teammate Reis is next. He loses 43’’ today.
Aular loses 2’00. He’ll have to gain back some time in the mountains.
Cosnefroy is the best remaining TTer. He finishes in 6th, 20’’ down.
Hirt loses 1’35.
Galta is 11’’ better than the Czech.
Eastman is 10th, 29’’ slower than the leader.
Morton loses 1’23 today. That forces him to be aggressive in the next stages which should be a good thing for the neutral viewer.
Olivier is the last of the GC riders. He’s also the slowest of them, losing 2’14.
But there’s still the fight for the yellow jersey. Kaczmarek is only 2’’ behind and a capable TTer. He loses 57’’ today. Will that be enough to take the GC lead?
Siddikov is an even better TTer. He shows so by gaining another 19’’ and defending his yellow jersey!
[PTHC] Criterium du Dauphine Libere 
