Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)

[raindog]

Brad smiling and very relaxed in the post race interview.

 

[Willo]

Usually avoid stage results until the highights if I can't watch it live but couldn't resist following bbc's txt commentary today. TTs are my least favourite element of stage racing to watch but looking forward to watching this one. Long way to go which makes me nervous but an awesome showing by Sky so far.

 

[frayBentos59]

What the hell kind of shirt was Tony Gibb wearing on Eurosport?????

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Is Froome down for the Olympic TT ?

Yes. 1st August, 44km, finishing at Hampton Court.

 

[thom]

Yes. 1st August, 44km, finishing at Hampton Court.

Thanks - of course an isolated TT on the flat is different but looks like GB have a couple of guys to trouble the field.

 

[Crackle]

That's an amazing performance by several people.

Here's what the 2012 dauphine time trial was 53.5km in June.
Wiggins
Froome + 1min33
Evans 1min43
Nibali 3mins 30

and today
Wiggins
Froome +35
Evans +1min 43
Nibali +2min07

So amazing for Wiggins to win but very good performances by Froome and Nibali.

Menchov, Nibali and Schleck all did good tt's. I don't think Froome is the only one Evans needs to worry about.

 

[marinyork]

Menchov, Nibali and Schleck all did good tt's. I don't think Froome is the only one Evans needs to worry about.

You can make the Menchov comparison between the dauphine and today's stage (don't think Kloden rode the dauphiné), but Menchov isn't bad at time trialling so I wouldn't personally flag it up that much. I just figured he had a bad day in June. (3mins 12 down on Wiggins vs 2mins 8 today). I was expecting Nibali to lose more vs Wiggins and more vs Evans, so it makes the race more exciting. Menchov isn't that far behind. Have to see how he does in this lot of mountains. Schleck I'm not so sure of because he managed to lose 4 seconds on the others yesterday (how?). If that sort of thing got repeated I can see him being dropped very easily.

By a similar argument Van den Broek had a good 'un today and do did Taaramae (despite losing the white jersey).

 

[Steve H]

I don't think they'll do it, but I think an interesting tactic for future stages would be to put Froome in the break-away. He could cruise along not doing much work because Wiggins would be in the peloton. Would also mean Sky wouldn't have to do all the peloton's chasing work because if the break wasn't caught Froome would get yellow!

 

[martint235]

All day I stayed away from this thread so I could watch the highlights and then f***ing BBC London gave the result in their "and coming up at 6.30" thing

 

[gaz]

Did I hear right on the highlight show.
Tony Martin caught next rider. Had a flat in the first 5km and couldn't even hold the time trial position? All with a fractured wrist?? BEAST!

 

[Kiwiavenger]

Did I hear right on the highlight show.
Tony Martin caught next rider. Had a flat in the first 5km and couldn't even hold the time trial position? All with a fractured wrist?? BEAST!

I heard that too! Fair play

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[smutchin]

Monfort is another who did better than might have been expected. Overall, Radioshack are looking a very strong team... apart from their team leader.

d.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Wiggins created a new record today. He is the first British yellow jersey to actually increase his lead in the tour.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

As l'Equipe says, ''If Sky played football they'd be leading 2-0 just before half time with 75% of the possession.''

 

[lukesdad]

I don't think they'll do it, but I think an interesting tactic for future stages would be to put Froome in the break-away. He could cruise along not doing much work because Wiggins would be in the peloton. Would also mean Sky wouldn't have to do all the peloton's chasing work because if the break wasn't caught Froome would get yellow!

That wouldn t be their choice the other teams just would not let it happen.