Lusail - Lusail 11.3 km TTT
First team timetrial of the season. Usually a bit of prestige in this one.
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Oh I love team time trials
Any picks for the stage?
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
I love them too. So many new combinations in teams I have no idea who might win.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
OPQS will be really up for it but like you, I'm really not sure.
I’d need to study the team rosters as I can barely even remember who’s here apart from the sprinters.
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Looking at the start list, I have to say RadioShack and Garmin both look good
Maybe BMC or Lotto to round out the podium
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
So many names with which I'm barely familiar, even in my favourite teams.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
SKY...Garmin...RSNT...Rabobank
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
Dunno about Sky
If they didn’t feature in yesterday’s finale, do they have anybody up to riding for victory?
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
the team?
Uphill - February 6, 2012
TTT...they might not have a stud TTer but they have a lot of guys that can dish out a big effort
plus sprinters aren’t half bad at TTTing
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
especially a short one
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
Yeah, I know
But…did they really even try in yesterday’s finale? Didn’t really appear so. Just seems like this is a training race for them.
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Steven De Jongh said that they weren't firing 100% yesterday...
if they have any shot today, they will go for it
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
All right
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Winnar winnar chicken dinnar!
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Oh. I didn't win. Boohoooo!
Albertina - February 6, 2012
So now you get a rice and veges dinnar?
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
And she Zabels
TheFigurehead - February 6, 2012
I was first on my computer, then I refreshed and I wasn't :(
Albertina - February 6, 2012
tis always so
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
Zabels, that would make me....Freire?
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
yes
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
I'd rather be Freire
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Morning, all!
majope - February 6, 2012
Ooh, podium, too!
majope - February 6, 2012
'lo crew
now, pardon me while i go order puppy food
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
Greetings from
Uhm, a few miles from the race. Nice weather today, probably about 21c according to the thermometer in my car. Not too windy.
tehGrindCrusher - February 6, 2012
es streaming
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
Viddy is live!
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Can anyone please tell me the order of departure?
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Assuming it's reverse teams class standings
16 RTS Racing Team
15 Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
14 Bridgestone Anchor
13 Champion System
12 Garmin – Barracuda
11 Greenedge Cycling Team
10 Radioshack-Nissan
9 Project 1t4i
8 Rabobank Cycling Team
7 Sky Procycling
6 BMC Racing Team
5 Katusha Team
4 FDJ-Bigmat
3 Lotto-Belisol Team
2 Liquigas-Cannondale
1 Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Thanks Alexandra!
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
+1
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Appears this is the order
And you’re welcome
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Bridgestone off.
majope - February 6, 2012
Champion System next.
majope - February 6, 2012
Bridgestone and Champion System have excellent kits.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
+1 on Champion
See Rabo, a good white /blue /orange combo
Jens - February 6, 2012
Broncos!
Sorry, flashback to my years time in Denver.
majope - February 6, 2012
Here broncos are maroon and gold. Fugly.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Better than Rabo's, which is a kit I quite like.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Here come the Barracudas.
majope - February 6, 2012
lets see if they have any teeth
Uphill - February 6, 2012
I won't be able to think about them without thinking Heart
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
I thought you were younger than that...
majope - February 6, 2012
I blame my father
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
forcing you to listen to Heart. Tough, especially considering one could spend some
time in company with 50 Cent.
Uphill - February 6, 2012
I went through a short 50 cent phase when I was about 13...soon got out of that
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
my first experience was in a gym somewhere.
one of the motivational channels.
Uphill - February 6, 2012
They say you never forget your first time.
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
there was a lot of sweat involved.
Uphill - February 6, 2012
And the anti-climactic realisation that
you’re going to need to do it again and again if you want to get better?
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
as long as 50 Cent is on the channel I can handle it
Uphill - February 6, 2012
Garmin to start soon. has anyone else seen the polemica surrounding JV's Twitter today?
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
He publicly beheaded a Garmin DS last night if that is what you mean?
Jens - February 6, 2012
Yes, i think so. i found it a little hard to follow, but was surprised that even Nygaard bought into it.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
It wasn't too nice
but pretty much in line with his odd-ish personnel handling. (Weltz was way off in his comments but tweeting before talking to the guy was not pretty)
Jens - February 6, 2012
I thought it seemed ugly too, and I lie Nygaard, but I'm well aware of not being a fan of JV's.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
*like
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
are there no pictures from riders on the road?
Uphill - February 6, 2012
not yet
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
The commentators were just commenting on that .
majope - February 6, 2012
Navardauskas is not in Barracuda gear, interesting
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Awaiting a national champs suit?
Jens - February 6, 2012
It seems to be last year's jersey
Why would he be wearing last year’s jersey? (commentators suggested maybe he tore the Barracuda kit)
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
love the blue on garmin's skin suit.
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
You'll always be able to pick Murilo out in a crowd
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Unless he's riding close to australians. Mind you, I like his kit more.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
RTS finish with...7 riders together it looked like
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Over 14 minutes though...
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Jens Mouris! Go big fella :)
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Farnese Vini finish with 6 together, a minute better than RTS
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Please don't tell me it was Guardini who got dropped?
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Iunno
I was just counting heads
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Saving himself for when it counts!
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
There is that!
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Clever hey?
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Good photography here.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Hi, everyone!
Ooooh, a TTT, what a nice way to start a Monday!
Ruthann - February 6, 2012
And just in time for Cance :)
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Hee. I was going to write that, but didn't want to be
too much of a fangirl. :-)
Ruthann - February 6, 2012
You're among friends Ruthann :)
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Beppu's and Tuft's kits really look nearly identical
Just that blood-drop of red for the Japanese flag to differentiate them….and the fact that one’s Canadian and one’s Japanese :p
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
I think the flags have been appallingly done, but I've decided I like the green and red.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Cance has an oddly non-white skinsuit
seems wrong
Jens - February 6, 2012
Yeah....
That is weird, seeing him in a time trial wearing his team’s jersey
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Looked like one of those Project x7e3c8e guys started early.
majope - February 6, 2012
Super kits though
Jens - February 6, 2012
Klemme has different shorts than the rest of the squad
Whassupwitat?
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Project's kit is a bit...white.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Champion System finish with 5, 32 seconds off Farnese Vini's time
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
thank you for printing these results.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
No feed today?
majope - February 6, 2012
I had some troubles, but this
link is working well.
Ruthann - February 6, 2012
I have the feed, but I keep being distracted. I am a poor multi-tasker.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Just making conversation :)
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Not entirely. I really am easily distracted.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Love the sound of the wheels spinning.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
No broken bones for Vermeltfoort
Good news
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Very lucky...he broke both his wrists last year in a fall off of a start ramp in a TT
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
Oh yikes
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Garmin finish with 6, easily best time so far
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Here come Garmin. Easily into first place.
majope - February 6, 2012
I'm not getting Garmin here
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
get John off the screen
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Rare opportunity to see Cavendish in the normal Team Sky kit
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
GreenEDGE finish with 7, 16 seconds back of Garmin
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Oh, Phil goes for the red shorts to match the team
And BMC are off
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Is he the Belgian TT champ as well?
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Yep
Kinda silly, isn’t it? But you know how much those Belgies love their time trials…..
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
I missed that win.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
RadioShack finish with 5, looking solid, but 14 seconds off Garmin's pace for second
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
1t4i finish with 7 together, 1 slightly off the back, in 4th place
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
well done boys.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Katusha looking a bit like the Danish national team
Jens - February 6, 2012
Are the Danes as disciplined?
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
4000m pursuit Olympic silver.......
Jens - February 6, 2012
So, no?
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
No aussies on that podium
and even the sheep-nation managed that
Jens - February 6, 2012
I think my history of caring passionately about nationalistic pride
speaks for itself.
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
That's it
I’m not calling you Bruce any more
Jens - February 6, 2012
But are you going to call me Bruce any less?
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
There's an upside to everything :)
The new Bruce here is Josh.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Ah ha!
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
much more disciplined
The Russians are like a bunch of kids in a sandbox in comparison.
Uphill - February 6, 2012
more like acqua & sapone
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
108 comments?!
You folks are very yappie today.
tgsgirl - February 6, 2012 via mobile
lots of new kit
Jens - February 6, 2012
Wish i could see
tgsgirl - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Open your eyes?
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
Qatar is more interesting than my search on neuroenocrine tumor management.
It will be even more interesting when Tom Boonen hits our screens.
Albertina - February 6, 2012
He's here and looking very, very slender.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
...and toned ;)
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Rabo into 4th.
majope - February 6, 2012
Very close between them and Green Edge
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Rabobank finish with 6, 17 seconds behind Garmin, 3 seconds off RadioShack's pace
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
OPL may win this.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Sky very close, but no cigar.
majope - February 6, 2012
Oh, not quite as close as I thought. 9 seconds.
majope - February 6, 2012
Still good
and with Cav looking strong
Jens - February 6, 2012
Yep. Must be recovering.
majope - February 6, 2012
Sky finish with 6 together, 2nd place, 9 seconds off Garmin's pace
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Meanwhile, on Mallorca
Veilleux, Bol and Wetterhall in the break.
TheFigurehead - February 6, 2012
Go, Jetse!
majope - February 6, 2012
Yes! His first pro race!
Nancy is very excited :)
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Amazing how desolate this race looks
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
There's time to discuss shoes. Love Henderson's red one, Mouris has a lairy orange pair
and Svein Tuft has a gorgeous greenish pair. The yellow ones never get better though…to me.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
I like the yellow ones when Edvald wears them.
Somehow, they suit him.
majope - February 6, 2012
agreed. he is one of the only ones able to pull them off
PopUp Rolen - February 6, 2012
No yellow shoes for Edvald this year
At least he wasn’t wearing them in TDU
TheFigurehead - February 6, 2012
That's why he didn't win.
majope - February 6, 2012
No shoes for Edvald this year
Procycling.no had an article about it a couple of weeks ago.
Holdenmate - February 6, 2012
New sig line.
majope - February 6, 2012
Nice sig line, majope! Way to go against the grain, Eddy!
Upon revision, I must admit that my ‘no shoes for Edvald this year’ headline looks sensationalist and lacking in truthiness.
Holdenmate - February 6, 2012
Yes...on Horner and Burghardt, not so much, especially with black socks.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Liquigas has purty bikes
Jens - February 6, 2012
Thought BMC might have done better.
majope - February 6, 2012
BMC finish with 6, 16 seconds off the pace
Garmin’s looking good
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
And a lot of times closely bunched together
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Liqui frequently does well on TTTs.
majope - February 6, 2012
Longo Borghini struggling to stay attached
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
well timed roundabout for him
Jens - February 6, 2012
Boonen wearing his normal jersey?
Is there no race leader’s jersey?!?
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Time trial?
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Don't you get a special jersey as race leader, even in a time trial?
I don’t know what color it is for this race, but…there is one, isn’t there?
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
He should do...
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Although
The point of the special jersey is to make the rider easily identifiable…..to all the crowds at the roadside ;\
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Boonen is ALWAYS recognisable ;)
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Although with van Keirsbulck on the same team, in the same kit
it gets harder
Jens - February 6, 2012
Is he a little chunkier than Boonen at the mo? Haven't seen them together in a while
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Boonen is looking distinctly Klodenesque (with less hair).
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
On the hair, I am not listening ;)
Albertina - February 6, 2012
As my brother is fond of saying: all men get the same amount of testosterone...
…some waste it on growing hair.
majope - February 6, 2012
Baaaahahahahaha!
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Do I need to rush away and find a photo to check the truthfulness of this statement?
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Yes
Albertina - February 6, 2012
I think you will find
that the correct term is truthiness.
Holdenmate - February 6, 2012
I think not :)
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Wordinista!
Proof that I’m right can be perused here.
Holdenmate - February 6, 2012
Yeah, this is true...Boonen's legs are more muscular though
but I’m sure some people here only look there anyways
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
It's gold
tgsgirl - February 6, 2012 via mobile
probably haven't made a leader skinsuit
Uphill - February 6, 2012
ohh, I see they are even in normal kit.
Uphill - February 6, 2012
I think OPQS continues their winning ways today
PopUp Rolen - February 6, 2012
not unpossible
they can TT, especially in Qatar
Jens - February 6, 2012
Katusha finish third
Not well organized at the line. All eight men together, but they looked straggly.
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
No group has breasted the line in an orderly fashion.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
RadioShack did
They were 5-across coming over the line. Bad time though.
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
It's a new team..
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
FDJ finish with 7, 8th place
Decent time
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Lotto coming in at 7th.
majope - February 6, 2012
Commentator talking up Boonen
Uphill - February 6, 2012
and I think they just talked down Dekker
TheFigurehead - February 6, 2012
They just didn't want to talk about him "on a day like today"
Not in live threads, yeah?
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
(I just mean that's what they were referring to)
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Lotto finish with 5, 7th place
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Liquigas looking a little erratic
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Cross in 4th
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
as disorganised as the English football team
Uphill - February 6, 2012
Nice close up of Dekker's thigh.
Thank you, camera person.
majope - February 6, 2012
And with Weltz
Did he look like he was sitting uncomfortably after getting his ass wipped or is JV still asleep?
Jens - February 6, 2012
Is JV even in Qatar?
Or did he have to settle for a tongue-lashing?
majope - February 6, 2012
He's not there. hence Nygaard's very waspish Twitter.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
grown men sniping over twitter is quite laughable. both should be embarassed.
PopUp Rolen - February 6, 2012
grown men sniping over it is what twitter's for though.
omnevelnihil - February 6, 2012
that and Sram Red commercials
Jens - February 6, 2012
I don't disagree, although it was Nygaard's that made me laugh.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
I don't get the Dekker thing...and usually I do...
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Chicchi struggling to stay on
Why, I wonder? They’ve still got 6
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Ehh, he made it back
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Come on OPQS!!!
Albertina - February 6, 2012
i wonder if the designer of last year's LT kit looks at the OPQS kit, and thinks,
‘Damn it! That’s how it should have looked.’
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
just noticed the whitewalls on sq bikes
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
or qs.
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
Garmin wins the stage
Not clear yet who the next race leader is
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Grrrrrr.
Did Dekker cross the line first?!
Albertina - February 6, 2012
harmon says it would be farrar
umwolverine - February 6, 2012
Didn't see
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
last actually
broerie - February 6, 2012
Of the front 5, I guess?
tedvdw - February 6, 2012
4th, I would expect.
Hunter 5th, the standings would suggest.
majope - February 6, 2012
Looked like 5th to me on the live viddy
broerie - February 6, 2012
Boonen keeps the race lead
Farrar same time
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Excellent.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Boonen to team mates: you didn't do enough
Uphill - February 6, 2012
He was whipping them along from the start.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
Still Boonen in lead.
majope - February 6, 2012
Farrar 2nd.
majope - February 6, 2012
By 0.03 of a second!
Ruthann - February 6, 2012
If Dekker had ridden in his underwear would Farrar have won then?
(Or just majope and her posse)
Jens - February 6, 2012
Let's do it over and find out.
majope - February 6, 2012
I think it looks like he's wearing a diaper..
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
I'm in her posse now?
This posse could be fun.
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Did everyone see the GvK/Boonen lookalike thing now?
Jens - February 6, 2012
Why did Tom have to take off his glasses...would have shown it even more
Vlaanderen90 - February 6, 2012
I missed this? Waaah!
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Relax, they didn't take their pants off or anything, they just rode side by side
Jens - February 6, 2012
Oh
Albertina - February 6, 2012
Me too!
tgsgirl - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Garmin-Barracuda wins in 12'38"
Omega Pharma-Quick Step +7"
Team Sky +9"
Team Katusha +9"
Liquigas-Cannondale +13"
RadioShack-Nissan +14"
GreenEDGE Cycling +16"
BMC Racing Team +16"
Lotto-Belisol Team +17"
FDJ-BigMat +23"
Didn’t catch the exact times of the other teams
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Thanks Alexandra.
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
You're welcome
I like statistics, so I’m happy to parrot ’em :)
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
Thank goodness someone does :)
Seahorse - February 6, 2012
I left out Rabobank
+ 17"
Aly Edge - February 6, 2012
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