Spackler, you magnificent bastard. Reno inspired.

Yep, the climb even has one km approaching 10% and this definitely favors Dumoulin over Dennis. Of the guys who can really TT, none can climb anything like Dumoulin.

1.3km at 10.7%. Roglic?

Focusing solely on the road race

custom built track for TD but Dennis can climb as per his GC bid and Castroviejo and Jungle Bob and Joey Rosskopf USA and Kung and Campanaerts and Kwiat and Soler and Tejay Q...

the descent and finish will be interesting and the run up is not completely flat either

100% agree that this would be a good course for Roglic, however he is not riding the time trial. Apparently he had an elbow injury that prevented him from training on the TT bike. He's only riding the road race.

On another note, I just read Chad Haga's blog, http://www.cyclingnews.com/...lings-sinister-game/
, about finishing 2nd in the TTT. He's a really good writer and I particularly appreciated this effort. Highly recommended.

Yup. I don't think Dumoulin has a clear cut advantage over Dennis on this course. Dennis can climb well if it's not mountain after mountain or a really slobber knocking hill. I believe they are about the same weight...but my guess is Dumoulin is a kg or so lighter with his focus on two GTs this year. I know Dennis has also focused on losing some weight to transform into a GC rider as well...but my guess is that he's not as far along in the process.

The other guys you mentioned will be factors because of the climb...but there is a lot of flat and rolling terrain where I think Dumoulin and Dennis will separate themselves on.

I'm going to pick Dennis in an upset, Dumoulin, then Castroviejo.

TD
Dennis
Dowsett

Kung could be a threat, hope Jungle Bob can go well.

I don't feel like clogging up the main forum with yet another "is the H3 still a good wheel?" but I must say the number of "solid" fronts in the TTT was amusing.
several different brands. I did my best to de-dup, but I counted about 15 in these pics. [link]

TD, Dennis, Castroviejo

First two no question. Dowsett? He hasn't shown good form for awhile. Madsen will beat him I'd wager ...;)

It's a shame Thomas, Roglic, and Froome aren't in there.

Also. I know nobody cares, but the Dutch sweep in the women's TT was kinda weird.



Another win for the funky looking Scott TT helmet:

What's weird about it? Van Vlueten and van der Breggen went 1-2 last year and van Dijk is a former ITT world champ.

Are we required to have unique picks? If not, I'm just gonna' go with yours. :-)

You're wrong there, buddy

The joy of the Canyon SRAM women after the TTT was worth all of it

MTB Racer Larissa Connors said this [or something like it] when she was on Lance's Podcast: "Who wouldn't want to watch a bunch of hot athletic chicks in skin tight clothes?"

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That isn't what's weird. Rather, so much dominance from a small country.

During the Women's broadcast, CVV said that the TTT discipline is going away, or may change to a National team format

Anyone else catch that?

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It's changing to a national team format with 3 men and 3 women per team, and medals assigned by combined men's and women's time.

Are you familiar with Belgium and the Classics and cyclocross? :)

Madsen (MTM here on ST) puts in a stunner of a ride. 43 seconds up on the second checkpoint (after the climb)! Looks like he's on a 1x, so he must've found the right gear...

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Yeah, looking good; I'm curious how his time stands up to the big guns

or football for that matter


of course not; i think i nicked mine from someone else ;)

that would be the sane way of doing it;

they are apparently doing 2 teams per nation, 6 members per team, time taken as that of the third person to cross the line. They then add up the times as the cumulative and go from there.

Personally i'd have preferred 3 & 3 as you suggested, and then take time as that of the fifth person across the line. Would require quite a bit of geeky fine tuning

Wow he crushed first place by 44 secs, well done! Hope it holds up. Chapeau!

might be good for a top-10


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also, have we written off Tony Martin?

looks like a solid time. Good job Martin!

Anyone find a stream that worked? Can't find a proxy server that UCI channel will allow and all the Steephill links are no-go's.

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