'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Orica-GreenEdge, down to only six riders, will be the first to go off at 3 p.m. CET. Teams will then go at five minute intervals, with Team Sky the last ones at 4:45.
'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Realistically both van Garderen and Sagan could move into yellow today. The American rider has ridden an almost faultless Tour de France so far and is well in the hunt for the podium after eight days of racing. Should he move into yellow he'd be the first from his country to do so since 2006.
'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Sagan has picked up bonus seconds throughout this year's race and hasn't put a foot wrong when the race has split. He will be relying on Tinkoff Saxo to come up with the goods today as they propel Contador up the rankings but if they can put time into both their main rivals Sagan could well be in yellow.
'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 It will be Orica GreenEdge who set off first today. They won the TTT last time the event was in the Tour de France in 2013 but have struggled in this year's race. They've lost three riders already due to crashes and injuries and Michael Matthews is nursing a few knocks too. Today, with just six riders, they'll aim to simply get through the stage and recover as much as possible tomorrow.
Gen Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Sagan has picked up bonus seconds throughout this year's race and hasn't put a foot wrong when the race has split. He will be relying on Tinkoff Saxo to come up with the goods today as they propel Contador up the rankings but if they can put time into both their main rivals Sagan could well be in yellow.Wouldn't that be something
'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 !!! At the moment, in terms of conditions, it's overcast and it should stay like that for the rest of the day. There could be some rain for the later starters and some cross-winds in the second half of the course. *** Out on the course, teams have finished their prep and recon and we're about ten minutes away from Orica GreenEdge rolling down the start ramp.
'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 And we're off. Stage nine is up and running with Orica starting first on the 28km hilly course.
'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Albasini, Gerrans and Impey all out of the race for them so they need to work well together as they can only lose man on the road today as times are taken from the first five men over the line.
'Dale Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 So huge responsibility of Svein Tuft and Luke Durbridge, who have the experience in this event. Those two will have to carry the lion share of the workload as they try and keep Matthews safe and sound.
CleatsnCleavage Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Team time trial/Federer vs Djoker final/SA vs Bangla Tigers. mmm what to doAnd the boyf keeps swapping to stupid Moto GP til I shout for him to tune back to the TDF
Frosty Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 Looked like they were off for a coffee ride at the start but they've settled in now
isn Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 And the boyf keeps swapping to stupid Moto GP til I shout for him to tune back to the TDFDump that boyf. Lol. TDF is much more exciting.
deanbean Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 And the boyf keeps swapping to stupid Moto GP til I shout for him to tune back to the TDFI'm watching tennis, it's going to be a cracker of a game
Frosty Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 I'm watching tennis, it's going to be a cracker of a gameAdvantage to Federer lost... should've made it 5-2
Frosty Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 Classic comment from Phil, as Team Bretagne approached the second time check: "The fastest time belongs to Orica-GreenEDGE (the only team to go through the checkpoint so far)".
Bianchisti Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Classic comment from Phil, as Team Bretagne approached the second time check: "The fastest time belongs to Orica-GreenEDGE (the only team to go through the checkpoint so far)".He really sounds more and more senile. Time to hang up the lycra.
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