2016 Tour de France

[Vetplant]

 

Coppel from IAM clocked the best time at the 3rd checkpoint, he was in 3rd position at the 1st and 2nd checks... can he hold on...?

 

• 1.COPPEL J.IAMin 37' 39''
• 2.OLIVEIRA N.MOVin 37' 41'' at 0' 02''
• 3.DENNIS R.BMCin 38' 02'' at 0' 23''
• 4.BOASSON HAGEN E.DDDin 38' 26'' at 0' 47''
• 5.BARTA J.BOAin 38' 30'' at 0' 51''

 

Coppel won the ITT earlier this year at Etoile de Bessèges, so wouldn't bet against him to hang on...

[Vetplant]

Coppel takes 2nd place....

 

Stage classification

• 1.OLIVEIRA N.MOVin 51' 46''
• 2.COPPEL J.IAMin 51' 50'' at 0' 04''
• 3.DENNIS R.BMCin 51' 56'' at 0' 10''
• 4.CUMMINGS S.DDDin 52' 39'' at 0' 53''
• 5.BARTA J.BOAin 52' 46'' at 1' 00

[GiantNRS]

Live on Eurosport 1 at the moment, for anyone who can watch online..., starting on ITV4 in 20 minutes..

[Vetplant]

For Gen:

 

Sagan has placed as follows at the various checks:

1st checkpoint: 25th @ 1'23

2nd checkpoint: didn't register

3rd checkpoint: 32nd @ 3'26

[Gen]

Perfect timing for live pictures.. Poetry in Motion.. Tony Martin

[GiantNRS]

Just as an aside - https://twitter.com/BojanowskiW/status/753924529953595392 

 

There were apparently discussions of abandoning todays stage because of last nights events in Nice....

[Vetplant]

Tony Martin slightly off the pace after the 1st check:

 

6.MARTIN T.+0' 34''

[Gen]

For Gen:

 

Sagan has placed as follows at the various checks:

1st checkpoint: 25th @ 1'23

2nd checkpoint: didn't register

3rd checkpoint: 32nd @ 3'26

Nice recovery ride for him today[emoji5] .. no reason to go full gas.. he has a big day ahead of him tomorrow [emoji106]

[GiantNRS]

Wouldn't have thought they would be going with full rear discs in todays stage? They're getting pushed all over the road...

[Vetplant]

Izaguirre into 4th place currently.

 

Strange this with Movistar placing 2 guys in the top 5 at this stage... shouldn't they then be physically able to keep Quintana safe in the wind...?

 

• 1.OLIVEIRA N.MOVin 51' 46''
• 2.COPPEL J.IAMin 51' 50'' at 0' 04''
• 3.DENNIS R.BMCin 51' 56'' at 0' 10''
• 4.IZAGUIRRE I.MOVin 52' 17'' at 0' 31'

[Gen]

Izaguirre into 4th place currently.

 

Strange this with Movistar placing 2 guys in the top 5 at this stage... shouldn't they then be physically able to keep Quintana safe in the wind...?

 

• 1.OLIVEIRA N.

  MOV

  in 51' 46''

• 2.COPPEL J.

  IAM

  in 51' 50'' at 0' 04''

• 3.DENNIS R.

  BMC

  in 51' 56'' at 0' 10''

• 4.IZAGUIRRE I.

  MOV

  in 52' 17'' at 0' 31'

Not quite a 'traditional' TT course.. it's quite lumpy.

['Dale]

Tony Megawatts Martin ????

[Gen]

Tony Megawatts Martin ????

Beautiful hey lol

 

But that read disk wheel is making me nervous..wind is quite strong.

[Gen]

Here he goes.. go Tommy D go go go

[Gen]

Also keep in mind the Big TT guys did a lot of work yesterday.... see how Dumoulin goes on today.. a lot of work went into getting Barguil back yesterday

[Vetplant]

Tony Martin into 4th at timecheck 3:

 

• 1.COPPEL J.IAMin 37' 39''
• 2.OLIVEIRA N.MOVin 37' 41'' at 0' 02''
• 3.DENNIS R.BMCin 38' 02'' at 0' 23''
• 4.MARTIN T.EQSin 38' 06'' at 0' 27''
• 5.IZAGUIRRE I.MOVin 38' 08'' at 0' 29''