Criterium du Dauphine

Thud

Poor team time trial from UAE, beating pretty much only the pro conti teams:
https://racecenter.criterium-du-dauphine.fr/#/stageprofile?theme=

Should drop Dan even further down the GC.


Sunweb only started with 5 riders (2 dropped out with sickness)

Inquitus

Aye a big gap, unfortunately

retalivity

Sky pissing all over everyone here, top 4 on gc now!

happytramp

Doesn't bode well for the a particularly interesting week.

Thud

Dan 2'57" down

MPFGLB

I dunno ....Dan M & Nibali have to attack now

They have to drop Kwaito & Thomas...shoud be good imo

coco0981

MPFGLB wrote: »

I dunno ....Dan M & Nibali have to attack now

They have to drop Kwaito & Thomas...shoud be good imo

Unfortunately given Dan Martins form so far this year its hard to see him being able to drop either of those 2

irishrover99

Its a bit strange that since Aru and Martin have joined UAE their form has completely disappeared, similar in the way that Rui Costa's did when he joined them

dastardly00

Dan has said that out of the Dauphine team, it will be only be himself, Rory Sutherland and Sven Erik Bystrom in the TdF team... But they don't exactly have a stellar bunch of TT'ers waiting to join them...
They might need some help from a motorbike! :pac:

dastardly00

coco0981 wrote: »

Unfortunately given Dan Martins form so far this year its hard to see him being able to drop either of those 2

All remaining stages are tough... can't see Kwiatkowski holding on for sure.
Bardet, Zakarin, Nibali and Martin all have to attack, and there is plenty of scope to do it...

Thud

Dan pipped by Alaphillipe

dastardly00

Really good performance from Dan. Not too bothered that Alaphilippe pipped him at the line.

MPFGLB

coco0981 wrote: »

Unfortunately given Dan Martins form so far this year its hard to see him being able to drop either of those 2

Say what ???

Early days but that was the best looking Dan we've seen this year. He did seem very relaxed and at ease in the interview too.

Inquitus

Can we expect a much better TTT fro UAE at the Tour? or are we looking again at the realm of 2.5 mins lost that day to the best TTT GC Teams, which to be fair is in the same range as he would lose in an ITT to Froome or Dumoulin and Co.?

De Bhál

Inquitus wrote: »

Can we expect a much better TTT fro UAE at the Tour? or are we looking again at the realm of 2.5 mins lost that day to the best TTT GC Teams, which to be fair is in the same range as he would lose in an ITT to Froome or Dumoulin and Co.?

A fairly optimistic interview from him in Sticky Bottle after yesterdays TTT

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/dan-martin-more-confident-tour-france/

basically he says their team in France will be stronger - no doubt so will Team Sky's.

He also said he was feeling strong and was hopeful for the coming days.

retalivity

Inquitus wrote: »

Can we expect a much better TTT fro UAE at the Tour?

Probably not. But even if they do, sky will (probably) have froome in their tdf team as well, as well as maybe kiryienka who would strengthen them in the ttt even more

TheBlaaMan

Inquitus wrote: »

Can we expect a much better TTT fro UAE at the Tour? or are we looking again at the realm of 2.5 mins lost that day to the best TTT GC Teams, which to be fair is in the same range as he would lose in an ITT to Froome or Dumoulin and Co.?

Absolutely - the TTT in the TdF will be far better now that Aru is going to be taking part and he will pull them all along - he'll make the difference......yeah :rolleyes:

letape

MPFGLB wrote: »

Say what ???

Didn’t see him drop Thomas and only 8 secs on Kwiato! Hopefully some more significant time gaps tomorrow.

Wasn't it said somewhere Aru was being given a program now by UAE vs relying on his coach? He's looked terrible this year.

velo.2010

Painful to watch the Eurosport highlights this evening.

'G, G, G'..... G this, G that, Kirby was insufferable. I know they're playing to primarily a British audience but you wouldn't get the BBC calling British athletes by their nicknames. Disappointed to hear Matt Stephens falling in line with Kirby and calling out 'G' as well.

So bloody annoying.... I'll may just watch TG4 over the summer. 'Geraint Thomas ag dreapadh go maith'!

coco0981

MPFGLB wrote: »

Say what ???

At least Dan M showed some bit of form today, still think he's a good bit off where he was at this stage last year

coco0981

velo.2010 wrote: »

Painful to watch the Eurosport highlights this evening.

'G, G, G'..... G this, G that, Kirby was insufferable. I know they're playing to primarily a British audience but you wouldn't get the BBC calling British athletes by their nicknames. Disappointed to hear Matt Stephens falling in line with Kirby and calling out 'G' as well.

So bloody annoying.... I'll may just watch TG4 over the summer. 'Geraint Thomas ag dreapadh go maith'!

This x100. G, G, G all week

Lumen

velo.2010 wrote: »

Painful to watch the Eurosport highlights this evening.

'G, G, G'..... G this, G that, Kirby was insufferable. I know they're playing to primarily a British audience but you wouldn't get the BBC calling British athletes by their nicknames. Disappointed to hear Matt Stephens falling in line with Kirby and calling out 'G' as well.

So bloody annoying.... I'll may just watch TG4 over the summer. 'Geraint Thomas ag dreapadh go maith'!

There's a whole thread dedicated to Carlton.

It's not just British riders. Every time I hear "the shark of Messina" it repeats in my head in an Alan Partridge voice.

My theory about the origin of the 'G' thing is that people have mild difficulty pronouncing Geraint and there's no obvious contraction that would be easy.

Lusk_Doyle

Lumen wrote: »

There's a whole thread dedicated to Carlton.

It's not just British riders. Every time I hear "the shark of Messina" it repeats in my head in an Alan Partridge voice.

My theory about the origin of the 'G' thing is that people have mild difficulty pronouncing Geraint and there's no obvious contraction that would be easy.

They could call him Gerry?

Lusk_Doyle

letape wrote: »

Didn’t see him drop Thomas and only 8 secs on Kwiato! Hopefully some more significant time gaps tomorrow.

17 seconds on Kwiatkowski. It was 8 back to Moscon.

harringtonp

velo.2010 wrote: »

Painful to watch the Eurosport highlights this evening.

'G, G, G'..... G this, G that, Kirby was insufferable. I know they're playing to primarily a British audience but you wouldn't get the BBC calling British athletes by their nicknames. Disappointed to hear Matt Stephens falling in line with Kirby and calling out 'G' as well.

So bloody annoying.... I'll may just watch TG4 over the summer. 'Geraint Thomas ag dreapadh go maith'!

By contrast when Sean Kelly was asked or talking about Sam Bennett in the Giro you wouldn't have had an inkling they were from the same country, let alone the same town.
I'm sure inside he was egging him on all the way but he kept a cap on it in front of the cameras.

Miklos

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

They could call him Gerry?

Ger Thomas is more pub owner than pro cyclist though isn't it?

velo.2010

Lumen wrote: »

My theory about the origin of the 'G' thing is that people have mild difficulty pronouncing Geraint and there's no obvious contraction that would be easy.

Yeah, but for commentary you would surely call him by his surname. The G thing is pure cringe. They're not working with or for Team Sky.

Chips Lovell

He should stop calling Nicolas Roche "Nico" too. It's cringey. They're not working for Team BMC.

greenspurs

Please feel free to visit the "Carlton K Whinge Binge " thread .....

A great place to vent about Carlton and his "rooster tails" and the "G".... "I'll be bound" .......