Sunday May 15 is circled in red in the agenda of Tom Dumoulin. He claims to be favorite for the 40.5-kilometer time trial through the Chianti region. At least, that Dumoulin suggested prior to Giro, but is that still the case? Cycling Flash looks ahead .
course
The route between Radda and Greve, where the Giro for the first time and arrive no meter level. the organizer has a technical route mapped accompanied rotate a lot and times. the average speed therefore not going to be high.
the opposite where for the first hundred meters. the road there namely six percent down. the riders then drive over fourteen rolling kilometers between vineyards and olive groves towards the highest point of the trail, after a long descent.
the second half of the course has two climbs. the first is not so bad with a growth rate of two percent to two kilometers. the next is roughly a kilometer and a half percent more steeper. Still not so very difficult. The last seven kilometer walk in descending to the finish. We are going to go all get a good picture of the relations between the charts thanks to three waypoints. After 11, 22 and 33 kilometers will always contain the time.
Favorites
The hilly course and distance are normally perfect for Tom Dumoulin but the gravel stage to Arezzo creates doubts. The Dutchman had a bad day and lost more than a minute in the group of favorites. If he is sick (to be) is going to be difficult to win Sunday, but perhaps Dumoulin had only eemalig dip. That remains a mystery. Without physical (or mental) defects he is certainly the top favorite.
photo: Marcel Koch
Assuming that optimistic scenario, it is interesting to see how much lost time Dumoulin can get back on the classification riders. Last year the rider Giant-Alpecin had a similar trial in the Vuelta over a minute ahead of the number two. The tenth in the day’s, its rival Fabio Aru, followed by nearly two minutes. However, less a few months earlier in the Tour of Switzerland was his lead. Dumoulin then stayed after 38.4 kilometers Simon Špilak eighteen seconds.
Fabian Cancellara then finished behind Spilak one second. He is perhaps Sunday’s main competitor Dumoulin. Also, it should be the course well. The big question is how it is with his form after his flu in the opening weekend. A fully fit Cancellara is certainly a serious threat to Dumoulin.
photo: Sirotti
About the form of Bob Jungels there are no doubts. The Luxembourger has an excellent opening week behind. He showed himself in all areas and even stood as second in the overall standings. That was partly due to his seventh place in the time trial of Apeldoorn. An improvement of the performance certainly is possible, but it is hard to beat (good) Dumoulin. Namely that he never done.
This also applies to Stefan Küng , although we do not know where he would have ended in Apeldoorn without his crash. The unfortunate Swiss was at the intermediate point, however, well on its way. He then confirmed his good form in the seventh stage through a strong attack attempt. Küng is keen to also demonstrate against the clock.
Stefan Küng – photo: Sirotti
Dumoulin is thereby not only rival in Giant-Alpecin. The German band also has several other strong time trialists in the house. Think especially of Tobias Ludvigsson , who drove a clever fourth place in Apeldoorn, but also Chad Haga (twelfth) and Georg Preidler (thirteenth) performed well there. A disadvantage is that they do not at all have saved the past week. The helpers of Dumoulin was stabbing much energy in defending his pink jersey.
Classification Riders thereby have an advantage. Besides that they are kept constant from the wind in their team riders have around normally naturally a good recovery. They are therefore often fresher than their peers. We see this regularly in results from trials in large rounds. Rigoberto Uran won example, two years ago, one in the Giro. The Colombian Cannondale made on the first uphill finish a good impression and therefore one Sunday to the favorites. In addition, observe his teammate Moreno Moser
photo: Sirotti
Vincenzo Nibali also has good time trialist capabilities compared to its competitors. We also saw in Apeldoorn, where he finished sixteenth. Paolo Slongo, trainer of Nibali, expects his pupil Sunday can limit the damage. He said in the Gazzetta dello Sport which Nibali will lose 50 to 75 seconds Dumoulin. At Astana would also Tanel Kangert and Jakob Fuglsang can achieve a good result.
LottoNL-Jumbo also has several irons in the fire. It is especially looking forward to Primož Roglič , which was just one hundredth deficit on the opening to grab the pink. It remains to be seen whether he can repeat this feat, especially considering his crash on their way to Arnhem, but the former ski jumper again would be the better hand. Steven Kruijswijk can expect a good result will be. He was fifth in last year’s time trial to Valdobbiadene. Moreover, Martijn Keizer and Jos van Emden could create a surprise.
photo: Marcel Koch
Andrey Amador we were not allowed to speak about a surprise after his good time trial in Apeldoorn. The Costa Rican was third on the opening day and is another contender. For his team leader Alejandro Valverde is important to minimize the damage. Sometimes rides the Movistar rider top results in driving against the clock, but that usually only happens at home.
Rafal Majka has occasional blip in a time trial, but Tinkoff is looking forward especially to Manuele Boaro. After a few lesser years the Italian seems rediscovered his top form. He recently finished tenth in a difficult trial in Romandy. Seventh, then went to Ilnur Zakarin . He also is a dangerous customer Sunday, as his teammate Rein Taaramae. Orica-GreenEdge has finally two outsiders with Damien Howson and Michael Hepburn.
Favorites according Wieler Flash
**** Tom Dumoulin
*** Bob Jungels and Fabian Cancellara
** Stefan Küng, Rigoberto Uran and Tobias Ludvigsson
* Vincenzo Nibali, Primož Roglič, Andrey Amador and Ilnur Zakarin
Weather and TV
weather Sunday could have a big impact on the game. WeerOnline namely giving eighty percent chance of precipitation. The course is available in English on three channels. NIS and Eurosport show from 14:15 images while Sporza fifteen minutes later begins.
Who will win the Chianti time trial in the Giro?
- Tom Dumoulin (44%, 1041 votes)
- Fabian Cancellara (21%, 492 votes)
- Bob Jungels (7%, 177 votes)
- Stefan Küng (7%, 175 votes)
- Ilnur Zakarin (5%, 129 votes)
- Primož Roglič (5%, 120 votes)
- Someone else … (4%, 106 votes)
- Rigoberto Uran (2%, 47 votes)
- Andrey Amador (2% , 46 votes)
- Vincenzo Nibali (1%, 35 votes)
- Tobias Ludvigsson (1%, 15 votes)
Total votes: 2383
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