The dreaded time trial, the race against the clock. May the fastest man win. The time trial is the ultimate test of man and machine. I can look up cliches all day long. Nothing that you can put in print can explain the amount of pain one has to endure to win a TT. Watch the video of todays stage and you will get more than the 1,000 words.
The Panzerwagon was unstoppable. There is not much more to say. Tony Martin is for real, he is one of the only riders out there that will make Spartacus look over his shoulder. The Panzerwagon put up a 48.5kph average over the 27k hilly course. For you non metric types that is 30.16mph over 16.77miles. Hope your jaw didn't break when it hit the floor.
TT stage 6
1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:33:24
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:20
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:29
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0:00:46
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:55
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:57
7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:05
8 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:10
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
10 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:01:29
GC standings
1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 24:59:47
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0:00:36
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:39
4 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:10
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:14
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:01:29
7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 0:01:32
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:37
9 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:51
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:57
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