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Garmin-Slipstream finished second in today’s afternoon team time trial at the Tour Mediterranean. Danny Pate (right with Wiggins behind) led the team across the finish line in Gruissan, putting him in eighth in the overall classification.
Garmin-Slipstream stage 1
1. Yauheni Hutarovich 2h08′57″
29. Ryder Hesjedal +00″
40. Mike Friedman +00″
44. Danny Pate +00″
57. Jason Donald +00″
75. Dan Martin +00″
86. David Millar +00″
90. Kilian Patour +00″
104. Bradley Wiggins +00″
Garmin-Slipstream stage 2 TTT
1. Caisse d’Epargne 28′46″
2. Garmin-Slipstream +03″
3. Barloworld +05″
Garmin-Slipstream GC
1. Luis Leon Sanchez 2h37′43″
8. Danny Pate +03″
9. Dan Martin +03″
10. David Millar +03″
11. Kilian Patour +03″
12. Bradley Wiggins +03″
72. Ryder Hesjedal +1′59″
73. Michael Friedman +1′59″
80. Jason Donald +2′07″
10 Responses for "Tour Med stage 2: Garmin 2nd in team time trial"
so close!!! Great work and good luck tomorrow!!
Well done to Dan Martin and all the team. Looks like another win is on the cards.
funny how one can be disappointed when the Argyle Armada DOESN’T win a TTT!
Good job guys! Go DP!
Good job today guys! Go Pate!!!!!
What happened to Ryder? Disappointed he dropped 2 mins in the TTT. Does anyone know at all what happened to him?
JV, could you please explain the cryptic twitter:
” Man, sometimes the devil is in the details. Never again. Thank goodness this was Tour Med and not the TdF…jV”
It seems to be a regular query, “why did so and so drop two minutes” in the team time trial. Correct me if I’m wrong, but you need 5 finishers to score in the team time trial so presuming your GC contenders are there, once the 6th man has done his final turn, ie 5 riders left at 15 seconds each on the front = 1km or so, then all riders that have done their job roll in conserving as much energy as possible for the next stage.
It would be interesting to know what detail JV saw that cost us the win. Was it lack of familiarity of the course?
Hello Mr. Me,
Talked to Ryder and basically his time loss in the TTT came after some bad luck of the mechanical kind at the start. In fact, he had to ride the TTT solo! But he assured us that the team is focused on performing better the rest of the week after the missed opportunity. They’ll be continuing to make a run at the GC and also be in the hunt for stage wins!! So stay tuned for more fun in France!
From the pictures it looks like Pate has gained some muscle mass. Is this a valid observation? Great to see Danny leading the charge!!
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