Unbelievable second half by Juan Ayuso. Lost only one second to McNulty in the second half on wet roads while McNulty was the second fastest in this secture with good weather conditions. Ayuso has some really good descending skills (especially on the TT-Bike). Won the TT's at Tour of Romandie and Tour of Suisse last year in the exact same style where he gained the deciding seconds on the descent in the second half. Hopefully he has it again tomorrow on the queen stage. Will be a fascinating stage to watch! Looking forward to it👊

Agree with you Chris about the production of the race. I'm Swiss but I wasn't very happy about my compatriots. They didn't show anything of Ayuso's second half where he was really flying. I can also remember a scene where Alaphilippe was on the way to a U-Turn and I wanted to see how he does this U-Turn on the wet roads. We know Alaphilippe as a good descender so I was very interested how aggressive he would ride into this U-Turn. But then the scene was cutted and they showed Koen Bouwman coming into the finish with a one minute gap on McNulty and I was yelling on the chesterfield how they can show the finish entrance of Koen Bouwman with a one minute gap while Alaphilippe rode this corner (especially because they could have waited five seconds before switching to Koen Bouwman).

The way Ayuso spoke during Tirreno was revealing. He essentially was benchmarking himself against the best climber (Vingegaard) in the world. He is looking at Pogacar/Vingegaard. Part of UAE’s historic tactical problems stem from Ayuso seeing himself better than Almeida, McNulty, Vine or Yates. He is starting to establish himself as the second best GC rider at UAE. Today could solidify that for him. He is the complete package the question for a GT is, can Ayuso raise his climbing level another notch? He could yet win the Tour de France this year…

Go Faster! Great performance Brandon McNulty!🎉

I loved the "like and describe". Yes I do and Yes you do for sure!

surprised no mention of lenny martinez for tomorrow's stage, he's been climbing great

I thought Bernal would have performed better in the TT. Perhaps it had more to do with the weather than with his form? Thanks Chris and Garrett!

Yes. Yet another race that UAE should win. If they work together. We'll see.

Nice ride McNulty... Go, Go, UAE..!!!! should be a barnburner tomorrow.....

Chris Horner: When the Time Trial Gets SKETCHY, pull out your crayons and pencils!

Ayuso was alreddy a great talent when he was 20 years old ! Indeed UAE have great riders in this small tour . This makes the victory of lennert in the UAE tour even bigger ! !

Happy birthday to Megan

1st McNulty was rolling. Great to see him get the stage W. Hopefully, UAE will do well defending yellow with Ayuso. Tight in the top 5.

You right Chris! Everyone try to do the same as Jumbo Visma in 2022 Tour de France putting the "big guy" WVA in the attack and just waiting Jonas as the last climb. But none of this teams have the "big guy" WVA and Jonas. Simple like that! Let's see tomorrow.

Thanks for the video, Chris. Sounds like a good plan for UAE tomorrow. 🚴‍♂️👍

nice to see that none of the GC riders crashed in the rain

Sad thing....weather being such a big factor today....but that's cycling!!!!

Hi Chris. You are right about the best tactic. But that sounds boring. I hope for some solerism.

bravo mc nulty !last chance for ayuso tomorrow ! ride fast die last! njoylife

The two 'hilly' ITTs at the TdF are going to be amazing with Pog, Remco, Roglic, Ayuso ...and, hopefully, Vingegaard putting it all on the line. Not to mention that Stage 21, which is the final stage, can potentially decide the overall winner.

Great show Chris, let’s Go Brandon!!!!

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If a breakaway with no GC threats goes up the road, couldn’t UAE just let them go and let other teams do the work if these other teams want to go for the stage and time bonuses? If the breakaway makes it to the finish then that negates the risk of Ayuso having an off day and being beaten in the sprint.

Missed the stage, how did Plapp fair?

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Am I crazy for wanting the TT stages to be on indoor velodromes? It's maddening when the weather picks winners.

Maybe I missing something here…I’m surprised you’re counting out Adam. He looked amazing before his concussion in feb. He was dropping riders with ease in the UAE tour.

Will ayuso be in the tour? If he didnt have to work for Pogadcar he would be a top 10

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I think Primoz Roglic will win the stage.

Why no female coverage???? As much as I like the men's races, I love the female ones even better. They are so unpredictable and almost always have a surprising finale. This far, every race has been won by a different rider, which is so incredible.

I love these time trials. It is a bit of a shame that we will not see a lot of the big names later this year at the Olympics. On Europsport they explained how riders (nations) could qualify for Paris 2024... Apparently only the nations that did have a rider in the top ten of the TT World Championship from Glasgow 2023 are allowed to send two riders, and all other nations can just send one rider. On top of that the riders who participate at the Olympic TT must also race the road race.... These rules are so dumb... Because a nation like Switzerland can send two riders to the Olympic TT, but in the meantime that same Switzerland is not allowed to send more than two riders to the Olympic road race.... I can understand that Switzerland would love to send a rider like Hirschi to the Olympic road race, but that would mean that they do have to leave a great TT rider at home..... Because if they send Küng and Bisseger to the TT, they can't let Hirschi start in the road race.... These rules are so dumb. Don't we all just want to see the best riders both in the TT and road race ? Another example : Slovenia for example will now have to chose who they want to send to the Olympic TT, since they can only send one rider.... ☹