[Steve_Seattle]

It's never been clear to me why sprinters aren't necessarily good time trialers. It's basically the same thing, except in the TT each rider is on his own. It's frustrating to wait till next Saturday to get the first glimpse of how things might shake out.

[Ready4Freddy]

It's a question of distance, Steve. Think of the sprinters in cycling as the 100-yard dash guys, they're exceedingly quick, generating enormous acceleration, but the speed can't be maintained over the 45-60km of the typical ITT in the Tour. Thor won the ITT Prologue, but that was only 7.1km.

It's never been clear to me why sprinters aren't necessarily good time trialers. It's basically the same thing, except in the TT each rider is on his own....