Tour stage 4 Expectations met and not met

Expectations were high for Cancellara. Everyone (at least myself and lots of others) thought he would win the TT and the only question was if he would take the yellow jersey. So his 5th place (results) in the TT was not expected.

Schumacher was a surprise, but that is because he is so inconsistent. He rips out a performance today, the Giro 2 years ago, or Amstel Gold last year, but then goes into hiding for a few months until his next surprise. If it wasn’t for the Dauphiné Libéré TT a few weeks ago and his win there then

Valverde’s ride today would be about where most would have expected him. So like Cancellara the expectations were higher then what he delivered.

Evans met expectations and did what he had to do. Really the TT did very little maybe put a little more pressure on Evans as now he looks like the favorite when after stage 1 it was Valverde.  That is what makes this so fun.