Has Froome locked it up?!?

Chris Froome showed why he's a multiple Tour de France champion today.  He dominated the mountain time trial and makes me wonder if the Tour de France is over.  His winning time and a comparison with our prediction appear below.

• Stage 18:  30' 43" (actual), 29' 27" (prediction), 01' 16" fast (-4.12% error)

I was hoping the winner would come in under half an hour, but Froome was impressive nonetheless.  His average speed is below.

• Stage 18:  9.224 m/s (33.21 kph or 20.63 mph)

Froome won the first mountain stage and he dominated the mountain time trial.  I picked Nairo Quintana in my TOUR magazine interview.  Froome has a 04' 37" on Qunitana, and a nearly four-minute lead on second place.  There are two more mountain stages to go.  Time is running out!  Our prediction for Stage 19 is below.

• Stage 19:  4h 04' 57" (prediction)

Besides an HC-climb in the middle, a category-1 climb finishes the stage.  Another uphill finish!