Tour de France 2009
12 Achievements
200
6-8h
Time trial (Difficult)
Win a TT in Difficult mode
10
How to unlock the Time trial (Difficult) achievement in Tour de France 2009 - Definitive Guide
If you don't loose time with corner, you can win with no problem at all.
Good luck.
(Tried more than 20 times to get it ... pretty boring)
This is by far the most difficult achievement in the entire game. You have to win one of the three time trials in the Tour de France. I would suggest taking the second time trial (Montpellier) since that one only has 2 sharp turns in it. The sharp turns are probably the places where you will lose the most time so practice them well. The best way to win a time trial is by practicing it over and over and over until you eventually luck out and win it. My advice is to pick Team Saxo bank since they have the best cycler for time trial (Fabian Cancellara) and to learn how he moves and what his max speed is. Every cycler turns different and has a different energy bar and it takes time to get used to each different cycler, so for your own sake just stick to one cycler and try to find out how fast he can ride (with Cancellara it would probably be around 54km/h) while not running out of energy before the race ends and when and how hard to brake before a sharp turn. This will take alot of tries before you eventually get it but you will notice that you will gradually get better every time you try.
Note: it has been said that the best way to get through the sharp turns is to brake by going over a piece of grass and not brake yourself. However, I have found this method to be very risky (if you fail at any point you will lose at least ten minutes) and, for me, it wasn't really faster.