77th Tour de Romandie (2.UWT) // 23rd - 28th of April 2024

[Rob5091]

So 2 sprinters or what?! but chapeau!

 

[Tim Cahill]

What a joke by gesink and tratnik, by Movistar, by trek guys, they chase all day a great breakaway just out of jealousy and hatred of their own inability to do anything meaningful in a race. And then they are nowhere in the final. Thanks for ruining the sport. And thanks Julian for attacking to catch your teammate, twice. Idiot

Man what a saaaaad little life Robert Gesink must live

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Asgreen 5th in a bunch sprint

He did 5 consecutive top 10 finishes in ToC 2019, including some sprints.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Aranburu's making his way up the standings in the most top 10s without a win competition.

 

[scribers]

For whom is Visma riding today?

2023

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Ciccone, Dunbar, Higuita and McNulty are out of GC contention after today.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ciccone, Dunbar, Higuita and McNulty are out of GC contention after today.

And Lutsenko is out of the whole race.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

This would have been a good stage for Ethan Hayter if he wasn‘t Ethan Hayter.

 

[KZD]

Decathlon truly is on fire this season. Well done Godon.

 

[search]

And Lutsenko is out of the whole race.

it's the 4th time Lutsenko tried to combine Romandie with (part of) the Ardennes classics, and every time it ended with a DNF. Maybe they should consider to change plans.

 

[Cookster15]

The course looks a bit disappointing. Stage 3 MTF looks the key along with the 15k TT.

UAE look best on paper - I'll pick Ayuso for GC. But hoping Hindley can start showing top form. This is his chance to shine whilst not riding in support of Roglic. He also just extended his contract with Bora. That also means he must be happy there despite Roglic's arrival.

 

[hayneplane]

McNulty and Higuita sick? Surely some kind of issue to finish way off when 87 riders finished in the front group.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1783149690566893900

View: https://twitter.com/soudalquickstep/status/1783149690566893900?t=MROkeOa6XpGSuSE44jNaFw&s=19

 

[Landeirovic]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1783149690566893900

View: https://twitter.com/soudalquickstep/status/1783149690566893900?t=MROkeOa6XpGSuSE44jNaFw&s=19

Masnada= Corratec niveau

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I don‘t think Toby usually watches sprint finishes through the lense of a finish line photographer.

Same problem applies. In real-time with multiple riders crossing the finish line over the entire width of the road, it is almost impossible to get a clear view of who won, unless it's not a close call.

 

[gregrowlerson]

If it was up to me, Romandie should have three. Prologue, mountain and flat.

Bavarianrider and Houdtfan might also include a TTT.

But seriously why not three here? Especially if the prologue is short (for a prologue) and the flat ITT is no more than 30 km. Because the 7 x one week races should have some variety. You've got Catalunya that doesn't have a TT at all, and Basque Country usually with one ITT (but a bunch of uphill finishes). TA probably tends to also favour the climbers, Dauphne and Swiss give a little TT love, but always bring proper mountain stages (by today's standards). P-N is usually for the all rounders.

Also, given that the climbers of the Giro rarely care for Romandie, make it very TT friendly.

 

[tobydawq]

Bavarianrider and Houdtfan might also include a TTT.

But seriously why not three here? Especially if the prologue is short (for a prologue) and the flat ITT is no more than 30 km. Because the 7 x one week races should have some variety. You've got Catalunya that doesn't have a TT at all, and Basque Country usually with one ITT (but a bunch of uphill finishes). TA probably tends to also favour the climbers, Dauphne and Swiss give a little TT love, but always bring proper mountain stages (by today's standards). P-N is usually for the all rounders.

Also, given that the climbers of the Giro rarely care for Romandie, make it very TT friendly.

Why not 6?

Why not only ride on track?

 

[Rob5091]

Stage 2 and time to find out who is team leader in a lot of teams with 2 top guys. (UAE- Yates & Ayuso, Bora - Vlasov & Hindley, Ineos - Bernal & Rodriguez, FDJ - Gaudu & Little Lenny M) Be also interesting to see how the likes of Hart & Ciccone, S Yates, Caruso, Mas & Carapaz get on.
Today's finish climb

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Betting on Vlasov (main), Ciccone and Caruso

 

[Taxus4a]

I think is going to be a fight among spanish riders. My country is not at his top, but It has good riders who can shine at this race

 

[Potomac]

Finally, high enough to have some snow laying about.

EF...fools...make somebody else pull

 

[QueenStagiaire]

A nice winter forest they have there.

 

[Didinho]

Feels like Christmas.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Will Anton Palzer grab his skis and take off for some ski-mo on the pass here?

 

[Squire]

A nice winter forest they have there.

It's a bit confusing also. The snow doesn't look very fresh so it must have been there for a bit, but there's also green grass underneath it, so there must have been a good period of no snow and decent temperatures already this spring. Anyway, beautiful views.