2011 Tour de Suisse Stage 2: Airolo - Crans-Montana, 148 km

[dlwssonic]

Anyone know what the finale is like? A wild guess from the profile says 3km @ 6.5-7% average. But the last km looks like it ramps up a bit more, which probably means closer to 10%. Very hard to pick a winner.

GVA maybe if he hang with them on the cat 1 but i doubt it.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

no way gva would be up there.

Aminora is near 8% average i think.

Mollema with servant duties in july, I hope will ride for the win here

 

[Reuell]

I can't hold back my enthusiasm and hope any longer. it's soler day!!!! _O_ _O_

You *******! You lied to me!
You told me you had lost hope in Juan Mauricio and here I find you wetting yourself in the impossible prospect of Soler returning to his former glory

 

[rides like a girl]

I think we all should be glad Phil and Paul aren't commentating. I think them fawning over Radioshack as they lead the peleton up Crans Montana would of been intolerable. Should be interesting how Bottle and klodi go!

Lucky You don't have them! Those of us in the states do! Bobke and Paul calling both the Dauphine and tour de Suisse. Delayed program, condensed. Heard from a tweet they are calling it from NYC. Very hard to hear all the Shack ball washing...especially when the RS is going backward...

 

[greenedge]

I think for the TDF i shall be watching SBS in Fiji i think then make aa mad ush to Sydney to get some other bad commentators on Eurosport

 

[Wouterde]

Sagan is targeting a strong performance at the Tour de Suisse held from June 11-19. "Tour de Suisse is my objective," he said.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sagan-a-favourite-to-win-stage-one-in-north-lake-tahoe

Will he make it over the climb? i think he will!

 

[jens_attacks]

time for show!

di luca-soler-klodi-cunego-frank schleck.

probably cunego will win the sprint.

 

[theyoungest]

How many minutes will TGBM win by? I'm going with 6.

Not by 6 minutes, but I won't be surprised if he's close to the win today.

 

[El Pistolero]

By the way Sporza will be going live at 15.45

They only do on sundays(final tt). All other stages are live on Exqi.

You can also follow all stages live on http://www.sportwereld.be

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

You *******! You lied to me!
You told me you had lost hope in Juan Mauricio and here I find you wetting yourself in the impossible prospect of Soler returning to his former glory

honestly my hope is a little back, when soler hasn't crashed in 3 months and in interviews he's saying he is feeling the best he ever did I can't hold my hopes any longer. still my disapointment won't be as huge when he crashes as was the case between 2008-2010 and I felt horrible after he crashed and got injured. this is his first injury free season since 2007.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

when are supposed finishing times of both dauphinee and suisse today??

 

[El Pistolero]

Just looked at the teams. Climbers here really suck. I don't know, we might see Cavendish climb with the best in this field here(hyperbole)

 

[Mellow Velo]

Trying to sort out whats what, tv wise.
RTL Luxembourg's tv guide says 2 hours live:
http://tele.rtl.lu/waatleeft/programm/

The station Epg however is showing only the final half an hour.

Anybody know which is right?

 

[Bavarianrider]

Tony won this in 09

 

[Anonymous]

Tony won this in 09

amazing, so?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

rolf that ToS was a joke

Last year was much better in that aspect, seeing Tony Martin drop like a stone to La Punt. Much like in the Dauphine mt stages this year as well

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Tony won this in 09

In 2009, climbing to this less-than-impressively brutal climb was the queen stage.

It was also an easier climb up to Crans-Montana then too:
2009:

2011:

 

[killswitch]

In 2009, climbing to this less-than-impressively brutal climb was the queen stage.

It was also an easier climb up to Crans-Montana then too:

No wonder Canc won the overall then.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

No wonder Canc won the overall then.

The race was a joke. The two big mountain stages were Serfaus and Crans-Montana (by that route above). Both ended with a sprint of a group of about 15. Time trial mileage was longer than usual. Not one selective final climb, and only one HC climb, which was 50km into a 200km stage that ended with 50km flat and only a cat.3 climb between them.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

The race was a joke. The two big mountain stages were Serfaus and Crans-Montana (by that route above). Both ended with a sprint of a group of about 15. Time trial mileage was longer than usual. Not one selective final climb, and only one HC climb, which was 50km into a 200km stage that ended with 50km flat and only a cat.3 climb between them.

That ToS was made for Canc, they wanted him to win it

 

[killswitch]

That ToS was made for Canc, they wanted him to win it

Thankfully he won it the first time of trying (so there is a nice balanced route now)...

 

[manafana]

anyone think the 5.1 about kloden winning this on betfair is pretty big?

 

[Jamsque]

Break of the day:

112 José Ivan GUTIERREZ (MOV)
165 Lloyd MONDORY (ALM)

2'45" on the peloton with ~60km to go

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

anyone think the 5.1 about kloden winning this on betfair is pretty big?

I think they are pretty low actually.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

what time at the base of crans montana??