2013 Tour of Romandie, Stage 2: Prilly - Grenchen 190 Km

[Parrulo]

Another bunch sprint. Will Cav hang on this time? Even if he does looking at how many guys were dropped with him, i doubt he is in decent shape

 

[Leonardus]

How hard is that last climb? Guess Meersman will get his second stage tomorrow.

 

[roundabout]

Meersman again

Edit: oh and the final loop is the wrong way round again

 

[hfer07]

meh- just another spring stage- perhaps Cav or someone else....

 

[Netserk]

Finishing climb:

EDIT: It's basically 5km@6% + 3km@-1% + 2km@7%

 

[Dazed and Confused]

so how many kms of flat terrain after the final descent? Almost 20km?

Only if Sky's train goes 100% on the climb will this lead to GC diffs.

 

[Netserk]

so how many kms of flat terrain after the final descent? Almost 20km?

Only if Sky's train goes 100% on the climb will this lead to GC diffs.

I think it's around 20km from the top.

I expect a bunch sprint.

 

[l.Harm]

Don't think Cav will be up there.

 

[Afrank]

Come on Nizzolo! He deserves a win.

 

[SafeBet]

Come on Nizzolo! He deserves a win.

My thoughts exactly

 

[manafana]

meersman is beatable here, nizzollo can do better as could ferrari, gavazzi and goss if lining up for sprint better this time

 

[classicomano]

Johnny Hoogerland is in the breakaway

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Johnny Hoogerland is in the breakaway

what are the reports on him? Is he back to former form etc?

 

[classicomano]

what are the reports on him? Is he back to former form etc?

He said in an interview yesterday that he needs another month to get into shape and hes gonna focus on finishing the race and taking it "easy". So logically hes now in the breakaway

 

[Afrank]

He said in an interview yesterday that he needs another month to get into shape and hes gonna focus on finishing the race and taking it "easy". So logically hes now in the breakaway

LOL, getting in the break is his version of taking it easy. Love it!

 

[jens_attacks]

hoogerland drops them all

 

[Frosty]

Cavendish had a mechanical yesterday so his finishing position might not be a true reflection of his form. Having said that maybe on better form he would have been able to get back on as not many others were dropped.

OPQS will want Cav to still be there but with Meersman going well they probably wont want to have people drop back to try and pace him back on.

 

[Eshnar]

Another bunch sprint. Will Cav hang on this time? Even if he does looking at how many guys were dropped with him, i doubt he is in decent shape

It's incredible how bad some "professional" profiles are. Is it so hard to make a good looking profile (or just one that doesn't seem to include vertical walls)?

 

[Netserk]

It's incredible how bad some "professional" profiles are. Is it so hard to make a good looking profile (or just one that doesn't seem to include vertical walls)?

What bothers me the most is that there isn't a good map of the final.

 

[jens_attacks]

hey la plagne today awesome

 

[Ferminal]

hey la plagne today awesome

Who will play Big Mig?

 

[search]

What bothers me the most is that there isn't a good map of the final.

http://tinyurl.com/c8z7crr

page 8-11

and there are tracks4bikers profiles on plataformarecorridosciclistas.org, as usual

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I hope we seerujano attack in that climb

 

[jens_attacks]

rujanito was looking terribly strong yesterday, he was doing all the wrok in the attack even on the flattish part of the climb
tomorrow i think he will put froomey to rest

 

[jens_attacks]

50 km to go

2'12''

sky easy at the front