2013 Tour of Romandie, Stage 4:Marly - Les Diablerets 188.5 Km

[Pentacycle]

MFW they changed the course

 

[airstream]

Yes it is. (If I understood things correctly...)

Now it is an actual course?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Valvedre ftw i guess. Kiserlovski to show us some great form again (he is going to be ready for the giro)

 

[Netserk]

Valvedre ftw i guess. Kiserlovski to show us some great form again (he is going to be ready for the giro)

You still love him even though he betrayed you?

 

[Parrulo]

So from one of the best mountain stages designs of the year, we go to another reduced sprint

ok now this is disappointing

 

[Lexman]

Does anyone know how well VDB2 is going?

he doesn't like cold weather so no WT points once more for Lotto after the tdr, although i hope i'm wrong.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

So from one of the best mountain stages designs of the year, we go to another reduced sprint

ok now this is disappointing

yep and froome or martin wins gc after itt obviously

probably 20 men sprint today

 

[Ride to forget]

Sporza does broadcast it.

Thanks Netserk.

Hoping they actually have something to show!

 

[Parrulo]

When will live coverage start?

 

[search]

When will live coverage start?

in ~1 1/2 hours, there will not be much left to show by then

 

[Netserk]

16.20 .

 

[Parrulo]

This just gets better and better

 

[search]

This just gets better and better

yes, and the finish is dead flat

 

[Netserk]

yes, and the finish is dead flat

Not the last km (of how long the finish is...)

 

[Pentacycle]

Sky to destroy the whole peloton before the flat final kms, that way we won't have a mass sprint.

 

[Frosty]

Just 20km to go. Gap 1 minute. Meersman abandon among others.

Hepburn (OGE), Juul Jensen (SAX), Jarrier (BSE), Mihaylov (CCC), Verschoor (TNN) and Finetto (VIN)

are the leaders.

https://twitter.com/opqscyclingteam

They are pretty much at the foot of the climb now but less than an hour's racing left i guess.

 

[search]

Not the last km (of how long the finish is...)

it is

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BI2-qdqCcAEj90H.jpg:large

there's a short "ramp" (~1km of 4-5%) before that though, but the last 1.5km are flat

 

[roundabout]

in turkey, frosty

 

[Afrank]

Well, this sucks. Looks like it will be an easy win for Froome in GC and probably also for Valverde on the stage. Hopefully the other guys will still go for it and attack Sky. I know at least Rolland will, he's been doing it all week. And I won't be able to see it live due my own race today. On the bright side doesn't look like I'll be missing much.

 

[Frosty]

in turkey, frosty

Ah, yes i thought that those riders werent quite right

 

[Frosty]

Correct break is

Burghardt,
Brandle,
Vichot
Dumoulin

with Burghardt now in the lead by himself. Vichot and Dumoulin chasing.

https://twitter.com/search?q=tdr2013&src=typd

 

[Parrulo]

Wait so not only will we have a reduced sprint instead of a mountain stage but will not even have the chance of watching said reduced sprint live?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

So only delayed coverage? Man this is a dissapointment.

 

[Descender]

**** this ****.

 

[roundabout]

60km to go or so, 2 big climbs. Of course we will see the finish live