2014 68th Tour de Romandie, April 29 to May 4 - WT

[Alpechraxler]

the run in to fribourg is the same as in 2010 when cavendish won. the little bumb after le mouret rises 65 m in 500 m so 13 %

 

[pastronef]

Like watching Froome on a training ride today. No competition whatsoever. Clearly he is good but the race was boring to watch.

To many riders with different agendas. All best competition missing.

Roll on the Tour.

did we watch the same race?
Attacks uphill, riders scattered up the mountain and twisty foggy descent?

 

[Kwibus]

Like watching Froome on a training ride today. No competition whatsoever. Clearly he is good but the race was boring to watch.

To many riders with different agendas. All best competition missing.

Roll on the Tour.

Wow. Yeh it really was a boring stage

 

[argyllflyer]

arvc40 will have loved the Ardennes week if he thought yesterday's stage was boring!

 

[willbick]

I dont think Nibali has ever been top top class on the big climbs. He didnt beat much in the 2013 Giro.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Wow. Yeh it really was a boring stage

Can't please everybody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjLmY0SxoWM

 

[gooner]

Roche not too happy with his form yesterday. Still says he needs to lose over a kilo before the Giro starts.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...to-watch-them-ride-away-from-me-30240740.html

 

[VeloHuman]

Roche not too happy with his form yesterday. Still says he needs to lose over a kilo before the Giro starts.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...to-watch-them-ride-away-from-me-30240740.html

At least he's further along than Basso.

 

[wirral]

Albasini in the break.

 

[roundabout]

And Voeckler, and Bakelants, and Vuillermoz and Marino,

Kwiatkowski DNS

 

[Netserk]

Kwiatkowski DNS

Don't really get (other than the chance to win the prologue) why he raced here in the first place. Deserved to rest after the Ardennes.

 

[Kokoso]

Froome isn't making the descent, Spilak is and he is a pretty good descender himself.

Also Nibali looks a bit cooked. Costa could have gone to the front on a couple turns already, but Costa and pulling at the front are 2 things that don't mix.

Only Kreuziger pulled at TdS, not Sagan, and there was really small gap after Scarponi falled back then.

Anyway Costa is good descender. Yesterday he actually was taking turns on the descent but that didn't help in catching Froome and Spilak, they were superior, simply as that.

I'm sorry for Majka (and Talansky), after he fell he descended horribly, Talansky etc. had to catch and pass him on the descent. Is he bad descender?

Expected little bit more from Izaguirre. He's good TTer so we'll see.

 

[Kokoso]

Also little bit disappointed with Pinot today. Maybe he isn't so good as hype goes.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pinot has been stuck on the same level for a while.
He came fast, but since then he's been on more or less the same level the past two years.

I think he needs to leave Française des Jeux if he wants to progress any further.

 

[Gloin22]

Pinot has been stuck on the same level for a while.
He came fast, but since then he's been on more or less the same level the past two years.

I think he needs to leave Française des Jeux if he wants to progress any further.

Exactly, I think he'd do well in an environment like Sky to be fair.

And at least they share passion for descending too

 

[Netserk]

Only Kreuziger pulled at TdS, not Sagan, and there was really small gap after Scarponi falled back then.

Anyway Costa is good descender. Yesterday he actually was taking turns on the descent but that didn't help in catching Froome and Spilak, they were superior, simply as that.

I'm sorry for Majka (and Talansky), after he fell he descended horribly, Talansky etc. had to catch and pass him on the descent. Is he bad descender?

Expected little bit more from Izaguirre. He's good TTer so we'll see.

Yes Majka is a bad descender, and also a very bad TTer.

 

[Kokoso]

Yes Majka is a bad descender, and also a very bad TTer.

No, he isn't very bad TTer.

 

[Netserk]

No, he isn't very bad TTer.

Then why did he lose 2'34'' to Scarponi in the Giro ITT last year?

 

[Butterhead]

Then why did he lose 2'34'' to Scarponi in the Giro ITT last year?

He didnt!! If I remember correctly he finished 6 or 7 or something like that, he´s not a bad TTér at all, it was infact his TT skils that first brought peoples attention to him. (In his junior years)

 

[Kwibus]

Can't please everybody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjLmY0SxoWM

I was obviously being sarcastic. Stage was great!

 

[roundabout]

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24012

 

[Butterhead]

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24012

It was the pancake flat TT, I was thinking of the hilly one.

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24022

 

[Kokoso]

He isn't very bad TTer and he isn't very good TTer.

Of course he TT skills wasn't what brought attention to him, but mountains.

 

[roundabout]

It was the pancake flat TT, I was thinking of the hilly one.

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24022

And the TT I posted was the one Netserk was thinking of

 

[Butterhead]

He isn't very bad TTer and he isn't very good TTer.

Of course he TT skills wasn't what brought attention to him, but mountains.

I think you should check your bs first, you know nothing, i bet you dont even know where he is born, Check your facts before you post them as facts, course you are wrong, again, again.