2015, 69th Tour de Romandie: April 28 to May 3 (WT)

[bigcog]

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Froome and Quintana both under par.

This should be a great Tour. Vamos Alberto y Purito !!

Froome and Quintana will be ready,this was training ride for them.No chance for Contador really,not with Giro in his legs.

I cannot seriously see how you're considering their Romandie results a good sign? Both were beaten by Pinot on the climb and Froome didn't even manage top 10 in the time trial... My belief in AC's chances in the Tour has grown after this Tour de Romandie

After Nibali's TDF show last year,Contador and Froome impressive recovery for Vuelta,i learned that these races doesn't tell the all story anymore.They can get in top shape really fast these days.

In Nibali's case I agree (and perhaps Quintana too), but Froome performing well in the spring season has often been a sign that he's on the right path. That hasn't been the case this year (With the exception of that single Ruta del Sol-stage, that is his highpoint). I also think Tour de Romandie is a race he targets to some extent every year. Being in pole position coming into the queen stage, Froome still managed to lose.

Put into context, yesterday he did pretty well without a team pretty much and ok today he didn't do that well, but still better than his two rivals here, so it's hardly a disaster given he was unsure of his form coming into it.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Zakarin, lol. I'll say nothing

Gesink 15th, didn't expect that for his third race of the season.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Disappointing attitude of Daniel Atienza on Swiss TV...barely wants to discuss Zakarin's suspension, "an error of youth"...very Jalabert like :-(

and you know the exact ins and outs of zakarins suspension?

 

[webvan]

Well he was suspended, that's a fact and it's troubling that Atienza basically refuses to discuss it. I even thought they had missed the info after listening to their coverage yesterday and today...

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Wouldn't be too sure, it's been some time actually since Froome destroyed the field in a time trial. This Zakarin guy seems like he might just do the time trial of his life.

Zakarin is a TTer first and foremost.
If he's climbing this well, he's more likely to win the GC than not.

Yup.Called it. No credit to have as it was obvious, really.

 

[BigMac]

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[Vino attacks everyone]

Great rider b Zakarin. Will animate the giro

 

[Tank Engine]

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In Nibali's case I agree (and perhaps Quintana too), but Froome performing well in the spring season has often been a sign that he's on the right path. That hasn't been the case this year (With the exception of that single Ruta del Sol-stage, that is his highpoint). I also think Tour de Romandie is a race he targets to some extent every year. Being in pole position coming into the queen stage, Froome still managed to lose.

Three years ago (year of Wiggo) he was ill and hardly raced until Romandie where he was way off the pace. By the tour he was at top form. This week has been a clear improvement since Catalonia. Improvement is still needed, but he'll be in form for the tour. Stoneface Nairo as always is playing his cards close to his chest. He'll show them in July, as will Nibali (I'm not saying that they're winning cards, but we'll see then). It's difficult to say what shape Bertie will be in July, a lot depends on how deep he was to dig in the Giro.

 

[antmills]

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Disappointing attitude of Daniel Atienza on Swiss TV...barely wants to discuss Zakarin's suspension, "an error of youth"...very Jalabert like :-(

and you know the exact ins and outs of zakarins suspension?

.... I quite agree re Zakarin ..... leaves a bad taste! .... Another vacuous victory!

 

[Escarabajo]

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Katusha marches on and on

amazing coincidence the sponsors wanted improved results in the first half of the season.

Katusha received the orders better than Tinkoff.

 

[KubaWinter]

I have been in Lausanne with press pass and would like to share some photos with you. I hope some of you will find them worth looking at:
https://plus.google.com/photos/117467800019321024343/albums/6145090172881645841?authkey=CM2N8PeYk4ryjgE

 

[Rollthedice]

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I have been in Lausanne with press pass and would like to share some photos with you. I hope some of you will find them worth looking at:
https://plus.google.com/photos/117467800019321024343/albums/6145090172881645841?authkey=CM2N8PeYk4ryjgE

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Carols]

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I have been in Lausanne with press pass and would like to share some photos with you. I hope some of you will find them worth looking at:
https://plus.google.com/photos/117467800019321024343/albums/6145090172881645841?authkey=CM2N8PeYk4ryjgE

Nice, thanks so much for sharing

 

[KubaWinter]

I'm glad that you liked it and thanks for nice words. I'm always happy to share some stuff I did with other cycling fans. The next material will come with swiss stage of Giro and than on Tour de Suisse and opening of Tour de France. Stay tuned!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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I'm glad that you liked it and thanks for nice words. I'm always happy to share some stuff I did with other cycling fans. The next material will come with swiss stage of Giro and than on Tour de Suisse and opening of Tour de France. Stay tuned!

Really great shots. Kudos!

Curious about this one:
https://plus.google.com/photos/117467800019321024343/albums/6145090172881645841/6145091466694862578?authkey=CM2N8PeYk4ryjgE&pid=6145091466694862578&oid=117467800019321024343

 

[KubaWinter]

Ah, I'm working with the oldest polish website about road cycling and some of those shots, like this one, or cars, buses, velon logo, were done to use them in the headlines about the team etc. On my private picasa I just put all of the photos, without removing blured or simply bad ones. I just enhanced colors and put here everything from memory cards

So no, no kind of Froome's leg fetish