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

[Rollthedice]

Froome looks like he has the proper race weight. Looking forward to stage 5. Katusha should employ more Russians, it works.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Are the bonus seconds on the other stages? Viviani a chance to take yellow tomorrow if there is.

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

I'm surprised with Movistar's result.
They've done the worst ttt in years.
Not looking good for Quintana, at all.

yep, movistar was tragic (chaos all over the place ) I wonder if quintana had legs or not.

Certainly not his cup of tea. Hopefully the form isn't a problem.

 

[whittashau]

That TTT at the Tour is going to be bad for the main contenders not named Chris Froome. That Sky team is going to be even stronger. That Astana team was basically their Tour team, right? Except for maybe Zeits?

 

[the sceptic]

Katusha better go full mutant on that MTF

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

I'm surprised with Movistar's result.
They've done the worst ttt in years.
Not looking good for Quintana, at all.

There were only two good TTers, Castroviejo and Amador.

Yes, but they've established themselves as a ttt powerhouse lately (more than lately).

 

[DFA123]

Re:

I'm surprised with Movistar's result.
They've done the worst ttt in years.
Not looking good for Quintana, at all.

They are always rubbish at them outside Spain aren't they? They can beat anyone in Spain but always seem to lose loads of time in other races; perhaps their skin suits only work in hot weather.

 

[SafeBet]

GC riders

Froome
Yates S. +0
Zakarin +5
Spilak
Uran +14
Nibali +17
Fuglsang
Dennis +19
Atapuma
Pinot +22
Frank +24
Quintana +40
Martin D.
Hesjedal
Rui Costa +41
Gesink +55
Majka
Rolland +1.07
Van den Broeck +1.12
Bardet +1.22
Peraud

 

[SkyTears]

After watching it

Quintana -40s down and not looking good - maybe he gets a top10 here
Nibali - no pulls as far as i saw, -17s , he will be dropped on stage 5. his only chance is some descent miracle
Froome - took some pulls, looking ok but until stage 5 is over you can't know if his legs will hold
Spilak & Zakarin - -5s only , the only threat to Froome imo

 

[Noverca]

Suprised with the way Froome was riding in this TTT. Really did a lot of work at the front. I thought he needed some time to get in form with him being ill or injured so often the last few months, but by the looks of it he can be a main contender for this race.

 

[Escarabajo]

Re:

I'm surprised with Movistar's result.
They've done the worst ttt in years.
Not looking good for Quintana, at all.

Look at the roster.Not surprised at all. Even in the pre-stage talks they were not favorites at all.

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

I'm surprised with Movistar's result.
They've done the worst ttt in years.
Not looking good for Quintana, at all.

They are always rubbish at them outside Spain aren't they? They can beat anyone in Spain but always seem to lose loads of time in other races; perhaps their skin suits only work in hot weather.

You're right.
Looks like the discrepancy between my expectations and their results made the results look better in my eyes.
Several strong showings outside of Spain, though.

 

[SkyTears]

and as expected after how things looked on the road, minutes after TTT end, Froome is again no1 TdF favorite at bet365

i guess my feeling that he is finished as GT contender was wrong

 

[SyroboiII]

Sky made Orica look like juniors.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Sky made Orica look like juniors.

not even 1s difference :') trollolol

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

and as expected after how things looked on the road, minutes after TTT end, Froome is again no1 TdF favorite at bet365

i guess my feeling that he is finished as GT contender was wrong

What? because of a TTT his odds changed? What the hell

 

[SyroboiII]

Re: Re:

Sky made Orica look like juniors.

not even 1s difference :') trollolol

Lol, you are just crying inside because your amateur Tinkov team got owned by 15 seconds. Froome will win by 7 minutes in the Tour. Porte by 2 minutes in the Giro. You can't stop science.

 

[SkyTears]

Re: Re:

and as expected after how things looked on the road, minutes after TTT end, Froome is again no1 TdF favorite at bet365

i guess my feeling that he is finished as GT contender was wrong

What? because of a TTT his odds changed? What the hell

no, because he looked very ok after last week crash and Catalunia display and also declared yesterday that he can lose another 1.5 kg's lol

stage 5 will tell the final story though

i expect him to go away as GT contender because you can't stay so underweight for such long periods of time without self destroying. maybe next year ...

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Sky made Orica look like juniors.

not even 1s difference :') trollolol

Lol, you are just crying inside because your amateur Tinkov team got owned by 15 seconds. Froome will win by 7 minutes in the Tour. Porte by 2 minutes in the Giro. You can't stop science.

First, Tinkoff lost 55 seconds.
Second, you're not funny.


Get lost.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Re:

In your faces, bitches.

Sky made Orica look like juniors.


etc

Please can someone hoof this *** muncher's account or something. It's tiresome now.

Tks

 

[MatParker117]

Top 10:
1. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky at 21-19
2. Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky st
3. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Team Sky st
4. Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky st
5. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky st
6. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr) Team Sky st
7. Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEdge st
8. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge st
9. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge st
10. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica-GreenEdge st

 

[johnymax]

Re:

After watching it

Quintana -40s down and not looking good - maybe he gets a top10 here
Nibali - no pulls as far as i saw, -17s , he will be dropped on stage 5. his only chance is some descent miracle
Froome - took some pulls, looking ok but until stage 5 is over you can't know if his legs will hold
Spilak & Zakarin - -5s only , the only threat to Froome imo

I don't know how is Zakarin a threat to Froome. He is a very good rider who is coming into his own, but is he suddenly capable of winning a WT race with this kind of lineup? I don't think so. He will battle for a top10 maybe can even reach a top5 if everything falls into place. But if he is a threat to Froome, so are 10 other riders and that would mean that Chris certainly isn't nowhere near his best.

 

[SeriousSam]

The Dawg will go full mutant stage 5, cannot wait.

Also, is there a team time trial at the Tour? Sky is going to murder that one as well. Good stuff.

 

[SyroboiII]

Re: Re:

Sky made Orica look like juniors.

not even 1s difference :') trollolol

Lol, you are just crying inside because your amateur Tinkov team got owned by 15 seconds. Froome will win by 7 minutes in the Tour. Porte by 2 minutes in the Giro. You can't stop science.

First, Tinkoff lost 55 seconds.
Second, you're not funny.

Get lost.

55 seconds, even better. I can't wait for them to humiliate the Pistol in the coming GT's. Both in the Giro and Tour. Contador will not get the triple, but Sky will.

 

[Jagartrott]

Perhaps most surprising to me is FdJ's very nice time.