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

[TourOfSardinia]

Katusha marches on and on

 

[classicomano]

Laughing my ass off here, another joker ready to make a mockery of the sport.

 

[Miburo]

Wth was that ride of VDB2, holy ***.

 

[Netserk]

Majka would've gotten on the podium if not for the TTT.

edit: Nope, just 2'' behind Pinot in that case.

 

[DBotero]

Re:

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.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[pastronef]

Re:

Katusha destroying Dawg. Beautiful day of cycling.

they caught up with our dear Sky's boys

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Entertaining stage today.
Congrats to Katusha.

 

[aarnold517]

now we just need zakarin to grow out a mullet so we have someone to take the legend vladmir karpets' spot

 

[Arredondo]

Re: Re:

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.

Contador will slaughter them both. I'm convinced of that now.

 

[jens_attacks]

katusha teachin froomey and sky a little bit on those pesky gains eh?

grandeeee ilnur!!!!!

i thought i was having a heart attack when he had the mechanical. he was flying

spilak now at his 4th or 5th second though?

what a crazy day!

 

[DBotero]

Re: Re:

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.

Contador will slaughter them both. I'm convinced of that now.

I wouldn't bet on him even finishing before Nibali in the GC,we'll see

 

[pastronef]

as a Froome fan I wanted Zakarin to beat Martin as Froome did last year. but he was unlucky

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Zakarin got the GC He would have beat Martin without that mechanical.

doubtful if he would've won itt. he never lost 13 seconds with that bike change

 

[Flamin]

Zakarin got the GC He would have beat Martin without that mechanical.

doubtful if he would've won itt. he never lost 13 seconds with that bike change

Of course he did

But on the other hand Tony had clearly worse conditions.

 

[The Barb]

Zakarin got the GC He would have beat Martin without that mechanical.

doubtful if he would've won itt. he never lost 13 seconds with that bike change

He was stationary for 9 seconds. He lost the stage by 12.5 seconds.

There is no doubt it cost him the stage.

 

[TMP402]

Re:

Katusha marches on and on

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

 

[webvan]

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

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

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

 

[DBotero]

Re: Re:

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.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

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.

 

[Rollthedice]

Zakarin flying higher than Gagarin.

 

[DBotero]

Re: Re:

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.

I wasn't expect him to win the GC really,but he was kinda bad in this ITT.
If you read his interview before this race he wasn't sure he can win it or about his condition.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/froome-it-would-be-incredible-to-win-third-consecutive-romandie

 

[Anderis]

Re:

Majka would've gotten on the podium if not for the TTT.

edit: Nope, just 2'' behind Pinot in that case.

I think you also forgot Bardet.

 

[Irondan]

Jurgen Van Den Broeck dug deep for that one. I honestly thought he was finished as a rider, but he proved me wrong. Chapeau!