2016, 70th Tour de Romandie, April 26th - May 1st, WT

[TomLPC]

The hell was that

 

[May0maniac]

Too easy for the Lidl train...

 

[happytramp]

Training sprint for Ettix

 

[TomLPC]

Kittel got it, bonofazio inches away

 

[rick james]

Kittel takes the win..by a bawhair

 

[May0maniac]

Wow, Bonifazio looked really strong!

 

[Laplaz]

What a sprint by Bonifazio!

 

[May0maniac]

Ilnur 10th in the Sprint.

 

[Jspear]

 

[SafeBet]

The way Bonifazio cut from left to right jumping on Kittel's wheel wow! This guy is getting better and better.

 

[Bushman]

Re: Re:

For tomorrow and Saturday it doesn't smell good. A TTist can win Romandie if the 2 mountain stages are cancelled.

Like virtually always, you mean.

Yup, Zakarin and afrime only won the last couple of editions due to their tt

When was the last time Romandie was won by a poor time trialist? 1990s? 1980s?

Unlike other races, Romandie does not give bad TT'ers a chance to recoup their losses in the mountains.

But which one week stage races does that? Probably only Tirreno-Adriatico to an extent and Tour de Suisse this year. It's about balance, especially in week long stage races.

You're probably not wrong when saying past winners of Romandie has been good tt'ers but most of the time they have been good climbers too.

 

[jens_attacks]

crrap i really though that albasini will beat kittel in the sprint

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Kittel mixes his protein shakes with the tears of this forum.

 

[HelloDolly]

Really surprised that Ben Swift & Mikkel Kwaito were dropped....I mean they were not exactly working on the front ? Pity for Swift as he could do with a win

 

[May0maniac]

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Kittel mixes his protein shakes with the tears of this forum.

Nope, that would be Gerro.

 

[RedheadDane]

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Kittel mixes his protein shakes with the tears of this forum.

I don't think those would be very effective...

 

[Kwibus]

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Really surprised that Ben Swift & Mikkel Kwaito were dropped....I mean they were not exactly working on the front ? Pity for Swift as he could do with a win

It's time for a rest period.

 

[Jspear]

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crrap i really though that albasini will beat kittel in the sprint

Same here. I think he did the right thing. Never would have worked if he let Kittel start his sprint first.

 

[HelloDolly]

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Really surprised that Ben Swift & Mikkel Kwaito were dropped....I mean they were not exactly working on the front ? Pity for Swift as he could do with a win

It's time for a rest period.

I said that about Kwait before LBL and got shot down on here ...The thing is if he trialing for the Tour he needs to be on his way up now...

 

[del1962]

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Really surprised that Ben Swift & Mikkel Kwaito were dropped....I mean they were not exactly working on the front ? Pity for Swift as he could do with a win

It's time for a rest period.

I said that about Kwait before LBL and got shot down on here ...The thing is if he trialing for the Tour he needs to be on his way up now...

In 2014 Kwia did 24 days b4 Romandie when he was exhausted, this year only 16 days racing

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

Really surprised that Ben Swift & Mikkel Kwaito were dropped....I mean they were not exactly working on the front ? Pity for Swift as he could do with a win

It's time for a rest period.

I said that about Kwait before LBL and got shot down on here ...The thing is if he trialing for the Tour he needs to be on his way up now...

Geraint was also dropped like a stone on the first road stage of the 2015 TdR (he finished over 4min behind Albasini), you never know.

 

[Krokro]

Riders shape is so uncertain still "early" on the season, I guess. Strange that Kittel climbed better than Swift or Kwiat indeed. Good for Etixx, they almost missed their whole classic season, a victory is always good to take.

 

[del1962]

Anyone know why Stannard DNF?

 

[TMP402]

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Anyone know why Stannard DNF?

Didn't know that but he was also one of the slowest on the prologue yesterday so maybe illness or fatigue.

 

[StuyvenFan]

What's going on with Talansky? There is no reason why he should have finished over 7 minutes behind Kittel today.