2016 Tour de Suisse, 11-19 June

[Pantani_lives]

Epic solo by Wilco.

 

[BigMac]

What a bizarre stage finale. Those most expected to be there all failed.

 

[infeXio]

Thomas loses about 50 seconds to Kelderman

 

[Scarponi]

LOL Big G cracked

 

[Flamin]

I bloody hate those very steep MTF's. It nearly always gives us boring racing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Weird bad day for VGarderen, Thomas and Costa..

 

[Domulec]

Always fun to read the Dutchies here completely destroy their own riders. Come on guys, maybe he was at his limit, we simply don't know, cut him some slack.

 

[Krokro]

That feeling when both mountain stages were boring af. Fed up by this defensive mentality.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

Always fun to read the Dutchies here completely destroy their own riders. Come on guys, maybe he was at his limit, we simply don't know, cut him some slack.

Why, you constantly get the feeling he is not at his limit and still he waits... Its annoying

 

[Kwibus]

Re:

Boo! Keldercoward.....

Now now people. He has absolutely no reason to believe he's much better then the others. He never showed that, he needs confidence for that which he certainly doesn't have after the last 1.5 years. I think he just hopes to confirm a good complete stage race again.

Also he looked pretty d*mn cooked to me.

 

[Electress]

TGVG and Thomas not enjoying themselves.

 

[portugal11]

Thomas will arrive to le tour very tired after this epic tour de suisse

 

[Alexandre B.]

So Kelderman v. Barguil v. Talansky ?

 

[Miburo]

Re:

Always fun to read the Dutchies here completely destroy their own riders. Come on guys, maybe he was at his limit, we simply don't know, cut him some slack.

I'm not a dutch but i'll gladly bash on Kelderman, any fan of this sport should

 

[SeriousSam]

Lol Tejay getting dropped by B level climbers. Meanwhile, Lil'Richie was equaling the very best at the Dauphine

 

[LaFlorecita]

Atapuma just crossing the line with Tejay... at over 6 minutes from Weening

 

[saganftw]

i think the real issue is not the design,its the fact that there is no clear winner like froome,contador,quintana...the rest dont know how to ride offensively because they never have to,its a bunch of second rate gc guys who are in position to actually lead and they dont know how

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Looks like TGVG already with zika....

 

[Arredondo]

How long can Tejay ride like an absolute loser before BMC drop him?

Gosh: a team leader without attacking skills, weapon, charisma and good climbing legs.

How pathetic really

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Barguil in the same time. Hilarious. Yesterday the gap between Latour and Kelderman was smaller and that was 2s. But it's better. Kelderman didn't deserve extra time anyway

 

[carton]

Re: Re:

You're right.... but it would be nice to see him riding more aggressive sometimes...
It's getting harder and harder to keep rooting for the 'standard' Dutch GC's guys (Gesink, Mollema, Kelderman) with guys like Kruijswijk and Dumoulin showing so much more gusto.

Don't bunch Gesink with the other two.
Chapeau to Weening, Dombrowski and Richeze. Great rides by all three.

 

[BigMac]

Re:

I bloody hate those very steep MTF's. It nearly always gives us boring racing.

Bingo. Tomorrow will be even worse. What a travesty.

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

That feeling when both mountain stages were boring af. Fed up by this defensive mentality.

Blame the race organizers, 3 consecutive MTF (with the hardest on the 3rd day) followed by an ITT and another mountain stage, that's just too much, people are trying to save some energy for the next day.
At least Spilak showed some guts and Dombrowski still has his Giro legs, if he could actually manage to hang on on the descents he could become more than just a climbing superdomestique.

 

[Kwibus]

Re:

i think the real issue is not the design,its the fact that there is no clear winner like froome,contador,quintana...the rest dont know how to ride offensively because they never have to,its a bunch of second rate gc guys who are in position to actually lead and they dont know how

This. It's not that weird.

 

[Red Rick]

Weening lost the Aussie accent