2016 Tour de Suisse, 11-19 June

[Anderis]

Short stage, so it will be easy to control, no time for early break to establish. There's a group of 15 top climbers coming together at the top of the climb and to the finish, because everyone is fresh. Talansky wins the sprint to the line and gets 10 seconds time bonus. Lopez finishes 4th. Talansky wins the race. :twisted:

 

[RedheadDane]

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Let's face it, 95% of folk on this forum could have ridden today's stage in full.

And at the end we'd all have gone for a hearty beer in Davos.

Well, I'm in those 5%.
Which I, honestly, think the majority is. Easy to call people pussies and talk about how "I could do that!" when you're sitting at home many 100 kms from the race.

So... any links to anything about the shortening? So far all I've seen has been here.

 

[Mayo from Mayo]

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was it fabian again?

I presume this is in jest but he announced yesterday that he would not ride today.

 

[Red Rick]

That is more than enough talk about female genitalia. Stop it and be quick about it

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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Well, I'm in those 5%.
Which I, honestly, think the majority is. Easy to call people pussies and talk about how "I could do that!" when you're sitting at home many 100 kms from the race.

So... any links to anything about the shortening? So far all I've seen has been here.

This is all there is on the official website:

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/de/news/detail/news/die-letzte-etappe-wird-verkuerzt/

And I really think 95% of us could ride that stage, no problem. Sure, not at an average speed of 40 km/h, but that's a different matter.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Short stage, so it will be easy to control, no time for early break to establish. There's a group of 15 top climbers coming together at the top of the climb and to the finish, because everyone is fresh. Talansky wins the sprint to the line and gets 10 seconds time bonus. Lopez finishes 4th. Talansky wins the race. :twisted:

The shortened stage is surely very much in favour of Lopez

 

[RedheadDane]

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Well, I'm in those 5%.
Which I, honestly, think the majority is. Easy to call people pussies and talk about how "I could do that!" when you're sitting at home many 100 kms from the race.

So... any links to anything about the shortening? So far all I've seen has been here.

This is all there is on the official website:

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/de/news/detail/news/die-letzte-etappe-wird-verkuerzt/

And I really think 95% of us could ride that stage, no problem. Sure, not at an average speed of 40 km/h, but that's a different matter.

Thanks. (Glad my German isn't that gone!)

And that's the main difference, ain't it? The pros are sorta expected to ride at an average speed of 40 km/h, and if they don't they're critisised for being boring. So, what would you rather watch; a short stage that's being ridden quickly, or a long stage that's being ridden slowly?

 

[Gigs_98]

The weather is really annoying this year. Paris-Nice, the Tirreno stage and now this, while the weather in all cobbles classics was good. I'm still surprised no giro stage got cancelled.

 

[DNP-Old]

I for one, wouldn't mind seeing the stage get cancelled. I'm all in for the EWP, just for today.

 

[May0maniac]

I'd like to see a picture of the Albula descent before calling it bs, if snow was a legit problem on the descent then I can understand it.
It sucks, but if it was a legit problem and not just a few riders crying about the cold weather then you can't really blame anyone.

 

[Brullnux]

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I'd like to see a picture of the Albula descent before calling it bs, if snow was a legit problem on the descent then I can understand it.
It sucks, but if it was a legit problem and not just a few riders crying about the cold weather then you can't really blame anyone.

Mayomaniac: The voice of reason

 

[roundabout]

If L'Equipe is correct, the snow is not a problem

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/La-derniere-etape-du-tour-de-suisse-raccourcie/696750

 

[May0maniac]

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If L'Equipe is correct, the snow is not a problem

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/La-derniere-etape-du-tour-de-suisse-raccourcie/696750

Ok, if that's correct then shortening the stage is just bs.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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Thanks. (Glad my German isn't that gone!)

And that's the main difference, ain't it? The pros are sorta expected to ride at an average speed of 40 km/h, and if they don't they're critisised for being boring. So, what would you rather watch; a short stage that's being ridden quickly, or a long stage that's being ridden slowly?

The other big difference is that they are paid to do this —so I'd expect them to both ride it and do so at a decent pace.

I'm 100% in favour of shortening or cancelling stages when the riders' safety is in danger, but I've got the feeling the "extreme" weather protocol is being abused when riders simply don't feel like riding in the cold.

 

[Alexandre B.]

https://twitter.com/f_cancellara/status/744491744297885696

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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We're not expecting any snowfall, but we made this decision out of respect for the riders, who have been suffering bad weather since the start of the Tour de Suisse.

Oh, come on!

 

[Alexandre B.]

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We're not expecting any snowfall, but we made this decision out of respect for the riders, who have been suffering bad weather since the start of the Tour de Suisse.

Oh, come on!

Hey, it's not like this is an outdoor sport.

 

[saganftw]

so basically they got up today and were like "nah,not feeling like going out today"

good to know the pros are as lazy as me

 

[CheckMyPecs]

New amendment to the Extreme Laziness Protocol:

"Race officials may decide to shorten or cancel a stage after an arbitrary number of days with bad weather decided by Fabian Cancellara."

 

[May0maniac]

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We're not expecting any snowfall, but we made this decision out of respect for the riders, who have been suffering bad weather since the start of the Tour de Suisse.

Oh, come on!

That's what you get when race organizers cooperate with Velon...

 

[Valv.Piti]

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If L'Equipe is correct, the snow is not a problem

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/La-derniere-etape-du-tour-de-suisse-raccourcie/696750

Ok, if that's correct then shortening the stage is just bs.

Very expected. The EWP is total *** and needs to be removed ASAP. What a pile of trash..

 

[Red Rick]

Rip Cycling. 1868 - 2016. Forever in our hearts

 

[May0maniac]

Ok, it looks like there actually was some snowfall on the Albula, to me it still looks ok and the road seems to be fine, but at least the stage wasn't just neutralized because of bad weather, it was snowing on the descent.

 

[May0maniac]

Joe Dombrowski making fun of the shortened stage on twitter.
‏@JoeDombro
In regards to the weather at Tour de Suisse today can we all just hold hands, sing Kumbaya, and do a civilized group ride?

 

[classicomano]

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https://twitter.com/f_cancellara/status/744491744297885696

Im glad hes calling it quits after this season.