2016 Tour de Suisse, 11-19 June

[SafeBet]

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Poor Tejay. He knows that no matter what he does, he cannot surpass the exploits of the mighty lil Richie over at the Dauphine. I think he will slip into a support role quite naturally at the Tour, though.

Tejay van Garderen @tejay_van
"You can plan a pretty picnic but you can't predict the weather."

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Jesus Christ, I hadn't thought about that. A team led by Richie Porte and Tejay van Garderen racing up Arcalis. Possibly the least inspiring hydra-head ever. A DS committee of Jacky Durand, Alexander Vinokourov and the ghost of Frank Vandenbroucke couldn't wring an interesting race out of that.

 

[johnymax]

There has to be a change of weather. Gorka 1st, Latour top10, Lopez top15. They all started one after another.

 

[webvan]

Not the smoothest road is it!

 

[portugal11]

Dowsett crashed

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Dowsett crashed

Yeah he does that a lot. Not the best bike handler at all.
Hope he's alright.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Jürgen Roelandts takes the lead! Come rain come, don't let anybody top him!

 

[johnymax]

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Jürgen Roelandts takes the lead! Come rain come, don't let anybody top him!

Here comes the rain

 

[jsem94]

Swiss commentators go mental as Cance takes the lead. Cance wins.

 

[Jagartrott]

Cancellara spoiling Roelandts' party. Pity.

 

[BigMac]

Blergh.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Stupid Cancellara. Further proof there is no justice in the world.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Stupid Cancellara. Further proof there is no justice in the world.

Fantastic Fabian. Further proof there is justice in the world

 

[BigMac]

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Twice in the same day, at the same time. Such a cruel world this is.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Jesus Christ, I hadn't thought about that. A team led by Richie Porte and Tejay van Garderen racing up Arcalis. Possibly the least inspiring hydra-head ever. A DS committee of Jacky Durand, Alexander Vinokourov and the ghost of Frank Vandenbroucke couldn't wring an interesting race out of that.

haha. good post

 

[webvan]

Cancellara gets this one, for 1"!

 

[johnymax]

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Stupid Cancellara. Further proof there is no justice in the world.

Fantastic Fabian. Further proof there is justice in the world

Justice or no justice, Cancellara would have won pretty comfortably if there was no rain for the last 10 riders. I think the rain played a part also for the earlier starters, but I'm not sure.

 

[This Charming Man]

Cancellera smoked Mathias brandle, and Sagan/Boom, surprising

 

[More Strides than Rides]

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Poor Tejay. He knows that no matter what he does, he cannot surpass the exploits of the mighty lil Richie over at the Dauphine. I think he will slip into a support role quite naturally at the Tour, though.

Tejay van Garderen @tejay_van
"You can plan a pretty picnic but you can't predict the weather."

I didn't see the stage.

Was it just a case of being an early starter, in the rain? It sounds like plenty other riders also got rained on.

Or was it more like it rained for everybody, but he packed it in from the start?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Stupid Cancellara. Further proof there is no justice in the world.

Fantastic Fabian. Further proof there is justice in the world

Justice or no justice, Cancellara would have won pretty comfortably if there was no rain for the last 10 riders. I think the rain played a part also for the earlier starters, but I'm not sure.

I was referring to the run of bad luck during April/May, and that this was the revenge
Also I did not watch much else of the TT except Fabian's (and Spilak's) ride since I had other things to do. Were the conditions very uneven throughout the TT?

 

[DNP-Old]

Acceptable time for Lopez. Looks like his form is growing, as he was already having a good race in d'Argovie earlier in the week. It's his moment to shine, since he still has to secure that Vuelta spot and Österreich and Burgos are right around the corner.

 

[MatParker117]

Good start by G.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Great win for Spartacus in his farewell Tour de Suisse.

 

[KubaWinter]

https://goo.gl/photos/bz2ckoL9gPgRFBRs7

Some pictures from today.

Weather was changing all the time. Some riders gambled on early start as a forecast was favorable, but it rained. In the middle is was quite OK, but then it started pouring once more. It was matter of luck to start on a right time.

 

[sir fly]

I've almost forgotten TdS has started...Must be related to the thread not been pinned. What are these new mods doing, I'm wondering...
It was a close call between Cancellara, Roelandts and Durbridge, it seems.Good ride by Roelandts.