2018, 72nd Tour de Romandie, April 24th - April 29th, WT

[Laplaz]

Yeah looked like Rogla took 2nd

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nice win Fuglsang, Roglic just too strong for Bernal. Good racing.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Good racing. Impressed by Bernal's persistence, as well as Roglic's.

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic confirmed 2nd. Will have 8s to burn tomorrow, which could easily go to the break cause I'm not sure there's any sprinters left.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Those were some next level attacks by Bernal. Last time I have seen that was Froome in Dauphine, then Andy and Contador in 2010 and ofc Contador and Rasmussen in 2007.

Nice stuff by Fuglsang, very intelligent ride today. He almost never wins, so this must feel extra nice for him.

 

[Rollthedice]

Roglic is the new LRP.

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Those were some next level attacks by Bernal. Last time I have seen that was Froome in Dauphine, then Andy and Contador in 2010 and ofc Contador and Rasmussen in 2007.

Nice stuff by Fuglsang, very intelligent ride today. He almost never wins, so this must feel extra nice for him.

Roglic didn't even have to get out of the saddle. I think it looked more brutal than it was cause the climb wasn't very steep.

 

[Rollthedice]

Re: Re:

Those were some next level attacks by Bernal. Last time I have seen that was Froome in Dauphine, then Andy and Contador in 2010 and ofc Contador and Rasmussen in 2007.

Nice stuff by Fuglsang, very intelligent ride today. He almost never wins, so this must feel extra nice for him.

Roglic didn't even have to get out of the saddle. I think it looked more brutal than it was cause the climb wasn't very steep.

It looked brutal because all the other riders on the road looked like they were standing still.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Roglic confirmed 2nd. Will have 8s to burn tomorrow, which could easily go to the break cause I'm not sure there's any sprinters left.

Sonny and Ackermann

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Those were some next level attacks by Bernal. Last time I have seen that was Froome in Dauphine, then Andy and Contador in 2010 and ofc Contador and Rasmussen in 2007.

Nice stuff by Fuglsang, very intelligent ride today. He almost never wins, so this must feel extra nice for him.

Roglic didn't even have to get out of the saddle. I think it looked more brutal than it was cause the climb wasn't very steep.

It looked brutal because all the other riders on the road were kind of standing still.

"Hey look, that's totally not my job"

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Roglic confirmed 2nd. Will have 8s to burn tomorrow, which could easily go to the break cause I'm not sure there's any sprinters left.

Sonny and Ackermann

That's like 8 domestiques vs De Gendt.

Easy win for De Gendt.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

GC

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Roglic confirmed 2nd. Will have 8s to burn tomorrow, which could easily go to the break cause I'm not sure there's any sprinters left.

Sonny and Ackermann

That's like 8 domestiques vs De Gendt.

Easy win for De Gendt.

Maybe Ion and Gorka will work for Sonny this time...

 

[El Pistolero]

Re:

Roglic is the new LRP.

Roglic has actually won stages in Grand Tours before, so not even close.

 

[Red Rick]

I was actually surprised by how meekly LRP was dropped uphill.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Roglic confirmed 2nd. Will have 8s to burn tomorrow, which could easily go to the break cause I'm not sure there's any sprinters left.

Sonny and Ackermann

Mørkøv!

Who's... kinda basically on his own. Got Capecchi and Knox to help him...

 

[HelloDolly]

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I was actually surprised by how meekly LRP was dropped uphill.

He has been out a good while sick...so he is not at top form yet

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Nice fight back for Fuglsang

Great way to enter the spring break, before the build up for the tour, where I think he and Astana will be the surprise of the race..... unless ofcourse he does his usual token crash

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Nice fight back for Fuglsang

Great way to enter the spring break, before the build up for the tour, where I think he and Astana will be the surprise of the race..... unless ofcourse he does his usual token crash

Hmm, Astana will be pretty weak and I really haven't been impressed by his climbing so far. They are sending their A-team to win the Giro, while Fuglsang will get the B-team and Valgren. Lets see.

 

[Valv.Piti]

So.. anybody know what happened to Bananito

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

So.. anybody know what happened to Bananito

He saw a swiss candy shop by the road.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Roglic confirmed 2nd. Will have 8s to burn tomorrow, which could easily go to the break cause I'm not sure there's any sprinters left.

Sonny and Ackermann

Mørkøv!

Who's... kinda basically on his own. Got Capecchi and Knox to help him...

Yeah he could def get 3rd

 

[staubsauger]

Re: Re:

So.. anybody know what happened to Bananito

He saw a swiss candy shop by the road.

There once was the wallonian cycling team Chocolate Jacques. Betancur would be a great advertisement for Lind.

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Fuglsang - smart riding. Roglic did what he had to, Bernal tried, LRP & Costa hung in there.

 

[movingtarget]

Porte admitted that he blew in the last 2 kms of the TT and he hasn't had much recent racing. I think he'd be quite happy with the last two stages and his current podium spot. He certainly looked done in after the TT.