71st Tour de Romandie - April 25th-30th

[WheelofGear]

Ion 11th behind Roglic.

 

[WheelofGear]

Feline will win it.

Let's see how long he can defend his jersey.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Albasini must be the main contender for the ugliest time trial position/style

 

[WheelofGear]

All riders have been on the ramp now. Alex the last man.

 

[WheelofGear]

Dowsett s/t with Felline now. :surprised:

Could be close.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Albasini
all talk
no bottle
?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Dowsett good split

 

[woodburn]

Bad final turn. Dowsett two seconds short.

 

[WheelofGear]

Felline wins the prologue 2 secs ahead of Dowsett at 2nd.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[SafeBet]

Great win for Felline.

 

[Flamin]

Well deserved after an impressive spring but without too much results that do justice to his performances.

 

[GraftPunk]

Those are some pretty large time gaps for such a short course. It's too bad --- probably just a result of caution about the weather --- it would have been nice to see everyone on a dry run.

 

[Forever The Best]

Profiles of the climbs in stage 4:
Jaunpass:

Saanenmöser:

Col du Pillon:

Leysin: (only from the intersection with Col des Mosses)

 

[Velolover2]

Three extremely weak climbs after Jaunpass which is the first climb. But no proper mountain stages should make it more open.

 

[Brullnux]

It's a really soft route. Primoz favourite but Felline could actually win this if his climbing form is Vuelta 2016 or Giro 2015 level.

 

[Escarabajo]

This is anybody's race!!

 

[Escarabajo]

Hey, BTW good ride by Pantano. Maybe he has a slight change with this parcours.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Hey, BTW good ride by Pantano. Maybe he has a slight change with this parcours.

He definitely has a good chance of collecting bonus seconds seeing that he's probably the fastest sprinter among the best climbers in this race. But for now, Trek should ride for Felline. If he's not up for it tomorrow, Pantano is a good 2nd option for the team.

 

[HelloDolly]

Simon Yates is in a very good position imo

If he can win a stage and he can then he is up with a very good chance

Great thing for the race is Froome and Porte will have to attack to win as cant leave it till Sunday

 

[alexix7]

Hello! Please, has someone some good profile of the final climb Champery ? I would really like to look into it more properly. Thank you very much !

 

[HelloDolly]

Re:

Hello! Please, has someone some good profile of the final climb Champery ? I would really like to look into it more properly. Thank you very much !

The only thing I've seen I'm afraid

http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/tour-de-romandie-2017-stage-1-preview/

 

[Scarponi]

Hopefully the route isn't extreme weather protocoled

 

[Robert5091]

Final climb today - weather permitting of course.
Lots of info at http://www.cyclingstage.com/tour-de-romandie-2017/

 

[Velolover2]

Re: Re:

Hello! Please, has someone some good profile of the final climb Champery ? I would really like to look into it more properly. Thank you very much !

The only thing I've seen I'm afraid

http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/tour-de-romandie-2017-stage-1-preview/

I think guy is overestimating the stage with the list of favorites. It's not really a mountain stage.