75th Tour de Romandie (2.UWT) // 27th of April - 2nd of May 2021

[ciranda]

Both DSM youngsters and Champoussin survived a tough day on the saddle. Tomorrow we'll see if they're already good enough climbers to have a shot at the GC top10.

Skjelmose as well, 11th today, was missing in the initial results sheet.

 

[Escarabajo]

Froome at 19:01. we need to add to RedheadDane algorithm and predict the Tour de France result!

 

[CyclistAbi]

Nice win by Soler.

 

[postmanhat]

Interesting paradox. Krujswijk, a Dutch performing worse in bad weather than Soler, a Spaniard (for it to work i'll ignore on him being Catalan). Btw, i'm predicting Soler to end up 6th in the Giro.

Van Wilder is i think the youngest of the new breed of Belgian flyers (with Vansevenant and Vandelabele) that most likely will turn into Ardennes guys with maybe occasional GC try like Wellens, Teuns or Bakelants. I feel he might be a lil bit too quick to be a full on GC focused guy. However, this days it seems like full on sprinters are also top of GC so who knows. We'll see tomorrow where he's at.

Huh, Arensman's only 21? I thought he was much older. Maybe i've mixed him up with someone else.

You're not the only one. Arensman seems to have been around for ages. Pretty sure I had him on my CQ team in 2019.

And as I posted above. Soler seems to do best in the rain? Coming from England, I always have an affection for such riders

 

[RedheadDane]

You're not the only one. Arensman seems to have been around for ages. Pretty sure I had him on my CQ team in 2019.

As I posted in the Women's Prediction Thread the other day; that's the annoying thing with those old experienced riders; they're just so frikkin' young!

 

[Red Rick]

Of course.

I can't even anymore.

Tbh the last time Kelderman worked as a domestique he brought Dumoulin to the final climb of the 2018 WCRR about 30 places back. Before that he crashed out half the Giro contenders.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Skjelmose as well, 11th today, was missing in the initial results sheet.

Yeah, him and Hirschi were both missing initially. Rainjackets?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah, him and Hirschi were both missing initially. Rainjackets?

Probably not on their own bikes after a mechanical?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yeah, him and Hirschi were both missing initially. Rainjackets?

Skjelmose looks like a great talent. Him outperforming Tiberi today isn't a huge surprise, Tiberi isn't explosive and prefers long climbs.
I'm also assuming that a Dane has more experience when it comes to riding in cold and rainy weather than soneone who grew up near Rome.

 

[RedheadDane]

Skjelmose looks like a great talent. Him outperforming Tiberi today isn't a huge surprise, Tiberi isn't explosive and prefers long climbs.
I'm also assuming that a Dane has more experience when it comes to riding in cold and rainy weather than soneone who grew up near Rome.

Being a year older might also work in Skjelmose's advantage.
For now, of course at some point it'll become a disadvantage because he'll get old before Tiberi.

 

[tobydawq]

Being a year older might also work in Skjelmose's advantage.
For now, of course at some point it'll become a disadvantage because he'll get old before Tiberi.

He'll get old in 9 years and 7 months.

 

[RedheadDane]

He'll get old in 9 years and 7 months.

How many times do I have to tell you that 30 is not old?

 

[tobydawq]

How many times do I have to tell you that 30 is not old?

You can try all you want but I will not change my mind until June next year.

 

[tobydawq]

What happened to Jack Haig? Yesterday, he was in the front group (and has been throughout the race), but today he was in the Froometto, losing 19 minutes...

 

[Bertram Wooster]

Soler, a Spaniard (for it to work i'll ignore on him being Catalan).

That's exactly what Spaniards do with Catalans.

 

[Red Rick]

They'll start 2 hours ahead of schedule tomorrow cause impending snow, so they can still finish the stage. Estimated finnishing time ~15.00

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Wilder says he's feeling very tired and still suffering from Itzulia, where he went too deep. Let's hope he can hang in there tomorrow.

Skjelmose looks like a great talent. Him outperforming Tiberi today isn't a huge surprise, Tiberi isn't explosive and prefers long climbs.
I'm also assuming that a Dane has more experience when it comes to riding in cold and rainy weather than soneone who grew up near Rome.

He's older than Tiberi, and he's gone MIA for quite a while, with a whole bunch of rumours going around as to what happened to him after his win in Pays de Vaud 2018.

 

[MartinGT]

Great win. Made me chuckle when Thomas looked annoyed at Bora and co not coming to the front to pull him back.

 

[RedheadDane]

He's older than Tiberi, and he's gone MIA for quite a while, with a whole bunch of rumours going around as to what happened to him after his win in Pays de Vaud 2018.

No rumours about it.

 

[Sciatic]

They'll start 2 hours ahead of schedule tomorrow cause impending snow, so they can still finish the stage. Estimated finnishing time ~15.00

Ack, too early!

 

[Koronin]

Nice win for Soler.

 

[AlfaLum]

What happened to Jack Haig? Yesterday, he was in the front group (and has been throughout the race), but today he was in the Froometto, losing 19 minutes...

i am also very curious about this. Was really anticipating a good performance from Haig here.

 

[Gregor_Slovenia]

Will tomorrow stage go as planned to the top of Thyon climb?

 

[red_flanders]

Will tomorrow stage go as planned to the top of Thyon climb?

On the broadcast they were talking about moving it forward 2 hours to avoid the snow. Didn't hear anything final.

 

[RedheadDane]

On the broadcast they were talking about moving it forward 2 hours to avoid the snow. Didn't hear anything final.

And then the rest will be up to the riders. If they don't want to ride in snow, they better get a move on!