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

[Gregor_Slovenia]

Well, if they go to the top, my favourite is Porte. Woods, Thomas and also Lopez favourites in second row. But if Lopez does not fancy cold weather..Then maybe him not.

 

[Blanco]

That's exactly what Spaniards do with Catalans.

Who are by the way Spaniards after all...

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Who are by the way Spaniards after all...

They don’t seem so sure about that...

 

[Blanco]

They don’t seem so sure about that...

Some of them...

 

[Velolover2]

Lopez is not in his best shape yet. The climb is way too long for Woods.

The only one who can match Porte/Thomas is Kuss.

 

[Pinot's goat]

I think Kelderman has a chance.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think Kelderman has a chance.

Jinxed it.

 

[BlueRoads]

I think Kelderman has a chance.

Yeah, not for the win, but keeping up could very well be possible.

 

[jmdirt]

YUK racing! I hate a wet chamois!

 

[RedheadDane]

1			ČERNÝ Josef
2			WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads
3			GOOSSENS Kobe
4			HOLMES Matthew
5			CORT Magnus
6			PETILLI Simone
7			PELLAUD Simon

Peloton at around 4 minutes.

 

[Poursuivant]

Thomas for the stage

 

[BlueRoads]

Anybody knows more about the weather today?

 

[HelloDolly]

has the race started early ????

 

[RedheadDane]

has the race started early ????

Yup. Forecast of snow later on.

 

[Red Rick]

has the race started early ????

Started 2 hours early because of expected weather being horrendous.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I had hoped to see some better climbers in the break.

Anybody knows more about the weather today?

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ch/thyon/315742/hourly-weather-forecast/315742

Hourly Weather Forecast for Thyon, Valais, Switzerland - The Weather Channel | Weather.com

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[Pinot's goat]

The break does not suit the stage profile, Cerny already dropped according to pcs.

 

[RedheadDane]

The break does not suit the stage profile, Cerny already dropped according to pcs.

Looks like he managed to hang on.

 

[roundabout]

seems like the sort of weather when the bigger guys may surprise despite the stage difficulty

 

[Red Rick]

Who's the best climber in that break? Goossens?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Who's the best climber in that break? Goossens?

Possibly. But there is a difference between a climber that can do his thing when he's dropped off at the bottom of the climb, and a climber who's been in the break all day, for two consecutive days.

 

[search]

on paper I'd think Petilli is maybe even the better climber. But he hasn't shown much of it since his early Lampre days

 

[will-10]

Filthy weather. I'm going with Izagirre, but I'm not sure which one.

 

[RedheadDane]

Filthy weather. I'm going with Izagirre, but I'm not sure which one.

Well, Gorka crashed, so he might be a bit sore.

 

[search]

Gorka already crashed (no idea how hard). And has he ever done something on a real mountain, no matter the weather? Even for Ion this normally should be too hard