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

[RedheadDane]

Ganna slower than Dennis.

 

[johnymax]

So Logic was right. Ganna is not the dominant TTer almost everyone thought he was.

 

[Escarabajo]

Ganna off!!!!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Ganna not Top

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So can we conclude Ganna's 2020 was a bit of an outlier or is it too early for that?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Who's ever going to beat Ganna at a TT? Who knows.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If he want to note progression he has to pull always to see progression. Maybe he has another ways to see his progression. But the rest of the race it will rain except tomorrow and it will be hard to see his best, so...

I don't think those six minutes will have much influence on which level he will end up reaching. Not that I think it will ever come close to his former level, but better than finishing 50-100th in a WT race could be possible.

Technically, the quicker you go, the quicker you'll get it over with.

Yeah, but this is all a part of his master plan to be the most well-rested rider in some race at some point in the future, so we won't see him at the front before that

 

[Mayomaniac]

Only 5th time for Ganna is he ok?

 

[BlueRoads]

I think the climb is just really hard, since neither Küng nor Ganna showed their best, while Herrada did.

 

[broppo]

wow Ganna completely over the hill, maybe he should retire.

 

[BlueRoads]

Meaning the more explosive climbers profit.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think the climb is just really hard, since neither Küng nor Ganna showed their best, while Herrada did.

Ganna was already 4s behind before the climb though.

 

[johnymax]

I think the climb is just really hard, since neither Küng nor Ganna showed their best, while Herrada did.

I don't think it's about the climb. Ganna for example is only 11th at the first check and actually he gained time on a lot of riders on the climb.

 

[BlueRoads]

Ganna was already 4s behind before the climb though.

Yeah, that was not his best. But I think the climb is very important here.

 

[broppo]

Ganna was already 4s behind before the climb though.

yeah the guy is completely washed, I thought after Hirschi's epic downfall this year it couldn't get any worse, but Ganna did it.

 

[Bonimenier]

Dennis' climb was pretty sick compared to the others till now.

 

[Mayomaniac]

MAL beating Ion Izagirre in this kind of Prologue is a bit of a surprise for me.

 

[Oliver]

I think the climb is just really hard, since neither Küng nor Ganna showed their best, while Herrada did.

Ganna had even a worse intermediate time... it’s not the climb that made the difference

 

[Escarabajo]

Only 5th time for Ganna is he ok?

No. We are already talking retirement!!!

 

[johnymax]

I still expect Hirschi to do really well here.

 

[Escarabajo]

MAL beating Ion Izagirre in this kind of Prologue is a bit of a surprise for me.

We discussed this in the initial TT in 2019's Giro. Something similar happened and then we hit the reality few days after that.

 

[johnymax]

We discussed this in the initial TT in 2019. Something similar happened and then we hit the reality few days after that.

You mean in the Giro?

 

[johnymax]

This TT should be too short for Tony Martin.

 

[Mayomaniac]

We discussed this in the initial TT in 2019. Something similar happened and then we hit the reality few days after that.

Yeah, but unlike Astana Movistar have pretty good TT bikes, so who knows.

 

[Escarabajo]

You mean in the Giro?

Yes. Sorry.