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

[70kmph]

Movistar wooo,,,they finally did something

 

[RedheadDane]

Soler
Cort
Sagan

 

[johnymax]

Wow Magnus Cort and Sagan there in the small peloton. Strong rides from them.

Edit:
Colbrelli too.

 

[JosefK]

Soler is happiest because he avoids getting a Knucklehead Award from Pappy Horner.

 

[tobydawq]

Kelderman too good to work??

Of course.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Cort, Sagan and Colbrelli survived while the likes of Kruijswijk didn't, weird stage.

 

[Screecher]

Sagan started his sprint from too far back but it didn't matter anyway.

 

[red_flanders]

That was a better stage than I'd have expected! Too bad for Küng.

 

[JosefK]

A relatively small group up front. I wonder whether there were other crashes off camera.

 

[Sciatic]

You could tell how happy Soler was once he got on the radio and realized he wasn’t going to be called back to help pull for Nairo

 

[johnymax]

Cort, Sagan and Colbrelli survived while the likes of Kruijswijk didn't, weird stage.

Kruiswijk is waiting for the mythical third week.

 

[SafeBet]

Cort, Sagan and Colbrelli survived while the likes of Kruijswijk didn't, weird stage.

Kruijswijk has been meh the whole season and this was the kind of stage where you'd expect him to be at his worst: bad weather, explosive short climbs, dangerous descents. I'm not really surprised he was dropped.

Nice to see an attacker rewarded with the jersey.

 

[johnymax]

That was a better stage than I'd have expected! Too bad for Küng.

Bad weather does that for you. Amazing. Everytime there's rain one should expect a good stage/race. Only bad thing is that the TV coverage also gets worse with bad weather.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Wilder, my man, leading the youth classification. Ahead of Arensman and Champoussin. Looks like the youth jersey is going to one of these three.
Edit: scratch that, Hirschi added to the results, still leading the youth classifications.

 

[postmanhat]

Pleased for Soler. He really seems to thrive in poor conditions. Wasn't it him v Thomas as well for the GC in a rain-battered Paris-Nice a few years ago?

 

[Escarabajo]

Was that Lopez at the back?

Yes it was. He hates cold weather. That's for sure. There is really no need for him to risk anything because he is coming from injury. He just needs miles.

 

[SafeBet]

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.

 

[postmanhat]

Van Wilder, my man, leading the youth classification. Ahead of Arensman and Champoussin. Looks like the youth jersey is going to one of these three.

I've heard of, but never seen Van Wilder till this race. He's going very well! How old is he?

 

[SafeBet]

Van Wilder, my man, leading the youth classification. Ahead of Arensman and Champoussin. Looks like the youth jersey is going to one of these three.

Yep, unless tomorrow's stage gets severely shortened (in that case Hirschi can still win it).
Tiberi had another solid performance coming in with the Kruijswijk group. He's 28th in GC.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I've heard of, but never seen Van Wilder till this race. He's going very well! How old is he?

20, turns 21 later this month or next month.

 

[johnymax]

Yes it was. He hates cold weather. That's for sure. There is really no need for him to risk anything because he is coming from injury. He just needs miles.

Lopez 2:50 back.

 

[RedheadDane]

20, turns 21 later this month or next month.

Depending on whether you're in Australia/New Zealand, where it's (possibly...) already May?

 

[railxmig]

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.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Depending on whether you're in Australia/New Zealand, where it's (possibly...) already May?

Since covid lockdowns time became irrelevant. Hence i have no idea what month we are in.

 

[RedheadDane]

Since covid lockdowns time became irrelevant. Hence i have no idea what month we are in.

Well, it works the other way as well. I think it might actually be May already in that part of the World, never really been that good with time-zones.