77th Tour de Romandie (2.UWT) // 23rd - 28th of April 2024

[Logic-is-your-friend]

La Suisse Romande!

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Date: 2024-04-23 Category: Men Elite Class: 2.UWT UCI Tour: UCI Worldtour

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I made this thread because i got tired of waiting for profiles of this race. Only recently has the official website uploaded the stage profiles, and PCS still doesn't have any.

Who's there? Bernal, L. Martinez, Ayuso, A. Yates, Vlasov, Hindley, Mas, Van Wilder, McNulty, Arensman, Hart, C. Rodriguez, Higuita, Hayter, Caruso and you can look up the others yourself, you lazy fart!

There's a 2.2k prologue, and a 16k ITT. There are two MTF, one finishing at 7.3% avg for ~10km. One at ~6% avg for ~14km. Check the profiles.
Weather could be a deciding factor in this race.

Due to FOMO i also included a poll. You can select multiple options.

PROFILES
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23/04 Prologue: Payerne - Payerne (2.28 km)	24/04 Château d’Oex - Fribourg (165.7 km)	25/04 Fribourg - Salvan/Les Marécottes (171 km)
26/04 ITT: Oron - Oron (15.5 km)	27/04 Saillon - Leysin (151.7 km)	28/04 Vernier - Vernier (150.8 km)

 

[Netserk]

Finish at ~1.1 km to go.

 

[Didinho]

Went skiing in Leysin with my local school as a child, been there a couple times. Lovely to see a MTF up there.

UAE the team to beat again.

 

[search]

There's a 2.2k prologue [...]​

quite a fun looking one this time. Hopefully it stays dry

 

[BigCoward]

Thats a nice wide open GC. Hope Bernal is continuing to get better.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

The weather forecast looks absolutely terrible. Simon Spilak comeback worthy.

This will be a very tough week.

 

[RedheadDane]

That poll, though.

 

[velaso montador]

Damian Howsen for the overall is a bold statement ill go with that.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Visma- Lisa's Bike looks like a team of top domestiques in search of a CG guy to work for.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I voted no because its not fair Switzerland has two world tour races. Lets send their world tour races to the UK instead.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I voted no because its not fair Switzerland has two world tour races. Lets send their world tour races to the UK instead.

If anything, Austria and Switzerland should have more races.

 

[Breh]

Can we please stop making racethreads with the annoying inside jokes and useless polls?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Ayuso to get the win from a strong UAE showing, Bernal to finish a close second

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Now i will include 2 polls in the next thread i create.

 

[Didinho]

Finally Thibau Nys again. Could be good in the prologue.

 

[yaco]

I am interested in whether Plapp can do a decent ITT in Europe.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I am interested in whether Plapp can do a decent ITT in Europe.

Geo-blocking is the worst.

 

[hayneplane]

Looks like a parcours for Ayuso in this field to gain in longer TT and do well enough in the mountains to win the overall unless the weather is a big factor.

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 4 will be a disaster for anyone with a beautiful wife.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Stage 4 will be a disaster for anyone with a beautiful wife.

In order to get the best possible race preview, can you post pictures of all the wives of the top ranked GC riders here? That way we can make a more in depth pre-race analysis.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

In order to get the best possible race preview, can you post pictures of all the wives of the top ranked GC riders here? That way we can make a more in depth pre-race

Clearly, being single is the biggest advantage of all. Maybe that's why young riders have taken over.

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, prize for coolest way of presenting your team goes to Tudor:

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Okay, prize for coolest way of presenting your team goes to Tudor:

Going all out for one of the home races.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Okay, prize for coolest way of presenting your team goes to Tudor:

They have M on their team? Sounds unfair

 

[Landeirovic]

Okay, prize for coolest way of presenting your team goes to Tudor:

Who is the "M" rider?