85th Tour de Suisse (2.UWT) // June 12th - 19th 2022

[Tim Cahill]

Geriant Thomas looks very lively, was closing the gaps on stage 1 well too, interested to see what his mountain legs are like.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I actually thought it might be Remco with his butt on the ground complaining, but I guess it was Masnada.

Evenepoel was actually the only QS rider to finish with what was left of the peloton, must have been a close call for him to survive the crash.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Matthews again dissapointing

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Vintage Sagan! The way he can surf the peloton when he's on is amazing to watch.

 

[Bonimenier]

Evenepoel was actually the only QS rider to finish with what was left of the peloton, must have been a close call for him to survive the crash.

Or just his supreme bike handling skills keeping him upright

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Great comeback Sagan! Not quite on the level of comeback as the dawg though.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

The field of climby-sprinty boys actually looks more than decent judging by this top ten. Can't really argue Peter only won because it's a weak field imo.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I actually thought it might be Remco with his butt on the ground complaining, but I guess it was Masnada.

Looks more like Van Wilder . Masnada was caught in it somehow because he lost 53s, but van wilder lost over 4 minutes

 

[yaco]

Nothing has changed - Sagan's wheel has always been the best wheel to follow in a sprint final.

 

[Didinho]

Fell asleep with 92km to go, woke up with a close up of Sagan winning.
Sad because I missed his vintage way, but so happy he won!

Did Bettiol celebrated his top 10??

 

[gunara]

Waited forever for Sagan to show some kind of form.

I missed the stage, he won

EDIT:
Not that I'm not happy. Yess, Peter!

 

[shalgo]

Mr. Consistently-Mediocre, Sam Oomen, finished 20th today. In 37 race days this year, he has finished between 11th and 42nd every time, except stage 12 of the Giro (where he was 72nd).

 

[red_flanders]

So there's a cat 2 near the end of tomorrow's stage. Anyone know the climb? GC action?

 

[gunara]

The field of climby-sprinty boys actually looks more than decent judging by this top ten. Can't really argue Peter only won because it's a weak field imo.

You know there can hardly be a race without weak field argument here

 

[Big Doopie]

surprised there was no uproar and ten pages of ridicule aimed at G for going for the bonus.

oh wait, that kind crap only gets directed at one particular rider.

;-)

 

[Big Doopie]

Looks more like Van Wilder . Masnada was caught in it somehow because he lost 53s, but van wilder lost over 4 minutes

crap, just after returning from a broken jaw. and doing so well on the first stage.

 

[saunaking]

Matthews again dissapointing

I remember back when for some reason he was mentioned in sentences with Sagan!

 

[red_flanders]

surprised there was no uproar and ten pages of ridicule aimed at G for going for the bonus.

oh wait, that kind crap only gets directed at one particular rider.

;-)

I hear ya but I don't think anyone takes Thomas seriously as a GC threat right now. Maybe he'll prove that to be wrong, but he seems well past it.

 

[Bonimenier]

I hear ya but I don't think anyone takes Thomas seriously as a GC threat right now. Maybe he'll prove that to be wrong, but he seems well past it.

Thomas will top 5 the Tour easily.

 

[Big Doopie]

I hear ya but I don't think anyone takes Thomas seriously as a GC threat right now. Maybe he'll prove that to be wrong, but he seems well past it.

hmm. if he has his romandie 2021 climbing legs, he can also do much better than yates in the itt, so... with martinez dropping time, probably ineos thinks he may be their best podium prospect.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

From what i saw on the live stream, it was Asgreen who just went down with no clear cause. You could see it on the helicopter shot, center of the bunch, bottom of the screen, just as they switched to moto camera at 4.5k from the finish.

Van Wilder didn't hit the ground, but he fell on the backwheel of a rider (and the rider) in front of him and has burn marks on his belly.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So there's a cat 2 near the end of tomorrow's stage. Anyone know the climb? GC action?

The profile below as far as the junction to Morgarten:

Looks a little harder than the final climb on the first stage but it's further from the finish and the rest of the stage is far easier. Unfortunately the ensuing descent is really wide and shallow (3-4%).

 

[tonymikejoe]

Chris Horner will absolutely love talking about this later.
He is a big Sagan fanboy and was, I thought, making poor excuses for him earlier in this race, claiming his legs needed to get up to race speed after a period of altitude training.
It looks like Horner was correct.

 

[Riek s]

From what i saw on the live stream, it was Asgreen who just went down with no clear cause. You could see it on the helicopter shot, center of the bunch, bottom of the screen, just as they switched to moto camera at 4.5k from the finish.

Van Wilder didn't hit the ground, but he fell on the backwheel of a rider (and the rider) in front of him and has burn marks on his belly.

oef that looks like a lot of skin loss for Asgreen.. Hopefully his knee is not hit to hard..

 

[Oldermanish]

Vintage Sagan! The way he can surf the peloton when he's on is amazing to watch.

I will enjoy the highlights when they're available but can imagine his happiness (relief) at being in the mix. His post-race interview suggested he feels ready for the Tour. That seems a stretch but hope for the best.