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

[AlfaLum]

He still beat Thomas and Küng, that means youre not in bad shape at all. Maybe not peak shape, but still not bad at all.

You are wrong. He had a bad day today and was suffering a lot from the heat + he is not in good shape. Normal Remco would beat these guys by minutes always, just like in Algarve where everybody was in top-shape.

 

[Faserr]

Higuitamonster really strong.

 

[Samamba]

Higuita holds on to 2nd place. Great performance from the little man!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Maybe look up some previous results. When Küng finishes ahead of Evenepoel in a TT, it's by few seconds. The other way around it's by minutes.

But surely peak Remco wouldn't have beaten Küng by minutes here.

 

[StryderHells]

Thomas in his best form for years.

I’d argue he was in better form at this time last year.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He still beat Thomas and Küng, that means youre not in bad shape at all. Maybe not peak shape, but still not bad at all.

Obviously it's not bad, but i wouldn't call it a good TT for his doing either. Considering the headwind section, you would expect him to fly away in that part. He didn't. He only took a few extra seconds on most rivals and even lost time to Thomas there.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did they tape a icepack onto Thomas' back?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Really good second part by Higuita. Also good to know that Powless' mechanical probably didn't cost him the top-3 after all.

 

[JosefK]

Powless' bike change wouldn't have made enough of a difference to change his position. Great TT effort, there.

 

[Red Rick]

Higuita saved 2nd?

That's not bad actually

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Higuita saved 2nd?

That's not bad actually

He actually took back time on Fuglsang after the time check.

 

[Faserr]

Bora finished with the remaining three riders in the top10 after loosing Vlasov.

 

[JosefK]

Higuita impressive on the 2nd half. Great effort for a little dude on the TT bike.

 

[Pinot's goat]

Thomas in his best form for years.

He was in just as good form this time last year.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

But surely peak Remco wouldn't have beaten Küng by minutes here.

Not minutes. But imho, 40s or more.

 

[Bolder]

So remco win, but lost time on thomas on his should be best part of the parcour. So clearly not his best, but good enough to compete in a TT with the field here.

Thomas is a very very good TTer, would have not been a huge surprise if he had won....

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Did they tape a icepack onto Thomas' back?

A new non-melting ice pack, marginal gains and all that.

 

[JosefK]

Remco the favorite for the Vuelta again?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So King Remco stayed on his throne until the end! Congrats. Winning the TT but struggling on climbs, interesting.
Thomas in a really good form ahead of the Tour, he won the race comfortably barely losing the stage.
Kung surprisingly losing time in the second part of the TT but he's more of a climber nowadays.
Very solid ride by Martinez, could have been higher in the GC if not for his domestique duties.
Higuita not bad as well but obviously not enough to keep the jersey.

 

[RedheadDane]

A new non-melting ice pack, marginal gains and all that.

I couldn't quite see what it was...

 

[Savant12]

I’d argue he was in better form at this time last year.

Yeah, that's probably true. He was also very good in 2020 leading up to his Giro's crash. I think his bad luck is just at the forefront of my memory.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Evenepoel looks like he's been doing a few dumbell curls, decent upper body mass for a cyclist to be fair to the lad and not bad for the time trials, gotta look decent for the girls in your adolescence I understand but he might want to lose a bit of that for the big climbs.

He's got a bit more likeable in the past few months as well after that kickoff in Algarve, someone's either had a word or he's just caught on I think but he seems a lot more relaxed.

 

[JosefK]

Thomas to finish 2nd in the TDF behind Pogačar.

 

[KZD]

Remco the favorite for the Vuelta again?

Only if Pogi gifts him the win

 

[Escarabajo]

Yeah the ride of Martinez gives already a good indication on evenpoels performance. Seems to be quite a bit below his normal TT performances.

Or maybe you haven't watched cycling in the last 2-3 years.

Post note: I probably need to explain better. No I am not surprise, Remco still won against some of the best time trialers, the last TT takes into account recovery which will hurt Remco a little bit on this race and last but not least Daniel Martinez is a very good time trilaler.