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

[Eclipse]

Really good from Higuita to hold on to second, I'm impressed.

Nice and strong from G, looks like he's at a good level for the Tour.

Martinez showing a bit of life too.

 

[Filippo_3467]

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.

Küng is one the Top 5 TTer in the World. Thomas in form is close to it (in Stage Races). Complaining about winning the TT not with enough time against this competition is simply stupid.

Martinez really impressed me in the last stages of the Tour de Suisse. He could get to top form until the Tour and then he could play a role in the mountains. Thomas should be the better bet on this parcours for the GC but Ineos not as bad as I thought.

Schachmann also comes into form. He was a really could TTer but had really bad luck the last few years. Jungels also showing some form of the old days. I don't buy the commentators hype for the tour i bet he will be very anonymous there in support of O'Connor, but great for the team having at least some mountain support. The time trial of Higuita and Guglsang really suprised me I thought Küng could overtake them. In the end it was 10 km to short and after 2 big mountain stages where everyone showed their best the climbers could do better than expected.

 

[Big Doopie]

Remco the favorite for the Vuelta again?

no.

once again it is a Remco-detractor who is actually feeding the over-hyped narrative. And not the supporters.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Küng is one the Top 5 TTer in the World. Thomas in form is close to it (in Stage Races). Complaining about winning the TT not with enough time against this competition is simply stupid.

Martinez really impressed me in the last stages of the Tour de Suisse. He could get to top form until the Tour and then he could play a role in the mountains. Thomas should be the better bet on this parcours for the GC but Ineos not as bad as I thought.

Schachmann also comes into form. He was a really could TTer but had really bad luck the last few years. Jungels also showing some form of the old days. I don't buy the commentators hype for the tour i bet he will be very anonymous there in support of O'Connor, but great for the team having at least some mountain support. The time trial of Higuita and Guglsang really suprised me I thought Küng could overtake them. In the end it was 10 km to short and after 2 big mountain stages where everyone showed their best the climbers could do better than expected.

The only one i see complaining is you. I was simply stating it was not a top form performance by him. I think that's as close to a factual opinion as you'll get on this forum.

 

[JosefK]

no.

once again it is a Remco-detractor who is actually feeding the over-hyped narrative. And not the supporters.

I admire Remco as a rider and would absolutely love to see him win a GT one day. His fans collectively are passionate.

 

[HelloDolly]

Oooohh Fuglsang again " I have to be happy with the result . I attacked on most of the stages , one of the only ones (to attack)" ha ha ha

 

[HelloDolly]

Thomas acknowledging that man o man he may not be able to beat the Slovenians in the Tour but as a team he thinks INEOS can win

 

[Big Doopie]

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.

i agree. I think there was a lot of stress caused by not getting back to what he thought was his true form, and not being able to perform as he wanted after the long recovery from the crash. Probably led to bad actions like the awful shove at Brabantse Pijl, etc. my hope is that with LBL there has been a release. He may never win a GT but at least he knows that on any given day he may be able to put in an exploit.

at least that is my hope. It is always a fine line between someone who is a real competitor and them being able to remain likable. I, for one, have never liked the part of Remco when he brushed off his shoulder or any of that stuff.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

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.

It's obviously not a priority. Same for him being so comfortable at QS - a non-GT GC centric team till this day.

Evenepoel is definitely not a rider who is 100% committed to becoming a GT specialist. Which is fine.

 

[topcat]

Thomas to finish 2nd in the TDF behind Pogačar.

Get a hold of yourself.

 

[Rollthedice]

Thomas acknowledging that man o man he may not be able to beat the Slovenians in the Tour but as a team he thinks INEOS can win

Team classification?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Gerant Thomas has a lot of Good luck for a rider with a lot of bad luck.

 

[Lequack]

Thomas to finish 2nd in the TDF behind Pogačar.

Pog could barely beat his teammate Majka. Thomas will smoke everyone.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Oooohh Fuglsang again " I have to be happy with the result . I attacked on most of the stages , one of the only ones (to attack)" ha ha ha

Another chapter for Jakob's big book of excuses...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Oooohh Fuglsang again " I have to be happy with the result . I attacked on most of the stages , one of the only ones (to attack)" ha ha ha

Fuglsang, Masnada and Pinot the heroes of this race

 

[Oldermanish]

Really good from Higuita to hold on to second, I'm impressed.

Nice and strong from G, looks like he's at a good level for the Tour.

Martinez showing a bit of life too.

Good news for GT. Hopefully Ineos doesn't f*ck up an opportunity to activate that race.
Neilsson Powless is continuing to improve as well although the finishing field was severly weakened.

 

[Bonimenier]

Fuglsang, Masnada and Pinot the heroes of this race

Masnada was in this race?

 

[Oldermanish]

Pog could barely beat his teammate Majka. Thomas will smoke everyone.

Yeah....just like Primoz could have been crushed by Jonas. We have a few weeks before the Grand Depart and another week before things get really scary. That's enough time for Primoz, GT, Pog and few others to get into absolute starting shape. If they don't get Omicronned....

 

[shalgo]

Thomas in his best form for years.

Thomas has finished either first or second in the TDF and/or at least one of the major one-week stage races every season since 2015.

 

[Andre]

Great victory for Remco. Good to see him at half form beating some tough competition.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Masnada was in this race?

Yes, despite having mononucleosis in April and being undertrained he was accidentally in the top 20 of gc and second in the kom classification. He was also the strongest on stage 6 and the moral winner.

 

[Kazistuta]

"Moral winner"... we have a lot of them then, don't we?

 

[Bonimenier]

In most cases moral winners were just the dumbest losers of the stage.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Did Van Wilder crash? He's listed as DNF.

 

[Escarabajo]

Did Van Wilder crash? He's listed as DNF.

Yes he did. I saw it on a GCN replay.