Criterium du Dauphine (2.UWT), 3-10 June

[The Hegelian]

Sky at the Tour is just going to be ridiculous!

Froome Thomas Kwiatkowski Moscon Bernal Poels Van Baarle Castroviejo

Rowe & Stannard as back up rouleurs!

Could see five of them in the top ten, which is completely insane. In the same breath, if Froome fades, it's hard to see any one of the others on the top step.

Who is most likely? Maybe Bernal?

 

[The Barb]

Sky at the Tour is just going to be ridiculous!

Froome Thomas Kwiatkowski Moscon Bernal Poels Van Baarle Castroviejo

Rowe & Stannard as back up rouleurs!

Could see five of them in the top ten, which is completely insane. In the same breath, if Froome fades, it's hard to see any one of the others on the top step.

Who is most likely? Maybe Bernal?

Yeah, probably Bernal, although if Froome did fade Thomas would surely see it as his one chance for individual Tour glory sandwiched in between the Froome and Bernal eras.

Seeing a team like that is dis-spiriting. For opponents, obviously, but also for viewers as it just looks like it will inevitably be monotonous racing. Sky will be super strong in the team time trial, and Froome will know he can take time off his main rivals in the final time trial, so everything else in between looks like being just the Sky train tempo riding to prevent attacks.

 

[woodburn]

Top 20 for Powless. Interesting to see how he goes here in mountains.

 

[Robert5091]

Re: Re:

I think that hill will only drop the Kittels and Pelucchis.

Agree. Even Bauhaus has a chance of getting over.

Still, I say Keukeleire for the win.

EBH is here for some reason so ... go Eddie! (Alex Edmondson for an outside chance)

 

[axl]

About the Thomas's crash, it's really silly because there was only 2 curves in that prologue. It's not that he would have won even 10 seconds riding aggressively. To take the risk to fall heavily and to be out of le Tour just to gain 2 seconds in the dauphiné looks very stupid to me. Maybe he desperately needs that stage win (with the manner) to impress the sky management about leadership on le Tour.

 

[memyselfandI]

Sky at the Tour is just going to be ridiculous!

Froome Thomas Kwiatkowski Moscon Bernal Poels Van Baarle Castroviejo

Rowe & Stannard as back up rouleurs!

Could see five of them in the top ten, which is completely insane. In the same breath, if Froome fades, it's hard to see any one of the others on the top step.

Who is most likely? Maybe Bernal?

Yeah, probably Bernal, although if Froome did fade Thomas would surely see it as his one chance for individual Tour glory sandwiched in between the Froome and Bernal eras.

Seeing a team like that is dis-spiriting. For opponents, obviously, but also for viewers as it just looks like it will inevitably be monotonous racing. Sky will be super strong in the team time trial, and Froome will know he can take time off his main rivals in the final time trial, so everything else in between looks like being just the Sky train tempo riding to prevent attacks.

It's Kwiato I think. Third week probably is too much for Bernal and first half of this course is certainly challenging for him.

If they take Poels in, then why not Kiriyenka?

 

[Robert5091]

Sunweb down to 5 riders -
https://twitter.com/TeamSunweb

#Dauphine @ChrisHamo_ and @laurenstendam will not start stage 2 today due to sickness. Get well soon guys!

Weather - https://weather.com/weather/today/l/FRXX5120:1:FR

A few showers this morning with numerous thunderstorms developing during the afternoon hours. High 23C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 80%. Locally heavier rainfall possible.

 

[Red Rick]

Geraint Thomas wanting leadership in the Tour is pretty much the cycling equivalent of me wanting to date Scarlett Johansson.

 

[Cinemaniak]

Jakobsen for the win?

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Sky at the Tour is just going to be ridiculous!

Froome Thomas Kwiatkowski Moscon Bernal Poels Van Baarle Castroviejo

Rowe & Stannard as back up rouleurs!

Could see five of them in the top ten, which is completely insane. In the same breath, if Froome fades, it's hard to see any one of the others on the top step.

Who is most likely? Maybe Bernal?

Yeah, probably Bernal, although if Froome did fade Thomas would surely see it as his one chance for individual Tour glory sandwiched in between the Froome and Bernal eras.

Seeing a team like that is dis-spiriting. For opponents, obviously, but also for viewers as it just looks like it will inevitably be monotonous racing. Sky will be super strong in the team time trial, and Froome will know he can take time off his main rivals in the final time trial, so everything else in between looks like being just the Sky train tempo riding to prevent attacks.

It's Kwiato I think. Third week probably is too much for Bernal and first half of this course is certainly challenging for him.

If they take Poels in, then why not Kiriyenka?

Kiryenka is declining, he's been rather average this year.

 

[staubsauger]

Re:

Geraint Thomas wanting leadership in the Tour is pretty much the cycling equivalent of me wanting to date Scarlett Johansson.

I've got higher chances to date Naomi Campbell, since she desperately wants a little baby boy, than Thomas has to effectively lead Team Sky at the Tour de France! Talking about baby boys, Bernal takes over leadership duties once Froome is out of contention.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Everything sucks for Thomas. Should have just stayed on the couples.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

I guess Impey wil be in the mix ftw..
is Tiz down? or momentarily?

 

[Escarabajo]

Re:

Geraint Thomas wanting leadership in the Tour is pretty much the cycling equivalent of me wanting to date Scarlett Johansson.

I don't think so! :lol:
At least not for this year.

 

[Robert5091]

The break's (Feillu, Edet and Craddock) days seem numbered - 2 minutes and going down. QS on the front of the peloton.

 

[Robert5091]

TV starts 15.15 CET

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Current situation

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Re:

TV starts 15.15 CET

thanks

 

[Cance > TheRest]

The break is doomed for 'Feillure'

 

[DNP-Old]

Gaudu crashed.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

The break is doomed for 'Feillure'

Let's call it Edet.

 

[DNP-Old]

That's Gaudu done for then.

 

[Climbing]

Vintage Nibali.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

nibs!

 

[Rollthedice]

Vincenzo feels good.