Tour de Romandie 2012

[Ryo Hazuki]

I'll go with traditional sprint, some climbers would really have to attack, drill it to the line and work together. It's closer to 30 than 25km from the top to the line.

the field here is high in climbers. the stage is harder than yesterday and other teams will go for it even more I'm sure of to try and hurt wiggins

 

[dlwssonic]

maybe rabobank will pull it off today.

 

[search]

the field here is high in climbers. the stage is harder than yesterday and other teams will go for it even more I'm sure of to try and hurt wiggins

the finish is harder, but not the stage itself. Yesterday the runin to the finish offered way more opportunities to attack and in contrary to yesterday the weather will be fine today. I think if Matthews can get over the last big climb and Rabobank has the will to keep it together instead of trying to attack with every rider they've got he has a shot to win it in the uphill sprint.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

but he won't get over that climb. I think he's not in good shape and they will attack on that climb and coming back will be hard to organise. davis has a ****ty team and matthews teammates will be in front. meersman teams sucks too

 

[karlboss]

but he won't get over that climb. I think he's not in good shape and they will attack on that climb and coming back will be hard to organise. davis has a ****ty team and matthews teammates will be in front. meersman teams sucks too

Nope, they know wiggins isn't vulnerable from 30km out, especially with the team he has. So noone will attack. The pace up and over won't be fast enough. Cavendish to win as Sky try to prove they can take yellow and green.

 

[theyoungest]

Indeed, Wiggins will pull them back by himself if he has to. This is not the stage to attack him, the penultimate stage with the cat 1 climb might be.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Last 1km profile, anyone?

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Nope, they know wiggins isn't vulnerable from 30km out, especially with the team he has. So noone will attack. The pace up and over won't be fast enough. Cavendish to win as Sky try to prove they can take yellow and green.

I dont see it, Cav has been dropped whenever the road has gone uphill recently. He is here to get some race miles in before the Giro.

 

[element]

I'd like to see Sky set a mega tempo on the climb to melt off any sprinters, then leave Wiggins to fend for himself in the final, and maybe take out another win and bonus seconds. It's risky, but I'd like to see them try, as it would make the last 25km interesting. Essentially, I hope they race, rather than sit in for a sprint!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I'd like to see Sky set a mega tempo on the climb to melt off any sprinters, then leave Wiggins to fend for himself in the final, and maybe take out another win and bonus seconds. It's risky, but I'd like to see them try, as it would make the last 25km interesting. Essentially, I hope they race, rather than sit in for a sprint!

that's what they should do as the final km suits wiggins very well

 

[search]

but he won't get over that climb. I think he's not in good shape and they will attack on that climb and coming back will be hard to organise. davis has a ****ty team and matthews teammates will be in front. meersman teams sucks too

he made it over the "big" climb yesterday in the first group, he cracked at the small climb with ~13k to go, so it may be possible

I agree to you regarding Meersman and Davis. Apart from Allan Davis not winning much anyway, no matter what circumstances

 

[search]

Last 1km profile, anyone?

http://www.tracks4bikers.com/tracks/show/91638

you can zoom into the last k by using "Advanced options" and chosing a "Profile range" of 34-36

 

[dlwssonic]

meersman, matthews, wiggins, evans will be in the mix today.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Tiralongo to revenge his defeat from the sprint yesterday

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

meersman, matthews, wiggins, evans will be in the mix today.

meersman? the guy that didn't finish in the first group of 60 yesterday?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

wiggins is gonna win this race easily

When you say it, it makes me want to bet on someone else *remembers Paris Roubaix race comments*

 

[More Strides than Rides]

meersman, matthews, wiggins, evans will be in the mix today.

I've said it before, Meersman is unstoppable on finishes that don't look as steep as the profile . I think today will be another

 

[Sylvester]

meersman? the guy that didn't finish in the first group of 60 yesterday?

To be fair, he lost only 11 seconds. The rest of Lotto-Belisol did incredibly bad, losing over 7 minutes. That's quite the embarrassing performance.

 

[jens_attacks]

westra abandons........




















...again

 

[roundabout]

Cheeky devil, planning to take them by surprise at the finish

 

[Azabael]

westra abandons........




















...again

Lagutin must have returned to fake him another abandon. ^^

On a serious note, if he really did abandon, I'm glad to hear. I rather see him take some rest than pushing for this TdR.

 

[jens_attacks]

i hope rolland gives it a go today again.he is right now probably the smoothest guy on a bike when the road goes uphill,superb style.still i'm worried for his knees,those are some massive gears

 

[movingtarget]

Does anyone know why Menchov abandoned ?

 

[hatcher]

Westra says:

Lieuwe Westra ‏ @lieuwewestra
Na slechte gevoel van gister kwam ik vandaag wederom niet vooruit! Nu is het tijd om m'n verstand te gebruiken #rust

 

[Mellow Velo]

Westra to pop out of the crowd at the 400m mark, and finish 2nd to whoever, again.