Tour de Romandie 2022 (April 26 - May 1)

[Bolder]

Majority of teams looked like they had no idea how the finish was designed, everyone seemed surprised that it was just 200m left after they hit the final bend.

I thought that too. Bevin said in a quick itv that he was going all out for the last curve so seemed to be ready for it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Majority of teams looked like they had no idea how the finish was designed, everyone seemed surprised that it was just 200m left after they hit the final bend.

They rode through the finish 140 km earlier, so they should at least have had an idea of what it looked like.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm gonna take it back.

This route is ***.

 

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weather looks really crap as well tomorrow. Not sure they'll even do the full stage.

edit: this is what I got when I plotted tomorrow's final climb as a whole on LFR, btw. Doesn't look 100% accurate, but gives an idea at least

 

[Lequack]

Three New Zealanders in the top 7, and an Australian to top it up.
New Zealanders are the new Slovenians.

 

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here's also the official weather forecast for tomorrow now. Not quite as bad as I thought, but will probably still take its toll

 

[RedheadDane]

New Zealanders are the new Slovenians.

I came up with that!

 

[Cookster15]

Looks like a really mild climbing edition of Romandie. That final climb plays right into Dennis's hands. With the final TT to come its his race to lose.

 

[tobydawq]

here's also the official weather forecast for tomorrow now. Not quite as bad as I thought, but will probably still take its toll

Who is the little gray man who stands in front of the sun?

 

[Lequack]

Who is the little gray man who stands in front of the sun?

Looks like poop emoji guy.

 

[tobydawq]

Looks like a really mild climbing edition of Romandie. That final climb plays right into Dennis's hands. With the final TT to come its his race to lose.

There is quite a bit more to the stage than the final climb. Sometimes that matters to the famous route critics but apparently not here.

To me, it looks like a hell of a stage profile.

 

[Lequack]

I came up with that!

I was late to the party today, should have checked previous pages

 

[Cookster15]

There is quite a bit more to the stage than the final climb. Sometimes that matters to the famous route critics but apparently not here.

To me, it looks like a hell of a stage profile.

I based my comment on Dennis's ride in the 2019 Tour de Swiss. On that occasion he climbed superbly on a far more mountainous route only beaten by Bernal. So I think it can only be team tactics that could overcome Dennis's ambitions on that stage profile especially as he seems in very good form. Agreed it would be very difficult to control.

 

[Sciatic]

There is quite a bit more to the stage than the final climb. Sometimes that matters to the famous route critics but apparently not here.

To me, it looks like a hell of a stage profile.

It’s interesting how the overall stage profile for tomorrow shows the final two big climbs are both stair-step climbs with respites in the middle. In fact the “stairs” are each categorized as separate climbs. Hope the weather isn’t too bad because the views from that valley are gorgeous!

 

[Landeirovic]

weather looks really crap as well tomorrow. Not sure they'll even do the full stage.

edit: this is what I got when I plotted tomorrow's final climb as a whole on LFR, btw. Doesn't look 100% accurate, but gives an idea at least

Not hard climb... uphil sprint

 

[hayneplane]

Dennis has been better than any point since the Stelvio taxi pull that won the Giro for TGH. Not just strong but sharp punchy accelerations and able to jump on any move that merits covering.

 

[tobydawq]

I also think that Dennis can win the race but that is not the route's fault. He has all the skills to win a race like this. And if anything, he is unfortunate with the route given that the last stage is a rare MTT.

 

[Red Rick]

There is quite a bit more to the stage than the final climb. Sometimes that matters to the famous route critics but apparently not here.

To me, it looks like a hell of a stage profile.

Could be a complete nothingburger but could also be a really great stage. My earlier comment was more about thinking the first 3 road stages, especially today, would be more selective based on the original profiles when I didn't have the details.

I'm never really into Romandie like the other WT stage races, and it tends to have these sorta odd mountain stages.

 

[Mayomaniac]

McNulty DNS today, no idea what the problem is.

 

[Wvv]

McNulty DNS today, no idea what the problem is.

Respiratory infection. Sad really, he would've been one of the favourites.

 

[RedheadDane]

Big break:

1		12	OLIVEIRA Ivo	9:27
2		43	HERMANS Quinten	0:37
3		51	IZAGIRRE Ion	20:14
4		75	KNOX James	16:46
5		105	VANHOUCKE Harm	19:25
6		116	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	10:04
7		126	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	9:09
8		153	BRENNER Marco	11:25
9		185	GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl	23:43
10		192	BRUN Nils	28:30
11		193	COLOMBO Filippo	0:33
12		197	VOISARD Yannis	3:51

Peloton at 3:11

 

[tobydawq]

Big break:

1		12	OLIVEIRA Ivo	9:27
2		43	HERMANS Quinten	0:37
3		51	IZAGIRRE Ion	20:14
4		75	KNOX James	16:46
5		105	VANHOUCKE Harm	19:25
6		116	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	10:04
7		126	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	9:09
8		153	BRENNER Marco	11:25
9		185	GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl	23:43
10		192	BRUN Nils	28:30
11		193	COLOMBO Filippo	0:33
12		197	VOISARD Yannis	3:51

Peloton at 3:11

Colombo to win the whole race?

 

[glassmoon]

So Froome will be dropped quite early I'd guess... unless the peloton would take the first climb fairly easy.

 

[Samamba]

Only 50 seconds left for the break so looks like the bunch is going hard on the climbs. Bahrain is pulling.

 

[RedheadDane]

Looks like a few of them got some time again.