Tour de Romandie 2023, April 25-30

[Aimar16]

is it just me or does ayuso sound american?

I think he lived there

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[HelloDolly]

Good boni's for Ayuso, but he didn't look too good on the climb.

Bardet top favorite for this week imo. He looks really good.

Knowing him he will get sick tmrw tho.

Ayuso just confirmed his form isnt there yet on the climbs and he suffered today

But who knows how he feels in the mountains

 

[Devil's Elbow]

People talk about Trek, but wasn't Arndt still at the end of the group when Mäder attacked?

Correct. And then Alpecin and Tudor had Stannard and Kamp there, neither of whom bothered with the sprint either. Hayter got this one handed on a platter.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

He grew up in Atlanta.

that will do it then..
any reason why? parents work?

 

[Mayomaniac]

I think he lived there

Yeah, lived there for a few years as a kid.

 

[Samamba]

Ayuso looking very good.

He got dropped on the last hill

 

[Gratemans]

is it just me or does ayuso sound american?

With the audio out of sync it definitely looked like someone was overdubbing him

 

[DNP-Old]

that will do it then..
any reason why? parents work?

Yeah, his father got a job there. I believe he returned to Spain, Alicante when he was 5 or 6 years old. That's why it's funny when Barcelona newspapers claim him as if he's one of them, when in actual fact, we were an inch from having to deal with John Ayuso.

 

[Mayomaniac]

He got dropped on the last hill

Yeah, I guess he'll be working for Adam Yates on the big mountain stage.

 

[yaco]

I suspect after the ITT the yellow will be held by Foss or Sobrero with some chance for Hayter.

 

[theyoungest]

I suspect after the ITT the yellow will be held by Foss or Sobrero with some chance for Hayter.

I think there's rather a big chance for Hayter. He's not really a worse time trialist than Foss. Let's hope so, otherwise Jumbo will work for Foss again, only to see him get dropped by a peloton of about 20-30 people, like he was today.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

My biggest fear is that tomorrow Cavanga will win the ITT and take the Maillot Jaune. And then in Saturday Masnada will think to work for him. Masnada now 12th overall with 2 stage that suit him coming up ...

 

[DNP-Old]

I don't know, we may see some surprises tomorrow with the rain that's looming.

 

[Samamba]

I don't know, we may see some surprises tomorrow with the rain that's looming.

A steep downhill in a TT when it's wet...

Not that many corners luckily

 

[Escarabajo]

I don't know, we may see some surprises tomorrow with the rain that's looming.

That's right. I hate it when that happens because if they have other target after the race or later in the season then some of the big guns try to avoid an accident and we get usually lesser riders (No GC riders) getting the top places.

 

[Mayomaniac]

My biggest fear is that tomorrow Cavanga will win the ITT and take the Maillot Jaune. And then in Saturday Masnada will think to work for him. Masnada now 12th overall with 2 stage that suit him coming up ...

Let's be real, if the team is more confident in Cavagna doing a great gc than Masnada his climbing for is probably still not even near his pre-Mono level...

 

[Rackham]

Gloag was the strongest Jumbo rider today. That's very promising for him.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Bernal and Ayuso in the first group, nice.

Fell asleep again for a good 1,5 hours, Romandie is really the perfect race for that. Not quite important enough to actually struggle to stay awake.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bernal and Ayuso in the first group, nice.

Fell asleep again for a good 1,5 hours, Romandie is really the perfect race for that. Not quite important enough to actually struggle to stay awake.

Why would you need to struggle to stay awake during the afternoon?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Because Im dumb and like to stay up rather late even though I need to get up early, so getting home and laying on the sofa for a minute quickly turns into a morfar as we say it here..

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah, I guess he'll be working for Adam Yates on the big mountain stage.

Pogacar isn't there so expect the UAE army to be in total anarchy

 

[RedheadDane]

Because Im dumb and like to stay up rather late even though I need to get up early, so getting home and laying on the sofa for a minute quickly turns into a morfar as we say it here..

Maybe you are actually the old person around here.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Because Im dumb

Average wva fan

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Jumbo for starters, given that he's still getting leadership opportunities.

Though nobody rates him as highly as Foss himself.

I‘d even say Foss is already among the big champions, with a Giro GC Top-10 and an ITT WC title.

Besides his great triumphs however, he often underperforms, sadly. I wish him well, of course, and hope he can go for GCs in future…