Tour de Romandie, April 29th - May 4th

[DJO]

Perfect from Fortunato.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

just ahead of the Peloton

 

[AmRacer]

Remco pulled the last 100 m

 

[Peyroteo94]

55 seconds is nothing to be honest. João can gain half of this time in the TT.

 

[Red Rick]

Completely braindead from Van Eetvelt and Juanpe Lopez in the finale there.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hilarious sprint from Evenepoel, what a character

 

[Peyroteo94]

So Soudal did this for what?

 

[Earns1985]

Lol.. no images from the peleton at all the whole time, but only 20 seconda after the GC group in the end..

 

[Didinho]

Well timed attack from Fortunato with Van Eetvelt in front.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Lucky Lo does it. The race is wide open.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lecerf becomes the first-ever Junior to podium in a WT race.

 

[Gratemans]

I can't help it, this Astana dominance is kind of fun to watch tbh 😆

 

[Rou]

55 seconds is nothing to be honest. João can gain half of this time in the TT.

Completely manageable. Only Vine needs to show his face to the wind on Saturday.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Astana's first WT win is it?

 

[red_flanders]

Hilarious sprint from Evenepoel, what a character

There's a lot to criticize about the tactics today, but also I feel like I'm just looking at a rider and team getting ready for the Tour. Spend some time on the front, pull as a team. Get the communication right. Get a feel for who can do what, for how long. At the end it looked like Remco just feeling out his sprint, which has given him mixed but positive results. Wants to see where it is, work on it. Yeah, the moment of his actual attacks is head-scratching, but he's pulled away with similar tactics before.

Anyway. It's Romandie. All will be settled on the big climb and the TT.

 

[Berniece]

So Soudal did this for what?

To try and win the stage?

 

[Sciatic]

So Soudal did this for what?

too make it an interesting stage for us

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I can't help it, this Astana dominance is kind of fun to watch tbh 😆

I'm getting a kick out of it also, weren't or aren't they on the verge of folding?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

OMG LORWNZOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Ilmaestro99]

HUGE WIN LORENZO FORTUNATO A TACTICAL MASYERCLASS MY GOD CYCLING JS BACK

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I'm getting a kick out of it also, weren't or aren't they on the verge of folding?

Astana now less the 1000 UCI pts behind the cut

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[Tim Cahill]

The big group containing riders like '2025 Emanuel Buchmann' and 'May Geraint Thomas' was only 20 seconds back

 

[Samamba]

Bestie's Lecerf and Van Eetvelt just looking at eachother.

 

[Sciatic]

So Soudal did this for what?

I heard they put significant money down on Arkea to win the Last Team to Win a WT Race, and decided it was a good opportunity to knock Astana out of the top honors

 

[Peyroteo94]

too make it an interesting stage for us

That's a good point but outside of that?