Tour de Romandie, April 29th - May 4th

[YavorD]

Yes, but TA's route was hardly comparable to PN's.
Ganna was second in Tirreno.

 

[Red Rick]

Yes, but TA's route was hardly comparable to PN's.
Ganna was second in Tirreno.

Pedersen or Ganna in the top 10 on MTF hardly a difference

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Evenepoel's season started 2 weeks ago, while other guys have been slowly building towards the Tour since February. We also have not seen him climb this season, while in the one race he should have stepped up, he blew up. Historically, he has been pretty much subpar at climbing in between goals or when he can not be bothered to pay attention to his weight. Bottomline, we don't know and it's hard to predict. If Remco shows up with last years TDF or Vuelta '22 legs, he will drop everybody hard. If he shows up with his Tirreno '22 legs (and weight), everybody will drop him hard. The reason he might do better than expected though, is that he already has been at altitude and (imho) he looks lighter than he usually does for these races.

But considering how passive he was yesterday I am not confident

 

[Cycling111]

With the legs of the TDF 2024 yes, but wiht the legs of the 2022 Vuelta, I wouldn't say for sure that he'd leave everyone behind today. In the queen stage of the 2022 Vuelta, he was beaten by Roglic, Enric Mas and other riders.
That Vuelta had few high-mountain stages, and in the hardest he wasn´t the strongest.

 

[AmRacer]

Do riders peak for Romandie?
Or is it just the final spring race?

 

[YavorD]

Pedersen or Ganna in the top 10 on MTF hardly a difference

Yes, I agree.
I was refering to a post claim that if Jorgenson beat Evenepoel last year (in PN), Ayuso would beat him in march as well.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Let's look a bit at the details of the monster Thyon climb. It's one of the hardest MTFs used in cycling. It's almost 21 km at 7.6 % (climbing around 1600 m) so total numbers almost identical to Mt Ventoux. It's easier initially but in the second half of the climb there's an 8-km section with an avg. gradient of 9.1% (the Giant of Provence actually also has a similar section but in the middle). This hard section coupled with long climb and significant elevation should create gaps. Let's see who's the strongest today:

Emotional finish in 2021;

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_pqBZ_g7I

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

With the legs of the TDF 2024 yes, but wiht the legs of the 2022 Vuelta, I wouldn't say for sure that he'd leave everyone behind today. In the queen stage of the 2022 Vuelta, he was beaten by Roglic, Enric Mas and other riders.
That Vuelta had few high-mountain stages, and in the hardest he wasn´t the strongest.

He couldn't get off his bike because he fell on his hip two days earlier. He couldn't even walk himself and had to be carried off his bike. Those stages aren't representative.

 

[topcat]

Let's look a bit at the details of the monster Thyon climb. It's one of the hardest MTFs used in cycling. It's almost 21 km at 7.6 % (climbing around 1600 m) so total numbers almost identical to Mt Ventoux. It's easier initially but in the second half of the climb there's an 8-km section with an avg. gradient of 9.1% (the Giant of Provence actually also has a similar section but in the middle). This hard section coupled with long climb and significant elevation should create gaps. Let's see who's the strongest today:

Sprint finish

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Let's look a bit at the details of the monster Thyon climb. It's one of the hardest MTFs used in cycling. It's almost 21 km at 7.6 % (climbing around 1600 m) so total numbers almost identical to Mt Ventoux. It's easier initially but in the second half of the climb there's an 8-km section with an avg. gradient of 9.1% (the Giant of Provence actually also has a similar section but in the middle). This hard section coupled with long climb and significant elevation should create gaps. Let's see who's the strongest today:

I don't think i have ever seen a dry edition on Thyon 2000.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I don't think i have ever seen a dry edition on Thyon 2000.

This MTF is very dangerous, one can crash hard uphill! (G. in 2021)

 

[Netserk]

Still just Oliveira on the front, so Großschartner and Torres will only have to pull on the last climb.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This MTF is very dangerous, one can crash hard uphill!

I hope he does it again today for the fans at the top.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

So Haig is Lenny Martinez' road daddy.

 

[greyclouds]

Let's look a bit at the details of the monster Thyon climb. It's one of the hardest MTFs used in cycling. It's almost 21 km at 7.6 % (climbing around 1600 m) so total numbers almost identical to Mt Ventoux. It's easier initially but in the second half of the climb there's an 8-km section with an avg. gradient of 9.1% (the Giant of Provence actually also has a similar section but in the middle). This hard section coupled with long climb and significant elevation should create gaps. Let's see who's the strongest today:

Emotional finish in 2021;

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_pqBZ_g7I

‘Should create gaps’ is an understatement 😅

 

[Pantani_lives]

Julien Bernard (33) is the son of Jean-François - former winner on the Mont Ventoux. He has the right genes for a tough, long climb.

 

[red_flanders]

Man, I'd like to do that descent! Beautiful...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Julien Bernard (33) is the son of Jean-François - former winner on the Mont Ventoux. He has the right genes for a long climb.

He's also a faster sprinter than Mattias Skjelmose, according to Toms Skujiņš, so Remco should not tow him to the line either.

 

[Berniece]

LVE must be feeling good

 

[Cycling111]

LVE must be feeling good

I thought this climb was too long for him.

Other teams pulling benefits UAE, Vine won't have to work.
Lotto's pace doesn't seem strong, the break is gaining time.

 

[Samamba]

LVE must be feeling good

They always do this, so I wouldn't make that conclusion. He likes taking wind early on a long climb for some reason. Also it's not like they are going fast at all. It's probably more about being in front not having to stop pedalling because somone bumps into you etc

 

[Netserk]

Torres to be saved for the 2nd half of the climb?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

And now the fun (and suffering) begins, may the strongest climbing legs win!

Great shots of the cloud covered mountains, btw.

 

[Heston]

Not a very fast pace right now

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Is Vine riding in the granny gear? It looks so comical compared to others