Tour de Romandie, April 29th - May 4th

[Cycling111]

The prologue on Schlossberg in Linz for the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt is only 700m and takes just over a minute for the fastest riders, but the Tour de Kumano have had some where the winner only needed 50 seconds to complete the course.

They took less time to complete that prologue than G. Thomas changing his helmet in the Giro2023 ITT.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Today's stage finish in Fribourg.
Spare a thought for that guy, who was so bothered by Rob Hatch correctly pronouncing the name, he had to make a whole thread about it.

Wait and see what Cox and Smith pronouncation up with today!
Luckily I will have long clicked the ambient button by then.

 

[Cycling111]

Bisiaux Léo (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) will not appear at the start.

 

[Cookster15]

5th stage finishing at Thyon 2000 looks a monster. Almeida to win this.

 

[Berniece]

5th stage finishing at Thyon 2000 looks a monster. Almeida to win this.

I can also imagine a decent Vine. He is building up towards the Giro, probably had altitude camp, and I would think Almeida is getting worse due to a long spring season. Then again UAE riders don't seem to feel that effect.

 

[Berniece]

Pre-race interview Evenepoel about today:

According to Lennert Van Eetvelt, Evenepoel would like to race immediately. "Is that so? We didn't even talk about that this morning", laughs the double Olympic champion.

"We have Casper Pedersen here who can do a decent sprint. Although there are guys here who can show even better credentials. The initiative will not come from us."

"The run-up to the final kilometers will be important. A bit like the run-up to La Redoute in Liège. So hopefully we will do better than last Sunday", he says with a wink.

"We just have to be well grouped and neutralize late attacks. There are bonuses, so if there is an attack, I will have to go along. But we are not going to take too many risks."

 

[rallybanana]

Today's stage finish in Fribourg.
Spare a thought for that guy, who was so bothered by Rob Hatch correctly pronouncing the name, he had to make a whole thread about it.

Was that the same guy who thought his pronunciation of Como sounded like Cornwall?

 

[Potomac]

So today's coverage is set to begin shortly after the last climb?

 

[Berniece]

So today's coverage is set to begin shortly after the last climb?

I think so, somewhere around that moment in the race. Maybe if they catch the front group we can see GC riders battle for those two intermediate sprints, otherwise it's waiting until the last few kilometers

 

[Berniece]

Evenepoel is riding in the jersey for youngsters, but he's already 25 years old. I thought this jersey was [0-24]?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

So today's coverage is set to begin shortly after the last climb?

Fun following a race on PCS, isn't it?

SRF won't start their stream for another hour and they still have 123km to go, but they're about to climb Mont-Crosin. The speed of the climbing is a huge variable, but up until now the average speed has been 41km/h. So how long before they get to the last climb if we are to at least catch that...

Sounds like an algebra problem back from high school!

 

[search]

Evenepoel is riding in the jersey for youngsters, but he's already 25 years old. I thought this jersey was [0-24]?

there's no cut-off age, but it comes down to the year of birth. As he was born after January 1st 2000, he is still eligible. Will be the same in the Tour (unless they change the rules).

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Live coverage starts in about 15mins and they're about to climb Col des Pontins, with any luck we should at least be able to catch the last climb. (Heh, according to my calculations anyway.)

 

[tobydawq]

Was that the same guy who thought his pronunciation of Como sounded like Cornwall?

I think so. What a bizarre thing to say...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

And we're live with Chaumont still to come - Yes!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Perfect conditions for a bike race, very unlike TdR

 

[Samamba]

Whats Mclay doing here

 

[Samamba]

Christen sick?

 

[RedheadDane]

Christen struggling.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Perfect conditions for a bike race, very unlike TdR

Sunny weather and the forested scenery couldn't get any better!

Christen just got dropped

 

[Red Rick]

White jerseys being 25 is just archaic at this point funnily enough.

 

[Cycling111]

Christen sick?

He's been injured for two months. He might not be ready for days of continuous competition.

 

[Samamba]

He's been injured for two months. He may not be ready for the buildup of competition days.

So injured he did insanely good in Fleche and pretty good yesterday? No, does not make sense at all.

 

[search]

So injured he did insanely good in Fleche and pretty good yesterday? No, does not make sense at all.

he crashed in Flèche Wallonne and had problems due to pain the days after

 

[Cycling111]

So injured he did insanely good in Fleche and pretty good yesterday? No, does not make sense at all.

Not sense: Pogacar TDF 2023, Vingegaard TDF 2024.

FW one day. This become noticeable when you have consecutive days of competition.