Tour de Romandie, April 29th - May 4th

[Brullnux]

Random competent performance from Bettiol!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Remco waited for the sprint. He beat Van Aert, remember?

That wasn't even the issue. The issue is that you spend your last man at the front too soon.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

teams fault

maybe remco could say chill guys i dont have it today

Euh, yeah, team's fault, lol. WTF. Regardless of him having it or not, what's the use of doing that pull if he is the last man but can't bring it closer to the finish?

 

[noob]

In-house UAE battle incoming

 

[Samamba]

Lenny Martinez looks in stellar shape this week. I expect him really good tomorrow.

 

[Cycling111]

UAE worse for cycling than Sky ever were

You're forgetting that Jumbo won three GTs with three different riders, in the last one they took the podium with three riders.
And the ITT World Championship with the fourth or fith domestique.

Nothing has ever matched that.

 

[pastronef]

WT stage win for Vine ahead of the favourites. very nice.

 

[pastronef]

You're forgetting that Jumbo won three GTs with three different riders, in the last one they took the podium with three riders.
And the ITT World Championship with the fourth or fith domestique.

Nothing has ever matched that.

the Euro road 1-2-3 too

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Vine using visualisation techniques to picture the cash bonus at the finish, nobody gonna stop him.

A shame uae won again, but wtf is remco doing here.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Lenny Martinez looks in stellar shape this week. I expect him really good tomorrow.

And he 's a surprisingly decent TT'er as well.

 

[Salvarani]

You're forgetting that Jumbo won three GTs with three different riders, in the last one they took the podium with three riders.
And the ITT World Championship with the fourth or fith domestique.

Nothing has ever matched that.

True that.

 

[Andre]

a sad day whenever UAE wins

 

[postmanhat]

Grande V$ne!

Brennan found his limits today.

For now. Sagan took a little time to become a proper puncheur from what I remember?

Louis Barre is having a great season. It's not difficult, but think that makes him IWA's top points scorer now.

 

[Sciatic]

Great stage for UAE.
Almeida even got some bonuses

Almeida was pleased--I think he did a little "throwin' goat" when he met Vine at the finish

 

[Cycling111]

the Euro road 1-2-3 too

There's widespread amnesia about Jumbo's monstrous years. They dominated on every major races.
Foss won a World Cup 😅, no a stage like Vine

 

[Samamba]

And he 's a surprisingly decent TT'er as well.

Yeah, obviously he'll lose time on the UAE guys and Remco, so winning this whole thing won't be easy, but I won't be surprised if he wins tomorrows stage, just not with enough advantage.

Think those 4 will be battling it out, Romo also looking good tho. Finally has his Down Under form again.

 

[pastronef]

a sad day whenever UAE wins

no, if Vine wins it's not bad. remember him in that ditch in Itzulia, unable to move. and stuck in a bed drinking from a straw at the hospital

 

[Red Rick]

You're forgetting that Jumbo won three GTs with three different riders, in the last one they took the podium with three riders.
And the ITT World Championship with the fourth or fith domestique.

Nothing has ever matched that.

Nice deflection, but how about we take a look at the data

 

[SHAD0W93]

In-house UAE battle incoming

Almeida isn’t worried about Vine.

 

[Red Rick]

Weren't there wind gusts over 100kmh on mountains

Yes.

a little over 100kmh

 

[Barkintheeye]

”Will the Real Rim Remco please stand up, please stand up, please stand up”

 

[Tim Cahill]

There's widespread amnesia about Jumbo's monstrous year. They dominated on every major races.
Foss won a World Cup 😅, no a stage like Vine

No there isn't, Visma were heavily criticised at the time, to which they would respond 'well what about Sky'. When Sky were on top and getting criticism people would respond 'what about Quickstep, what about US Postal.' The one constant remains this false sense of victimhood from fans of the Real Madrid of the day, it's as tedious now as it was back then.

 

[Sciatic]

Maybe somebody with more cycling nous than me can explain what I just saw there. The whole group was together and Vine just said ok, I'm going to go for it and the rest of them just said "good on you, you got this mate" and let him go.

yeah, and Vine didn't attack from behind either. There were four guys (not Remco or Almeida) spread out so that all were directly behind them, and not a single one made the slightest attempt to follow. It was strange looking.

 

[Netserk]

For now. Sagan took a little time to become a proper puncheur from what I remember?

Louis Barre is having a great season. It's not difficult, but think that makes him IWA's top points scorer now.

He was already an elite puncheur in 2010.

The last climb today was harder than I expected, and I'm sure yesterday's stage could also be felt.

 

[saunaking]

Maybe somebody with more cycling nous than me can explain what I just saw there. The whole group was together and Vine just said ok, I'm going to go for it and the rest of them just said "good on you, you got this mate" and let him go.

pretty straightforward. For some reason the whole peloton is afraid of remco (except pog and mvdp) and they all wait for him to do something