Tour de Romandie, April 29th - May 4th

[houtdffan]

Remco was really playing Dom it seems

He never blew up and was holding Almieda fairly steady through the climb

WTF is QS smoking today?

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Very nice, not an easy win against double UAE for Martinez. Good achievement.

 

[tobydawq]

Fortunato in the jersey but it will be a bit complicated to keep Almeida at bay in the TT what with him being the worst time trialist since Iván Sosa.

Ah, no, Martinez probably takes it.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Martinez has pulled through and then been immediately attacked what must be 5 times now, he's either incredibly strong or incredibly stupid.

Thankfully it turned out to be the former.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

amazing how easily Martinez outsmarted the Portuguese

TBF with how he rides, I'm pretty sure my nan can outsmart him

 

[Rackham]

Remco was really playing Dom it seems

He never blew up and was holding Almieda fairly steady through the climb

WTF is QS smoking today?

If you're insinuating Evenepoel could have been with Almeida all the way to the top, I don't think so. He wouldn't deliberately throw away a GC win in the Tour de Romandie if he had the legs.

 

[Cycling111]

Does he? Vine is the better TT'er

31+6 seconds for Almeida today.

Almeida shouldn't lose half a minute in ITT.

 

[armchairclimber]

Fantastic Lenny.

 

[houtdffan]

If you're insinuating Evenepoel could have been with Almeida all the way to the top, I don't think so. He would deliberately throw away a win in the Tour de Romandie.

nah, but he should have finished within 30 seconds, giving him a chance in the TT

 

[CatchyH]

Next Chris Horner video title: UAE are KNUCKLEHEADS.

 

[theyoungest]

Pushing the pace the first 300 m before dropping didn't make sense.

I think he needs to gain a few more kgs of muscle before pushing on a hill like that really makes a difference.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fortunato in the jersey but it will be a bit complicated to keep Almeida at bay in the TT what with him being the worst time trialist since Iván Sosa.

I was thinking who the EF Juan Sosa was.

 

[kingjr]

Remco was really playing Dom it seems

He never blew up and was holding Almieda fairly steady through the climb

WTF is QS smoking today?

He was not "playing dom," he was about to get dropped himself.

 

[tobydawq]

I was thinking who the EF Juan Sosa was.

So was I, hence the edit.

 

[KZD]

Surprised to see Lenny Martinez taking the win over Almeida but great ride nonetheless.

Fortunato and Vine in very good shape ahead of the Giro and nice to see Rodriguez coming back strong from injury.

Fortunato would need to do the TT of his life to win GC, Almeida has to be the favourite but Vine also has a chance.

 

[houtdffan]

He was not "playing dom," he was about to get dropped himself.

he literally went back with Lecerf dropped, and he did not blow up like he does when he gets dropped.

He was on donkey duty today

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Great performance by Lenny, carrying on the legend of the ultra tiny climber.
He was pretty good in th prologue but i think tomorrow will be a different game, Almeida the heavy favourite.

 

[Cycling111]

Do you think Almeida will lose 30 seconds tomorrow?

Rnk	Prev	▼▲	Rider	Team	UCI		Time
1	8	▲7	MARTINEZ Lenny	Bahrain - Victorious	10	6″	16:29:56
2	4	▲2	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	XDS Astana Team		10″	0:02
3	7	▲4	ALMEIDA João	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		4″	0:03
4	6	▲2	VINE Jay	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		10″	0:32
5	2	▼3	LECERF Junior	Soudal Quick-Step		4″	0:54
6	14	▲8	RODRÍGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers			,,
7	5	▼2	LÓPEZ Juan Pedro	Lidl - Trek			1:06
8	15	▲7	RONDEL Mathys	Tudor Pro Cycling Team			1:37
9	9	-	EVENEPOEL Remco	Soudal Quick-Step			1:41
10	20	▲10	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Arkéa - B&B Hotels

 

[Netserk]

 

[Rou]

he literally went back with Lecerf dropped, and he did not blow up like he does when he gets dropped.

He was on donkey duty today

He doesn't blow up. Watch Dauphine 2024. This is usual Remco when he drops.

 

[Peyroteo94]

If you're insinuating Evenepoel could have been with Almeida all the way to the top, I don't think so. He wouldn't deliberately throw away a GC win in the Tour de Romandie if he had the legs.

He is the CyclingAbi of Remco.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Surprised to see Lenny Martinez taking the win over Almeida but great ride nonetheless.

Fortunato and Vine in very good shape ahead of the Giro and nice to see Rodriguez coming back strong from injury.

Fortunato would need to do the TT of his life to win GC, Almeida has to be the favourite.

Lenny Martinez is a capable TTer for his (lack of) size.
Signs of life from Higuita and Gaudu's discord server is probably in shambles after this one...

 

[Tim Cahill]

he literally went back with Lecerf dropped, and he did not blow up like he does when he gets dropped.

He was on donkey duty today

Evenepoel reading this and getting ideas for his next excuse

'Say you were riding for Lecerf... of course!'

 

[Sciatic]

what a pleasure watching that interview with Martinez

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Just noticed Lenny has gorgeous eyelashes, but that aside, congrats to the young man!