Tour de Romandie, April 29th - May 4th

[Krzysztof_O]

So congrats to Lenny on this victory. Almeida in pole position ahead of tomorrow. Remco lost substantial time today but he will try to show himself in the TT tomorrow.

 

[kingjr]

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

Nah, he was about to get dropped himself and figured he might as well help Lecerf.

 

[houtdffan]

So you think QS and Remco didn't want to win the Romandie if they could? You're joking, right? How is that plausible? He isn't good enough it's as simple as that.

who knows what QS are smoking.

There is no reason why Remco was doing the pacing today. None

He should have finished with Carolos Rodrigues today, not nursing Lecerf

 

[theyoungest]

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

No he wasn't.

 

[houtdffan]

Did Lecerf keep the young rider jersey?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Does anyone know the time up the climb?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Does he? Vine is the better TT'er

That's not really true. Both can ride a TT that is very close to the best GC TT'ers. But both can also ride TT's that are subpar. They both have a fairly high TT ceiling, but neither is very consistent imho.

Historically, Almeida has finished ahead a lot more in H2H.

Jay Vine versus João Almeida | Same race results

Comparison of results between Jay Vine and João Almeida in races where they both started.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Cycling111]

Did Lecerf keep the young rider jersey?

Lenny.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Did Lecerf keep the young rider jersey?

Lenny is 21 years old

 

[Sciatic]

or build a sweet chalet!

It looks like they banned chalets for this resort and went with the ugly "mod" French style for alpine resorts

 

[tobydawq]

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.

Yeha, he would have to put in a performance a million times better than what he can do, lol. No chance at all of even staying on the podium.

 

[kingjr]

who knows what QS are smoking.

There is no reason why Remco was doing the pacing today. None

He should have finished with Carolos Rodrigues today, not nursing Lecerf

It's a better look for him than just getting dropped on his own. He is very preoccupied with appearances.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Did Lecerf keep the young rider jersey?

He never had it. Yesterday behind Baudin, today behind Martinez.

 

[Rou]

who knows what QS are smoking.

There is no reason why Remco was doing the pacing today. None

He should have finished with Carolos Rodrigues today, not nursing Lecerf

This is Remco's style of climbing. He is pacing himself.

 

[Peyroteo94]

who knows what QS are smoking.

There is no reason why Remco was doing the pacing today. None

He should have finished with Carolos Rodrigues today, not nursing Lecerf

Are you sure QS are the ones smoking?

 

[saunaking]

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

it was probably both. I dont think he would have finished with Vine and CRod but he was the best after those guys

 

[Cycling111]

21

VAN EETVELT Lennert

Lotto

3:23

 

[kingjr]

it was probably both. I dont think he would have finished with Vine and CRod but he was the best after those guys

I don't think he was better than Nordhagen.

 

[Tim Cahill]

And now we go to what I'm sure will be a magnanimous and helpful interview from young Remco Evenepoel!

 

[SHAD0W93]

That's not really true. Both can ride a TT that is very close to the best GC TT'ers. But both can also ride TT's that are subpar. They both have a fairly high TT ceiling, but neither is very consistent imho.

Historically, Almeida has finished ahead a lot more in H2H.

Jay Vine versus João Almeida | Same race results

Comparison of results between Jay Vine and João Almeida in races where they both started.

www.procyclingstats.com

About to say Vine has beaten Almeida twice vs seven for Almeida. Only way Vine overcomes Almeida is if his form is declining or a crash/mechanical.

 

[Rou]

Where did the great 'talent' Pablo Torres finish today?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

who knows what QS are smoking.

There is no reason why Remco was doing the pacing today. None

He should have finished with Carolos Rodrigues today, not nursing Lecerf

Surely it's not that difficult to understand. He was not good enough, he knew he wasn't good enough. So instead of finishing 9th at 1m10 on the day, he helped out Lecerf and finished 11th at 1m29. He wasn't going to win GC, so he had nothing to lose (he doesn't care whether he finished 5th or 7th in GC). Just try and win the TT now.

 

[houtdffan]

It's a better look for him than just getting dropped on his own. He is very preoccupied with appearances.

better to finish 11th on the stage vs 3rd and have an outside shot at the TT?

 

[Sciatic]

Martinez foolish to do a turn because Almeida will pull regardless

seems like it was Almeida who was foolish in that regard--if he refused to work and they slowed then Vine would come back to them, allowing them to do the 1-2 attacks toward the finish. I don't know if that would have changed the result but wouldn't that have been the proper strategy?

 

[saunaking]

What i love about Vine is he gives no F#$&s about results. Does what he's told, takes his paycheque and goes home. The way he played chicken with Fortunado was spectacular when he was still totally within a shout of the final overall GC