Tour de Romandie neither one-day nor monument, 28/04-03/05 2026

[Coppi-Bartali]

UAE is very weak in this race, as we saw today. Pogacar arrived alone in that group, while there were 3 Bora riders (plus Roglic earlier, four) or five Astana .

A large breakaway would have won the stage today. But they preferred to go for the sprint. Pogacar won, but they would have been content to lose against Godon anyway.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

and 5 Astana

I think a big breakaway would have won today.

Why does Astana need five riders in that sprint?
UAE couldn't control everything today, and INEOS wouldn't have been able to contorl a large breakaway either.

BORA's problem, as it has been all year, is that they are the strongest team and have four riders in for the overall classification. They almost never have the strongest rider, but due to they have so many riders in the general classification, they can't really rely on breakaways.

 

[Extinction]

I think a big breakaway would have won today.

Why does Astana need five riders in that sprint?
UAE couldn't control everything today, and INEOS wouldn't have been able to contorl a large breakaway either.

BORA's problem, as it has been all year, is that they are the strongest team and have four riders in for the overall classification. They almost never have the strongest rider, but due to they have so many riders in the general classification, they can't really rely on breakaways.

Someone on Bora needs to intentionally drop from GC to then go for a stage win via a breakaway.

 

[Red Rick]

UAE is very weak in this race, as we saw today. Pogacar arrived alone in that group, while there were 3 Bora riders (plus Roglic earlier, four) or five Astana .

A large breakaway would have won the stage today. But they preferred to go for the sprint. Pogacar won, but they would have been content to lose against Godon anyway.

It's the D-team, but probably they were also told to save energy today.

 

[yaco]

Today's stage was a big fail by Ineos. It was obvious that UAE were happy for the break to get the victory, so Ineos needed to put Godon in the break. I found their tactics to be baffling!

 

[Miha81]

Someone on Bora needs to intentionally drop from GC to then go for a stage win via a breakaway.

Rogla listened. Dropped 2min like a boss

 

[Danskebjerge]

I'm so happy for Pogacar, he really needed that win. 😒

 

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Col du Mollendruz tomorrow has never been done before in a race, but looks fairly tame, although relatively steep at the bottom. First this:

La Praz from Moiry - Profile of the ascent

La Praz from Moiry is a climb in the region Vaud. It is 3.2 km long and bridges 243 m of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 7.7%, resulting in a diffic

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Then 2nd half (more or less from the middle of the longer 6% section) of this:

Col du Mollendruz from L'Isle - Profile of the ascent

Col du Mollendruz from L'Isle is a climb in the region Vaud. It is 9.8 km long and bridges 520 m of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 5.3%, resul

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33k to go from the top. May be a day for the break indeed.