Tour de Romandie, Stage 1: Martigny - Leysin, 172.6km

[Campionissimo]

Tougher than I expected. Contador won here in 2006.

 

[auscyclefan94]

The Movistar rider looks the best to me out of the break.

 

[sublimit]

Is this climb good for Basso?

Possibly.. look out for Wiggo though but I'm still not certain they can get caught

 

[just some guy]

Not really coming down.

Brutt for the win !!

 

[dlwssonic]

gap going down steadily

 

[Moondance]

Were you watching this one?:

http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/4/126/v-252713.html

My parents' HDTV has a great feed
[/gloat]

 

[Jamsque]

Possibly.. look out for Wiggo though but I'm still not certain they can get caught

The only place you'll see Wiggo is falling off the back.

 

[Moondance]

Tougher than I expected. Contador won here in 2006.

Yeah, but they're only doing the last 4k of the climb, so Basso's gonna have to attack at the base if he wants to ride FTW.

 

[Captain Serious]

My parents' HDTV has a great feed
[/gloat]

Ha! Gloat indeed. If I wasn't so poor and tight I could possibly get Eurosport on Fox down here (pay tv)

 

[roundabout]

Looks like they're on the murderous Col du Pillon now.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Swizerland is such a scenic country, seems like a good place to ride your bike!

 

[Ferminal]

Tougher than I expected. Contador won here in 2006.

That can't be the same climb.

 

[goggalor]

Were you watching this one?:

http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/4/126/v-252713.html

Great feed! Thanks!

No more blurry sporza!!!

 

[Moondance]

Swizerland is such a scenic country, seems like a good place to ride your bike!

It most certainly is.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Yeah, but they're only doing the last 4k of the climb, so Basso's gonna have to attack at the base if he wants to ride FTW.

why are they only doing the last 4km?

unless the time on the tv is wrong, the gap really isn't coming down much at all.

 

[Jamsque]

Looks like they're on the murderous Col du Pillon now.

Yup, the break just started up it.

Gap nearly down to 6 minutes now. The pack has to hope these guys crack big time going uphill.

 

[sublimit]

The only place you'll see Wiggo is falling off the back.

That's what I meant, glorious failure.
This is the sort race he can well in though maybe.

 

[roundabout]

why are they only doing the last 4km?

Because they don't want Evans to win by more than a minute.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Harmon on the Phinney bandwagon. Found himself a good clean cut english speaker to big up. No credit to the guy who actually won yesterday.

****ing ****.

 

[Moondance]

why are they only doing the last 4km?

Cause that's how they designed the parcours. They're gonna do a 1st cat. now, short descent, and then do the last 4k or so of the climb to Leysin.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cause that's how they designed the parcours. They're gonna do a 1st cat. now, short descent, and then do the last 4k or so of the climb to Leysin.

Meh, the profile looked different to that...break will definetly stay away now.

 

[hmronnow]

Swizerland is such a scenic country, seems like a good place to ride your bike!

It indeed is. I started cycling in flat windy and rainy Denmark. Now my standard lunch-time ride goes through the vinyards to Chexbres and back - with views of the Alps across Lac Leman. I just watched them passing Chexbres 2 hours ago - now back in the office 'working'.

The first couple of kilometers from the lake to Chexbres are actually quite steep, and it was telling of the pace (or lack of) that not a single rider had been dropped.

 

[Contre la montre]

Is it okay to mention that I have Samoilau on my CQ team? Or is CQ talk still restricted to the CQ thread?

 

[auscyclefan94]

I think Bobridge is starting to crack...looks like he is starting to struggle.

 

[Moondance]

Meh, the profile looked different to that...break will definetly stay away now.

Maybe it's a bit more than 4k, perhaps 6 or so.

But there are still about 12k of descent or flat built into the stage from this point on.