Tour de Suisse (2.UWT), 9-17 June 2018

[TourOfSardinia]

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Taaramae trying to pull a Froome

Let's not exager.................................rate

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re: Re:

Taaramae trying to pull a Froome

Let's not exager.................................rate

Not saying he'll succeed

I think Haas and Kragh will pull him back in on the decent and on the flat.

 

[Yingge]

Trouble is, this pass leads to a 20km downhill, followed by a slightly descending 30km road, so anyone off the back will probably get back on before the short climb at the end.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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Trouble is, this pass leads to a 20km downhill, followed by a slightly descending 30km road, so anyone off the back will probably get back on before the short climb at the end.

Question is what groups they are broken into

A large group - yes - but they might be in groups of 4-5, and thus have problems gaining on each other much.

 

[Red Rick]

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Trouble is, this pass leads to a 20km downhill, followed by a slightly descending 30km road, so anyone off the back will probably get back on before the short climb at the end.

Not if you give it a good try.

 

[Laplaz]

Peter Sagan will win this stage

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

what a stupid stage design this is. And then I saw tomorrows stage.

LOL. Wtf has happened. This course is possibly even easier than the one Cancellara won. A Tony Martin from 3/4 years ago could've won here

 

[Rollthedice]

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Peter Sagan will win this stage

Exactly. The queen stage.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Let's see if a Pescheux can work out.

It can't.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Disappointing, that none of the other teams put pressure on Porte on the decent.

They should test him on exactly that, a day like today....

 

[Valv.Piti]

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what a stupid stage design this is. And then I saw tomorrows stage.

LOL. Wtf has happened. This course is possibly even easier than the one Cancellara won. A Tony Martin from 3/4 years ago could've won here

Its easier than 2009, yes.

 

[Flamin]

Wellens DNF. Something going on. It was already weird how he responded to Sagan's attack on stage 3 and got dropped like a brick almost immediately.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Who in the break is good on a short, sharp climb like the finish?

 

[Escarabajo]

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Disappointing, that none of the other teams put pressure on Porte on the decent.

They should test him on exactly that, a day like today....

Apparently nobody cares about the race except for putting some miles. Additionally this route is really, really bad and doesn't help the cause.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Its good training for July since its relatively decent length of the stages and that there are no flat stages, but 3 km on Arosa simply isn't enough to know where you stand. Of course theres also the TT and the 'MTF' yesterday..

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Wellens DNF. Something going on. It was already weird how he responded to Sagan's attack on stage 3 and got dropped like a brick almost immediately.

He's quitted the Giro being exhausted before evne the final week, and now this. I think he might have pfeiffer or something

 

[Laplaz]

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Who in the break is good on a short, sharp climb like the finish?

Gorka probably if they catch Taraamae

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Weird race, seems like everyone has already given up on GC.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Weird race, seems like everyone has already given up on GC.

I dont blame the riders, i blame the organisers. 100%.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re: Re:

Who in the break is good on a short, sharp climb like the finish?

Gorka probably if they catch Taraamae

They will

He is not holding off minimum 6 guys working together, on 30K flat.

 

[yaco]

It's just a matter of who will win from the breakaway.

 

[Samamba]

Queen stage :lol:

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Good call by the DS, to ask him to wait

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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Queen stage :lol:

The queen's ugly deformed sister, that is.

 

[Flamin]

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Wellens DNF. Something going on. It was already weird how he responded to Sagan's attack on stage 3 and got dropped like a brick almost immediately.

He's quitted the Giro being exhausted before evne the final week, and now this. I think he might have pfeiffer or something

Yeah, he should have been fully rested from the Giro if it wasn't a big deal that caused him to quit. I hope his season ain't over.