Tour de Suisse 2012: Stage 4; Aarberg → Trimbach/Olten (189km)

[brilleaben]

Looking forward to another weird Green Egde leadout!

 

[maltiv]

Very creative course design from California and Suisse. It's like Sagan organized their races lol.

It's quite ridiculous. Putting a couple of hills in the final 30k doesn't really increase the excitement either, it just means that when the inevitable sprint arrives, there is virtually no competition left for Sagan. Obviously if those hills actually were possible to attack from then things would be different, but in most of the stages he's won there have just been "elimination-hills" where most sprinters drop out from the back, which makes things so ridiculously easy for him. If you also add a couple of corners in the final hundred meters then it's settled already.

 

[Euskaltel!]

it's hardly Sagan's fault..

 

[greenedge]

Sagan to win- easily ( no corners for Coke to nip past ).

 

[dlwssonic]

Pleassssee someone else other than sagan!!!!!

 

[Ferminal]

Sagan to win- easily ( no corners for Coke to nip past ).

Boonen or Cooke?

 

[trevim]

Son 10: Rojas, Agostini, Peterson, Stybar, Gavazzi, Roy, Kohler, Albasini, Zandio y Monfort, con 28" (km 18)

Escape. Gavazzi and Rojas realizing they won't beat Sagan in the near future?

 

[karlboss]

Son 10: Rojas, Agostini, Peterson, Stybar, Gavazzi, Roy, Kohler, Albasini, Zandio y Monfort, con 28" (km 18)

Escape. Gavazzi and Rojas realizing they won't beat Sagan in the near future?

That's a solid break.

 

[trevim]

That's a solid break.

Sky, BMC, Garmin and Liquigas on the break so this may stick.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

They've only got a handful of seconds

There was a crash about half an hour ago. Leipheimer was involved or caught behind and is still struggling to regain contact with the first group which is being driven by Movistar

 

[Kwibus]

With a finish like yesterday? How can you call that boring come on! That's real cycling awesomeness (at least to me)

Excuse me.
Tbh I haven't seen the finish like I haven't been able to watch much cycling at all last 2 months becuase my work has been incredibly time and energy draining. Just reading the reports Sagan won , Sagan won etc. everytime there was a hill near the finish gets predictable.

2 weeks to go and I got 2 weeks of vacation and I hope work will be more laidback by then so I get to enjoy the TDF and all the other races until half way October

 

[wirral]

Big split in the peloton.

 

[la.margna]

oh it wasn't a dig at you, just all the race organizers do it for a reason i don't understand.

it's probably because some MOV clerk filled in the registration form incorrectly

 

[Frosty]

They've only got a handful of seconds

There was a crash about half an hour ago. Leipheimer was involved or caught behind and is still struggling to regain contact with the first group which is being driven by Movistar

Have heard that one before this season. Paris-Nice with repayment at Catalonia. Its not still going on is it?

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Have heard that one before this season. Paris-Nice with repayment at Catalonia. Its not still going on is it?

Wouldn't want to jump to conclusions without pictures

Anyway, original break reeled in

Leipheimer back in the lead group although it's still a reduced peloton

The break should go on Scheltenpass which starts soon

 

[wirral]

Albasini and Burghardt are off again.

 

[Frosty]

Wouldn't want to jump to conclusions without pictures

Jumping to conclusions is more fun though

 

[Froome19]

Martin Kohler, Grégory Rast, Ruben Perez, Sébastien Minard, Sergio Miguel Paulinho, Javier Megias, Brian Vandborg Bach, Dario Cataldo and Mathew Hayman.
Is the break with 2 min ahead..
Peloton is back together.

 

[wirral]

The break has pulled out some more time. This finally appears to be the break of the day.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

No chance for this break. Cataldo just 1.15 down in GC

 

[wirral]

No chance for this break. Cataldo just 1.15 down in GC

Ah, I didn't see that. Thanks.

 

[Cancellator]

So, Sagan?

 

[wirral]

Ah, I didn't see that. Thanks.

I wonder who is leading the chase, Movistar perhaps?

Edit: Working out well for Sagan too.

 

[Froome19]

I wonder who is leading the chase, Movistar perhaps?

Edit: Working out well for Sagan too.

Yep its Moivstar
Down to 1:50

 

[Cancellator]

Just asking, who is the better TTer out of Frank and Rui Costa? Assuming the elder Schleck has his TT "form" (as in decent performances).