Tour de Suisse 2012: Stage 5;Trimbach/Olten → Gansingen 193 km

[wirral]

Eurosport Asia not getting the audio feed.

Edit: Eurosport Asia broadcasting now in Swiss German!! That must be a first. Gotta be some ****ed up Swiss dude somewhere in Lombok trying to figure out why he thinks he is hearing things.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

If it comes to sprint of breakaway group then Oss easily.

 

[TeoSheva]

10min at 56km to the finish... I think they will stay away...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Time to change the title of this thread then!

 

[Fetisoff]

10min at 56km to the finish... I think they will stay away...

And the lead is growing to... Or rather hovering around 10 minutes, +/- 30 seconds

 

[Fetisoff]

Time to change the title of this thread then!

If Oss wins, then this is still kinda Tour of Sagan

 

[the asian]

good if the breakaway stays away. We need a winner other than Sagan.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Who is the virtual leader - Oss?

 

[mastersracer]

this is like watching a club ride...

 

[karlboss]

Who is the virtual leader - Oss?

salvatore: virtual 3:06 down.

 

[fluffkitten]

Training ride today?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

salvatore: virtual 3:06 down.

10-3 = 7mins for Movistar to claw back.
They don't seem too bothered.

 

[Richeypen]

10-3 = 7mins for Movistar to claw back.
They don't seem too bothered.

He is 13 minutes down on GC

 

[TourOfSardinia]

He is 13 minutes down on GC

oh my bad ! Thanks. that explains Movistar's pace.
(yawn)

 

[iZnoGouD]

how strong is the breaK?

 

[Parrulo]

peloton taking a rest day today

 

[SantiBotero]

how strong is the breaK?

8.5 in the strong scale.

 

[iZnoGouD]

i want Peter Sagan to win again!!

 

[Fetisoff]

how strong is the breaK?

With this sort of a lead, I think I could hold off the peloton going solo

 

[iZnoGouD]

i would need at least 20 mins with my 200 watts FTP haha

 

[TatryTour2013]

Daniel Oss

I would like to see Oss win today as he deserves it for the amount of work he does for Peter Sagan. On the other hand - I still find more interesting when teams are chasing breaks and attacking and trying to win - even if the winner last month is still the same which can be boring for most of fans from countries other than from Slovakia

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Quote for the day:

"You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance and the Giro. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock and this stage"

Harry Lime / The Third Man / Graham Greene

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I don't see this being easy for Oss

Interested to see what Puccio can do - he's quite fast and seems in decent form. Also Lodewyck - hasn't got many results for BMC but has rarely had a chance to ride for himself. He looked promising previously

 

[mastersracer]

the kind of day you ask your DS to play a book on tape over race radio to pass the time...

 

[SafeBet]

Puccio is indeed fast. It's no easy task for Oss.