Tour de Suisse 2021 (June 6-13)

[wheresmybrakes]

Ala petrified of VdP.

 

[Volderke]

Masterclass by VdP!

All guys in the break had one job: follow the wheel of VdP when he goes... And I know that's easier said than done, but still!
Impressive that Schachmann got across.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Serious, how did Ala let VDP get away like this?

Nobody "lets" anyone get away with anything, on a hard, rainy day.

Clearly he didn't have the legs.

 

[Earns1985]

Küng saved the yersey with one second on Alaphilippe and two seconds on Schachmann?

 

[Bolder]

Kung holds on, very cool shot of jersey being imprinted!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Serious, how did Ala let VDP get away like this?

He's been missing out on a few too many winning chances riding like this lately.

 

[broppo]

Wout Poels what a great ride, him and Padun to fight it out for the TdF yellow jersey imo.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Awesome defense by Kung, in terrain which is not at all his.

 

[Eeslliw]

Carapaz looking good for TDF, really wondering how close he will came in TTs in TDF. Did he work a lot on his TT this season or what? He surprised me on stage 1.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

didnt i see Cortina in 4o??

 

[saganftw]

van der poel 5 wins in 17 starts? hes gonna win 6 stages in tdf by my calculation

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Ben Tulett is going to be a star.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I keep wondering what MvdP will do to the dynamics of the Tour.

I think he is bound to create anarchy, on a bunch of stages we think will follow the "normal" way of riding the Tour.

I hope he is not trying to do GC (obviously).

 

[limak_]

More emotions than during the whole Dauphine. Seems like all you need to have a good bike racing is just one Dutch cyclocrosser

 

[Bolder]

He's been missing out on a few too many winning chances riding like this lately.

He sure has. I love JA but he's botched so many finishes in the past 18 months (Not that he hasn't won his share). Part of it is that he gets impatient; he'll animate the last 10-15k of a race, then attack rather than trying to see how strong other riders are.

Wout Poels what a great ride, him and Padun to fight it out for the TdF yellow jersey imo.

Laugh now, we'll be crying in July! Actually, that was impressive.

 

[Blanco]

And where the hell is Cortina?!

 

[Valv.Piti]

I keep wondering what MvdP will do to the dynamics of the Tour.

I think he is bound to create anarchy, on a bunch of stages we think will follow the "normal" way of riding the Tour.

I hope he is not trying to do GC (obviously).

GC? Lol. I think he will win 3 stages and the green jersey.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

And where the hell is Cortina?!

Yeah, he got 4th on the stage and is 5th overall.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And where the hell is Cortina?!

He Ivanished

 

[Broccolidwarf]

GC:

1. Stefan Küng 4.24.52
2. Julian Alaphilippe +0.01
3. Maximilian Schachmann +0.02
4. Mathieu van der Poel +0.06
5. Ivan Garcia Cortina +0.12
6. Mattia Cattaneo
7. Richard Carapaz +0.13
8. Neilson Powless +0.25
9. Gino Mäder +0.30
10. Andreas Kron +0.33

 

[Panda Claws]

MvdP is obviously very good but as far as the Tour is concerned I am really not sold on his flat bunch sprint capabilities. I don't doubt he has the speed to be in the mix but I can imagine him not being there consistently enough to win green.

In all the years Sagan won a lot of that was on the basis of simply being there Every Single Sprint.

 

[limak_]

He sure has. I love JA but he's botched so many finishes in the past 18 months (Not that he hasn't won his share). Part of it is that he gets impatient; he'll animate the last 10-15k of a race, then attack rather than trying to see how strong other riders are.


Laugh now, we'll be crying in July! Actually, that was impressive.

He's impatient but also very predictable. He's got only one scenario in his roadbook - explosive attack just before the top of the climb. His acceleration is obviously incredible and he won some races thanks to that, but it starts to become kinda boring.

 

[Ricco']

Me must have got a big bonus from Oakley for wearing those disgusting glasses

UCI should stop acting where it's needed and start to hand DSQs to anyone who dares to put our eyes in danger with that c**p.

 

[BlueRoads]

Whether he can or not I think it just doesn't make much sense for van der Poel to go for green if he wants to focus on the Olympics. He would have to be there on so many stages.