Tour de Suisse 2021 (June 6-13)

[BlueRoads]

I am surprised no one mentioned it but when they were just ahead of the next bunch I think the more important goal for Schahmann at that point was to secure the 6 second Bonus.

Confirmed:

Schachmann fuhr um Gelb, nicht auf Etappensieg | radsport-news.com

www.radsport-news.com

The preliminary decision was made in the 2.4 kilometer long and on average 8.3 percent steep ascent to Litschstrasse. In the pouring rain, Alaphilippe went on the offensive several times, and Schachmann was also active. "I tried to drive out a gap with Alaphilippe to shake off van der Poel, but that didn't quite work," explained the Berliner, who never let the Dutchman out of his sight and was fighting his back wheel again when van der Poel was on the flat Attacked 3.5 kilometers from the target.

"In the end, van der Poel launched a strong attack. I played a little bit of poker, but nobody wanted to close the gap and so I tried to get to him myself," he said of the final, in which Alaphilippe no longer followed could, while Schachmann managed to catch up.

"I knew it would be very difficult to beat him in a sprint, so I went with them to make up a few seconds in the overall standings. I tried to keep up the pace to get a yellow," said the 27-year-old why he nevertheless replaced himself with the Dutch master in the management work on the last kilometers. "Unfortunately I missed two seconds", Schachmann said after crossing the finish line.

 

[titan31]

really looks like it, to be honest, yeah. The initial problem is relatively clear, as Cortina didn't have a transponder (for whatever reason), and therefor the timing must have recognized a large enough space between Poels and the Hirschi group, resulting in a 2s gap. Once Cortina was added again, this became neglectable, and all those guys got the same time.

But then adjusting that time from initially +3 seconds to 4... yeah, the only reason I can see for that really is to avoid the emberassment of having to hand out the yellow jersey a 2nd time.

Poels clearly crosses at 3 imo so whatever about today but if the overall at the end is decided by a second, it'll be very messy.

 

[broppo]

MvdP can take the jersey on bonus seconds alone (Alaphillippe too), so they just need a small enough group that the big sprinters aren't there anymore, but not sure they can drop them. MvdP could win either way though I think.

there are no real sprinters here anyway, Greipel, Matthews, Mvdp and Laporte are the best flat sprinters I guess.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

there are no real sprinters here anyway, Greipel, Matthews, Mvdp and Laporte are the best flat sprinters I guess.

There's plenty of sprinters here, only the top end is missing. Deceuninck have Hodeg and Steimle, Jumbo have Teunissen, Groupama have Stewart, Bora have Meeus, UAE have Gibbons, Trek have Theuns, AG2R have Sarreau, Movistar have Garcia Cortina, and Lotto have Degenkolb in addition to the aforementioned names. That's still a solid field for a hillier sprint stage.

 

[BlueRoads]

I'm not even talking to those who made the last posts, especially not to the person who's responsible for no 328.

 

[Earns1985]

Break is not that strong, but Rochas is only 1:50 down in the GC.

ROCHAS Rémy
KING Ben
IMHOF Claudio
FRANK Mathias

Because of Rochas FDJ will already limit the time gap. With other teams helping later, I don´t see a chance for the breakaway..

 

[will-10]

To me it looks like a sprint stage but we already know VdP is not going to wait, should be fun.

 

[broppo]

Break is not that strong, but Rochas is only 1:50 down in the GC.

ROCHAS Rémy
KING Ben
IMHOF Claudio
FRANK Mathias

Because of Rochas FDJ will already limit the time gap. With other teams helping later, I don´t see a chance for the breakaway..

7 minutes already, they should start pacing soon

 

[BlueRoads]

Today we will see the colbrellification of Hodeg, also called saganation.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Yay Julien

 

[TourOfSardinia]

If your experiencing a slow forum site today.
It may be because the worldwide content management system came down.
Ironically that system is called Faster!

 

[jaylew]

I was wondering why there is so little discussion today. The racing is really good right now

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Sorry to join you all late, work commitments

Damn good racing going on, everyone is trying to drop the sprinters, and everyone is going for the win - pure anarchy

 

[BlueRoads]

Today we will see the colbrellification of Hodeg, also called saganation.

Something went wrong.

 

[jaylew]

Cortina going really well

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Could this be 2 wins for Movistar in a day? Good grief!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Cortina trying to pull an Asgreen , but a lot of teams are chasing.... Alpecin, Bikeexchange, Total, Bahrain, though only with 1 guy each, so the chance is still there.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Something went wrong.

Even if he had joined Bahrain overnight, I doubt that would have happened.

Garcia Cortina won't be easy to catch now.

 

[jaylew]

Going to be close, I think.

Matthews v. MVDP?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Kamp is a dark horse here, on Matthews wheel, but it will probably be Alaphilippe/MvdP for the win,

 

[Tim Cahill]

The Eternal First

 

[jaylew]

So so easy

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Wow MvdP - such an engine!

 

[Bolder]

Lol. Could see that coming.

 

[Eclipse]

lmao why do the rest even bother