Tour de Suisse 2021 (June 6-13)

[staubsauger]

Isn't Carapaz light enough to take a tt bike, despite its weight?

 

[Red Rick]

Isn't Carapaz light enough to take a tt bike, despite its weight?

No? That doesn't really make sense.

Expect Dumoulin to go full TT bike and nobody else.

 

[limak_]

Isn't Carapaz light enough to take a tt bike, despite its weight?

If you weigh 72kg, extra 1,5kg is 2,08%, at 62kg it's 2,42%

Expect Dumoulin to go full TT bike and nobody else.

That doesn't really make sense

 

[broppo]

I think dumoulin wants to practise for the olympics, so he will probably take the tt bike

 

[Red Rick]

If you weigh 72kg, extra 1,5kg is 2,08%, at 62kg it's 2,42%


That doesn't really make sense

Dumoulin didn't even do a bike switch on Planche de Belles Filles, which is a lot harder and steeper, so I'd never expect him to switch here.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Dumoulin didn't even do a bike switch on Planche de Belles Filles, which is a lot harder and steeper, so I'd never expect him to switch here.

They did an ITT up Planche de Belles Filles?

I'm sure that must have been a boring stage

 

[limak_]

Expect Dumoulin to go full TT bike and nobody else.

This part

 

[Velolover2]

Start times not up yet?

 

[starlord]

Start times not up yet?

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[RedheadDane]

So... Alaphilippe is starting?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1403658540611510278

 

[gregrowlerson]

So... Alaphilippe is starting?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1403658540611510278

I kind of hope not.

He's virtually the only rider I haven't backed!

 

[Samamba]

Why is there a 2 hour break between Rosskopf and Carretero?

 

[staubsauger]

Connor L.V Brown rides a TT bike over the Col!

 

[limak_]

Connor L.V Brown rides a TT bike over the Col!

Yes, he is

 

[RedheadDane]

Why is there a 2 hour break between Rosskopf and Carretero?

Wait... it... it's not a mistake?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Why is there a 2 hour break between Rosskopf and Carretero?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1403670978098499586

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1403670978098499586


A shame we don't get to see Bissegger's ride.

 

[roundabout]

Yeah, I think 140km or so (from km 20ish to the end) of stage 8 in reverse is the shortest alternative to stopping the ITT and having the vehicles go back to the start.

 

[MnR]

Rutsh to make another top10 TT today?

This gap between the groups is realy huge, and weird.

 

[Faserr]

Rutsch (first place in the moment) was 1 minute faster at 10 minute downhill then Britton (second place at the moment).
Rutsch is a decent climber but not a really good one. The time trial probably suits the power climbers really good.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bissegger was three minutes behind at the top of the climb, and Soler has passed him, so he obviously didn't think he could win.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Why is there a 2 hour break between Rosskopf and Carretero?

Because, as opposed to most TTs in stage races, this is not a circuit (or close to it), but rather an almost straight line, across a mountain pass.

This means that every time a rider reaches the finish, the DS and his car needs to make it all the way back to the start.

I am guessing there is no good alternative roads, so they will have to close down the TT route, to allow cars to make it back to the start.

Alternatively it's simply because the alternative route takes a long time, so a break is needed to reset everything.

 

[search]

Bissegger was three minutes behind at the top of the climb, and Soler has passed him, so he obviously didn't think he could win.

Badilatti said that Küng may have a shot, though. Personally I'd think it'll be a bit too hard for him, but will be interesting to see where he ends up, if he really gives it a go.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Badilatti said that Küng may have a shot, though. Personally I'd think it'll be a bit too hard for him, but will be interesting to see where he ends up, if he really gives it a go.

Küng should both be a better climber and a better time trialist than Rutsch. Of course we don't know how well Rutsch has actually done yet, so he might need to be a lot faster than him in order to win, but a top 5 could be possible.

 

[WKA311]

Küng should both be a better climber and a better time trialist than Rutsch. Of course we don't know how well Rutsch has actually done yet, so he might need to be a lot faster than him in order to win, but a top 5 could be possible.

I'm not sure he is a better climber than Rutsch. Rutsch has had some good climbing performances in the past.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm not sure he is a better climber than Rutsch. Rutsch has had some good climbing performances in the past.

That might be true. He was faster than Soler and Britton on the climb.