Tour de Suisse 2024, June 9 - 16

[Escarabajo]

These riders are climbing 8-9% climbs like is nothing. So fast now. Soon the organizers will have to put obstacles in the climb to slow them down. LOL.

 

[SHAD0W93]

These riders are climbing 8-9% climbs like is nothing. So fast now. Soon the organizers will have to put obstacles in the climb to slow them down. LOL.

Make it into a Spartan race.

https://race.spartan.com/en/race/spartan-race-obstacles

 

[Nick2413]

These riders are climbing 8-9% climbs like is nothing. So fast now. Soon the organizers will have to put obstacles in the climb to slow them down. LOL.

Rumor has it Adam Hansen is working on a chicane for the next time they go up Angliru.

 

[roundabout]

There was a very short (shortened) stage in the Tour de Suisse in 1999. But that was a comparative marathon of 47.5k

 

[Lequack]

Can Pogacar even hold on to Adam Yates' wheel when he's on this form? And should Yates be forced to slow down or go for his own glory?
PS: Also Yates should've waited for Almeida so they could hold hands over the line, maybe even holding a picture of Pogacar in yellow.

 

[tobydawq]

Can Pogacar even hold on to Adam Yates' wheel when he's on this form? And should Yates be forced to slow down or go for his own glory?

Yes to the first, which renders the second a moot point.

 

[Escarabajo]

Adam not looking back until the end, maybe playing stupid. That was the best moment of today. No way he was going to let Almeida have his glory!!!! Lol.

Then he turned back after the finish and said " wait what, you were behind me...?"

 

[jmdirt]

Yates!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Adam not looking back until the end, maybe playing stupid. That was the best moment of today. No way he was going to let Almeida have his glory!!!! Lol.

Then he turned back after the finish and said " wait what, you were behind me...?"

The guy dragged his ass all the way up the climb and still manages to come back within 20 meters. I hope Almeida smokes him in the TT and takes GC.

 

[Nick2413]

The guy dragged his ass all the way up the climb and still manages to come back within 20 meters. I hope Almeida smokes him in the TT and takes GC.

It would be the biggest win of his career and it’s well within sight, hopefully it happens.

 

[Andre]

It would be the biggest win of his career and it’s well within sight, hopefully it happens.

Yes, now that I think of it, it would be a nice surprise result

 

[Didinho]

Is the time limit still 10% tomorrow with the shortened stage? Could be hard for the sprinters.

 

[search]

Is the time limit still 10% tomorrow with the shortened stage? Could be hard for the sprinters.

I just read the interview with Meeus as well, but wasn't able to find an updated version of the rulebook.

The initial time limit for this stage was 15%, so it would be a bit odd if it got shortened.

 

[Rob5091]

Pidders not amused with a 42 km long stage -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ge-6-a-waste-of-time-according-to-tom-pidcock

It is not a rest day and it is not a full-fledged mountain ride. In fact, it is mainly a waste of time."

 

[Rob5091]

Yep, 65 km long and F1 start ... somebody was smoking something real strong when they came up with that.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Let’s go Almeida!!! Grind them all to dust.

 

[Rob5091]

42.5 km long and start at 15.00 CET. Why wait so long? Start 12.00 CET and be home for a cuppa at 15.00 (even the guys doing the podium stuff).

 

[Slavique Nuke]

42.5 km long and start at 15.00 CET. Why wait so long? Start 12.00 CET and be home for a cuppa at 15.00 (even the guys doing the podium stuff).

TV coverage starts at 15:00

 

[Danskebjerge]

For the non-WT, Route d'Occitanie had a shortened stage of 34.3 km.

Many flat stages could easily be shortened in the same way. Make two or three short sprinter stages in one day. What's not to like?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pidders not amused with a 42 km long stage -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ge-6-a-waste-of-time-according-to-tom-pidcock

He should be delighted in some ways, stage suits him down to the ground, he's class at easy unipuertos.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Funny how the CX and MTB guy is the one who claims a one-hour race is a waste of time.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Yep, 65 km long and F1 start ... somebody was smoking something real strong when they came up with that.

I didn't see this stage but from what I read things did not go as the race organizers had envisioned. The F1 start started out as a novel and maybe even exciting idea, but once the race actually got going the peloton organized and re-shuffled itself right back to the way it likes it, so ultimately there were no surprise winners.

Is this basically how it all went down?

 

[Potomac]

I didn't see this stage but from what I read things did not go as the race organizers had envisioned. The F1 start started out as a novel and maybe even exciting idea, but once the race actually got going the peloton organized and re-shuffled itself right back to the way it likes it, so ultimately there were no surprise winners.

Is this basically how it all went down?

It simply wasn't possible that any cycling fan thought the starting grid would make a difference

 

[Elos Anjos]

I didn't see this stage but from what I read things did not go as the race organizers had envisioned. The F1 start started out as a novel and maybe even exciting idea, but once the race actually got going the peloton organized and re-shuffled itself right back to the way it likes it, so ultimately there were no surprise winners.

Is this basically how it all went down?

It's what happens in bureaucracy. You get people full of good intentions and innovative plans but with no experience or insight on how everyday reality works. In the end it all goes down the drain and what's left is a meme.

Quintana won the stage

 

[search]

Teams must have been a bit nervous having to take the car train to the start, I guess - but the bikes did fit