Tour de Suisse 2024, June 9 - 16

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Is there anyone at UAE that doesn’t ask before they win?

"Ask Before You Win or How to Share the Pie 101" - UAE rider mandatory training as of 2024.

Supersedes previous training "Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Even Less Reliable Ways to Gift A Stage".

Not exactly the same, but I think Pogačar also tried to set up Soler and Almeida for stage wins in Catalunya? And seemed really happy about Adam Yates' yellow jersey in the 2023 TdF.
 
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"Ask Before You Win or How to Share the Pie 101" - UAE rider mandatory training as of 2024.

Supersedes previous training "Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Even Less Reliable Ways to Gift A Stage".

Not exactly the same, but I think Pogačar also tried to set up Soler and Almeida for stage wins in Catalunya? And seemed really happy about Adam Yates' yellow jersey in the 2023 TdF.
Pog and Majka in tour of Slovenia gives me that vibe. Pog can afford it.
 
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Yates probably has no idea that there's a fierce rivalry going on. Almeida has a fierce rivalry with anyone not named Almeida. :D
That sounds much more accurate! I don't get a cunning vibe from Yates at all. Almeida though I'm not sure of. I think his biggest rival could very well be named Joao Pedro Almeida.

Or even his power meter
 
Did somebody noticed something in the face of Bernal when he came in at the finish line? He looked fresh, or relatively fresh. Watch it again. I went looking for his interview after the race and He said that He is only defending the podium and he was marking Skjelmose. So no more risks for him. He is done. Hopefully he will do a good time trial tomorrow and to an altitude camp.
 
Did somebody noticed something in the face of Bernal when he came in at the finish line? He looked fresh, or relatively fresh. Watch it again. I went looking for his interview after the race and He said that He is only defending the podium and he was marking Skjelmose. So no more risks for him. He is done. Hopefully he will do a good time trial tomorrow and to an altitude camp.
So thats why Ineos pulled all day.. just to defend against Skjelmose? Seems a bit weird, I'd have expected the plan was to try to win the stage, but I guess they did try that (kinda), but he just didnt have the legs when the real attacks started.
 
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Did somebody noticed something in the face of Bernal when he came in at the finish line? He looked fresh, or relatively fresh. Watch it again. I went looking for his interview after the race and He said that He is only defending the podium and he was marking Skjelmose. So no more risks for him. He is done. Hopefully he will do a good time trial tomorrow and to an altitude camp.
Honestly, Bernal is looking good for a Tour podium.
 
It's 10km 8%, in fact, the TT is the same last 15km of stage 7 with the same exact climb and finish line. Both look like climbing a similar level but they haven't been able to attack each other and almeida has mostly been working for Adam. The climb is hard enough for big differences just depends who recovers better.
The bottom of the climb is not the same. In the TT, they are not doing the loop to the salt mines and the wineyard mur of Antagnes. The first 4k are flat. It is exacltly the same as the 2022 Romandie final TT (maybe 100m less, depending on the placement of the start ramp and finishing line)
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2022/stage-5
Vlasov won. Geschke surprise 2nd. Mäder 3rd.
"Favorite" Rohan Diva Dennis totally imploded.
The wide roads are steeper than they look with long streches of 10-11%.
 
* del TORO ROMERO Isaac
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
16:00:00
* SANCHEZ MAYO Pelayo
MOVISTAR TEAM
16:01:00
KELDERMAN Wilco
TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
16:03:00
GALL Felix
DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM
16:05:00
* ONLEY Edgar Oscar
TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
16:07:00
* PIDCOCK Thomas
INEOS GRENADIERS
16:09:00
MAS NICOLAU Enric
MOVISTAR TEAM
16:11:00
* RICCITELLO Matthew
ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
16:13:00
* SKJELMOSE Skjelmose Mattias
LIDL-TREK
16:15:00
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
INEOS GRENADIERS
16:17:00
GONCALVES ALMEIDA Joao Pedro
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
16:19:00
YATES Adam Richard
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
16:21:00