Tour de Suisse 2024, June 9 - 16

[Unchained]

Bernal looking good for Tour podium.

No way

 

[Salvarani]

Very impressed by Almeida.

 

[ciranda]

way nicer dog than Ayuso's

 

[RedheadDane]

Another top-10 for Wilco!

As Vinjebo so "nicely" put it:
He made it through the race, almost without crashing...

 

[Unchained]

Almeida using his superpower to look good once and get instantly overrated again

Nah

 

[Rob5091]

1,2 for UAE (again!) - chapeau! Some other good rides, but no cigar I'm afraid.

 

[Netserk]

GC:

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Chapeau Almeida for the win today and Yates for the GC!

Yates said hello to his Samoyed again at the finish line, my day is now complete.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

GC:

Another Top 10 for Wilco!

 

[awavey]

I expected the way those times were going we might have seen them dip into the 32s, but not to be.

Impressive though considering the women's times from this morning, I thought they'd be more closely matched than they were

 

[noob]

Almeida finishing face is a total treat

 

[postmanhat]

Yates winning everything including best dog, and 'looking cool on a bike' competitions.

 

[Unchained]

Bernal's skinsuit is strangely orange

He would have won and kept podium had he used the fire engine red aerodynamic skinsuit, wardrobe malfunction!! Janet Jackson of cycling!!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Demi Vollering's dog might be less photogenic, but I bet is a lot easier to keep, than Adam Yates's.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Another display of sheer power from UAE. Can't wait for a nuclear bomb on Galibier

 

[KZD]

20s into Skjelmose is hardly crushing everyone, as people were talking about yesterday

Skjelmose is a very strong rider in these watts per kg tests, his weakness are the stages with more altitude gain like Thursday stage. This is why he was by far third best today.

Riccitello doing a great MTT once again after his Giro one last year, Pidcock and Martinez also really good. Bernal and Mas a bit disappointing though I believe these kind of efforts are less suited to them

 

[SHAD0W93]

Where’s the 1 min Adam!!! :’(


But at least Almeida letting Adam win yesterday didn’t come back to bite him in the butt though 3 wins and 2nd and 1 win and GC would have been good too.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Wilco lost 1.40 minutes to Almeida. Visma will have a tough Tour

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

25 of the men were beaten by DemiVollering today.
The top 8 women this morning would have beaten the time limit this afternoon.

 

[Froome]

Wilco lost 1.40 minutes to Almeida. Visma will have a tough Tour

Wilco will be like the fourth/fifth guy, if he goes to the Tour. He is in enough shape to get the job done.

It's not like adam yates or Almeida showed a better level than Jorgenson in the Tour. Kuss was sick, but he will be again the best super domestique in the world if necessary on the last week.

What we can conclude is that, Emirates, Bora and Visma have super good domestiques for the Tour, who can make the race hard or doing a trap to the rival teams(just like Kuss in the Vuelta). They have a lot of firepower.

But in the end, the winner of the Tour will be like always the most strong leader.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Demi Vollering's dog might be less photogenic, but I bet is a lot easier to keep, than Adam Yates's.

I think all the riders' dogs are precious, and I bet they were taught how to behave when there is a bike race going on!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Adam Yates
favorite word prefix: "Super"
as in SuperDom

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Bernal looking good for Tour podium.

I'd settle for a stage win, any stage win really.

 

[Escarabajo]

UAE at the Tour looks very strong. Imagine if Ayuso had not crashed? but they come prepare after last year's results, But now Visma looks questionable. Oh well let's hope for the best Tour.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Wilco will be like the fourth/fifth guy, if he goes to the Tour. He is in enough shape to get the job done.

It's not like adam yates or Almeida showed a better level than Jorgenson in the Tour. Kuss was sick, but he will be again the best super domestique in the world if necessary on the last week.

What we can conclude is that, Emirates, Bora and Visma have super good domestiques for the Tour, who can make the race hard or doing a trap to the rival teams(just like Kuss in the Vuelta). They have a lot of firepower.

But in the end, the winner of the Tour will be like always the most strong leader.

Kuss will be irrelevant until week 3 (he looks awful) so only Matteo is gonna help Vingegaard but I agree the strongest rider will win.