Tour de Suisse 2024, June 9 - 16

[Rob5091]

Laurance or van Gils or MvdB

Alpecin pulling in the peloton so must fancy their chances.

 

[shadowrider]

1. Mas
2. Yates
3. Skjelmose

1. Who will Visma be racing for?
2. I don't think Van Eetvelt is in the race
3. It will be interesting to see how Van Gils and Nys do
4. I will also be watching how Lecerf rides...I think he's a future star

Van Eetvelt was/is recovering from a nasty knee injury and surgery.... But was also hit by a car a few days ago. We no longer see him in shape for the Vuelta.
Nys had a terrible crash a few days ago during a sprint. Moreover, he is tired after Romandie, Hungary and Norway.
Van Gils is preparing for the Tour. I consider him as a dark horse (top 10 ?) in the Tour.
Lecerf is (too) young and has not the engine for a difficult Tour de Suisse. But he should/could go in a break.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Lovely scenery, though the towns they've been riding through look a lot more modern than I would expect.

What are Pidcock's chances in this tour? I'll cheer for him either way just because he has a couple of cute dogs...

 

[yaco]

Matthews crashed in Aargau so may still be recovering from minor injuries.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Why does the team pretend that Fausto doesn't exist??? There is no update or anything from them. Fausto was not active on social media at all recently, it makes me worry he is having another difficult period.

Maybe they think he's too big a star rider for this race, so they pulled him out to to save energy to take leadership at the Tour. Looking at the way Remco rode the Dauphine, that may be their thinking.

 

[search]

That's another watch for Stehli. According to the SRF commentator, they are beautiful.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

That's another watch for Stehli. According to the SRF commentator, they are beautiful.

I wonder if the Tudor guys are prohibited by the team from sprinting for the Tissot?

 

[search]

Hayter still chilling at the back

 

[Tim Cahill]

These Suisse climb profiles always fool me, they can look reasonably difficult and primed for an opportunists attack, then they get there and the road is so pristine and wide that the sprinters fly over it. I think it will depend on the nature of the surface as to whether they can get over it.

 

[postmanhat]

If Laurance can replicate his climbing ability from Norway, then he also has a decent chance.

 

[Berniece]

For reference the current and last climb

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ok, why are they riding in a roadblock?

 

[Tim Cahill]

EF surely have to do more than this, VDB is one of the most versatile guys there, they have an opportunity to drop some pure sprinters and are just sitting their saving their leadout.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Ok, why are they riding in a roadblock?

They love the sprinters?

 

[RedheadDane]

Alpecin: Okay, timeout over!

 

[Didinho]

Small group suddenly. Alpecin pacing again.

 

[postmanhat]

SKA about to do a 10K leadout

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I like how the Swiss commentators are just as lost who is who as am I.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wow Schmid very fast on the descent

 

[Didinho]

Another big group coming back.

 

[Samamba]

Bettiol is gone I think

He's so insanely good at these efforts.

 

[Didinho]

Lotto and Decathlon vs Bettiol.

 

[glassmoon]

Buchman, Heyter down

 

[titan31]

I've no idea how someone can be as bad as their job as Kirby and still be employed.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ffs Egan getting involved with random leadouts a few weeks before the Tour, he just cant help himself.