Tour de Suisse 2024, June 9 - 16

[Tricycle Rider]

No hair tufts on Almeida, his hair is perfectly coiffed.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

flippin UAE dominance is boring me already

 

[Didinho]

Yes Joao. The man who never gets dropped.

 

[AmRacer]

Good old Movistar tactic.

 

[tobydawq]

If Vingegaard doesn't get ready for the Tour, and Roglic crashes as per usual, it seems quite conceivable UAE can take all 3 podium spots.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall at the team meeting, where they decide who out of Yates, Ayuso and Almeida is to be the domestique - so the other two can podium with Pogacar

Yes, that would be funny dude

 

[xuziqiangnuctech@outlook.]

Anyone else think Isaac Del Toro may really have a big big chance to go to Vuelta this year?

 

[Miha81]

If Vingegaard doesn't get ready for the Tour, and Roglic crashes as per usual, it seems quite conceivable UAE can take all 3 podium spots.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall at the team meeting, where they decide who out of Yates, Ayuso and Almeida is to be the domestique - so the other two can podium with Pogacar

Do we watch Vuelta 2023 scenario in this case?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Do we watch Vuelta 2023 scenario in this case?

I can't imagine a cannibal like TikTok Merckx gifting gc leads to team mates/not attacking them.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Do we watch Vuelta 2023 scenario in this case?

Noooooooooo... I thought the dynamics got really weird between Rogla, Vingo, and Kuss. Think Rogla ended up the odd man out if I remember correctly? Wouldn't want to see a repeat of that.

 

[Miha81]

Noooooooooo... I thought the dynamics got really weird between Rogla, Vingo, and Kuss. Think Rogla ended up the odd man out if I remember correctly?

Yeah, but I think that in UAE there is a clear no. 1 so I would be very surprised if something similar would happen.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Netflix will poison Pogacar for an inside drama at UAE with Ayuso, Yates and Almeida fighting for GC.

 

[Miha81]

I can't imagine a cannibal like TikTok Merckx gifting gc leads to team mates/not attacking them.

Maybe playing rock, paper, scissors

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Yeah, but I think that in UAE there is a clear no. 1 so I would be very surprised if something similar would happen.

Touché.

 

[Froome]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801629406655287672

View: https://x.com/WattsinCycling/status/1801629406655287672


Almeida> Contador Verbier.

 

[Netserk]

Meh, I expected them to go above 2000 m/h, it was the perfect day for it.

 

[Sciatic]

I am more interested in the rocket program in Blitzingen he was talking about.

Also I think Kirby just likes doing stuff with words, and a coherent sentence is somewhat less important.

If you put it that way he’s not quite as bad—because I tend to do that as well

 

[Sciatic]

yeah, he was brought back by some team mates. No idea if he had a mechanical before, but he didn't look comfortable.

Maybe he got motion-sickness on the train

 

[Tim Cahill]

7.1w/kg for 19 minutes for some domestiques, even if it was a fresh effort, legit Contador's best numbers.

 

[SHAD0W93]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801629406655287672

View: https://x.com/WattsinCycling/status/1801629406655287672


Almeida> Contador Verbier.

How’s Almeida less w/kg despite starting the climb at the same time, catching, and passing Adam?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

How’s Almeida less w/kg despite starting the climb at the same time, catching, and passing Adam?

Because he is a wheelsucker

 

[Tim Cahill]

How’s Almeida less w/kg despite starting the climb at the same time, catching, and passing Adam?

Adam was on the front a lot longer, Almeida was mostly behind Skjelmose and Bernal.

 

[Escarabajo]

flippin UAE dominance is boring me already

Well, VISMA destroyed them last year. So there is that. It hasn't been that long, so it is not as bad for a change.

 

[topcat]

Drafting matters when doing 20kph.

Though I don't think drafting calculations are all that great.

Is that the expression on your face when you hear that Almeida > Contador and Pog > Merckx?

 

[Netserk]

7.1w/kg for 19 minutes for some domestiques, even if it was a fresh effort, legit Contador's best numbers.

His instagram post of his 2014(?) training numbers had 20 minutes at 7.4 W/kg.

 

[aruipksni]

well, i hope tomorrow we will see a really large break (of course without GC guys included), so it will not be another of this UAE 1-2 in the end.