Tour de Suisse 2025 - Men's (June 15- June 22)

[Samu Cuenca]

It'll be a couple of hours before live images, but for now here's a fun factoid from PCS, how time flies.

The last time trial victory for Froome Chris (Israel - Premier Tech) was 2847 days ago (Vuelta a España | Stage 16 (ITT))

He's targeting 5...000.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Egads, Küng has started and there are no live images from SRF yet, this is a travesty!

Another 25mins before live images.

 

[YavorD]

Egads, Küng has started and there are no live images from SRF yet, this is a travesty!

Another 25mins before live images.

There are no riders on the road, so we don't miss a lot of racing.

 

[Rackham]

Whomever thought it was a good idea to have a stage 8 ITT in the Tour de Suisse with a 1 hour or thereabouts gap between groups of riders really, really overestimated just how much people might care about their race.

The TdS isn't the Giro and it's testing my attention span.

 

[RedheadDane]

Whomever thought it was a good idea to have a stage 8 ITT in the Tour de Suisse with a 1 hour or thereabouts gap between groups of riders really, really overestimated just how much people might care about their race.

The TdS isn't the Giro and it's testing my attention span.

Just over 10 Ks to go in Andorra, you might wanna switch over there.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Whomever thought it was a good idea to have a stage 8 ITT in the Tour de Suisse with a 1 hour or thereabouts gap between groups of riders really, really overestimated just how much people might care about their race.

The TdS isn't the Giro and it's testing my attention span.

I can understand the practicality of it if there's just not enough space to fit everyone at the finish line and there's no other road to get back down, but it's definitely testing my patience also.

 

[YavorD]

Whomever thought it was a good idea to have a stage 8 ITT in the Tour de Suisse with a 1 hour or thereabouts gap between groups of riders really, really overestimated just how much people might care about their race.

The TdS isn't the Giro and it's testing my attention span.

Why would it test your attention span?
Once the coverage starts, there wont be any gaps between groups of riders, so I think there's nothing testing there.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

There are no riders on the road, so we don't miss a lot of racing.

Ah, this must be the 75-min break between riders then, wonder what SRF will be talking about for half an hour. (Bring the aging Swiss rockstar back for some entertainment! )

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Live images of MotoGP on SRF now, that is not the kind of race recap I was hoping for.

 

[Red Rick]

What do we expect for the winning time? Around 28 minutes or just under?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Awww, SRF is interviewing the fabulous Fabian Cancellara now, what a blast from the past! (He looks GOOD, btw.)

 

[search]

They probably need to get the Team Cars back down the mountain after the first half since there‘s only one way up, that‘s why there‘s a break.

the riders (can) take the cable car to get back down to the valley, by the way.

 

[YavorD]

What do we expect for the winning time? Around 28 minutes or just under?

Sweeny's time is 29.28.
I will be surprised if Almeida/the winner doesn't put at least 2 minutes.
I would say something like 27.10-15.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

What do we expect for the winning time? Around 28 minutes or just under?

I'll go with just under, say, 27.53. (By whom I do not know.)

 

[noob]

Wow the views are stunning!

 

[noob]

So today they could use drones! It's a perfect day for drones if they had them!

 

[search]

Nairo used to be good in MTTs. Let's see if he even tries.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

And now finally some live images from the race, there really is very little space up top of Stockhütte. (Just what looks like a hotel and a parking lot, and not much else.)

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Wow the views are stunning!

Lovely lake and greenery!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Fortunato at +21s at 2nd.
Sweeney, a lightweight climber, is still leading the race.

 

[Red Rick]

Absolute garbage if they're only gonna show starts and intermediate chekcs

 

[moljoh]

Well, good ride by the ozzie S Todd

 

[noob]

Simmons hair is an art installation but it's not pretty lol

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Free Bird!

 

[Squire]

Woykeland still being hyped up for the GC by Brian Smith. I'll be impressed if he ships less than a minute to Almeida.

The time trial looks brutal. Zero wind, hot temperatures, wide road with not much shade. The scenery is absolutely brilliant though.