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

[scribers]

Poor Alaphilippe!

He's still coming in

 

[Tim Cahill]

"I hope that this result we have can bring sponsors, help Manu Hubert and the Arkéa-B&B Hotels team. We show that the staff and the riders are giving their all with the limited resources we have."

Respect Kévin Vauquelin

 

[Cookster15]

Great ride by Almeida - smashed it! Reminds me when Roglic stole the 2023 Giro from Geraint Thomas on Monte Lussari. Congrats to him for winning this race. He is obviously in great shape for the Tour.

 

[Pippo_San]

As someone who just wants to be entertained, I'm hoping deep down that all 3 will go to the Giro and they let them sort it out on the road, though unlikely I admit. They have dug a bit of a hole for themselves with too many cowboys, and with Ayuso/IDT both on long and lucrative contracts I'm not sure any team has the kind of funding to pry anyone away, plus there's the issue of how much specialised knowledge they give to other teams when riders this high up the chain end up leaving. Perhaps Movistar with their new billionaire backer will work out a deal, but I doubt Ayuso will be wanting to take a large pay cut, even if he does end up on the ciciban schedule for the next 4 years at UAE. Almeida who's contract ends in 2026 could be the one to go. His coach, Sola, also coaches many other riders on other teams (Portuguese included), so I don't think it would be an issue if he carried on with Joao on another team.

The best thing for Ayuso to do at this point is to ride himself into the ground working for others in the smaller late season races to try and regain some credibility within the team.

Literally I'm laughing my arse off that in the TdS thread the most curious stuff is that we're talking Ayuso 😂
I admit it's quite a shame that he's so unlikeable 'cause I see he's a very good racer it's just that his ego doesn't compare to his legs.
At least until now (but I'm not believing in great outstanding changes).

He should go the Almeida route. 1 week races and super domestique in GTs. And maybe one day GT captain again.