Tour de Suisse, Stage 2 Sunday, June 10 Verbania - Verbier 218 km

[LaFlorecita]

Rui also GC leader.

 

[BillytheKid]

8km at 7%. So it's only really still a middling climb. Better than we've seen from him, but not too much more spectacular than his climbing in his Tour stage win. Bodes well for his future for races like Lombardia though!

Some ks tickle more like nine. I think where Schleck attacked....so you right, no easy big-ring climb.

 

[Bala Verde]

Provisional GC top 37

1 122 Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA Movistar Team 06:31:22
2 98 Frank SCHLECK RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:08
3 48 Roman KREUZIGER Astana Pro Team 00:00:15
4 165 Thibaut PINOT FDJ-BigMat 00:00:19
5 158 Nicolas ROCHE AG2R La mondiale 00:00:21
6 33 Thomas LÖVKVIST Sky Procycling 00:00:21
7 121 Alejandro VALVERDE Movistar Team 00:00:23
8 154 John GADRET AG2R La mondiale 00:00:24
9 114 Mikel NIEVE Euskaltel - Euskadi 00:00:26
10 51 Tom DANIELSON Garmin-Barracuda 00:00:29
11 47 Robert KISERLOVSKI Astana Pro Team 00:00:32
12 92 Jakob FUGLSANG RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:33
13 1 Levi LEIPHEIMER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:00:37
14 177 Chris SÖRENSEN Team Saxo bank 00:00:40
15 12 Giampaolo CARUSO Katusha Team 00:00:41
16 133 Steven KRUIJSWIJK Rabobank Cycling Team 00:00:47
17 71 Damiano CUNEGO Lampre - ISD 00:00:57
18 13 Vladimir GUSEV Katusha Team 00:00:58
19 26 Moreno MOSER Liquigas-Cannondale 00:01:01
20 131 Robert GESINK Rabobank Cycling Team 00:01:09
21 3 Dario CATALDO Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:01:15
22 172 Volodymir GUSTOV Team Saxo bank 00:01:33
23 81 Mathias FRANK BMC Racing Team 00:01:37
24 46 Fredrik KESSIAKOFF Astana Pro Team 00:01:39
25 113 Gorka IZAGIRRE Euskaltel - Euskadi 00:01:39
26 107 Wouter POELS Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team 00:01:43
27 181 Rubens BERTOGLIATI Team Type 1 - Sanofi 00:01:45
28 43 Tanel KANGERT Astana Pro Team 00:01:47
29 112 Mikel ASTARLOZA Euskaltel - Euskadi 00:01:55
30 87 Stephen CUMMINGS BMC Racing Team 00:01:59
31 143 Bart DE CLERCQ Lotto-Belisol Team 00:01:59
32 136 Tom Jelte SLAGTER Rabobank Cycling Team 00:01:59
33 108 Rafael VALLS FERRI Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team 00:02:04
34 191 Raymond KUNZLI Spidertech Powered by C10 00:02:10
35 8 Peter VELITS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:02:13
36 93 Linus GERDEMANN RadioShack-Nissan 00:02:13

 

[Cancellator]

I wonder if RSNT hold the record for most second places this year...

 

[dlwssonic]

Very very impressive by schleck, just went too early and really had nothing left in the final km.
Rui costa and valverde are looking good!
I won't put it past frank to repeat his suisse victory.
Hope to see valverde and schleck attacking at le tour.

 

[Parrulo]

8km at 7%. So it's only really still a middling climb. Better than we've seen from him, but not too much more spectacular than his climbing in his Tour stage win. Bodes well for his future for races like Lombardia though!

ir does bode well for races like liege and lombardy and 1 week stage races which i think are his rightful place. Great to see he keeps improving.

i was the one saying piti was dropped but then corrected it, he just looks different compared to his old days in terms of riding style

 

[Wigwan]

Were there bonifications?

 

[dlwssonic]

good for movistar they need some uci points.

 

[ingsve]

Lofkvist looked quiet good on the climb but as always he droppes when the pace goes up towards the end. Still a decent preformance. 6th on GC.

Ya, he's a real sailboat.

 

[screaming fist]

Were there bonifications?

I think so

 

[Wigwan]

I think so

10-6-4?

(10 chars)

 

[Richeypen]

10-6-4?

(10 chars)

Thats what they said on Eurosport

 

[iZnoGouD]

To be honest I expected as much today.
He never looked good on that final climb.

Not sure if it is an indication of bad form tho, he just got back from altitude training so the racing adjustment is difficult. But we'll see I guess.

Anyway forget Machado man

Just wait for the Vuelta

 

[roundabout]

10-6-4?

(10 chars)

Yes, Schleck and Costa were s.t. before today. 4 seconds plus 4 seconds extra bonus 8 second gap on GC.

 

[dlwssonic]

Just wait for the Vuelta

I think you should just support rui costa and forget about machado

 

[BillytheKid]

Schleck answers critics. Costa times it perfect.

The Suisse is a bumpy race with a lot of unrated climbs. Cancellera can play a big roll for Schleck, but Boonen is also here for Leipheimer who was riding wheel in the 1st chase group.

Leipheimer will wait for the ITT again and finish on the podium.

How is Costa's ITT? I think Movistar will be let go to control the race for as long as possible.

 

[maltiv]

Very impressed by Costa, didn't expect him to do so well on such a tough finish. He's been improving steadily for the last couple of years and is starting to become a really classy rider. Not too shabby by Pinot either, whose 5th place definitely shows some promise (even if I predicted him to win).

 

[iZnoGouD]

Schleck answers critics. Costa times it perfect.

The Suisse is a bumpy race with a lot of unrated climbs. Cancellera can play a big roll for Schleck, but Boonen is also here for Leipheimer who was riding wheel in the 1st chase group.

Leipheimer will wait for the ITT again and finish on the podium.

How is Costa's ITT? I think Movistar will be let go to control the race for as long as possible.

his TT is really good too, he is going to win this race easy

 

[meat puppet]

Okayish ride by Fränk. Would be awesome if he was the one of them who actually won a GT. Andy to hit the bottle immediately - and probably go on like that for a year.

Gesink building up I guess. Gotta hope so.

Rui Costa impressive!

 

[Parrulo]

Schleck answers critics. Costa times it perfect.

The Suisse is a bumpy race with a lot of unrated climbs. Cancellera can play a big roll for Schleck, but Boonen is also here for Leipheimer who was riding wheel in the 1st chase group.

Leipheimer will wait for the ITT again and finish on the podium.

How is Costa's ITT? I think Movistar will be let go to control the race for as long as possible.

his itt isn't exactly top class but is still fairly good, he was 4th in romandie this year 22 seconds behind wiggins and was also good on the algarve itt.

the hillier the better for him tho.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

good for movistar they need some uci points.

Do they? They're kind of middle of the table. Didn't get much for the Classics, but they've made the podium of the TDU, Romandie and Paris-Nice, won two stages of the Giro and 2nd in another with some other good placings, 6th in the Dauphiné, 8th in the TDU, 10th in Catalunya, a stage of the Dauphiné and of País Vasco, a couple of stage placings elsewhere for Ventoso and Rojas... they're doing OK, as you might expect from a team without any real solid leaders (unless Valverde's on top form) but a very strong backup squad.

They're up there with Radioshack on points.

 

[BillytheKid]

I am looking forward to the rest of this race. It's replayed at night on NBC Sports as well so if I am not posting, I am sleeping.

 

[TheEnoculator]

Does anyone know the provisional GC standing (top 10) after Stage 2?

 

[Parrulo]

Does anyone know the provisional GC standing (top 10) after Stage 2?

it was posted by bala verde on the previous page.

top 20 GC here:
1 122 Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA Movistar Team 06:31:22
2 98 Frank SCHLECK RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:08
3 48 Roman KREUZIGER Astana Pro Team 00:00:15
4 165 Thibaut PINOT FDJ-BigMat 00:00:19
5 158 Nicolas ROCHE AG2R La mondiale 00:00:21
6 33 Thomas LÖVKVIST Sky Procycling 00:00:21
7 121 Alejandro VALVERDE Movistar Team 00:00:23
8 154 John GADRET AG2R La mondiale 00:00:24
9 114 Mikel NIEVE Euskaltel - Euskadi 00:00:26
10 51 Tom DANIELSON Garmin-Barracuda 00:00:29
11 47 Robert KISERLOVSKI Astana Pro Team 00:00:32
12 92 Jakob FUGLSANG RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:33
13 1 Levi LEIPHEIMER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:00:37
14 177 Chris SÖRENSEN Team Saxo bank 00:00:40
15 12 Giampaolo CARUSO Katusha Team 00:00:41
16 133 Steven KRUIJSWIJK Rabobank Cycling Team 00:00:47
17 71 Damiano CUNEGO Lampre - ISD 00:00:57
18 13 Vladimir GUSEV Katusha Team 00:00:58
19 26 Moreno MOSER Liquigas-Cannondale 00:01:01
20 131 Robert GESINK Rabobank Cycling Team 00:01:09

 

[iZnoGouD]

10 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:29
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
6 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:37
39 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:02:14
130 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:13:02