Tour du Rwanda 2024, February 18-25

[Samamba]

So it seems riders are not choosing the TT bike?

Only Israel, QS and Eritrea have TT bikes if I remember correctly so not sure.

Astana & UAE too. Glivar used TT bike.

 

[Samamba]

Latour won the stage. No idea about the GC guys.

EDIT: Lecerf is leader so he was best of the GC guys.

 

[Taxus4a]

What a pity so bad info....I thin is no so difficult in an ITT to have a provisional result sometimes.... It look we will have long time by knowing just the winner and the leader. i watched a video of the start of every rider...just interesting to watch the environement, the way riders face the start of the ITT and the kind of bike, but no more...

 

[Taxus4a]

Only Israel, QS and Eritrea have TT bikes if I remember correctly so not sure.

And UAE too. Glivar used TT bike.

Yes, the UAE man who started previous Froome make it with a super ITT bike...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

That said, if Latour is in shape, i'd pick him.

I should start gambling.

 

[Squire]

Results are out. Lecerf 2nd with +34 just ahead of Blackmore at +36. Froome with a glorious 58th place, 4m28s off Latour.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Apparently Chris Froome won the intermediate sprint yesterday.

 

[Samamba]

Pretty big differences.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Climber Glivar not in the top 10.

 

[Taxus4a]

Results are out. Lecerf 2nd with +34 just ahead of Blackmore at +36. Froome with a glorious 58th place, 4m28s off Latour.

For Lecerf now the main treath is Israel, with an strong team and Blackmore just at one second. but he is the clear favourite now.

 

[Samamba]

Who is Ilkan Dostiyev? Never heard of him

 

[Landeirovic]

Climber Glivar not in the top 10.

it's also just plain stupid to ride it with a TT bike.

 

[Samamba]

it's also just plain stupid to ride it with a TT bike.

BS, 4th is confirmed to have ridden it with a TT bike lmao.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

it's also just plain stupid to ride it with a TT bike.

Too bad this wasn't broadcast, it was certainly an interesting TT in terms of who rode with which bike.

 

[Taxus4a]

Results are out. Lecerf 2nd with +34 just ahead of Blackmore at +36. Froome with a glorious 58th place, 4m28s off Latour.

where do you see that?

 

[Squire]

where do you see that?

2024 Tour of Rwanda

The 5th Stage of 2024 Tour of Rwanda was won by Pierre Latour of TotalEnergies.

firstcycling.com

 

[Samamba]

If Latour wasn't such a horrible descender he would win this race with one leg honestly. Honestly, he's still not out of it, but it will be hard. He has to attack early on the last stage and then he needs to survive a descent so probably impossible.

 

[ingsve]

If Latour wasn't such a horrible descender he would win this race with one leg honestly. Honestly, he's still not out of it, but it will be hard. He has to attack early on the last stage and then he needs to survive a descent so probably impossible.

Why the last stage? Tomorrows stage looks to be the most decisive of the ones that are left is it not?

 

[Samamba]

Why the last stage? Tomorrows stage looks to be the most decisive of the ones that are left is it not?

Tmorrows stage is just an uphill finish. You can make a difference but never that big imo.

Last stage is the same climb but further from the finish, so if you can get away there who knows. But again if Latour gets a gap there he probably gets caught on the descent.

 

[tobydawq]

Apparently Chris Froome won the intermediate sprint yesterday.

He should have ended his career then and there, on the very top. Like Cancellara.

 

[PhiLiz]

Dawg almost managed to match his teammate Einhorn. Great showing, loving it.

 

[repre]

Why Lecerf is there? He is too good

 

[Lequack]

What do you mean, he just lost against Latour.

 

[repre]

What do you mean, he just lost against Latour.

Has 55 sec on him in the GC, i think it counts in this race

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Why Lecerf is there? He is too good

Because he had a good experience in last year's race and wanted to come back and win it.