Tour of the Alps 2021 (April 19th-23rd)

[Mayomaniac]

Fabbro is getting better after coming to this race straight from altitude. He was in the breakaway yesterday and 10th today, he should be good at the Giro.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Froome was 82nd, so he keeps on improving by 10 spots a day.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bilbao is going to be so tired by the third week of the Giro. I think.

That was the expectation last year too though, right up until the Stelvio stage.

 

[ice&fire]

Bilbao is going to be so tired by the third week of the Giro. I think.

He won't have a Tour in his legs like last year.

 

[Remy55]

Froome lost more than 14 minutes. So he went in the breakaway to stay in the time limit

 

[HelloDolly]

Domenico Pozzovivo , Nairo Quintana and Roman Bardet must have descended very fast as they passed so many other riders

Hindley crashed

 

[HelloDolly]

Froome sat up and is keeping it for tomorrow

 

[HelloDolly]

Dan martin crashed twice ...so par for the course for him

 

[ice&fire]

Froome lost more than 14 minutes. So he went in the breakaway to stay in the time limit

He's making so much overtime that his hourly rates are taking a huge blow

 

[Carols]

Froome was 82nd, so he keeps on improving by 10 spots a day.

What a shame there aren't 8 more stages, he'd make a top ten!

 

[pink_jersey]

Awesome descent by Bilbao.
The level is too low for Yates. He caught Vlasov without breathing. Nasty stuff.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What a shame there aren't 8 more stages, he'd make a top ten!

Yeah, especially if riders in front him keep on abandoning the race.

 

[RedheadDane]

AGAIN with the cloning!

DNF	HANSEN Lasse Norman			-
DNF	HANSEN Lasse Norman	Team Qhubeka ASSOS			-

 

[Mayomaniac]

Apparently Jai also crashed on the descent and entered an ambulance after crossing the finish line. I hop he's ok.

 

[HelloDolly]

it is a miracle Froome is even racing at this level at all considering his injuries
Fair play to him for coming back when he could do without the aggro or shitty comments

he is a multi millionaire and doesnt need the money

I for one admire his fighting spirit and wish him well

I hope he gets up there and I think he will ...may not win a GT again but will win something

 

[Rackham]

Froome should supposedly have one job in this race: work for Dan Martin.

He's not exactly doing very well in that regard. I get the impression some "fans" ask for special dispensation from critique with regards to his performances, i.e. because he was injured or whatnot.

All I see is a very sad sight to be honest, i.e. a GT multi-winner rolling around like a continental pro rider. The poster above is right about one thing: he's a multi-millionaire. So why publicly aim so high (Tour de France 2021, which is his de-facto stated ambition) when he's totally incapable of delivering anywhere near that promise? He could have just sailed into the sunset (or taken a lesser contract with lesser goals just for the joy of racing) but nope, it's apparently all about getting in shape for a fifth Tour.

Is it funny or sad? Champions should know when enough is enough.

 

[Red Rick]

The injury was nearly two years ago and he was back racing more than a year ago

 

[Anderis]

What a performance by Tejay Van Garderen! His best climbing performance since 2019 Dauphine!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Apparently Matt White has been on L'Équipe complaining that the final descent was too dangerous. Really tired of the current attitude towards descending amongst some, between the supertuck ban and the whining about every technical descent ever.

 

[SafeBet]

I see Ineos is back to choo choo climbing even when it makes zero sense whatsoever. They had 4 riders up in GC and they destroyed themselves.

 

[search]

I see Ineos is back to choo choo climbing even when it makes zero sense whatsoever. They had 4 riders up in GC and they destroyed themselves.

odd tactics indeed, especially as Sivakov's shape was unsure after the crash yesterday, and tomorrow's stage would have offered a great chance to attack Greenedge from far out with Martinez and/or Sosa. Now they are too far back anyway, and all left on stake for them is a potential stage win

 

[Rackham]

I see Ineos is back to choo choo climbing even when it makes zero sense whatsoever. They had 4 riders up in GC and they destroyed themselves.

From my point of view Ineos actually did a very old fashioned trick: set a tempo which they hoped was fast enough to prevent attacks & slow enough to preserve Sivakov.

It's not unusual for a team to control a group for their leader on a climb when he's nowhere near the best or good enough to respond to attacks. They like to send rivals to sleep. Hugh Carthy blew that away though so we got a good race.

 

[tobydawq]

AGAIN with the cloning!

DNF	HANSEN Lasse Norman			-
DNF	HANSEN Lasse Norman	Team Qhubeka ASSOS			-

Just an error.

 

[WKA311]

This is only Lipowitz 2nd ever stage race. He was on less than 10 road race participations before this race started. And he is climbing better each day and the harder it gets. Exceptional performance.