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

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What are you keeping your eye on during the Tour of the Alps?

  • who's going to win

    Votes: 15 25.9%

  • a youngster or outsider the thread-starter didn't even know existed

    Votes: 11 19.0%

  • the scenery

    Votes: 22 37.9%

  • who's in form for the Giro

    Votes: 22 37.9%

  • whether Anton Palzer is the new LeMond

    Votes: 17 29.3%

  • whether Bernal's back is good

    Votes: 11 19.0%

  • whether Pinot's back is good

    Votes: 15 25.9%

  • whether Hindley will have to wait for Bardet when he's in for a podium

    Votes: 9 15.5%

  • whether Hindley will have to put on a rain jacket

    Votes: 15 25.9%

  • your girl/boyfriend/Netflix

    Votes: 9 15.5%
  • Total voters
    58
  • Poll closed .
HelloDolly

HelloDolly

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Rackham said:
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.
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  1. Who says Chris Froome isnt working for Dan Martin. He is allowed to go int he break as per other riders in the break today and everyday
  2. I dont see it as sad that Froome is continuing to race . Sad is death and other stuff. This is someone doing what they have always done and want to continue to do it...nothing sad in that.
  3. No one said he should be immune comment or indeed have special dispensations, I am not a particular fan. Just prefer if people were less gleeful about his current fall from grace
 
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Escarabajo

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With tomorrow's stage Ineos can right the ship. It is perfect for a team attack. It is a pity that they Dani Martinez kept losing time because it would have been the perfect bait.
 
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Mayomaniac

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Escarabajo said:
With tomorrow's stage Ineos can right the ship. It is perfect for a team attack. It is a pity that they Dani Martinez kept losing time because it would have been the perfect bait.
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I don't get why the are sending him to the Giro when he has a well documented history of underperforming during that part of the season because of allergies. EF talked about it and even back when he rode for Scinto they said the same.
 
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Escarabajo

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In a podcast that I was watching they were taking about Dani Martinez doing a Soler. I missed that. I frankly didn't see him doing that. I thought he tried to be a good soldier to get back to help his leader Sivakov. In fact Sivakov told him to go ahead but he still stayed with him until the end.
Did I miss something?
 
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Anderis

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Mayomaniac said:
I don't get why the are sending him to the Giro when he has a well documented history of underperforming during that part of the season because of allergies. EF talked about it and even back when he rode for Scinto they said the same.
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Perhaps he wouldn't quite make the Ineos team for TdF if everyone was healthy and just imagine Ineos buying out EF's best GT prospect out of contract early only to send him to the Vuelta as his only GT. :p
 
Pinot's goat

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Mayomaniac said:
I don't get why the are sending him to the Giro when he has a well documented history of underperforming during that part of the season because of allergies. EF talked about it and even back when he rode for Scinto they said the same.
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Maybe Ineos found a solution as they always seem to do.
 
Mayomaniac

Mayomaniac

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Action from the start, Fabbro and Dan Martin on the attack with Großschartner and de Marchi also being in the breakaway. Pinot, Gallopin, TJCG, Storer, Pronskiy and Roche also in the breakaway, Pernsteiner, Sosa, Schulz and Amezqueta 18sec behind, the peloton is 2:50 behind.
 
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Mayomaniac said:
Hindley DNS, apparently the crash yesterday was worse than expected.
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his knee looked pretty bad, so I'd more say "as expected". Let's hope he recovers for the Giro.

I guess Androni will do a bit of work in the peloton as well, to protect 4th in GC (and thereby lots of Coppa Italia points). Not that they can be of much help, though.
 
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Was the Trek DS slightly upset to miss the break or why are they pulling so much?
 
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