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

[Devil's Elbow]

Congrats to Dan Martin for no longer having the most unnecessary crash of the race.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So both home nations will end the race with at least one stage win by the looks, that's always nice.

 

[Escarabajo]

Incredible. I don't get it. Why is everyone following?????
This is ridiculous.

 

[Escarabajo]

Really bad race when you don't have challengers!
Ineos a shame. So many riders and all following.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Why would you wait for the easiest part of the climb to attack when you've already climbed it on the same stage?

 

[Escarabajo]

No strength basically!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Really bad race when you don't have challengers!
Ineos a shame. So many riders and all following.

Looks like the top guys are just using it as a prep race for the Giro.

 

[JosefK]

Großschartner looking good for the win.

Edit: I've probably jinxed him, now.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Looks like Felix is gonna make it. I've talked with his father before at the 2017 Giro, nice guy!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Riva is a nice place, but waaay to many German, Austrian (and Dutch) tourists. The food and even the beverages in the restaurants are catering to them (Deutscher Kaffee & Deutsche Küche written at the entrance, no thanks!).
I have to say that the commentary on the PMG livestream isn't bad.

 

[Remy55]

Riva is a nice place, but waaay to many German, Austrian (and Dutch) tourists. The food and even the beverages in the restaurants are catering to them (Deutscher Kaffee & Deutsche Küche written at the entrance, no thanks!).

go to l'ora, best restaurant in town

 

[Skalman]

Zigi-zaga, zigi-zaga, hey,hey, hey

 

[Red Rick]

Riva is a nice place, but waaay to many German, Austrian (and Dutch) tourists. The food and even the beverages in the restaurants are catering to them (Deutscher Kaffee & Deutsche Küche written at the entrance, no thanks!).
I have to say that the commentary on the PMG livestream isn't bad.

Sorry I'll just go to the beautiful mountaineous part of the Netherlands next time

 

[BlueRoads]

Riva is a nice place, but waaay to many German, Austrian (and Dutch) tourists. The food and even the beverages in the restaurants are catering to them (Deutscher Kaffee & Deutsche Küche written at the entrance, no thanks!).

Who would not prefer a good German coffee to an Italian Espresso? And the German kitchen is famous all over the world for its subtle flavors.

 

[JosefK]

Good Giro tune-up for Yates.

 

[BlueRoads]

I have to admit I'm biased against Großschartner just because of this facial hair.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Signs of life from Padun, 9th today.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[Rackham]

Is there any logical reason why De Marchi rode against Dan Martin? It looks to me like Israel have no idea what the hell they're doing.

 

[Red Rick]

Is there any logical reason why De Marchi rode against Dan Martin? It looks to me like Israel have no idea what the hell they're doing.

Well they gave Froome a massvie contract so we already knew that

 

[Mayomaniac]

Cepeda's 4th place on the gc ahead of riders like Sivakov, Carthy, Quintana and Bardet (just to name a few) is a big deal for Androni.
I hope to see him and Sepulveda in the breakaway on the mountain stages of the Giro.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is there any logical reason why De Marchi rode against Dan Martin? It looks to me like Israel have no idea what the hell they're doing.

De Marchi probably had better legs, and we don't know how much Martin was affected by his second crash yesterday. If had been in with a chance to get a higher GC ranking, then they probably would have done it differently. But they don't seem to be tactical masterminds on that team either.

 

[HelloDolly]

Wasnt very impressed by Ineos ..I know Moscon is going well but the others are neither here nor there

Sosa what is up with him ? He si never the same two days in a row
Martinez looks good but not that good and Shivakov cant stay on his bike
And we hear Bernal still has back problems

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The improvement continues: Froome 73rd
He is absolutely ready for the Tour du Rwanda

 

[Escarabajo]

TBH, Martinez looked solid. I guess that's the hierarchy of the team. Second stage he soft pedaled to the finish. Fourth stage you know what happened. I guess he understands what his position is at Ineos but I am sure he could have done a lot better.