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

[Remy55]

ladin, who is an old rhaeto-romanic language, is spoken only in the valleys around the sellastock:
Gröden/Valgardena, Gadertal, val di Fassa and the area around Cortina (less here).

 

[Mayomaniac]

ladin, who is an old rhaeto-romanic language, is spoken only in the valleys around the sellastock:
Gröden/Valgardena, Gadertal, val di Fassa and the area around Cortina (less here).

Yes, but in the Vinschgau they also spoke rhaeto-romanic (just like in the nearby part of Switzerland) up until the 17th/18th century.

 

[RedheadDane]

I... think there might be a small mistake here...

Startlist for Tour of the Alps 2021

Competing teams and riders for Tour of the Alps 2021. Top competitors are Aleksandr Vlasov, Mattias Skjelmose and Chris Froome.

www.procyclingstats.com

• 5. BORA - hansgrohe
  • 41 FABBRO Matteo
  • 42 GROßSCHARTNER Felix
  • 43 PALZER Anton
  • 44 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
  • 45 SELIG Rüdiger
  • 46 WANDAHL Frederik
  • 47 ZWIEHOFF Ben

• 9. Team Qhubeka ASSOS
  • 42 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
  • 42 FRANKINY Kilian
  • 42 VACEK Karel
  • 42 DLAMINI Nic
  • 42 POZZOVIVO Domenico
  • 42 BROWN Connor
  • 42 HANSEN Lasse Norman

 

[SafeBet]

Imagine Kirby if number 42 wins a stage.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Imagine Kirby if number 42 wins a stage.

Connor Brown will be the next Chris Harper.

 

[johnymax]

Hindley has to show something, right? I can't remember when was the last time the 1st and 2nd from a GT both had such an underwhelming start of the season the following year (excluding injuries).

 

[SafeBet]

First professional road race ridden by both Vacek brothers (Mathias and Karel) if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Mayomaniac]

No idea of they'll let fans anywhere near the start, but I'll try tomorrow.

 

[RedheadDane]

I... think there might be a small mistake here...

Startlist for Tour of the Alps 2021

Competing teams and riders for Tour of the Alps 2021. Top competitors are Aleksandr Vlasov, Mattias Skjelmose and Chris Froome.

www.procyclingstats.com

• 5. BORA - hansgrohe
  • 41 FABBRO Matteo
  • 42 GROßSCHARTNER Felix
  • 43 PALZER Anton
  • 44 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
  • 45 SELIG Rüdiger
  • 46 WANDAHL Frederik
  • 47 ZWIEHOFF Ben

• 9. Team Qhubeka ASSOS
  • 42 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
  • 42 FRANKINY Kilian
  • 42 VACEK Karel
  • 42 DLAMINI Nic
  • 42 POZZOVIVO Domenico
  • 42 BROWN Connor
  • 42 HANSEN Lasse Norman

Ah, well... they fixed it now.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Hindley has to show something, right? I can't remember when was the last time the 1st and 2nd from a GT both had such an underwhelming start of the season the following year (excluding injuries).

They've both had injury/illness issues it looks like

Hindley's only been in two races so far. Staying in Europe over the winter instead of training at home might have been a mistake but you can understand why. Paris-Nice instead of Tir-Ad was an odd choice but it seems he was there mainly to ride for Benoot and rode pretty much as expected. He then had to drop out of Catalunya with non-covid illness so he's very much playing catch up now

 

[SafeBet]

Didn't know you could be both a DS and a rider in the same race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Didn't know you could be both a DS and a rider in the same race.

Quite impressive considering he's only 20.

 

[tobydawq]

Maybe he has played a lot of PCM.

 

[yaco]

The Giro result was a mirage - Doubt it will be repeated.

 

[BlueRoads]

I see, spring hasn't really reached Austria yet, either.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I see, spring hasn't really reached Austria yet, either.

A bit over 2 weeks ago we had 24 degrees in Innsbruck, but that's just spring in the mountains, you never know.

 

[BlueRoads]

What, Ciccone isn't there either? What about him?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Interestingly enough this is actually the first time they have started the race in BZ - Alto-Adige/South Tyrol. They have departed from East Tyrol a few times before the name change and from North Tyrol after it, but never from this part of the Euroregion until today.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What, Ciccone isn't there either? What about him?

No, he has decided to prepare for the Giro in Sierra Nevada apparently.

 

[BlueRoads]

No, he has decided to prepare for the Giro in Sierra Nevada apparently.

So everybody now thinks it's better to train somewhere instead of doing preparation races? A bit annoying... especially, when the teams are not filled up by others who get their chances, but start with less riders than allowed.
At the start of the year everybody was so eager to race.

Edit: The most negative part about it is that I have to constantly rewrite my opening post.

 

[Netserk]

Hindley has to show something, right? I can't remember when was the last time the 1st and 2nd from a GT both had such an underwhelming start of the season the following year (excluding injuries).

2011 Vuelta, until the following Dauphiné.

 

[BlueRoads]

Pello Bilbao will win this bike race.

Looks like he will.

 

[BlueRoads]

God, how lazy is this field? They just let him go?

 

[Salvarani]

Very good for Bilbao this

 

[SafeBet]

Looks like he will.

Easy there. Dragging Santi Umba with him could prove dangerous.