Tour of the Alps 2022 (April 18-22)

[Taxus4a]

the peloton don't let the break to get time..even has reduced a little..it would bw interesting to know how many riders are in that group and who is working

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

They've now taken 45s back on the break.

 

[Taxus4a]

Nizzolo is training here for the Giro. He needs racedays after his injury in Sanremo.

I hope froome has a good week. Now no excuses with injury or lack of trainign

No excuses, but is not peaking here. He is just starting to get his level, it is a long process. I think he is showing a level to go to Romandie..and maybe as one of the leaders .on depends how this race finish and how he feel next week. If he is not at Romandie...very difficult to be at the Tour, except something by sorpresive. I don't know if he must be at le Tour...he should try to shine maybe in another races...but la Tour, with sun, it is the best race for his skills..but he prefers long stages and today mountain stages are short.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Fun fact: the first edition of a race that you could call Giro del Trentino happened 1 year before the first Giro d'Italia.

In 1908 the Federazione ciclistica del Trentino (the local federation inside the Austro-Hungarian empire) organized the Giro dei confini ciclistici del Trentino. The motivation behind it was a political one, it was a political statement to defend the region's right to exist against the German speaking nationalists who insisted that all of the Trentino had once been German, only got "italianized" later on and should be "re-germanized". It has to be said that only 7 riders finished the race...

 

[Mayomaniac]

No surprise that Bahrain is pulling in the main bunch. I like Pernsteiner, but their main gc guys are behind.

 

[postmanhat]

the peloton don't let the break to get time..even has reduced a little..it would bw interesting to know how many riders are in that group and who is working

Maybe the fact that Hagen bridged the gap so quickly, suggests they weren't working that effectively

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Italian GPS strikes again.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Soon Landa attack.

 

[moljoh]

Italian GPS strikes again.

Yep, the New Hope we had for precise timing before the race is gone...

 

[Mayomaniac]

A bit off topic, but as far as I know Badilatti is one of the few riders who also speaks Rumantsch.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Where is pinot?

 

[Pinot's goat]

Where is pinot?

FDJ decided to take him to Circuit Sarthe so he could crash a couple times because he was getting too strong for their liking.

 

[ppanther92]

Sad for Pernsteiner

 

[Roku]

WTF is Bahrain doing stopping Pernsteiner...

 

[Mayomaniac]

#freetheHerminator

 

[ppanther92]

WTF is Bahrain doing stopping Pernsteiner...

All for Bilbao/Landa

But I still do not like it. Pernsteiner was cruising without doing work in the front (so there was a chance for the stage). And its a prep race as well. Not good for moral.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Why Bahrain tactics are so stupid? If they waste pernnstinner they need to launch Landa

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That was really one of those moments that should tell you to find a new team.

 

[glassmoon]

Froome still in the main group? Dude is peaking too soon

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Expecting the peloton to split on the descent and the front part to either catch or come close to Sivakov and Storer considering their descending skills.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Forget about the washed-up Remco, Cian is the next Merckx

Cian has been dropped, but the younger Lenny Martinez is still there.

 

[ppanther92]

Even Landa is not free

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Even Landa is not free

When he's the second-in-command, he finds his powers. It will be Landani time on the final stage and the forum will rejoice.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Did Superman drop through the peloton also?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Landa should have attacked