Tour of the Alps 2023 (April 17-21)

[Mayomaniac]

Not trying anything gc wise on this terrain is dissapointing.
I know that Carr is a classy rider on his day, but the gc riders should climb it faster than him after being in the breakaway...

 

[Bolder]

Ineos train in full effect here. It's like a mini-Sky flashback.

 

[Aimar16]

Nobody wants to get seriously injured on this tricky wet descent just to be in the top 3 in this joke race

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This race should also serve as a reminder that all the 'OMG this new generation is so attacking' talk is bulls***. The actual thing that's going on is that the big 6 is so much stronger than everyone else than they can do whatever they want, meanwhile most non-big 6 riders wouldn't recognise an opportunity to attack if it was dancing in front of them in a Rapha Giro kit.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Not trying anything gc wise on this terrain is dissapointing.
I know that Carr is a classy rider on his day, but the gc riders should climb it faster than him after being in the breakaway...

To be fair, sort of understandable that no one is willing to risk anything given the wet descent with the Giro coming up adding to the fact that Ineos still have 5 guys. Shame because I thought the route overall was good but it really turned out to be lacklustre.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This stage needed another climb, although the weather probably would have neutralised the action anyway.

 

[Escarabajo]

This race should also serve as a reminder that all the 'OMG this new generation is so attacking' talk is bulls***. The actual thing that's going on is that the big 6 is so much stronger than everyone else than they can do whatever they want, meanwhile most non-big 6 riders wouldn't recognise an opportunity to attack if it was dancing in front of them in a Rapha Giro kit.

In their defense the weather is not good and it is not worth risking a participation in the Giro. That is a very good reason to ride like this.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

In their defense the weather is not good and it is not worth risking a participation in the Giro. That is a very good reason to ride like this.

The rain didn't start until they were almost done climbing.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Education First
Education Second

 

[Bolder]

Bravo Simon, at least someone took the race by the horns. And a nice 1-2 for EF

 

[JosefK]

Okay, so it's nice to see Tao in very good form ... maybe he'll be in the mix in a couple weeks.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Escarabajo]

The rain didn't start until they were almost done climbing.

Ok, but the problem is the descent so if they new it was raining it became a moot point with so many INEOS riders up front. Maybe the design didn't help.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Kulset lost 2-3 spots in GC when he got dropped in those final kilometers. What happened?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kulset lost 2-3 spots in GC when he got dropped in those final kilometers. What happened?

He lost 28 seconds, but needed 33 or 34 to move up a spot. Of course he could have taken bonus seconds as well.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

He lost 28 seconds, but needed 33 or 34 to move up a spot. Of course he could have taken bonus seconds as well.

My math was horrible, I thought he would be just behind APP.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Simon Carr sounds like that schoolboy who prank called Gary Neville that time

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Lipowitz was very dirty in the sprint, seemed like he tried to block Steinhauser on purpose.

 

[yaco]

Zero GC attacks in the final two stages, absolutely pathetic showing by the non-Ineos guys.

This is how Ineos always ride when they defend GC in a stage race - Dombrowski must be disappointed that he did not wait until stage 4 or 5 to go in the breakaway.

 

[KOM]

This entire week was a beautiful showcase for how lucky we are that the days of Skyneos dominance are largely behind us and frankly this is all what it was good for.

 

[jmdirt]

Good for Carr to get a win after a lot of KMs in front of the race during the week.
TGH nice GC win.

 

[Scarponi]

Quite a shame because they use to attack hard when it was Giro Trentino and they had some monster climbs.

 

[Sciatic]

This entire week was a beautiful showcase for how lucky we are that the days of Skyneos dominance are largely behind us and frankly this is all what it was good for.

Yeah that final climb was a beautiful road it was too bad the front (Ineos) group was just plodding along like that. It wasn’t even like when they did their power train stringing out the bunch and we could at least watch riders struggling to hang on. Just looked like a group ride.

 

[staubsauger]

Yeah that final climb was a beautiful road it was too bad the front (Ineos) group was just plodding along like that. It wasn’t even like when they did their power train stringing out the bunch and we could at least watch riders struggling to hang on. Just looked like a group ride.

Riccitello at least tried, but once Poole immediately marked him it was all over.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Quite a shame because they use to attack hard when it was Giro Trentino and they had some monster climbs.

Back in the day the Italian PCT team had legit gc riders for the Giro and for them this race was much more important than it is to some WT team today.