Tour of the Alps 2023 (April 17-21)

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not 100% sure, but this is the map to Bocca del Creer (from Avio) on Climbfinder:

the blue cross is San Velentino, the yellow one (with a potential route - they could also go the long way around) Monte Baldo.

 

[Rob5091]

Hart seems to have put himself forward as best man for the Giro, although it's worth remembering that UAE & Jumbo are not even in the race. Thomas looks to still be working on his form (as does the next man under Thomas on GC, Pozzovivo !) Bora have been a bit absent, with Bahrain the only competition to Ineos so far. Let's see how a big climb today sorts things out.

 

[staubsauger]

not 100% sure, but this is the map to Bocca del Creer (from Avio) on Climbfinder:

the blue cross is San Velentino, the yellow one (with a potential route - they could also go the long way around) Monte Baldo.

Thanks, the profile there matches with the Procyclingstats/ Flamme Rouge one!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Breakaway of the day:

1		16	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	23:55
2		32	HOLLMANN Juri	25:15
3		57	VENDRAME Andrea	25:15
4		62	MILESI Lorenzo	22:32
5		73	DOMBROWSKI Joe	6:42
6		92	LUCCA Riccardo	28:31
7		133	CARBONI Giovanni	19:58
8		153	BAIS Mattia	25:37
9		171	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	31:12
10		174	HAJEK Alexander	23:39
11		184	JOHNSTON Liam	24:01

I do rate Milesi as an interesting prospect. Finished 2nd ahead of the one year older Tiberi in the Italian MJ ITT 15 months after starting cycling and was one of the only guys to beat Segart in and ITT last year. Has a big engine (did 414W average in the u23 iTT at the WC) and good recovery, compared to the field he usually gets better on consecutive mountain stages (see last years Tour de l'Avenir where he won the final mountain stages after working for the team leader on the previous stage and the 2021 Baby Giro where he finished well after crashing hard early in the race).

 

[Rob5091]

Schönberger yesterday and Pöstlberger today (he'll be hard pressed to "do a Pöstlberger" today) - that's it, my day's complete! 7 minutes too for the break.

 

[tobydawq]

Hart seems to have put himself forward as best man for the Giro, although it's worth remembering that UAE & Jumbo are not even in the race. Thomas looks to still be working on his form (as does the next man under Thomas on GC, Pozzovivo !) Bora have been a bit absent, with Bahrain the only competition to Ineos so far. Let's see how a big climb today sorts things out.

Roglic and Remco are the best men for the Giro no matter who participates in the Tour of the Alps.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Joe Doe solo.
Fabbro working. He usually needs 1-2 days to find his legs after a training camp at altitude.

 

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Fabbro working. He usually needs 1-2 days to find his legs after a training camp at altitude.

they must be hoping it's the same for Vlasov . Looked really bad the past two days.

But Hindley didn't do much before the Giro last year either. Maybe that's the way Bora prefers to go into it.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bora's pacing is doing absolutely *** all, really big group for being halfway up the climb.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Arensman's move away from DSM is going as well as Hirschi's so far. Even if you're at the sociopathic director team, the grass isn't always greener elsewhere.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Big Lenny!
Konrad was cooked when he started working, they should have had him work before Fabbro.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Arensman's move away from DSM is going as well as Hirschi's so far. Even if you're at the sociopathic director team, the grass isn't always greener elsewhere.

I bet the money is greener though.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kämna is doing great at GC riding this year for someone who said he didn't want to go for GCs anymore.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Kämna is doing great at GC riding this year for someone who said he didn't want to go for GCs anymore.

This year is supposed to be the decisive year for his GC ambitions.

 

[SafeBet]

Lenny opening up a big gap.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Helicopter trying to find the first Italian who's under 35.

 

[MrTea1976]

Great camera work /s

 

[nightowl]

TV Director needs to go to jail for this it’s ridiculous

 

[Tim Cahill]

The streets will never forget Tour of the Alps Cepeda

 

[SafeBet]

Cepeda in some incredible shape. Savio used to call him the mistery man, they would never know whether he would perform or not.

 

[DNP-Old]

Arensman's move away from DSM is going as well as Hirschi's so far. Even if you're at the sociopathic director team, the grass isn't always greener elsewhere.

Idk, judging by his comments Arensman might be the sociopath after all.

 

[DNP-Old]

Am I watching Moto GP? There's more motos than cyclists.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Does Cepeda realise he has someone on his wheel?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Tiny gaps for a MTF this size, racing has been a bit underwhelming all week.

 

[Samamba]

Awesome teamwork from the EF-Bora team.