Tour of the Alps 2024 (April 15 - 19)

[Squire]

Foss playing his dream role of GC leader pretty well, actually. Træen kept up for a long time too. Quite Norwegian-friendly conditions.

 

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GC

 

[Tim Cahill]

Juanpe tapping his head knowingly, like he's a past his best 40 year-old veteran who has just outfoxed a group containing Armstrong, Froome and Contador, rather than a random 75kg Norweigan time trialist and a 68 year old Bardet.

 

[pastronef]

Juanpe tapping his head knowingly, like he's a past his best 40 year-old veteran who has just outfoxed a group containing Armstrong, Froome and Contador, rather than a random 75kg Norweigan time trialist and a 68 year old Bardet.

sometimes the biggest rival is yourself in your head. he did well, he won nicely. let's praise him

 

[Statze2]

What Happened to higuita? He is a shadow of himself. Don‘t know in which Races he will perform. I thougth shorter and Steep climbs should suit him well…

 

[Mayomaniac]

What Happened to higuita? He is a shadow of himself. Don‘t know in which Races he will perform. I thougth shorter and Steep climbs should suit him well…

Higuita is one of the few Colombian riders from the lowlands, he sucks in cold and in cold + rainy conditions.

 

[Izzyeviel]

El Patron is back. But are we really ready for... GC Foss?

 

[Escarabajo]

I couldn't watch the race. What happened to the EF riders?

Chapeau Lopez. Foss impressive.

 

[Mayomaniac]

El Patron is back. But are we really ready for... GC Foss?

Norge Honchar?

 

[Rob5091]

El Patron is back. But are we really ready for... GC Foss?

Well, if G is going to come in 3 minutes down every time the road goes up or it rains, then GC Foss it is!

 

[Rob5091]

Stage 4 on Thursday should be a real cracker - weather permiting - 141 km with not a lot of respite between the climbs. If guys suffered today, tomorrow will be worse, even if the weather improves.

 

[Escarabajo]

I'll be honest with you, this is the best I have seen Sosa in a long time. From the start of the year he has been up front with the best. Of course, one crosswind and there goes 15 minutes.

 

[DNP-Old]

I'll be honest with you, this is the best I have seen Sosa in a long time. From the start of the year he has been up front with the best. Of course, one crosswind and there goes 15 minutes.

As a complete rider, this is easily the best he's ever been. Surviving multiple climbs, surviving horrific weather. Those are two things he was never able to do. Wether he still has it in him to be the best unipuerto climber there ever was, I do not know.

 

[Salvarani]

Higuita is one of the few Colombian riders from the lowlands, he sucks in cold and in cold + rainy conditions.

Did pretty well in the Catalunya that he won, after a long break with Carapaz in terrible conditions.

 

[Red Rick]

Stage 4 on Thursday should be a real cracker - weather permiting - 141 km with not a lot of respite between the climbs. If guys suffered today, tomorrow will be worse, even if the weather improves.

When the prep race has better mountain stages than Il Real Thing

 

[Valv.Piti]

Norge Honchar?

Please, Foss can never achieve legendary status like Honchar 2006 ITT-levels

 

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Did pretty well in the Catalunya that he won, after a long break with Carapaz in terrible conditions.

yeah, I was thinking about that one as well, but it seems to be a bit hit or miss for him, at least. In that cold Tirreno stage van der Poel won a couple of years back, Higuita completely blew up as well.

Usually he is doing the Ardennes at this time of the year, though, so maybe his shape just isn't quite there anyway. Unless Bora has given up on that.

 

[tobydawq]

Please, Foss can never achieve legendary status like Honchar 2006 ITT-levels

Given that Tobias Steinhauser was a legend in your eyes, basically because he just was a rider in the early noughties, I think it is established that you have a bit of nostalgia bias about that time installed in you

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Given that Tobias Steinhauser was a legend in your eyes, basically because he just was a rider in the early noughties, I think it is established that you have a bit of nostalgia bias about that time installed in you

So do you think he's going to call Stephen Williams a legend one day?

The 2006 TdF was the first Tour I followed extensively, but I didn't even watch any of the stages before the first rest day, because I was on family holiday and got home just in time for the World Cup final. Still I also rate Honchar as being a legend after his performances in that race.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I still remember 2005 quite vividly when T-Mobile was like "yeah no Zabel, we bring 3 leaders and 6 domestiques" (including Steinhauser, obviously). Then on the first medium mountain day, they attacked everywhere, but the next day on Courchevel they got positively slaughtered and everything was back to normal on the German squad, dragging an overweight Ullrich up the mountains while Klödi and Vino were up to no good either on that day.

Ahh the memories

 

[ingsve]

Norge Honchar?

I was thinking Abraham Fosslano but that works as well.

 

[tobydawq]

I still remember 2005 quite vividly when T-Mobile was like "yeah no Zabel, we bring 3 leaders and 6 domestiques" (including Steinhauser, obviously). Then on the first medium mountain day, they attacked everywhere, but the next day on Courchevel they got positively slaughtered and everything was back to normal on the German squad, dragging an overweight Ullrich up the mountains while Klödi and Vino were up to no good either on that day.

Ahh the memories

What was the first Tour you watched?

 

[ingsve]

Still I also rate Honchar as being a legend after his performances in that race.

Honchar is more of a legend for his 8 top 10 finishes in 9 years in the Giro.

 

[ingsve]

What was the first Tour you watched?

Mine was 1997. I remember one Festina rider after another attacking in the mountains and I was hooked.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Honchar is more of a legend for his 8 top 10 finishes in 9 years in the Giro.

Sure, but I didn't know that at the time, since I had only watched bits and pieces before that.