Tour of the Alps 2024 (April 15 - 19)

[Slavique Nuke]

The descent from Innerwald doesn't look technical, but the road is quite narrow and the fences/barriers and trees are quite close. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the folks check out the forest as well.

 

[stetre76]

Funny seeing them ride "my" usual training routes - down from the Brenner, Römerstrasse, Gnadenwald, Volders. ...

Weather is ok, here in Innsbruck it's sunny, but cool and pretty windy (tailwind from Brenner to Innsbruck).

edit: now pretty strong headwind....welcome to the Wipptal

 

[Rob5091]

Funny seeing them ride "my" usual training routes - down from the Brenner, Römerstrasse, Gnadenwald, Volders. ...

Weather is ok, here in Innsbruck it's sunny, but cool and pretty windy (tailwind from Brenner to Innsbruck).

edit: now pretty strong headwind....welcome to the Wipptal

How's the descent to the finish, tricky?

 

[search]

looking good for Gamper to take the win at home. He lives only 15 km away from the finish

 

[stetre76]

How's the descent to the finish, tricky?

Not any tricker than the very last bit down from Tulfes (the descent before Volders).
As Gamper is a local, he should have an advantage. Also he's probably as fast as a bigger group, as the roads are narrow.
The deciding part, however, is the last stretcht to Stans...might be difficult for a lone rider

 

[Laplaz]

looking good for Gamper to take the win at home. He lives only 15 km away from the finish

De Marchi isn't far

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Will it be de Marchi's easiest win?

 

[Netserk]

Will it be de Marchi's easiest win?

No.

Yes.

 

[Salvarani]

Yes, De Marchi!!

 

[Laplaz]

Well done De Marchi, hopefully it's not his last win

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nice win for the old geezer.

 

[Salvarani]

Well done De Marchi, hopefully it's not his last win

This is great.

Maybe topping it off with a Giro stage would be awesome. Seems to be in very good form.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Did Steinhauser magically vanish after being caught? I never saw him again.

 

[Rob5091]

38 years old next month, so chapeau and good news for Jayco. Bora's local lad comes second.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[DNP-Old]

Who the hell is Tom Donnenwirth

 

[DNP-Old]

A trail runner I see. Interesting.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Who the hell is Tom Donnenwirth

Tom Donnenwirth

Tom Donnenwirth (born 1998-01-19 in Aurillac) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team. His best results are 2nd place in GC Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe and 3rd place in GC Tour de la Mirabelle.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[DNP-Old]

Tom Donnenwirth

Tom Donnenwirth (born 1998-01-19 in Aurillac) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team. His best results are 2nd place in GC Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe and 3rd place in GC Tour de la Mirabelle.

www.procyclingstats.com

Well, yes, but I meant what is his background. It would appear he is a triathlete/trail runner. Man has very good results in the highly competitive French amateur scene, ngl.

 

[RedheadDane]

Who the hell is Tom Donnenwirth

A French guy with a deceptionally English sounding name...

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I loves me a Demma win

 

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Today's stage:

Here's an interactive profile of the finish:

TotA 2024 / Stage 3 Finish

TotA 2024 / Stage 3 Finish - 16.1 km, +652 m. Bike ride in Kolsass, Tirol

ridewithgps.com

It has snowed during the night, though, and low temperatures and rain are forecast for today as well. So no idea if this can take place as planned.

 

[Nick2413]

Today's stage:

Here's an interactive profile of the finish:

TotA 2024 / Stage 3 Finish

TotA 2024 / Stage 3 Finish - 16.1 km, +652 m. Bike ride in Kolsass, Tirol

ridewithgps.com

It has snowed during the night, though, and low temperatures and rain are forecast for today as well. So no idea if this can take place as planned.

That would be a pity, this would have been a great stage

 

[search]

there are no news, as far as I can see. But this doesn't really look overly promising to me

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780503749603041446

View: https://twitter.com/JCL_UKYO/status/1780503749603041446

 

[Rob5091]

Funny looking at the weather forecast for Schwaz as it's the same weather prognosis every day for the next week, but the descriptions are deceptively different - Chilly with periods of rain, or cloudy, a little rain; chilly, or Cold with periods of rain, or Cold with a little rain etc etc. Chapeau to the poor person who had to think those up!