Tour de Romandie *spoilers*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    You just need to zero to hero to get a mechanical.

    Don't count out Quintana. He has balls as big as boulders to attack from distance and knows how to TT.

    If Contador is on the limit and not doing so well you can bet your bottom dollar he will attack from far repetitively and we all know that Sky can't handle a GC race that doesn't follow the Plan.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Heh heh:
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    No-one watching today?
    Started the climb, Skybot in position.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    stream

    http://www.ihdsports.com/index.php?id=2
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    I'm practising my non existent French language skills by translating from the feed here: http://www.tourderomandie.ch/en/1-home

    I was alright working out time gaps and break riders, starting to struggle now though! May have to deploy Google translate.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    I wish they brought in that GPS idea so you could actually work out where a particular rider is.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Meersman takes it.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Big bunch? Or a select group Malx?
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Thought I was all alone here.
    Big bunch sprint.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    hammerite wrote:
    Big bunch? Or a select group Malx?

    Cat 2 climb finishes 30km from finish. Downhill all the way. Typical Meersman stage.
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Cav dropped?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Cav dropped?


    very
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    My new PTP strategy of actually bothering to look at the stage profile has immediately paid off. Hoorah!
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Le Belge Gianni Meersman (OPQ) s'impose devant Giacomo Nizzolo (RLT). Roberto Ferrari (LAM). Résutlats provisoires

    Huge group contesting but I didn't spot many big names in the top 10.
    I thought Cav was in the peleton for the run in?
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    RichN95 wrote:
    My new PTP strategy of actually bothering to look at the stage profile has immediately paid off. Hoorah!

    Inner Ring said the climb was easier than it looked, I thought the new skinnier Cav would have got over it, especially with Giro imminent.

    Inner Ring clearly knows nothing!
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Meersman specialises in these stages.

    Why work for Cav on a day like today if you have Meersman??
    _
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Cav may have been able to get over it... but may have decided to take it easy-ish today. Tomorrow is a better stage for him isn't it?
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Meersman specialises in these stages.

    Why work for Cav on a day like today if you have Meersman??

    To hone your lead out for that little race in Italy next month? Take it Cav was dropped (I wasn't watching).
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Meersman specialises in these stages.

    Why work for Cav on a day like today if you have Meersman??

    Dinner table harmony?
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Cav dropped?
    very
    He came in with Grabsch and 4 others at the very back, 11-21 after Meersmann.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    BBC website says Cav had a mechanical, but not seen anything anywhere else.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    That's what the team says too FWIW...

    http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tour-de-romandie-stage-1-meersman-emerges-from-chaotic-final-victorious/1180
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    9a7a4169-9863-4105-9126-f88cdc465026_zps22a002dc.jpg

    Yes, had to change rear wheel:
    rom1_2934916.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Tour of Romandy is on Sky Tv. Is this going to be the way forward?? Is Eurosport going to be outbid by Sky telly and we'll have to up our Subscriptions to Sky??

    Sorry if this has been talked about before on this thread.
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
    -Jacques Anquetil
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    As a follow-up to Frenchies post with Cavendish picture:

    Need to get this out there - Cav is great, like properly great, a true great. His talent speaks for itself BUT man does he look sh*t, he looks sh*t in cycling kit, he looks sh*t on a bike, his non-sprinting riding style is sh*t.

    Anyway, as you were.
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    I know there's a lot of anti Sky (tv channel as well as the team) feeling on here. But could there be a chance that Eurosport didn't want to show Romandie and it's nothing to do with Sky outbidding them for it?

    Eurosport are showing the Tour of Turkey - which to most of us is seen as a lesser race than Turkey. With the smaller races they usually commentate from a room in West London, but aren't they actually in Turkey for this? I'm thinking they get some quite favourable terms from the organisers to show the race and have commentators on the ground, as it's a good travel advert for Turkish tourism. As a result they're showing Turkey rather than Romandie.

    Given that Eurosport seem quite keen to show Snooker on both channels whenever they can and it's the World Champs at the moment, I'm getting the feeling they just turned down the opportunity to show Romandie in the UK.
    Maybe had the snooker not been on they'd have wanted to show both races.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Just following a ticker atm. 2:31 to Burghardt (BMC), Brandle (AMI) and Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) and the race is at the 85km mark, close to (or on) the Cole Chaumont (2nd), 3.1 km to 11.6%.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Hoogerland!

    Welcome back Johnny
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    RonB wrote:
    Just following a ticker atm. 2:31 to Burghardt (BMC), Brandle (AMI) and Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) and the race is at the 85km mark, close to (or on) the Cole Chaumont (2nd), 3.1 km to 11.6%.


    Got the linkie for the ticker?
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    RonB wrote:
    Just following a ticker atm. 2:31 to Burghardt (BMC), Brandle (AMI) and Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) and the race is at the 85km mark, close to (or on) the Cole Chaumont (2nd), 3.1 km to 11.6%.


    Got the linkie for the ticker?

    It's on the Romandie website, which for some reason refuses to play ball for me (using Safari).
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)

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