Tour de Suisse - Stage 2 *Spoiler*

knedlicky

TailWindHome wrote:

Martin?

+0:42

knedlicky

Good finish, pleased for Mollema, also glad to see Frank do well, Pinot seemed to sneak in at the end there.

GC
1 Meyer (OGE)
2 Hesjedal (GRS) +0:03
3 Frank (BMC) +0:05
4 Visconti (MOV) +0:12
5 Pinot (FDJ) +0:16
6 Kreuziger (TST) +0:28
7 Moser (CAN) +0:34
8 Mollema (BLA) +0:34
9 Dyachenko (AST) +0:35
10 Pozzovivo (ALM) +0:36

That's a very interesting top 10, on top of which Costa, Martin, Bajkovic, Ulissi, Scarponi, Kangert and Peraud, are all within +0:47,
and Kelderman, Dombrowski, Tschopp, TVG, Bouet, Spilak, Lövkist and Monfort all within +1:18.

If he keeps on like this, Visconti might be put under the looking glass.

tailwindhome

Dan Martin ‏@DanMartin86 23m

Bit surprised to end up on my own there but nearly worked out for hesj. Getting the climbing legs back. Allergies are rough tho #cantbreathe

ddraver

Almost a facial expresion from Hesj



@grahamwatson10

DeadCalm

I enjoyed that. It was interesting to see racing without a dominant team controlling things. It all got a little bit out of control.

Mad but brave from Hesjedal. No idea what the plan was though. Not sure Dan Martin was particularly in the know either.

Dombrowski and Edmondson showing promise. JTL not so much.

Decent ride by Mollema. It'll be interesting to see how he continues.

Not looking so good from a PTP perspective for those of us who plumped for TJVG. Cadel's tour leadership. if it was ever in doubt, being strengthened by the day.

Paul 8v

mr_poll wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

So, this isn't on ES either????

Asked Inner Ring if he knew why the UK has no coverage at all for the whole race. He said he has seen tweets stating that Sky bought the rights but for reasons known to them aren't broadcasting it.

That is odd, bit of a shame really

tailwindhome

Paul 8v wrote:

mr_poll wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

So, this isn't on ES either????

Asked Inner Ring if he knew why the UK has no coverage at all for the whole race. He said he has seen tweets stating that Sky bought the rights but for reasons known to them aren't broadcasting it.

That is odd, bit of a shame really

Didn't want anyone to see their 2nd speed team.

It's part of the Plan.

blazing_saddles

Just watched the host coverage.
Crans Montana is a bit of a meh mountain, but, wonder of wonders, it was far more entertaining than the Dauphine.
Mainly due to Garmin kicking off the attacks with Martin at 12 kms, joined out front by by Hesjedal at 11kms. The latter only being caught with 500 metres to go.

Jonathan Tiernan Locke? Lasted less than 3kms and left it to the Sky youngsters, Dombrovski and Josh Edmondson to save face.

thomthom

Good stage indeed. Hesjedal is soon becoming my favorite rider. Doesn't care one bit on theories about riders not being able to attack before 1 km before the finish line just because they are clean. A fantastic ryder! (you got it?.. ryder.. as in.. rider.. you know.. changed the 'y' with a... ok, you got it..)

knedlicky

ThomThom wrote:

Good stage indeed. Hesjedal is soon becoming my favorite rider. Doesn't care one bit on theories about riders not be able to attack before 1 km before the finish line just because they are clean. A fantastic ryder! (you got it?.. ryder.. as in.. rider.. you know.. changed the 'y' with a... ok, you got it..)

Perhaps not yet my favourite rider, but agree.
FF should like him.

DeadCalm

knedlicky wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

Good stage indeed. Hesjedal is soon becoming my favorite rider. Doesn't care one bit on theories about riders not be able to attack before 1 km before the finish line just because they are clean. A fantastic ryder! (you got it?.. ryder.. as in.. rider.. you know.. changed the 'y' with a... ok, you got it..)

Perhaps not yet my favourite rider, but agree.
FF should like him.

Ryder is bonkers. In an excellent way.

knedlicky

Mollema would be better off in the GC if he hadn’t been given a 20 sec penalty - applicable to the overall GC, not to the stage result - although I find this strange logic.
This because he was judged to have been fed from the team car within the last 20 km, so against the rules.
Maybe Frank was thus the 'real' stage winner.

I wonder what Mollema was given. Powerbars seem to have little discernible positive effect on me (compared to any other normal food at feeding stations), so I’d like to know what makes the difference.

frenchfighter

His first win in three years.

Richmond Racer

knedlicky wrote:

Mollema would be better off in the GC if he hadn’t been given a 20 sec penalty - applicable to the overall GC, not to the stage result - although I find this strange logic.
This because he was judged to have been fed from the team car within the last 20 km, so against the rules.
Maybe Frank was thus the 'real' stage winner.

I wonder what Mollema was given. Powerbars seem to have little discernible positive effect on me (compared to any other normal food at feeding stations), so I’d like to know what makes the difference.

Massively amateur mistake/move on the part of his team. Goodness knows, races have been won or lost on less than that time penalty.

the article don

Agreed with the point upthread re Visconti. Seems suspicious, which is a shame because I'm enjoying watching the rest of his team so far this year. Hope he doesn't let them down.

frenchfighter

DeadCalm

knedlicky wrote:

Mollema would be better off in the GC if he hadn’t been given a 20 sec penalty - applicable to the overall GC, not to the stage result - although I find this strange logic.
This because he was judged to have been fed from the team car within the last 20 km, so against the rules.
Maybe Frank was thus the 'real' stage winner.

I wonder what Mollema was given. Powerbars seem to have little discernible positive effect on me (compared to any other normal food at feeding stations), so I’d like to know what makes the difference.

It was merely water according to Inner Ring.

http://inrng.com/2013/06/tour-suisse-stage-3-preview/

mroli

TJVG - may have seen his hopes of "leading" the BMC team blow up on that stage...

FJS

frenchfighter wrote:

His first win in three years.

Surprised by that, considering he has a good sprint. But then, there are more like that - Kolobnev, Nico Roche, Peter Velits, etc. With ability to climb AND sprint you'd think they'd be raking in the wins

frenchfighter

FJS wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

His first win in three years.

Surprised by that, considering he has a good sprint. But then, there are more like that - Kolobnev, Nico Roche, Peter Velits, etc. With ability to climb AND sprint you'd think they'd be raking in the wins

I was surprised when I looked at him on CQ. His ranking for the last four years is 92, 23, 56, 32 (before then 1016, 367 but with roughly a third of the days raced). Those rankings are great and yet you hardly hear or see him.

frenchfighter