Tour de Suisse - Stage 4 *Spoiler*

TimB34
TimB34 Posts: 316
edited June 2013 in Pro race
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Jens Voigt (RadioShack), Robert Vrecer (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and Olivier Kaisen (Lotto) are up the road with 140 km to go.

4'15 on the peloton. Don't they know?
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Comments

  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    They will be brought back. Last 20km is flat and fast. Lots of sprinters racing.
    In the GC they are:
    Jens Voigt (RadioShack) +20:39, Robert Vrecer (Euskaltel-Euskadi) +27:42, Olivier Kaisen (Lotto) +34:49
    Contador is the Greatest
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Original three still in the break at the 80km to go (1/2 way) mark, holding the gap to 3'40".

    Whilst Sagan is seen as the favourite, there are other sprinters in with a shout such as Degenkolb, Farrar, Goss & Renshaw. Demare and Kristoff have to be in with a chance too, so I can't see the break surviving today.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Picture quality better and no nippy ads here:

    http://sport.rtl.lu/cyclissem/iwwersiicht/

    I just muted the commentary and am listening to Hatch/Backstedt on the other feed ...
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Cheers Turfle / Crankbrother, unfortunately my employer's routers are clever enough to detect video streaming and forbid access to them so I'll have to rely on you guys

    You're the up-to-date version of CEEFAX !
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Sounds like not even another argument about Sky could make this stage interesting.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    am listening to Hatch/Backstedt on the other feed ...


    where's that now?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    dsoutar wrote:
    Cheers Turfle / Crankbrother, unfortunately my employer's routers are clever enough to detect video streaming and forbid access to them so I'll have to rely on you guys

    You're the up-to-date version of CEEFAX !

    Nothing happening right now!
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Actually the sport.rtl.lu one works !

    Bingo !

    They'll probably ban it by tomorrow :-(
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Picture quality better and no nippy ads here:

    http://sport.rtl.lu/cyclissem/iwwersiicht/

    I just muted the commentary and am listening to Hatch/Backstedt on the other feed ...

    That's a great feed. Ta.

    Cannondale on the front for Sagan


    How's Wiggins doing?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    Not far off the short Cat 2 climb - some minor excitement maybe in seeing which of the sprinters get dropped and whether they get back on the descent. Ok maybe I'm grasping at straws.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Sounds like not even another argument about Sky could make this stage interesting.

    Only the scenery makes me (sorta) keep watching ... Got a friend who lives there and brings back memories of visits ... Shame they've never used the Klausenpass since 2008 as that's the only ride I've done when I've been over (quite literally the Altdorf-Klausenpass TT then back down again) ...
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    am listening to Hatch/Backstedt on the other feed ...


    where's that now?

    Using turfle's link (one above mine) ... lots of ads but audio working straight off the bat so just minimize and watch the Lux feed ...
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
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  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Break down to Voigt, Vrecer ...

    The peleton just out for a sunday run ...

    41km to go, break at 2'06
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Oh to be descending those roads

    No cars - bliss !

    The surface isn't perfect but compared to living in Surrey, where we don't appear to have any tarmac these days it's just fine
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    31km gap still same

    Peleton just having a good old chin-wag
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    30km to go break still just over 2 mins and my broadband connection cannot cope with this feed & kids on Minecraft so I'm out!
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    25km to go, 1'48 advantage to V&V ...
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Peleton now working to bring this back it seems
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    FFS. Shut up Backstedt.
    I don't care what you would do if you were there.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    FFS. Shut up Backstedt.
    I don't care what you would do if you were there.

    Haven't got audio so can't comment



    2 leaders working well together but have they got enough ?

    Plenty of chat from Jens

    Peleton much more strung out now; Cannondale & OPQS doing the work
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    gap dropping like the Northern Rock share price in 2008

    1:19 now, 18km to go

    Break looks doomed
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    traffic jam, lol... wtf was that about
  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    Move those bleeding cars!
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Typical JV, giving it everything. A fair few roundabouts and cars the only things impeding the inevtiable progress of the bunch.

    8km and 32 seconds now

    Surely they can't hang on
  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    Jens not impressed
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    It's suddenly got pay attentionable ...
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    In the unlikely event they stay away - who'd win a sprint ? I don't know much about Vrecer
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Jens is off...