Tour de Romandie 2014 "spoiler"

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    How many secs did he beat Froome by?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,176
    The Queen stage of the Tour de Romandie:

    2014
    1. Spilak
    2. Froome s.t
    3. Costa +0.57

    2013
    1. Spilak
    2. Froome s.t
    3. Costa +1.03

    Are we sure they didn't just play a tape of last year?
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • grenw
    grenw Posts: 803
    Joelsim wrote:
    How many secs did he beat Froome by?

    1 second ahead on GC. Same time on the stage
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Same time on the line. Gets bonus seconds though.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,176
    Joelsim wrote:
    How many secs did he beat Froome by?
    Half a wheel
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    1 SPILAK Simon
    2 FROOME Chris
    3 COSTA Rui
    4 FUGLSANG Jakob

    Spilak with the overall, not sure about time gaps as yet.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Stage

    1 31 Simon SPILAK Katusha Team 05:09:23
    2 1 Christopher FROOME Team Sky 00:00:00
    3 121 Rui Alberto COSTA Lampre-Merida 00:00:57
    4 163 Jakob FUGLSANG Astana Pro Team 00:00:57
    5 23 Beñat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Movistar Team 00:00:57
    6 181 Mathias FRANK IAM Cycling 00:00:57
    7 161 Vincenzo NIBALI Astana Pro Team 00:00:57
    8 22 * Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ Movistar Team 00:01:41
    9 141 * Thibaut PINOT FDJ.fr 00:01:41
    10 101 Andrew TALANSKY Garmin-Sharp 00:01:41
    11 188 Marcel WYSS IAM Cycling 00:01:41
    12 24 Ion IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Movistar Team 00:01:41
    13 64 Rafal MAJKA Tinkoff-Saxo 00:02:00
    14 186 Sébastien REICHENBACH IAM Cycling 00:02:35
    15 71 Riccardo ZOIDL Trek Factory Racing 00:02:36
    16 151 Maxime MONFORT Lotto-Belisol Team 00:03:25
    17 91 Laurens TEN DAM Belkin Pro Cycling Team 00:03:25
    18 102 Andre Fernando CARDOSO Garmin-Sharp 00:03:25
    19 52 Darwin ATAPUMA BMC Racing Team 00:03:25
    20 11 Rigoberto URAN URAN Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:03:25
    21 12 Jan BAKELANTS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:04:58
    22 61 Nicolas ROCHE Tinkoff-Saxo 00:05:43
    23 171 Thomas VOECKLER Team Europcar 00:05:43

    GC

    1 31 Simon SPILAK Katusha Team 11:39:25
    2 1 Christopher FROOME Team Sky 00:00:01
    3 121 Rui Alberto COSTA Lampre-Merida 00:01:02
    4 161 Vincenzo NIBALI Astana Pro Team 00:01:06
    5 181 Mathias FRANK IAM Cycling 00:01:10
    6 23 Beñat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Movistar Team 00:01:13
    7 163 Jakob FUGLSANG Astana Pro Team 00:01:14
    8 22 * Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ Movistar Team 00:01:40
    9 24 Ion IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Movistar Team 00:01:48
    10 101 Andrew TALANSKY Garmin-Sharp 00:01:50
    11 141 * Thibaut PINOT FDJ.fr 00:01:57
    12 64 Rafal MAJKA Tinkoff-Saxo 00:02:18
    13 188 Marcel WYSS IAM Cycling 00:02:46
    14 71 Riccardo ZOIDL Trek Factory Racing 00:03:01
    15 186 Sébastien REICHENBACH IAM Cycling 00:03:05
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Cheers. Ideal result for Froome & Sky in a way then.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Movistar ahead of Tinkoff in the team classification now.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,215
    So Vincenzo "demon descender" Nibali made up no time on Chris "stabilizers" Froome on the descent? Say it ain't so...
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?

    I don't think Nibali is in great form to be honest. That attack today was a bluff imo.
  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?
    Nibali was the first one to make an attack. Froome caught him, then dropped him. Then Spilak caught and dropped Nibali on his way to bridging across to Froome. Not impressive from Nibali, certainly when compared to the performances the other favourites for the TdF have shown.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,176
    Turfle wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?

    I don't think Nibali is in great form to be honest. That attack today was a bluff imo.
    He's done nothing all season. I reckon he hasn't really recovered from last season.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,804
    RichN95 wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?

    I don't think Nibali is in great form to be honest. That attack today was a bluff imo.
    He's done nothing all season. I reckon he hasn't really recovered from last season.

    Froome's not done much either...
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    RichN95 wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?

    I don't think Nibali is in great form to be honest. That attack today was a bluff imo.
    He's done nothing all season. I reckon he hasn't really recovered from last season.

    Could be. You'd maybe expect him to be going slightly better just after the Ardennes. Hopefully he's flying by the Tour.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    i take it Froome walked down the descent, and that's why he's so far behind? Oh wait. It's amazing how close it was to last year.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?

    I don't think Nibali is in great form to be honest. That attack today was a bluff imo.
    He's done nothing all season. I reckon he hasn't really recovered from last season.

    Froome's not done much either...

    Yeah that's what I mean, can nibali have any confidence in himself as a contender for the tour with 9 weeks to go or will he be resigning himself to being a bit part player? Looks a 2 horse race already which is a shame.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Nice result.
    When are Saxo and OPQS riders due in? 8)

    The joke is lost, FF quit when he realized Froome was on a ride.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,964
    Has Kwiato finished yet?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?

    I don't think Nibali is in great form to be honest. That attack today was a bluff imo.
    He's done nothing all season. I reckon he hasn't really recovered from last season.

    Froome's not done much either...


    Not compared to last year.

    But here's how they've measuring up this season to date:

    Froome: stage win and GC - Oman
    Catalunya: 6th GC
    Looking good for overall here

    Nibali: ummm
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,176
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Yeah that's what I mean, can nibali have any confidence in himself as a contender for the tour with 9 weeks to go or will he be resigning himself to being a bit part player? Looks a 2 horse race already which is a shame.
    If Quintana decided to ride the Tour instead of the Giro it would probably make both races more competitive.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,853
    RichN95 wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Yeah that's what I mean, can nibali have any confidence in himself as a contender for the tour with 9 weeks to go or will he be resigning himself to being a bit part player? Looks a 2 horse race already which is a shame.
    If Quintana decided to ride the Tour instead of the Giro it would probably make both races more competitive.

    Deffo
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Has Kwiato finished yet?
    Peraud +12:01
    Basso +14:54
    Nieve +14:54
    Danielson +22:52
    Kwiatkowski +30:45
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,176
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Must be worrying for nibali if froome can just rock up and take a minute off him on a stage like that, or was he not taking today seriously?

    I don't think Nibali is in great form to be honest. That attack today was a bluff imo.
    He's done nothing all season. I reckon he hasn't really recovered from last season.

    Froome's not done much either...
    It's Nibali's sixth stage race of the year though, and he's yet to crack the top ten (and he's only been in the top ten on one stage before today).
    It's only Froome's third race - he was 1st & sixth in the other two.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,475
    nibali won a giro last year where rigoberto uran uran came second and then lost the vuelta to a 41 year old. he's so overhyped its funny.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Has Kwiato finished yet?

    30 minutes 45 seconds down.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Costa with leg warmers but no arm warmers :roll:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,176
    Crampeur wrote:
    Costa with leg warmers but no arm warmers :roll:
    He's working on his tan. Cyclists find it harder to get one these days. Less sun apparently.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    RichN95 wrote:
    Crampeur wrote:
    Costa with leg warmers but no arm warmers :roll:
    He's working on his tan. Cyclists find it harder to get one these days. Less sun apparently.
    Well at least we know he isn't a doper. :)

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