Tour de Romandie 2015 **SPOILERS**

Macaloon

Wheels-up 2:45BST. Contains all the big boys, apart from Alberto, who has bigger fish to fry. Apparently



Cracking Inner Ring race preview.

Bardet is relaxed character off the bike but aggressive with a number pinned on his back and sixth place in Liège tell us he’s in top condition. He’s also visited the windtunnel after discovering he produced just as many watts as Tejay van Garderen in last year’s Tour de France TT stage but lost so much more time due to his upright position.

Cycling’s most unheralded stage race[r] Jurgen Van den Broeck is racing the Giro and will test his legs here while Greg Henderson also starts for Lotto-Soudal… providing the Swiss border guards didn’t object to his passport.

Anonymous

Interesting line: INRNG knows something? "Stage 5’s summit finish is too much unless he’s been on the “Aru-diet” and lost five kilos."

ContrelaMontre

2:45 BST

Macaloon

ContrelaMontre wrote:

2:45 BST

Love it when experts weigh-in. Ta.

deejay

Macaloon wrote:

Wheels-up 2:45BST.

As you told us in the OP.
Thanks

philwint

if anyone knows of any streams please share

ContrelaMontre

deejay wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

Wheels-up 2:45BST.

As you told us in the OP.
Thanks

By editing the OP my pedantry does seem entirely superfluous!

Thanks Maca. Glad to have helped.

Macaloon

philwint wrote:

if anyone knows of any streams please share

French

inseine

Lotto Jumbo leading in 22.14, more than a couple of minutes slower than predicted winning time.

Macaloon

1 Cannondale 21'59
2 LottoNL 22'14
3 Europcar 22'26

Lack of any intermediate comparisons keeps it tense to the line.

inseine

Lampre 22,00
Giant 22,09

There are 'intermediate' times but they are at 15k....

philwint

Macaloon wrote:

philwint wrote:

if anyone knows of any streams please share

French

thanks

inseine

All very close with Trek on 22,01 but Lotto Soudal look to be off the pace

Macaloon

Best shot of Garmindale this season, in the 'hot-seat', all wrapped-up in blankets. For the sponsors.

Macaloon

AG2R +42:22

OGE currently 30s up according to my non-existent Dutch.

Indeed OGE fastest by 39:45.

philwint

Orica 21,18 I think that was

inseine

ETixx behind Cannondale at 15k.
Loot Soudal a bit off at 22,31

OGE smashing it at the intermediate.....

inseine

philwint wrote:

Orica 21,18 I think that was

You've a faster link than mine. 21,19 in the end i think.

philwint

I was out by a second

Orica @ 21.19

inseine

FDJ second at the split, but well behind OGE

philwint

Just about to dial into a meeting and am regretting muting the french (which I don't speak) commentary.

Just shows how bad Carlton Kirby is as I sometimes do mute him!

inseine

inseine wrote:

FDJ second at the split, but well behind OGE

Currently second in 21,41

thomthom

Lovely kit that IAM.

inseine

Katusha currently second in 21,24.

OGE are pretty good at this TTT lark.

philwint

inseine wrote:

OGE are pretty good at this TTT lark.

Yup - I do like watching a well drilled TTT team

inseine

Etixx 21,33 provisional 5th
Iam 15sec of OGE at 15k

and SKY are off...............

inseine

Iam 21,43
Moviestar 21,59

Only 1,12 between first and last.....until SKY blitz it (I think they'll be slightly behind OGE TBH).

JackPozzi

What happened to Movistar?? Saw BMC all over the place at the end but still putting a fair chunk into them?

inseine

and SKY go through the check on EXACTLY the same time as OGE.

Astana are 22 sec off the pace

BMC finish with 21,38

Moviestar 21,59

philwint

That was close!

philwint

Sky by a fraction of a second