Tour de Romandie 2015 **SPOILERS**

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Geraint lost his jersey as he had no teammates when he had a puncture. Solid team work there from Sky.

    General Classification after Stage 2
    SUI 1 ALBASINI, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE) 4:42:52
    ITA 2 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 10
    GBR 3 FROOME, Christopher (SKY)
    GBR 4 YATES, Simon (ORICA GreenEDGE)
    RUS 5 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KATUSHA) + 15
    RUS 6 KOCHETKOV, Pavel (KATUSHA)
    RUS 7 SILIN, Egor (KATUSHA)
    RUS 8 TROFIMOV, Yury (KATUSHA)
    SLO 9 SPILAK, Simon (KATUSHA)
    FRA 10 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 20
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Shall I edit it for you to see why perhaps?
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Geraint lost his jersey as he had no teammates when he had a puncture. Solid team work there from Sky.

    General Classification after Stage 2
    SUI 1 ALBASINI, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE) 4:42:52
    ITA 2 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 10
    GBR 3 FROOME, Christopher (SKY)
    GBR 4 YATES, Simon (ORICA GreenEDGE)
    RUS 5 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KATUSHA) + 15
    RUS 6 KOCHETKOV, Pavel (KATUSHA)
    RUS 7 SILIN, Egor (KATUSHA)
    RUS 8 TROFIMOV, Yury (KATUSHA)
    SLO 9 SPILAK, Simon (KATUSHA)
    FRA 10 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 20
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,327
    edited April 2015
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    It's neither. FF's a loose 'loser' user.
    tim000 wrote:
    and that's a tongue twister

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Geraint lost his jersey as he had no teammates when he had a puncture. Solid team work there from Sky.
    If he'd stayed in the peloton, he'd still have lost the jersey.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    RichN95 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Geraint lost his jersey as he had no teammates when he had a puncture. Solid team work there from Sky.
    If he'd stayed in the peloton, he'd still have lost the jersey.
    It's almost like they loaded the squad with TT engines to give Froome a margin for stage 5. Kennaugh had been on the front for about 50km, and Stannaert was hiding in the maillot fuchsia*, when G's rubber ruptured.

    Froome was barking like a dog (howling at the stem), again, in yesterday's final.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    RichN95 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Geraint lost his jersey as he had no teammates when he had a puncture. Solid team work there from Sky.
    If he'd stayed in the peloton, he'd still have lost the jersey.

    It was obvious to anyone who watched the stage that his form isn't where it was a month or so ago.
    It didn't look to me as if he could have made it over the top with lead group.
    It was also obvious to anyone who watched that he had Pete Kennaugh with him when he punctured.
    Still, it's good to see Frenchie keeping to his new "being more positive, fair and impartial about Sky" posting protocol.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,622
    Looks like it is time to hang my head in shame. Yes, I like F-Keys, but that really shouldn't be public knowledge, and yes it was a paradox not an oxymoron.

    PTP is wide open today - often an indication of a good stage.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited April 2015
    Cheng in a break of 3. This stage is done.
    TDR2015 After 17km Vandewalle, Ji and Bulgac have 7'20
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    There were 50 riders in the front group. It was an easy stage. 100% my man Geraint could have been with them.

    So what if Froome is there. You don't just jettison your 2nd best rider who is also in the leader's jersey.

    Also worth noting that Sky were drilling it on the front hence why Geraint was unable to make it back.

    I should just add that Kennaugh (solid rider) did stop to help him back, but with the determinded pace making by Sky in addition to the fact PK had been flogged on the front for the last 100km, he was unable to help G too much.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Thomas couldn't get back to the peloton even with the help of Future GT Winner Kenyuck and enough drafting of cars that I made a joke to my o/h about him getting a fine from the comms.

    Sending any more riders back would have been sending good after bad. It was a badly timed mechanical, but they're riding for Froome. Christ, there was probably a time that they wouldn't even have sent any riders back for him. They gave a solid dom to help and a fighter's chance to get back.

    And this is coming from someone who can't stand the team.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    anyone got a stream for this?
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    The_Boy wrote:
    anyone got a stream for this?
    French coverage at 3pm [BST]. Meanwhile...
    I suspect that Tom today has a small chance. It is a bit on the price trend and how he digests the two passes of the second category. They are fairly far from the finish line, but in quick succession, which can be a problem.
    Team leader Erik Dekker about the chances of Tom Van Asbroeck

    Côte de Bure While the Côte de Bure is on the horizon, the lead of the three escapees continues back. Kristof Vandewalle, Brian Bulgac and Cheng Ji still have a handicap of 4'26 ".
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Macaloon wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    anyone got a stream for this?
    French coverage at 3pm [BST]. Meanwhile...
    I suspect that Tom today has a small chance. It is a bit on the price trend and how he digests the two passes of the second category. They are fairly far from the finish line, but in quick succession, which can be a problem.
    Team leader Erik Dekker about the chances of Tom Van Asbroeck

    Côte de Bure While the Côte de Bure is on the horizon, the lead of the three escapees continues back. Kristof Vandewalle, Brian Bulgac and Cheng Ji still have a handicap of 4'26 ".

    That's all very clear then.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,560
    wait what... CHENG is in the breakaway!??!
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    movistar driving the peloton atm. 50s or so to thebreak. 50km or so left to ride.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Geraint already hanging on the back for grim death.
    I guess that's Frenchie's theory out of the window, again.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    What's the Movistar plan here? Just for the lols?
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited April 2015
    The_Boy wrote:
    What's the Movistar plan here? Just for the lols?
    Put the pressure on when the weather turns and hope a 1 min win on the queen stage can survive the final TT.

    Ediot: Or maybe attack like a classics master.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    My PTP pick doing what a Bakelants does. Good effort, JB.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Albasini from Alaphillipe. Not sure who came third.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,622
    Albasini again.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Oh look who wins. Another boring stage. Bring on the Giro for some real racing.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,560
    Stage Result
    1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge
    2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx-QuickStep
    3 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
    4 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
    5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
    6 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
    7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step
    8 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
    9 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin
    10 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha

    General Classification
    1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 8:57:38
    2 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:20
    3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
    4 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
    5 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:24
    6 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:25
    7 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
    8 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
    9 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
    10 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 0:00:02
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Has Alaphilippe come out of nowhere the past 4 weeks or have I not been paying attention?
    _
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,560
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Has Alaphilippe come out of nowhere the past 4 weeks or have I not been paying attention?

    Yes, bit of a break through over the past few weeks.

    But hasn't Frenchie been going on about him for a while? Decent showing at Tour de l'Ain and 3rd at the London Pru race thing last year. And at l'Avenir the year before.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Have they bought this race?
    He had an actual sprinter sitting on his wheel coming into the final corner.
    The camera pans up, then in the next shot, coming out of the corner he'd disappeared. :P

    Apart for the bit of comedy action from some of the big names, the stage end was inevitable.
    Romandie in general is stultifying.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Has Alaphilippe come out of nowhere the past 4 weeks or have I not been paying attention?
    He's a 22 year old in only his 2nd year. Allowed to come out of nowhere
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    FJS wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Has Alaphilippe come out of nowhere the past 4 weeks or have I not been paying attention?
    He's a 22 year old in only his 2nd year. Allowed to come out of nowhere

    Fair.

    Meant more - is he one of those juniors who is tipped by anyone and everyone who pays attention to juniors?
    _
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,860
    gerrans and albasini's tactical awareness in that run in was superb..and they had every turn nailed. Looked like they knew the road real well.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Check out Alaphilippe's performance in the U23 Worlds 2013. As soon as I saw the guy ride like that he went straight into my ones to watch.
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