Tour de Romandie *Spoilers*

RichN95.
RichN95. Posts: 27,158
edited May 2017 in Pro race
A Tuesday start for this.

Bookie's odds
8/5 Froome
7/2 Porte
9/2 I.Izaguirre
5/1 Roglic
10/1 Zakarin
12/1 Spilak
14/1 Castroviejo
16/1 Jungels
33/1 Kelderman, Van Garderen
40/1 S.Yates

Prologue + Five Stages (last one a TT)
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    Unusually, most of the GC riders are setting off early in the Prologue. Must be a promise of late rain.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Just reading the previews it sounds as though the mountain stages are probably not hard enough for the likes of Froome and Porte to distance each other (unless they have an off day). So will likely come down to the TT.

    Be interesting to see how Van Garderen performs relative to Porte as theoretically he should be closer to his peak at this point in the season.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,114
    Milton50 wrote:
    Be interesting to see how Van Garderen performs relative to Porte as theoretically he should be closer to his peak at this point in the season.
    Equally, Van Garderen might not want to go too deep just a week before the Giro starts.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    This is one of those races I like but don't know much about. It keeps its head down! I'm not familiar with the area will take a bit more interest this year
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    with nothing else on this week i'll watch it. Can be a lot of bad weather this race which can shake things up. Is Sagan riding before he defends the TOC ?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,114
    No Sagan. It's a bit short on quality this year.

    The weather can be so variable in the Swiss Romande at this time of year. I was there in 1998 and it was 35 degrees and bright, bright sunshine. Returned again in 1999 and it was cold, around 6 degrees and wet.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    andyp wrote:
    No Sagan.
    There's plenty of Sagan.

    Juraj_Sagan_2017.jpg

    My man Juraj is going to shake up the world.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Geneva.

    Blergh.
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Wet and miserable.












    And the weather is wet and miserable. :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,114
    Geneva is much more vibrant these days apparently.

    Wouldn't take much mind.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    andyp wrote:
    Geneva is much more vibrant these days apparently.

    Wouldn't take much mind.

    Can't have changed that much in a year.

    It's like a Western European Dubai.
    _
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,561
    Sounds like all the favs chose to go early and so they won't be televised...

    Chasey - Geneva aint that bad, esp the bits with the UN etc.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    dish_dash wrote:
    Sounds like all the favs chose to go early and so they won't be televised...

    Chasey - Geneva aint that bad, esp the bits with the UN etc.



    Nowt wrong with a decent meal, a drop of good wine and a wander around the old town of a summer's evening
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    Sounds like all the favs chose to go early and so they won't be televised...

    Chasey - Geneva aint that bad, esp the bits with the UN etc.



    Nowt wrong with a decent meal, a drop of good wine and a wander around the old town of a summer's evening

    Have a tale or two from shenanigans chez Les Amures, mind. And NEVER book a room overlooking the street in the old town #binscollection
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    How are the start times allocated in a prologue then?

    If it does get wetter throughout the afternoon then Roglic is probably favourite seeing as he's one of the first to set off.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    Sounds like all the favs chose to go early and so they won't be televised...

    Chasey - Geneva aint that bad, esp the bits with the UN etc.



    Nowt wrong with a decent meal, a drop of good wine and a wander around the old town of a summer's evening

    A drop is about all you'll get for your 100 swissies.
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    Bike races are partly about promoting tourism, but thanks to cycling I associate Romandy with constant rain (see also the Basque region)
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    Live prologue timings: http://tissottiming.com/Stage/00030E010 ... FFFFFFFFFF
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    First rider (Doubey) home in 6'30"

    (And it is piddling it down)
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Fastest time so far 6'17" by Ulissi. Froome on the course
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Froome comes in on 6'26". Roglic fastest on 6'06"
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Fastest so far 6'04" Alex Edmondson
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Froome, Porte, Spilak and Zakarin have finished in much slower times.
    TJVG went one better and crashed. :oops:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Froome slow 'cos of conditions or his legs?
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    SRF now live and showing Froome in the wet.
    Fabio Felline new fastest time: 5'-57".
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Froome slow 'cos of conditions or his legs?
    Conditions probably - he's not the only slow GC rider. He's also not all that great at prologues anyway.

    Meanwhile Felline has smashed in a 5.57 best time. Yates reasonably quick too
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Kirby.....
    TJ's crash a bit odd.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    SRF now live and showing Froome in the wet.
    Fabio Felline new fastest time: 5'-57".


    He's the Top Cat
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    GC guys just taking it easy. No point taking risks in the Tour de Romandie prologue and ending your season.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    SRF now live and showing Froome in the wet.
    Fabio Felline new fastest time: 5'-57".


    He's the Top Cat

    You are CK's scriptwriter and I claim my £5

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