Tour de Suisse 2021 *****Spoilers****

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    kingstongraham said:

    I can hear commentary

    Thanks.
    I had to come out of coverage and go back in, as nothing was showing up on options.
    I guess they were just very late.

    This climb is the pits. 18kms of 5% is just like riding on the flat, only much slower.
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,043
    The climb was boring. Kind of like Switzerland. Some erratic sprinting from Costa.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Well, the lack of posts sums up that paint drying stage.
    The inevitable DQF will be the icing on the cake.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,333
    Didn't bother today. Had a look and it was dull with no prospect of it changing and then saw the end which wasn't very interesting either.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,169
    A relegation in my book
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,356
    I'm obviously biased, but that looked relegation material to me.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,333
    I thought it looked OK.
  • pblakeney
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    Accidental dodgy and corrected to me.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,356
    Looks like Kron gets it. Just turned 23, first season in WT. Nice
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  • pblakeney
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    Tough call. No doubt forced Kron wide but didn't actually block him.
    Nice for Kron though.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 8,746
    Yes thought front on looked worse than the overhead - for me it's the right call though he knew what he was doing.
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  • womack
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    blazing_saddles said:

    Seems there is no English language commentary today.
    Womack will be pleased.
    Breakaway gaining a lot of time now.

    To be honest had a day up town visiting some hostelries yesterday so had a glut of recorded cycling to catch up on (Belgium/Slovenia/Switzerland) so did a lot of "skip watching" / fast forwarding so didn't really get much of any commentary.

    Looking at the view of the Swiss race on here probably the skip watch was the best way to watch!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Wow!
    Rigo Uran.
    Going to cut his Tour odds in half.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Carapaz looking like he’s going well, unlike Fuglsang.
    A minute and a half down on Uran at the top
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Carapaz pretty bad too.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Uran’s finishing time is so far ahead of everybody else it’s on a different planet.
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,043
    Nice ride from alaphilippe
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Uran jumps to second, closer than Fuglsang was to Carapaz at the start of the day.
    Schachmann another huge loser.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Lead now just 17 seconds from Uran with nobody else within a minute if Alaphilippe leaves the race for the birth of his baby.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Looks as if there is whole stage coverage today, as it starts at 11-35am.
    A pity about our weather................
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,880
    Further good news: they are riding the route as originally planned, so the final climb is steeper and cobbled in it’s last kms.

    The race is already in bits with Wout Poels ahead of everybody
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,043
    Nice climb
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,333
    davidof said:

    Nice climb

    Very nice looking indeed.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Did anyone win?
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Edit. Just seen the results. Gino mader put in a great ride by all accounts.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,169
    shirley_basso said:

    Did anyone win?


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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,333
    edited June 2021
    shirley_basso said:

    Edit. Just seen the results. Gino mader put in a great ride by all accounts.

    Woods went clear and made came back to him on the descent to the finish.

    Fuglsang worked out eventually that he needed to ride hardish in the second group to make sure schachman didn't get back on.

    It was a very pretty climb.
  • shirley_basso
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    RichN95. said:

    shirley_basso said:

    Did anyone win?


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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,356
    Hugely impressed with Dunbar, worked his @rse off for Carapaz, and rode himself into the white Jersey
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,996
    dennis training to come into mega domestique form in the thrid?
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