2022 Tour de Suisse, June 12th-19th. ***Spoilers***

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  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    Stage 4 Grenchen - Brunnen 192km
    Departing from the velodrome in Grenchen, the riders will travel east towards Luzern, with a single 3rd cat climb along the way.
    The route takes in a full circuit of the Queen of the Mountains, the Rigi, as well as giving the riders a first look at the finish line.
    After the first circuit the route diverts for a sting in the tail, the 2nd cat ascent from Steinen to Sattel. This climb should be long and hard enough to thin the bunch, and is followed by a rapid descent to Schwyz before the run in to the finish. Any gaps at the top will be hard to close in the remaining 15km.
    More of a stage for the sprinty climbers than the climby sprinters.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    red.rider said:

    Stage 4 Grenchen - Brunnen 192km

    More of a stage for the sprinty climbers than the climby sprinters.

    Or the break?
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    DeadCalm said:

    red.rider said:

    Stage 4 Grenchen - Brunnen 192km

    More of a stage for the sprinty climbers than the climby sprinters.

    Or the break?
    Too much flat before the final climb, so if teams want a win the break should be brought back before it starts
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Lol.. Matthews couldnt get round his lead out man..


    How old is impy ?
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    1. IMPEY
    2. MATTHEWS
    3. SKA
    4. BETTIOL
    5. PIDCOCK

    EF did all the work up the climb and leading it out but Bettiol didn't have the legs to finish. Pidcock a little boxed in but doesn't have the top end. Impey and Matthews both came up quick from further back and Impey just holds on.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    thejimmymethod said:

    1. IMPEY
    2. MATTHEWS
    3. SKA
    4. BETTIOL
    5. PIDCOCK

    EF did all the work up the climb and leading it out but Bettiol didn't have the legs to finish. Pidcock a little boxed in but doesn't have the top end. Impey and Matthews both came up quick from further back and Impey just holds on.

    Good summary . I think the Welsh lad keeps the jersey
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    mididoctors said:

    thejimmymethod said:

    1. IMPEY
    2. MATTHEWS
    3. SKA
    4. BETTIOL
    5. PIDCOCK

    EF did all the work up the climb and leading it out but Bettiol didn't have the legs to finish. Pidcock a little boxed in but doesn't have the top end. Impey and Matthews both came up quick from further back and Impey just holds on.

    Good summary . I think the Welsh lad keeps the jersey
    Proper grit and determination from Williams there. Deserved to keep it for another day.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Ska in third. Madness.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 589
    Impey is 37. He had a bad crash last year so great to see him win. He definitely took the best line in that sprint.
    Williams showed great determination to get back on after last climb. Wonder if it was his family holding the Welsh flag near the podium ?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    JV withdraw due to Covid.

  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,058
    andyp said:

    JV withdraw due to Covid.

    BA.4 and BA.5 waves are increasing in a lot of places, presuming all the team recover fine, it's possibly a good thing to get infected now and then have vastly reduced odds of a team infection during TDF next month.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    Yates and Mader also DNS today. (Plus Pernsteiner, Fedorov, Gogl, Vergaerde).

    Yates positive for Covid, don't know about the rest.

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    The 4th-8th place specialist Bol, SKA and Casper Pedersen from DSM also covid.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,579
    Well that's my PTP GC pick in the sick bed....
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    That has to put Yates' participation at the Tour in doubt.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,058
    edited June 2022
    andyp said:

    That has to put Yates' participation at the Tour in doubt.

    Scrap that, getting my Yates brothers mixed up.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Tough circuit
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    Vlasov wins - after a bit of fannying about on the final climb that meant the second chasing group nearly got back to them as well as the first chasing group.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    edited June 2022
    Powless, Fuglsang, Thomas in the first group too, with Schachmann just dropped and in the next group. Vlasov new GC leader.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Gruelling. 4 GC guys all look to be coming good.
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 913
    Has Remco finished yet?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    wakemalcolm said:

    Has Remco finished yet?

    2 minutes down. Was he dropped on that last steep climb before the finish ramp?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    Kung is going well this year - interesting to see how he goes over the big hills next two days.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,681
    Was hoping for a bit more from Pidcock at end. Realise he’s supporting Thomas but was looking strong before the last 2k.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 589
    Cases of COVID across 4 or 5 teams and Vlasov in the lead.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    Four EF riders tested positive for Covid and won't start this morning.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,124
    Going to be carnage in the TdF if Covid takes hold.
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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    davidof said:

    Going to be carnage in the TdF if Covid takes hold.

    This is how Froome wins his 5th Tour, isn't it?
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Judging by the interview yesterday with one of the Race organisers (I think) there seemed to total surprise on the part of the journalist that COVID was still a "thing".

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