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

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    There is still time to fall off the bike. 😜
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  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 825
    Sagan failed COVID test this morning.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    wakemalcolm said:

    Sagan failed COVID test this morning.

    How many times has he had covid now? 3?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,754
    Higuita almost a minute down on Kung at halfway. Thomas well ahead of Higuita too.

    Kung really looks good on a TT bike.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,754
    edited June 2022
    But slightly unexpectedly, Remco fastest at the finish so far, and can't see anyone else taking it.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,445
    What on earth is Thomas riding?
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    andyp said:

    What on earth is Thomas riding?

    Some sort of prototype they said on comms
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,754
    andyp said:

    What on earth is Thomas riding?

    One of these?

    https://road.cc/content/tech-news/new-pinarello-bolide-tt-bike-spotted-under-ineos-ganna-293645

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,533
    Great ride from Thomas, good to see he's still got it
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,754
    Stage: Evenepoel - Thomas - Kung

    GC: Thomas - Higuita - Fuglsang - Powless - Kung

    Higuita must have had a really good second half today, because he looked like he was sinking without trace at halfway.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,135
    One of Thomas's better TTs since his Tour win.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    It's over !
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,135
    kingstongraham said:

    Stage: Evenepoel - Thomas - Kung

    GC: Thomas - Higuita - Fuglsang - Powless - Kung

    Higuita must have had a really good second half today, because he looked like he was sinking without trace at halfway.

    First half checks for relative to Kung who seemed to have a bad second half.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,158
    Pross said:

    One of Thomas's better TTs since his Tour win.

    Have there been (m)any races where it would have mattered?
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,194
    Hey, hey, I got PTP pick guess right for once 😊
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Will people now put Thomas back into the list of Tour contenders now please. I know he doesn't fit the 'new generation' narrative, but he was 3rd favorite last year and for my money not much behind Roglic.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    I'm sure Rob Hatch will. He even added Bob Jungels to the list today.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    Wonder what happened to Remco. He wasn't having an off day. He was dropped on the climbs multiple times, despite being super strong in Norway just a few days/weeks ago. Super strong in the ITT again then.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    RichN95. said:

    Will people now put Thomas back into the list of Tour contenders now please. I know he doesn't fit the 'new generation' narrative, but he was 3rd favorite last year and for my money not much behind Roglic.

    Thomas on 2018 form would be a match for Roglic I think. For Pogacar, probably not
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 559
    Wonder how many will be withdrawing from nationals if going to the tour. Surely the teams will have them all in isolation asap.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,135
    RichN95. said:

    Will people now put Thomas back into the list of Tour contenders now please. I know he doesn't fit the 'new generation' narrative, but he was 3rd favorite last year and for my money not much behind Roglic.

    I don't see it, he is unlikely to match them on the climbs much as I'd like to see it. Possible podium but will he even be Ineos's main man? I couldn't work out who their leader was originally in this race even, I'd assumed it would be Yates.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    No offense (to anyone), but it's a farce. Thomas would have lost to Vlasov and Pogacar destroys Vlasov. Obviously, anything is possible in a 3 week race, but it's a 2 horse race.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700
    Seems to me that in the current climate handing out definitive favourite tags based on past performance is only as reliable as the last Covid test.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700
    Useless draft thing….
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,094
    r0bh said:

    wakemalcolm said:

    Sagan failed COVID test this morning.

    How many times has he had covid now? 3?
    4th time isn't it?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    RichN95. said:

    Will people now put Thomas back into the list of Tour contenders now please. I know he doesn't fit the 'new generation' narrative, but he was 3rd favorite last year and for my money not much behind Roglic.

    Anything could happen. Got that random energy
    "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
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    mididoctors said:

    RichN95. said:

    Will people now put Thomas back into the list of Tour contenders now please. I know he doesn't fit the 'new generation' narrative, but he was 3rd favorite last year and for my money not much behind Roglic.

    Anything could happen. Got that random energy
    Unless something bad happens Pogacar will win though
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,031
    edited June 2022
    Has Jacobsen tested positive yet and opened up chance for Cav at Tour! :D
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    RichN95. said:

    mididoctors said:

    RichN95. said:

    Will people now put Thomas back into the list of Tour contenders now please. I know he doesn't fit the 'new generation' narrative, but he was 3rd favorite last year and for my money not much behind Roglic.

    Anything could happen. Got that random energy
    Unless something bad happens Pogacar will win though
    That more or less sums up my thoughts. Pog>Rog>Everyone else.

    Lose those two and it could end up with a rather open TdF.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,170
    The Tour needs a Le Mans (WEC) style BoP (Balance of Performance); so ballast and/ or a restrictor.... ;)
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