Tour de Romandie - may be Spoilers

[dragon72]

With the smoke from the classics still lingering in the air, we're on to some more stage racing now with the Tours of Turkey and Romandie running in parallel.
A few big names in the mix: Valverde, Basso, Gesink, Talansky...
Sky have Froome and Porte to corporately bully up the mountains. And Cavendish will be itching to bag a sprint victory or deux which have not been as abundant as his move to OPQS was meant to produce. Goss will, no doubt, be ever the bridesmaid... Or will he?

 

[dragon72]

Oh nuts. I should have said *SPOILER ALERT*, but honestly, really?

 

[rich p]

Froome should win this given Sky's strategy. Valverde may push him hardest but I think it's Froomedog's to lose.
Barring mechanicals

 

[beastie]

No Eurosport, but live on Sky 2. Graham Little presenting, Roger Hammond analyst. Production a fair bit more stylish than Eurosport. It looks great on my new TV. Please God don't let Carlton Kirby be the
commentator......

 

[beastie]

Brian Smith and Anthony Maccrossan? sp?

 

[dragon72]

No Eurosport, but live on Sky 2. Graham Little presenting, Roger Hammond analyst. Production a fair bit more stylish than Eurosport. It looks great on my new TV. Please God don't let Carlton Kirby be the
commentator......

Dave Harmon's looking for work now he's quit Eurosport

 

[raindog]

Dave Harmon's looking for work now he's quit Eurosport

Didn't know about that - why did he leave? He used to get a lot of stick on a bike forum I used to post on, but I always thought he was pretty good. Not an easy job imo.

 

[beastie]

Dave Harmon's looking for work now he's quit Eurosport

According to him he is taking a couple of months off and will be for le tour. Moving house etc.

 

[beastie]

I thought Ryder would be closer to the lead than that.

 

[raindog]

Amazing ride from Talansky, but he's completely wasted after the finish. I find that quite reassuring.

 

[beastie]

Catweasel kills it.

 

[raindog]

He needed a sit down too though.

 

[Hont]

According to him he is taking a couple of months off and will be for le tour. Moving house etc.

He's gone freelance apparently, so will still be working for Eurosport - just not quite as much.

 

[hobbitonabike]

Are there any highlights anywhere not on Sky sports as I refuse to pay for it lol. As an aside, I like Carleton Kirby

 

[dragon72]

Kirby is definitely a "marmite·" presenter