Tour de Romandie - may be Spoilers
- Thread starter dragon72
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I doubt if anyone in that chasing group thought it was "good idea" to let Froome go. The conditions were terrible today, and Froome and Spilak were the strongest - end of. "Tactics" have their limits, and it usually comes down to "the best man wins".
Just thinking about it, (and despite just having watched it) did Spilak shoot off first and Froome caught him or was it the other way around?
Spilak went first and Froome bridged the gap.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Arsebiscuits. Remembered to tune in quite late but thought I'd catch the final few km at least. Couldn't work out why they were showing the end of yesterday's race... Sounds like I've missed an interesting stage too.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Sky sports 4 at 1am or 9am tomorrow.
TG - I wasn't going mad then.....
Herzog
Swinglish Mountain Goat
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
I can confirm it was pretty nasty today!
OP
OP
dragon72
Guru
- Location
- Mexico City
Still at a loss to know why Cavendish entered Romandie. He didn't contest anything at all. I get that he needed to get some mountains under his wheels before the Giro, but you can train in mountains without being in a race that you're not contesting or supporting in. Personally I'd have spent the time reccying the Giro routes. But what do I know? Two thirds of Diddly squat.
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
- Location
- Boring Birmingham
Partly contractual obligation I think. They do say the best practice for doing races is to race lots..."race into form" as the demands of racing cannot be truly simulated in training sessions.
andrew_s
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucester
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Anyone know why neither Spilak and froome were wearing gloves, not even mits, seems odd in that weather.
400bhp
Guru
I think Spilak is an excellent bike rider-one to watch for the future.
I found Costa's race interesting. He didn't help Valverde near the end (I think Movistar were the only ones with 2 riders in the group?), he then sprinted to take 3rd on the stage and is now 3rd overall, with valverde about 5s back.
Who's the team leader
(I don't like valverde so this amuses me).
I found Costa's race interesting. He didn't help Valverde near the end (I think Movistar were the only ones with 2 riders in the group?), he then sprinted to take 3rd on the stage and is now 3rd overall, with valverde about 5s back.
Who's the team leader
(I don't like valverde so this amuses me).
