Tour de Romandie ** Spoilers **

[thom]

This kicked off today with a Prologue win for Kwiatkowski.
Chris Froome is 9 seconds down. Some highlights :



I do like this race, set in the proper mountains. Tomorrow if the weather permits they head from the Italian bit into the Vallee, over the Simplonpass, a road I climbed a couple of years ago in May. There was still a decent amount of snow then - I'm sure it will be pretty chilly tomorrow but the decent to Brig on one of the main Switzerland - Italy highways would rather quick and spectacular.

 

[jifdave]

Good info and Stage profiles http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,30579_9282922,00.html

 

[thom]

Albasini gets it in Sion, a shortened stage with the Simplonpass removed after a heavy snowfall - fair play to Nibali who had a very decent pop off the front over the last 16 kms.

I think little changes in the GC.

 

[raindog]

Brilliant riding by Nibali - shame he couldn't hold on.

 

[thom]

Albasini wins the sprint again - possibly taking the GC lead too

 

[jifdave]

yup good sprint from him, liked kwit having a pop too.

although with froome 10th in the sprint it wasnt that good of a sprint....

 

[jifdave]

Tomorrow should be fun.
Finally get to see if froome has legs, whether nibali will be credible threat after a slow year, just how good is kwit at the minute?

 

[jifdave]

big climb then big descent and its raining.... nibali's day? even if froome gets away over the climb will he stay away from nibbles on the descent?

kwit or rui costa????? im picking froomes ridiculously vein covered legs

 

[Crackle]

This should be an interesting day.

 

[Crackle]

25k to go and Nibbles has already cracked and Froome looking strong.

 

[jifdave]

spilak with him now, if i recall froome gave him a stage last year

 

[thom]

spilak with him now, if i recall froome gave him a stage last year

yeah similar circumstances - nice to see a reprise, to see Froome with form doing it himself and forming racing alliances

 

[jifdave]

the descent will be awful bit too far for nibbles to chase him down

 

[Crackle]

Let's see how his wet descent skills are

 

[jifdave]

he was supposed to have worked on it so im gonna guess better than wiggo