Tour of Switzerland ...Spolier tags required before midnight on day of each stage

MPFG

Tour of Switzerland...


Start list on
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_Suisse_2014_Stage_1_General_Classification-Startlist


Predictions for the win : Bradley Wiggins , Roman Kreuziger, Baulke Mollema, Domenico Pozzovivi , Rui Costa....
Philip Deignan

MPFG

Philip Deignan is in the break today in this race - Knew he had good form after yesterdays TT where he beat alot of GC guys given he is not a top TTer

DDC1990

If they are saved on your computer you have to upload them.

You can only link them if they are online images.



Also I'd edit your post as it might have your real name linked in with the image.

MPFG

Thanks DDC1990 I deleted them ...just have to accept I am rubbish at this !!!

MPFG

#TdSuisse After 81km gap is 5'25" for Deignan, Warbasse, Meyer, Thurau, Hollenstein & Veuchelen

Got to keep my thread going now ...even if I am the only one using it

MPFG

Oh well my predictions didn't last long ....Domenico Pozzovivo has already abandoned....just wait all my predication will be out by this evening

Glass Prison 1214

Anyone have an update? Or a live tracker?

TheBlaaMan

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

Anyone have an update? Or a live tracker?

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/live/en/
How's your German...

Deignan in virtual yellow, btw

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MPFG

try here

http://www.cyclingfans.com/live_race_coverage

MPFG

Deignan and Warbasse leading.

Glass Prison 1214

Go Phillip!

MPFG

So now for another SKY win .......please

Pudsy33

Is this on tv anywhere?

tomdempsey200

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Is this on tv anywhere?

Tomorrow

dastardly00

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Is this on tv anywhere?

Highlights later tonight on Eurosport.

Darkglasses

Highlights are immediately after today's stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on Eurosport, 16.10.

Darkglasses

Result:

Cameron Meyer first, Deignan second

Glass Prison 1214

Darkglasses wrote: »

Result:

Cameron Meyer first, Deignan second

Does that mean he is the GC leader?

MPFG

dastardly00 wrote: »

Highlights later tonight on Eurosport.

Its on Eurosport now with Decaln Quigley

Deignan finished 2nd and is 7th on GC

MPFG

On and my prediction for Deignan for overall wasn't too bad after all....wonder will Bradley show his team playing credentials and ride fro Philip....would show he is a team man

unichall

MPFG wrote: »

On and my prediction for Deignan for overall wasn't too bad after all....wonder will Bradley show his team playing credentials and ride fro Philip....would show he is a team man

To be fair wiggo is only 5 secs behind him on GC so a little early to be declaring him Team Leader

MPFG

unichall wrote: »

To be fair wiggo is only 5 secs behind him on GC so a little early to be declaring him Team Leader

I know but the universe could be kind

pelevin

Today's stage on Eurosport now.

25 kms or so left, Garmin pulling hard at the front pulling back a small group with 30 seconds. Deignan out the back of a pretty big peloton apparently. Beautiful weather, picture-postcard Switzerland even if rolling countryside rather than the high mountains.

pelevin

Wiggins ended up managing to take nearly 2 minutes out of the rest on a solo break in the last 10 kms. That'll get them talking. Oh no, sorry, Sagan takes the sprint.

Actually Wiggins has just come in over 2 mins down which in terms of the furore over the Sky storyline re the TdF is a bit of a pity.

neris

pelevin wrote: »

Wiggins ended up managing to take nearly 2 minutes out of the rest on a solo break in the last 10 kms. That'll get them talking. Oh no, sorry, Sagan takes the sprint.

Actually Wiggins has just come in over 2 mins down which in terms of the furore over the Sky storyline re the TdF is a bit of a pity.

he didnt really seem to be pushing himself. and sky were all over the place no one supporting kenaugh near the end. cav got dumped aswell

TheBlaaMan

Sagans positioning in the final km of a stage like thjis is a joy to watch.....

pelevin

neris wrote: »

he didnt really seem to be pushing himself. and sky were all over the place no one supporting kenaugh near the end. cav got dumped aswell

No, he just seemed to be rolling in at his own pace. Dunno if the desire to make an uncomfortable point to the Sky hierarchy is simply absent in him. Right though that if there were hopes for Kennaugh, then maybe he if he had the legs, he should have been making more of an effort to stay up there. Come to think of it, if he was ordinary in the TT, losing time today, presumably he'll lose a lot more in the mountains . . . so what's in it for Wiggins in this race?

pelevin

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

Sagans positioning in the final km of a stage like thjis is a joy to watch.....

Great nerves & technique on that cramped, difficult finish all right.

dastardly00

Philip Deignan finished in 167th place, 15min 25sec behind the stage winner.

Glass Prison 1214

dastardly00 wrote: »

Philip Deignan finished in 167th place, 15min 25sec behind the stage winner.

Hopefully it's a case of him planning to get into another few breaks so he needed to distance himself in the GC to be let go, rather than being spent from yesterday.

MPFG

Right ...no more predictions for me...Didn't see the race but expect as Deignan last a bit of time he decided to sit up and will now go for stages

Darkglasses

How bad is Tony Martin at climbing? Wondering how long he can hang onto the leader's jersey.

dragratchet

didnt catch todays stage, is wiggins simply not bothered putting in the work after the tdf snub. was hoping he'd give it a bit of welly to stir things up a bit, though i suppose with wiggo, its equally plausible that he'd just sit up and enjoy the scenery

MPFG

Darkglasses wrote: »

How bad is Tony Martin at climbing? Wondering how long he can hang onto the leader's jersey.

well he is not really bad at anything...he looks abit strange at present .......different from his usual self as if he has been remodelled.....Imagine at weekend one of the usual suspects of Costa, Mollema , Kresugier, Frank & Pinot will take over

dastardly00

He's actually not too bad. Similar to Cancellara, when he's holding the leader's jersey, he can climb ok for a while and stick with the GC guys. Looking at the stages to come, he shouldn't have any problems with the next three. Stage 7 is an ITT so in theory he should be able to extend his lead. But Stage 8 finishes with the climb up to Vernier, which should be a bridge too far for the German.

neris

wiggins down 25km to go

whacker00

spoiler :

good sprint finish today and it was great to see the second kick from cav, looks like he is carrying some good form into the tour. dagenkolb seem to lose it and Sagan had not got the legs

MPFG

Think Degenkolb crashed or had some mishap...Hard to say about Cavendish without Greipel or Kettle there for competition

dragratchet

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/06/wiggins-tour-hopes-fade-after-withdrawal-from-tour-de-suisse/

neris

dragratchet wrote: »

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/06/wiggins-tour-hopes-fade-after-withdrawal-from-tour-de-suisse/

he hasnt really seemed that interested in the whole thing. was watching him few days ago and he was just coasting along as if it was a gentle training spin. wonder was he officially told hes not in the TDF team and this is his sulk/two fingers to sky

whacker00

i really thought he would have show some real character and reacted the oposite way. Go to Switzerland to prove a point to Sky and then put additional pressure on Brailsford to bring him to the tour

i seem to be way off in that thinking

neris

sprint finish. crash 300m to go Cav was involved. Looks like someone oushed a Orica rider who took Cav down with him. Modolo (lampre) won ahead of sagan

RobFowl

Not a spoiler (I think) but that route/course today was dreadful.....

dastardly00

ITT profile for today:



Start times here.

Tony Martin starts at 3.30pm GMT.
The Panzerwagen should win this.

laraghrider

Anyone see this. Inside stage 5 sprint finish. Bloody fantastic video and scary too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE97iUvSHk0

dastardly00

From Cyclingnews:
"Reports that Sergio Henao is out of the race. Details are a little fuzzy at the moment with conflicting reports but according to a number of outlets he was hit by a vehicle while riding recon on the course. Reports are that he went to hospital straight away but Sky have told us that he was with the team doctor until recently. As soon as we know more we'll update you."

godtabh

dastardly00 wrote: »

From Cyclingnews:
"Reports that Sergio Henao is out of the race. Details are a little fuzzy at the moment with conflicting reports but according to a number of outlets he was hit by a vehicle while riding recon on the course. Reports are that he went to hospital straight away but Sky have told us that he was with the team doctor until recently. As soon as we know more we'll update you."

Sky's twitter says training accident. No updates yet

neris

has Pinault of fdj sorted out his fear of descending yet?

dastardly00

Tony Martin wins by 22 seconds.

neris

good finish. is there a big mountain stage tomorrow?

Darkglasses

neris wrote: »

good finish. is there a big mountain stage tomorrow?

Summit finish up to Verbier