The Tour de Suisse can be everyone’s warm-up for the Tour de France, including all you VSP dreamers. The big show seems to be the Critérium de Dauphanié this year, as far as Tour de France contenders go but the Tour de Suisse still has some big guns showing up. Twiggo is here, not for a Tour warm up, unless people are worried about Richie Porte’s lack of form. If Wiggins was drafted, we would have the potential for another Stephen Roche-Roberto Visentini affair. That would be the best but I’m getting ahead of myself.
The Swiss tour is a proper mix of time trialing and climbing but one might lose more time in the climbing than the time trialing. Rui Costa, the defending champion, has the need to win in his new white kit. Twiggo may have a need to win just to make Sky management sleep badly between now and July. Cancellara has won his home tour but he would need some special mojo to win this one. The racing may well be more interesting than the Critérium de Dauphiné as the eventual winner most likely won’t be decided on the very first day.
As always, look to the countdown timer to avoid a Delgado situation. Here is a start list.
Prizes, we remember the prizes don’t we?
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@Steampunk
What's wrong with 52 !? It goes with 42.
@Minnesota Expat
No one is saying how slow Twiggo was in the opening prologue but it is always an indicator of form and that is not good for all the people who chose him for the VSP. Sagan did very well. Fabs can descend on a TT bike like a bastard.
@taon24
@piwakawaka
@Tobin
Hmmmm, no idea. The timer is closed at midnight Pacific Coast Time regardless of the actual start time of a race, any race. I would bet you had not refreshed your screen, I have delgadoed myself on more than one occasion doing that. If there was some software fuck up, the jury may have pity on you, but there is no evidence of that yet.
@Steampunk
Fine, fine, fine. There, I've said it thricely. But I'll defend my head tube length to the death (or old age whichever comes first)
why oh why am I such a techno-dope?
@xyxax
"Fucking up the comments section since 2010." I'm so proud.
Wow, the Dauphiné... Andrew Talansky and Garmin-Sharp -- hell of a race and great to see. Big ride from Ryder, too.
@andrew
Alberto broke Froome today. I'll be very interested to see how Sky plays this one.
@Steampunk
More tramadol to ease the pain, an inhaler to assist with anxiety decreasing deep breathing, and another trip to the edges of the rule book to find more marginal pharmaceutical gains.