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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@wiscot yup, one of the big takeaways I got from Barry's latest book is how frustrating it must be to be one if Wiggo's domestiques. No matter how good his form, or their work, all it seems to take is one bad thing to cause him to chuck the toys out if the pram.
@wiscot
Tell me Coppi hasn't already won:
@Steampunk
If you look like that before OR after a race, you're a winner. The guy to his right also podiums for style points.
@wiscot
Sure, but with that look in his eye, he was a distant second.
@Steampunk
I hear Andy Schleck has fantasies about being a distant second these days . . .
@Gianni
not quite, it was only 113, but have a look at that max cadence!!!
@wiscot
Check out his Stage One and Eight wins at the Tour of California. And it was with almost the exact same crew that led him to the line in Ossingen. Stage Eight was beautiful, another straight, drag-out Cav sprint, accelerating past Goss, Sagan, and Degenkolb. Unfortunately for Cav, Boonen won't be at the TdF.
Is it just me? This race isn't grabbing me like the Dauphanié, Maybe I've been spoiled by some great racing so far this season.
@freddy
It's not just you Freddy. I think things have been pretty straight forward and now that Wiggins has killed a lot of VSP picks, the interest level has dropped. Of course, compared to the Dauphine, it was not going to come close.
Damn! Tony Martin, time-triallist extraordinaire and now lead-out man extraordinaire. What a pull he did today - it even split the bunch. I'll say one thing for Patrick Lefevre, he sure knows how to get his superstars to work as a team for the team.