Switzerland's Gotthard Pass
We are opening the rolling metal door to the VSP generator and warming it up for this weekend’s start of the Tour de Suisse. As usual, the big hitters of the Tour are riding the Dauphine; I should be more excited about that race but, yawn, not so much. The Swiss tour is longer, more climbing, generally a more awesome race and with any luck they will climb the Passo San Gottardo. The Swiss don’t fool around with their roads, tunnels or cows. Here is your start list.
OK, everyone knows the drill here. Delgado-ing is right out, this starts on Saturday, you have been warned. Prizes, rules, go to the VSP pages for the specifics.
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@Buck Rogers
wow wow wow… much delayed flight at airport right now, go to steephill, watch the last km's video and what a stud. Just imagine what in the world Alabasini was thinking ? I'm gonna hold him off with my sprint at the end? Just making it respectable. Killed it with class is right. Over the top, descent, catch 'em, pull 'em and out sprint 'em.
@Randy C
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE having kids! I've got three beautiful sons (and was a solo dad for a couple of years when my two eldest were around 5 and 3), and not a day has passed in their lives that I have regretted it or wished I didn't have them, and our laughs and fun times are a massive part of that.
BUT, my point is that it's also not easy no matter how many smiles and/or laughs you're having. Being a good parent is no ride on the boulevard, as I'm sure you're aware. Definitely the toughest but easily the best job I've ever had.
@Pali65
From a bit further out you can see how the teams have set themselves up.
@ChrisO
nah, amazing skills, comes into the corner too hot and has the door closed on him, grabs a bit much - but the key is he doesn't drop it, and nice to see smooth barriers at this race rather than fences.
I guess you could say he should have read the road book, checked the corner etc but they were all smokin' fullgas and I thought he handled the bike pretty well
@ChrisO
The way I read it was if he had not done that them all 3 would have been on the deck as he was chopped coming into the bend.
Oops!
To clarify - I am stuck.......or IAM stuck........
@piwakawaka
Well this adds some spice to the incident......
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/riders-arms-danny-van-poppel-relegated-tour-de-suisse-233466?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social
@Teocalli
I wonder if it's the same driver that got one of the team buses stuck under the finish gantry on a Giro(?) stage a few years ago?
@chris
Orica Green-Edge at the TdeF.