Tour de Romandie

[SwissVan]

 

https://www.tourderomandie.ch/en/

 

Ai shame man these poor guys are going to get cold and wet this week

 

Potentially a good race developing with a surprise winner....

[SwissVan]

Starting in Champrey today..... wonder if the weather will allow them to start?

 

Just started snowing here and we are a lot lower down compared to Champrey

 

#welcometospring

[jcza]

Poor lambs, hope they manage to keep warm and dry 

[SwissVan]

Poor lambs, hope they manage to keep warm and dry

Lambs at least have campagnolo leg and body warmers

[coppi]

Starting in Champrey today..... wonder if the weather will allow them to start?

 

Just started snowing here and we are a lot lower down compared to Champrey

 

#welcometospring

Spring 

['Dale]

Aaahhhh

 

Love it when the break takes a stage win

 

It was wet and Brrrrrrr out there ❄️❄️❄️

['Dale]

 

This is the provisional top ten for the stage.

 

1 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3:33:15

2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team

3 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:20

4 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-Scott

5 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates

6 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo

7 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal

8 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo

9 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates

10 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors

['Dale]

The riders who survived the cold and wet conditions have quickly disappeared into their team buses.

 

Some final riders have reached the finish now. There will be a long wait for the hot showers on the bus.

['Dale]

Kung has been hit by injuries and fractures in recent years, so this win was special for the 23 year-old.

 

He fractured a vertebrae in the 2015 Giro d’Italia and then fractured his left collarbone and iliac bone in the Swiss TT championships last summer, meaning he missed the Rio Olympics.

 

“After all my problems of the last few years, It’s great to win,” he said.

['Dale]

“I think the other guys suffered more than me. I think a 50kg climbers suffers more than me in conditions like that...“I know the roads here and I knew the last climb, so I told myself to go for it.”

 

Kung takes a win at Romandie

['Dale]

That weather though!!!!

They eliminated the first 24 kms of the race due to the extreme weather (sharpdescent) or something like that

[SwissVan]

That weather though!!!!

 

Well at least tomorrow looks drier in Payerne (Start and finish) tomorrow and the max temp is about double  what it was for them today.

 

Cant imagine anything worse than having to ride in that weather for the time they have to

 

[SwissVan]

Spring

Went to bed last night it was snowing, woke and it's still snowing here, if they had the same then there is no chance they will ride

[SwissVan]

And it's still snowing ????

[Bateleur1]

And it's still snowing

 

Been snowing here all morning as well but most of the snow melts immediately as well.  I am sure there by you it is not the case however.

[SwissVan]

Been snowing here all morning as well but most of the snow melts immediately as well. I am sure there by you it is not the case however.

It's bucketing down here, at least 10cm thick here in the low lands and causing chaos with all the broken trees.... trees thought it was spring and in full leaf which the fresh snow collects on until something snaps