Tour de Romandie

[Gen]

(Meanwhile over in Yorkshire, the ladies have been treating us to one hell of a race..28km)

 

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['Dale]

(Meanwhile over in Yorkshire, the ladies have been treating us to one hell of a race..28km)

 

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Very intriguing hey

Wow

Will they stay away - the bunch should get them hey

The break only wins 1/10 ????

['Dale]

I could live with that.. what a rider.

 

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He's fast become one of my favourite racers hey

Even if he serves Alberto

['Dale]

Dropping vd Breggan not the best idea for the break at trio

It'll only weaken the break ????

['Dale]

Those kickers look eina

 

Don't think the Euro champ has been feeding

Haven't seen her pop a gel or something

['Dale]

Sunweb looking organized ????????????

['Dale]

Queen Anna not done yet ????

['Dale]

Lizzie taking a big risk here

Brave ride

 

What an attack

['Dale]

Meanwhile, back to Swissland

 

The 163.5km slog from Domdidier to Leysin holds four climbs: the Jaunpass, Saanenmoser, Col du Pillon and final ascent to Leysin. All are positioned inside the second half of the stage and the terrain flips between bearable and severe. None of the four climbs stretch out to longer than 7km but the 10.5 per cent pitches on the Jaunpass will stretch the peloton towards its breaking point, while the final climb – 4km in length – averages around 8.5 per cent before the final kilometre levels off at a more manageable 3.4 per cent.

['Dale]

While there is a big cloud over Moscon, the rest of the peloton is enjoying beautiful sunshine out there. A nice change from the rain and snow of the opening stages.

['Dale]

It has been a very fast start to the day and after 10 kilometres it's single file in the peloton. A number of riders have tried to get away but they have not been allowed just yet.

['Dale]

looks like there might just be a break going up the road. Eight riders have got a gap on the bunch right now. They are: Clarke, Kochetkov, Van der Sande, Armee, De Gendt, Cherel, Reguigui and Pasqualon

['Dale]

After 32 kilometres of racing, the eight out front have a gap of 2:15 on the bunch. And breathe. That was a mighty fast opening stretch in today's stage.

['Dale]

Green Machine ????????????

 

Just to confirm that is Simon Clarke in the breakaway for Cannondale rather than his teammate William Clarke.

['Dale]

good effort from Lotto Soudal to get three riders into the break. They have been very active during this year's race and De Gandt and Armee have already been in a break already. On this sort of parcours, De Gendt could be a real threat for the stage win, if the peloton allow this to go to the finish. This is also an opportunity for Armee to secure the mountains classification jersey.

['Dale]

Tosh Van der Sande is the biggest threat to the overall classification. The Lotto Soudal rider is only 37 seconds down in the general classification and with the gap now three minutes he is the race leader out there on the road. With Van der Sande in the group, the breakaway's chance of making this work is slim so it will be interesting to see if they try to drop him at some stage.