Minor Stage Races 2016 **may contain SPOILERS**

[smutchin]

Niemiec wins the stage from a 120km solo breakaway. Commentator remarks that he looks 'fresh as a daisy' at the finish. I wouldn't raise an eyebrow except for the fact that this is the Tour of Turkey...

 

[brommers]

I haven't been paying attention to the Tour of Croatia for a couple of days but the hilly stage 4 was a good one for the young Brits Scott Davies (20) and Daniel Pearson (22) of Team Wiggins, who moved up to 9th and 11th respectively on GC.

Yes, they're still doing well 10th and 11th @ 3'46" and 3'58" after yesterdays TTT

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Someone looks pleased in Croatia

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5t4lS1Gdb4

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Prologue of the Tour de Romandie is currently underway. I haven't seen it but apparently Giant-Alpecin's Chad Haga crashed falling off the start ramp. Whoops.

 

[mjr]

Prologue of the Tour de Romandie is currently underway. I haven't seen it but apparently Giant-Alpecin's Chad Haga crashed falling off the start ramp. Whoops.

He's not having a good year, is he? http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/03/rider-journal/chad-haga-journal-just-a-flesh-wound_399309

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Ion leads the charge in Romandie.

http://cyclingquotes.com/news/izagi...-marred_romandie_prologue#7tF7TuMfG4HD5iyV.97

 

[Dave Davenport]

Why didn't Froom start Romandie?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Why didn't Froom start Romandie?

He did start

 

[Dave Davenport]

He did start

I didn't look far enough down the results!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I didn't look far enough down the results!

Apologies for brevity of previous reply, was at dentist and got called as replying. 26 seconds down on winner iirc.

 

[rich p]

Apologies for brevity of previous reply, was at dentist and got called as replying. 26 seconds down on winner iirc.

And 10 seconds down I Quintana

 

[smutchin]

26 seconds is a fair chunk to lose over 4.5km, especially for a TTer of Froome's calibre. Were conditions that bad or was he just not pushing hard?

It might not matter over the course of the race, he could easily make it up, but it might also mean Sky are putting their eggs in other baskets (ie Thomas and Kiwiatkowski) for this race.

 

[brommers]

The final 15 or 20 starters had really poor, wet conditions and Froome really struggled round the dodgy downhill hairpin

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I thought Marcel Kittel did well to stay in contention yesterday. Good win.

I'm reading this morning Richie Porte will be a DNS today due to "GI" problems. Gastro-intestinal?

 

[brommers]

I see that Stannard was a DNF. Does anyone know why?