📮 POST RACE REACTION 💬 Plapp - "I just tried to take my opportunity. I am happy with my shape, and we will see how tomorrow goes." 🥉rd place 🇨🇭#TDR2024
Luke Plapp gains important time in GC with attack in the final of Tour de Romandie stage 2: "I am happy with my shape, and we will see how tomorrow goes"
CyclingFriday, 26 April 2024 at 01:00
Riders at Tour de Romandie for change enjoyed a sunny ride on their way to the finish line at Les Marécottes. However Team Jayco AlUla had different plans and launched Luke Plapp on the final ascent towards what was left of the day's breakaway.
In the end the Australian champion couldn't match puncheurs Thibau Nys and Andrea Vendrame in a test of acceleration, however third place and sixteen seconds towards the general classification will hopefully be worth the effort.
"It was a really beautiful day, the weather was amazing, it was nice to be in just a skinsuit during the race so that was really nice surprise which I enjoyed. The whole day was relatively solid because the breakaway had so much time. It was a bit of an interesting day to be honest, with the break, nobody knew which team was going to ride, there was a bit of a standoff," Plapp gives us a rundown of the day in press release.
"Simon did an amazing attack into the final that sort of softened everybody up, so I just tried to take my opportunity. I am happy with my shape, and we will see how tomorrow goes. TT is my favorite event in the world, I can’t wait, it is going to be a fun day for me."
Read also
Just in
Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter today!
Nov 05, 13:04
0
Popular news
Latest comments
- Not really.awp15-11-2024
- He had the VID man. Yes, he was well on his way to winning the Giro.awp15-11-2024
- So he's got an attitude of egocentric proportions, typical Yorkshire guy then...
leedorney15-11-2024 - Might be bit isn't. The reason is actually that no one wants to work for free. But that's my point. Incur the costs for a year, make clear that ads are coming and see if it works. No one else has tried this in cycling.Renz15-11-2024
- Plus MVDP now having basically done 4 seasons in 2 years might warrant a slightly longer rest than usual, although even then his will STILL be shorter than 98% of all other pro cyclists in any field.Mistermaumau15-11-2024
- Yes, I’d say they’ve done their job in CX.Mistermaumau15-11-2024
- C’mon, they need this kind of gooey content in winter to stop readers switching off. Medias sowing seeds to provoke discussion and rumours that lead to a self-defined legitimacy to introduce undesired questions during rider interviews in order to boast delivery of “original” contentMistermaumau15-11-2024
- By definition an analogy is always GERMANE, tganjs for pointing out the obvious and revealing you don’t understand its purpose.Mistermaumau15-11-2024
- The reason you don’t see these type of websites often and certainly not in cycling might be that they die before you find them. But tell us about it when you’re done I’ll visit to check it out.Mistermaumau15-11-2024
- Someone should do this: create a cycling news site that is free with no ads. Watch the subscriptions like up. Then carefully and slowly introduce ads. I might do it myself. Sites like CUTD are poorly conceived and consequently a mess. Readers will leave as soon as there is a better alternative.Renz15-11-2024