Tour de Suisse Stage 5 **Spoiler**

stagehopper
stagehopper Posts: 1,593
edited June 2009 in Pro race
9km to go, just about to blow apart on the climb.

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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    ... or not blowing apart as the case seems to be. Lead group of around 18 riders with just under 5km to go.
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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    1. Albasini
    2. Cancellara
    3. Cunego
    4. Zaugg
    5. Karpets
    6. Kreuziger
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    andy schleck burnt out from previous day

    dropped losses 1 min or so

    good defensive ride by Ag2r

    tadej hangs onto jersey
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    From the profile, the final climb said it was 8.9% average and 16% max. Then Cancellara gets 2nd.

    What am I missing here (I didn't watch the stage)?!
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    You missed Saxo handing the stage to one Swiss, trying to keep the group intact for another.
    At one point Frank Schleck had to sit up and wait for Spartacus.
    Not the only "big guy" mixing it up.
    Tony Martin all over the front of the race, like a cheap suit.

    Yes, a short, (very) sharpe cat 1, followed by a short shallow 3rd cat and a flat finish.

    Still, when you see all the big engines start to climb like this, you know the Tour is only just around the corner.

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    edited June 2009
    frenchfighter wrote:
    From the profile, the final climb said it was 8.9% average and 16% max. Then Cancellara gets 2nd.

    What am I missing here (I didn't watch the stage)?!

    spartacus the yo yo basically

    climb is split in 2 sections... top part is cat 3 with a summit 1k before finish line on the flat (gentle down hill in parts)

    cat 1 section is short... cancellara rode at the front of the bunch hitting the climb slid down the lead group than came back up the group on the flat section between the cat 1 and cat 3 section

    A schleck didn't have the legs for any of it


    kreuzinger sat on the back drinking the whole way up as thou on a training ride while tony martin and Taaramae(sp?) had repeated digs... then in last 300m Kreuz sprinted for the line covering karpets

    who really should lose that mullet and beard

    Ag2r rode on the front at the highest tempo they could and when Tadej was left to fend for himself he did the same thing...
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ok thanks, that makes a bit more sense!
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Did Cav pull out last night?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    You missed Saxo handing the stage to one Swiss, trying to keep the group intact for another.

    :)
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Pokerface wrote:
    Did Cav pull out last night?

    Still in the race.
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    its a really really crap race this year... Terribly poor parcours... no wonder many of the big guys rode the dauphine instead - much better training for the Tour. Today was supposed to be the queen stage... What a joke... As was the case yesterday and the day before, it doesnt matter if you put a huge mountain in the stage if you place it at the start or middle of the stage... Tomorrow will be a day for sprinters and Thursday and Friday are both simple stages with short climbs at the end that most of the bunch will get over together..

    Actually Im beginning to think Cancellara could win the race overall... He said at the press conference on Saturday after winning stage 1 that the route was much easier than usual this year
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  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    Where are you lot watching it?
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    emadden wrote:
    Actually Im beginning to think Cancellara could win the race overall.
    I think the organiser has been hoping for this. A home win would do wonders for the race given Cancellara's popularity in Switzerland. A glance at the stages almosts suggests the race was designed for this...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    Bhima wrote:
    Where are you lot watching it?

    The link at the top of this thread - Luxembourg TV I think
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