2013 Tour de Suisse, Stage 5: Buochs - Leuggern (175 kms)

[Dekker_Tifosi]

A dagger in the back is more enjoyment than this

 

[classicomano]

All in all a very unlucky season thus far.

Maybe karma does exist after all.

 

[jens_attacks]

lol klodi..............

 

[Netserk]

Boonen in good position. Hope he doesn't screw it up again

 

[xrayvision]

Another fail by Saxo

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kristoff beats Sagan

 

[fezzer]

Mighty impressive by Kristoff!

 

[Netserk]

Boonen was in great position with 1km to go and then 500m later he was all gone

 

[spalco]

Sort of a slo-mo sprint. Great effort by Kristoff though, grats.

 

[Ramira]

Wow, hmm. So is Kristoff really good or is Sagan not at his supernatural form at the moment?

I'd go for the second because early season Sagan would not have lost that sprint to anyone.

Although obviously Kristoff is really good right now as well, he's really coming into his own.

 

[SafeBet]

Sagan was in good position. Kristoff simply better than him.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

not bad by Breschel. ending in 4th position here. He obviously started the spring a little 2 early

 

[willbick]

how many wins do katusha have this year? to think they were refused a world tour place...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

not bad by Breschel. ending in 4th position here. He obviously started the spring a little 2 early

sprint* ..

 

[goggalor]

Sagan seems to have lost some speed with his "new" climbing legs. We saw it in Cali as well. Massive finish by Kristoff though.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Easier than ideal for Sagan. Straight drag sprints don't really suit him

 

[Ruby United]

Has Sagan been improving his climbing?

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Sagan was in good position. Kristoff simply better than him.

He went into the wind with 300 to go, not sure if it is a good position.

 

[brilleaben]

This one can't be blamed on lack of Oss. Barely enough power to pass Breschel

 

[Bushman]

How was that a fail by Saxo? Breschel was right in sagan's wheel. I think he started his sprint too early, but good to see him back in shape.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pretty powerful top 10:

1 KRISTOFF Alexander Katusha Team 50
2 SAGAN Peter Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 30
3 DEMARE Arnaud Equipe Cycliste FDJ 18
4 BRESCHEL Matti Team Saxo-Tinkoff 13
5 HAUSSLER Heinrich IAM Cycling 10
6 GOSS Matthew Orica GreenEDGE 7
7 CIMOLAI Davide Lampre - Merida 4
8 GUARNIERI Jacopo Astana Pro Team 3
9 VAN POPPEL Boy Vacansoleil - DCM 2
10 IMPEY Daryl Orica GreenEDGE 1

 

[T-Nielsen]

lol klodi..............

What did I miss.

 

[Bushman]

how many wins do katusha have this year? to think they were refused a world tour place...

I don't think that had anything to do with sporting issues.

 

[Ruby United]

Pretty powerful top 10:

1 KRISTOFF Alexander Katusha Team 50
2 SAGAN Peter Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 30
3 DEMARE Arnaud Equipe Cycliste FDJ 18
4 BRESCHEL Matti Team Saxo-Tinkoff 13
5 HAUSSLER Heinrich IAM Cycling 10
6 GOSS Matthew Orica GreenEDGE 7
7 CIMOLAI Davide Lampre - Merida 4
8 GUARNIERI Jacopo Astana Pro Team 3
9 VAN POPPEL Boy Vacansoleil - DCM 2
10 IMPEY Daryl Orica GreenEDGE 1

What do the numbers mean? Points or something?

 

[maltiv]

Sagan was too early in the wind but Kristoff seemed like he was stronger anyway. Man this guy has improved this year. He has always produced the watts (even at 18 y.o he was doing 1700 watts in the sprint), but this year he has really improved his endurance while his positioning has also improved tremendously.