2013 Tour de Suisse, Stage 7: Meilen - La Punt 206 Km

[Kokoso]

Let's see...

Mathias Frank - Not a real bet at this level.

Roman Kreuziger and Rui Costa - Allround guys likely to suffer in a 30 kms climb.

Bauke Mollema - Puncheur. Lacks endurance, not a stage for him.

Dan Martin - Uphill finisher. He doesn't have the engine. Lost minutes with the favorites in the last kilometers of Port Ainé (Catalunya)

Thibaut Pinot - The only real climber of the Top10. Great recovery at this part of the race and good resistency and climbing skills. So he is the man for the win in spite of the descent.

Are you just trolling or are you serious?

 

[Sophistic82]

Andy & Anton trying to outdescend each other, now that would be fun..or really sad.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

the descent is not too technical, but I think he'd still need about ~half a minute to everyone else for being able to win the stage. I don't think he can do that.

Gesink lost ~20 seconds in the descent when he won the stage, and I would say Pinot is even worse.

Gesink lost far more, he had 1'22 at the top, he kept 42 seconds in the end

 

[maltiv]

Gesink lost far more, he had 1'22 at the top, he kept 42 seconds in the end

But Pinot won't have Armstrong chasing him like Gesink did

 

[happyharold]

Tjvg ftw

 

[search]

Gesink lost far more, he had 1'22 at the top, he kept 42 seconds in the end

he had 1:05 over a group including Carrara at the top of the climb, Armstrong and so on followed closely

 

[cycladianpirate]

he had 1:05 over a group including Carrara at the top of the climb, Armstrong and so on followed closely

You have to remember that with a cushion of that size, a rider isn't necessarily going to take a lot of risks on the descent, but I more or less agree with your '30 second' number.

 

[Roderick]

Keldermerckx will show us who's going to dominate the GT's for the next 15 years to come

 

[theyoungest]

The problem isn't so much the descent, in terms of losing time. It's the long false flat after the top. Gesink had a group of riders chasing him, it's only logical they made up a bit of time.

 

[jens_attacks]

damn how good was that stage with gesink and boss armstrong better than klodi and levi??

i know that the time trial after was very commented here lol

 

[thrawn]

Anyone know the estimated finish times?

 

[jens_attacks]

Tres hombres tienen unos segundos de ventaja. Son: Vladimir Gusev (RUS / KAT), Tosh Van der Sande (BEL / LTB) y Reto Hollenstein (SUI / IAM)

hopefully this won't be the breakaway

40 kms alreadry ridden

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Anyone know the estimated finish times?

scheduled between 18:22 - 18:59 local.

 

[wirral]

Back in the group already.

Coming up to a 3rd category climb. Break may form there.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Seems like high pace over that climb, lots of riders dropping. We'll have the break soon.

 

[jens_attacks]

ok they're all back together again

 

[Parrulo]

Well i just delivered a project after a 28 hour long marathon to finish it and only slept 2 hours the last time i saw a bed because of some constructions on my building . . . but i must stay awake for this!!!

 

[Ferminal]

This race is baffling, although I guess after a rest day everyone is keen to stretch their legs.

 

[Netserk]

Well i just delivered a project after a 28 hour long marathon to finish it and only slept 2 hours the last time i saw a bed because of some constructions on my building . . . but i must stay awake for this!!!

Ever heard of power nap?

 

[jens_attacks]

Well i just delivered a project after a 28 hour long marathon to finish it and only slept 2 hours the last time i saw a bed because of some constructions on my building . . . but i must stay awake for this!!!

stay strong. you have our full support

what do they say?52 km/h for first hour? now that's some racing!

 

[Ferminal]

WILCO trying to sneak away, 12 riders 10 seconds.

 

[wirral]

Does [Swiss-]German use capital letters for all nouns. I never knew that.

"Nach der Abfahrt ist das Feld in vier Teile aufgesplittert."

 

[jens_attacks]

70 km under the wheels. are we gonna catch the start of the albula pass at this rate?

 

[hoerpi]

Does [Swiss-]German use capital letters for all nouns. I never knew that.

"Nach der Abfahrt ist das Feld in vier Teile aufgesplittert."

German does that in general, not just Swiss!

 

[screaming fist]

Does [Swiss-]German use capital letters for all nouns. I

Yes, we do - and not just the Swiss.