2013 Tour de Suisse, Stage 9: Bad Ragaz - Flumserberg 26.8 Km

[BigMac]

Actually he spent all week saying that the Tour was the goal and that was where he wanted to peak

Yet he didn't say ''**** it..'' . Despite he wanted to peak at the Tour, he did everything to perform here.

 

[Taxus4a]

Movistar is the strongest team for the Tour:

Valverde, Rui Costa, Quintana and Amador will be very, very strong, more than Kosta and Kiriyenka.

 

[jens_attacks]

ok finished it quickly

http://climbing-records.blogspot.com/2013/06/rui-costa-fastest-up-flumserberg-marco.html

didn't look like that fast in 2008(jensy was attacking) but it seems it was

marco was doing more than 7 w/kg ...a performance like verbier 2009

 

[search]

well spotted, i was just about to post it

32 minutes or under if the flat part wasn't on the route. guys like rui costa went full throttle there too, more than likely, above 6 w/kg for the whole ride
rui costa = great quality

faster by a second than jeanneson i guess?

Jeannesson was quicker than Costa, 33:02'09 compared to 33:02'20

 

[taiwan]

Anyone know what happened to Peraud on stage 7 btw? Just a bad day, or...

 

[Samson]

So close again for Kangert. Whole week he said that he feels tired. The more impressive todays result and 6th position in GC is. After national championships he deserves little vocation. And then soon to Vuelta

 

[Netserk]

Jeannesson was quicker than Costa, 33:02'09 compared to 33:02'20

You're sure Jeannesson wasn't 33'03?

 

[Jason_Mercier]

Impressive Costa. I was wrong, in spite of Van Garderen wasnt at his level i have to admit it.

 

[Taxus4a]

Impressive Costa. I was wrong, in spite of Van Garderen wasnt at his level i have to admit it.

I saw him at his level, but TVG is targeting Tour to help Evans, as Mollema...Rui Costa maybe was targeting TDS in the same way as TdF.

 

[wirral]

34 EDMONDSON Joshua Sky Procycling 3:04 29.236
35 SCHLECK Andy RadioShack - Leopard ,, ,,
36 TSCHOPP Johann IAM Cycling 3:07 29.210

Just in case you needed to know.

 

[taiwan]

Movistar is the strongest team for the Tour:

Valverde, Rui Costa, Quintana and Amador will be very, very strong, more than Kosta and Kiriyenka.

True, they don't have an answer to Froome though.

Top 5 possible for Costa?

 

[Miburo]

Impressive Costa. I was wrong, in spite of Van Garderen wasnt at his level i have to admit it.

No you're right, that's TJ at his normal level

 

[Netserk]

Top 5 possible for Costa?

Not in any GT.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

34 EDMONDSON Joshua Sky Procycling 3:04 29.236
35 SCHLECK Andy RadioShack - Leopard ,, ,,
36 TSCHOPP Johann IAM Cycling 3:07 29.210

Just in case you needed to know.

well, its still pretty meaningless when trying to asses his chances or performance level at the tour.

Still 50/50% imo.

Massive trough - high peak wrt to Andy. Normal operation so far.

 

[taiwan]

Not in any GT.

I don't really know his record, but if he's that strong going in best not underestimate him.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

No you're right, that's TJ at his normal level

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=21633

 

[search]

Anyone know what happened to Peraud on stage 7 btw? Just a bad day, or...

he crashed the day before

You're sure Jeannesson wasn't 33'03?

yep, the time for the flat part on matsport is rounded to 20'47 although it was 20'47"91.

you can see it in the official results:

Intermediate 1 -> Intermediate 2 -> Finish

Edit: the rounding-error has a different origin, it's due to it's relation to van Garderen's time, but anyway, you get the point. But I don't know if he changed bikes before the climb, his time on the flat part was so poor he might have done it on a road bike.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

pretty much expected result
Costa the best allround.

Mollema lost nearly all his time on the flat bit.

 

[taiwan]

Thanks search.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

pretty much expected result
Costa the best allround.

Mollema lost nearly all his time on the flat bit.

gotta be a way to try and get his TT'ing a bit better on the flat one would think.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Costa a Mollema are overrated. TJVG rules

I wonder where Jason Mercier is

Pinot and Van Garderen have the larger engines on a mountain.

Lol

 

[Parrulo]

I don't really know his record, but if he's that strong going in best not underestimate him.

He has always struggled on the big mountain stages. He has been getting progressively better but i still don't think he can follow the best.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

Pinot and Van Garderen have the larger engines on a mountain.

Lol

We'll see it in July

 

[Kokoso]

Costa clearly the best, fully deserved win. Mollema second stongest in the race = second place overall, that makes sense too.
Kreuziger nothing special, decent performance. But on the flat his TT was terrible, he looked like Bert Grabsch Mk.II pushing that huge gear and waving on TT bike not at all fluent. On the climb he did ok, better than hyped Pinot for example. His form should peak for his domestic role at TdF, looks good.
There are some real Kreuziger haters on this forum, as this page http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=20863&page=29 shows. I don't get it. Don't think there were some people telling he's massive threat in this TT, there were some considering he could do well at the best.

Kangert = Fungert

 

[Dazed and Confused]

And the winner: