2014 Tour de Suisse: Stage 4, Heiden→Ossingen (160 Km)

[Afrank]

Sagain?

 

[Netserk]

 

[Jspear]

Realistically Sagan will take it. In my little world Cav will hang on to take the win. 😎

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cavendish.

 

[MBotero]

This one looks like another one for that slovak guy,forgot his name.

 

[ILovecycling]

niki and panzerwagen to ride everybody from their wheels with Cav in sleepstream, then Cav to win by 10 bike lenghts😱

 

[Jspear]

This one looks like another one for that slovak guy,forgot his name.

Martin Velits?

 

[pigoonse]

this guy again. Sagain

 

[Rajna31]

I don't think Sagan will take it. Even if Cav fails to survive, Kristoff and Degenkolb should with ease and they should challange Sagan.

 

[manafana]

I would fancy degenkolb has the good train and so so close to cav in cali

 

[Taxus4a]

Today it was too hard for Cavendish, a perfect day for Sagan, but tomorrow he must win the stage.

Cav

 

[Arkaitz]

Tourminator again.

 

[murali]

how tough are the climbs?
any pics of the climbs available?

cav was in the peloton when OPQS was riding in front. Only when GRS put in very high tempo, cav was moved out of the bunch. If the climbs are too tough, then Degrnkolb or Sagan. if he holds, then Cav ftw.

wont be surprised if someone tried a long range attack(Fab🙄)

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Those climbs are very easy. Bunch sprint, Omega train domination.

 

[tomorrow]

well, the sure will be a bunch sprint, but without the profile of last km, it's hard to say the winner. According to profile, the final sections seem to be a little bit steeper than the start of the final "climb", but the question would be what percentages.
I would name Cavendish, Degenkolb and Sagan main favourites.

 

[kottila]

I don't think Sagan will take it. Even if Cav fails to survive, Kristoff and Degenkolb should with ease and they should challange Sagan.

Kristoff is struggling with an achilles tendonitis

 

[saneguy]

Sagan FTW 🙂

 

[Lance Armstrong]

False flat in last few kms, but final 1,5km is flat. No idea if there any turns though.

 

[SKSemtex]

Sagan led by another perfect train consisted of him and another strong "sprinter" Formolo takes his second win. 😀

Does anybody know whether Davide has the spot in Tour team?. I really like that boy.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Degenkolb to take it, did not get why he worked yesterday. To steep? Weird team tactics

 

[Akuryo]

Since OPQS has to do the work for Martin, the leadout could well be failing for Cav (like it did in the past when his team worked all day). So as much as I would like to see Cav winning, I don't believe it. Degenkolb or Sagan have much better chances, cause they can watch the Belgians reel in a breakaway.

 

[wirral]

Cavendish - Haussler - Tour de Suisse - Bunch sprint.
Let us hope there is no more of this.

 

[Tournesol]

Cavendish - Haussler - Tour de Suisse - Bunch sprint.
Let us hope there is no more of this.

I am almost certain that Boonen said after Suisse crash he had chucked doing top level bunch sprints,too dangerous or something,"too many cowboys in the peloton" it was in Procycling magazine cobbled classics preview 2011 i think,an interview in his apartment when he was still in Monaco.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Dani Teklehaimanot (ERI/MTN)
Laurens de Vreese (BEL/WGG)

Advantage 3 minutes.

Hopefully they will bring them back with 50 to go or so.

 

[Netserk]

I am almost certain that Boonen said after Suisse crash he had chucked doing top level bunch sprints,too dangerous or something,"too many cowboys in the peloton" it was in Procycling magazine cobbled classics preview 2011 i think,an interview in his apartment when he was still in Monaco.

Yeah, if it wasn't for Cav, Boonen would probably have had a good shot at the WC later in the year.