2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 7: Biel/Bienne > Düdingen 164.6km

[Flamin]

Freiburgstrasse 3ª (km 101,9 / 138,7 / ): 687 m – 1,1 km – 6,4 %
Haupstrasse 3ª (km 108,5 / 145,3 / ): 720 m

Doable for the sprinters I guess, although I don't know what the final ramp looks like. Oh, and it's going to be twisty again in the final I read.

Starts at 14.09. Finish around 18.15.

 

[Leffe_Bruin]

Re: 2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 7: Biel/Bienne > Düdingen 164

Sagan. Bag.

 

[Jspear]

These profile are horrible! I can't quite tell but it looks like there is a ramp in the final. Sagan for the win I guess. He is good at technical sprints.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

This looks very promising if the roads are narrow and twisty.
This is the sort of terrain Fuglsang, the muscle man, should perform well in.

 

[Netserk]

Sagan again?

Last km is 2.5% avg. It gets no steeper than 3.5/4% 500m out and flattens in the end, so only about 1% the last 200m. Very rough figures ofc.

Finishing circuit, more versions to come:

 

[jens_attacks]

c'mon netserk wit the final 30 km

fuglsang and g thomas to battle it out!

 

[BigMac]

Jempy Drucker _O_

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Re: 2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 7: Biel/Bienne > Düdingen 164

There is no ramp. Just 30 metres up in the last km, and last 300 metres or so is almost flat.

Few sprinters may be dropped on those 3rd Cat climbs though - it the pace is high.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re:

Jempy Drucker _O_

He's in Baku at the moment.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Jempy Drucker _O_

He's in Baku at the moment.

I could swear he's here?

 

[Tank Engine]

This is territory for some non-random Slovakian geezer

 

[Christian]

Re: Re:

Jempy Drucker _O_

He's in Baku at the moment.

Luxembourg's team in Baku is Alex Kirsch (CLT), Joel Zangerlé (CLT), Pit Schlechter (LDT)

 

[Eagle]

Re: Re:

Jempy Drucker _O_

He's in Baku at the moment.

I could swear he's here?

He finished 4th today

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Jempy Drucker _O_

He's in Baku at the moment.

I could swear he's here?

He finished 4th today

I know...

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re: Re:

Jempy Drucker _O_

He's in Baku at the moment.

I could swear he's here?

He finished 4th today

I know...

He's on the Luxenbourg team for Baku. Oh well. It doesnt matter!

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re: Re:

Jempy Drucker _O_

He's in Baku at the moment.

Luxembourg's team in Baku is Alex Kirsch (CLT), Joel Zangerlé (CLT), Pit Schlechter (LDT)

Look at the one on the European games thread.

 

[The Barb]

Re: 2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 7: Biel/Bienne > Düdingen 164

I have a feeling Cav might be a little underrated here. It doesn't seem too tough enough to assume he will be dropped.

 

[Happy dude]

Re: 2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 7: Biel/Bienne > Düdingen 164

I have a feeling Cav might be a little underrated here. It doesn't seem too tough enough to assume he will be dropped.

He probably could but I doubt he'll want to push himself too much

 

[wirral]

Can Cav win? Yes.
Does the drag at the end work against him and in favour of Sagan, Degenkolb, Kristoff? Most definitely.
Given Sagan's form, confidence and team, this is hat-trick day for Peter.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: 2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 7: Biel/Bienne > Düdingen 164

Sagan, he is in great shape and the stage might be too difficult for pure sprinters (cavendish)

 

[Flamin]

Break of 4: Kwiatkowski, Dillier, Impey and Domont.

I see what you're doing there, Etixx.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Re: 2015 Tour de Suisse, stage 7: Biel/Bienne > Düdingen 164

All on Tinkoff to chase now.

 

[Happy dude]

Lol, flower power is propelling a missile to victory

 

[Flamin]

First hour 47.7km/h average. Giant and Tinkoff chasing. Although I see on twitter now that someone says the final 700m are 5-6%.

 

[ferryman]

Struggling to find a link to live coverage. Anyone? Cheers..