Thursday, June 14 - Tour de Suisse, Stage 6: Wittnau - Bischofszell, 198.5 km

[jobiwan]

GC after Stage 5:
1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 20:53:27
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:08
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:15
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:19
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:21
6 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:23
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:24
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:26
10 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:29

The last of these Sagan stages before the real battle begins!

 

[cineteq]

It was time somebody does it, thanks.
Who was the one who said Suisse will be better than Dauphiné?

 

[Dedelou]

sagan in the break. LOL

 

[ElChingon]

sagan in the break. LOL

Don't jinx it again!

I need to review this mornings stage, what a busy day with all the news

 

[wirral]

A stiff uphill finish suited to Valverde or a flattish run-in for Ben Swift?

 

[dlwssonic]

Interesting stage could be for the break.
But not really an ideal sagan stage.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Interesting stage could be for the break.
But not really an ideal sagan stage.

dont see why sagan couldn't win this.

 

[dlwssonic]

dont see why sagan couldn't win this.

A lot of opportunites for attackers, might not be a sprint.

 

[phanatic]

sagan in the break. LOL

Boonen and Freire might work with him. And Fabian, of course.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

The profile doesn't show on my North Korean-style internet at work, but it still looks like a stage for Sagan.

What's more boring. Sky controlling every stage and some random rider winning the stage, or Sagan winning every stage no matter what?

 

[Lance Armstrong]

The last 4th category climb is 1km @ 7%. With 6 km to finish I guess we'll see a lot of Moser.

 

[royalpig180]

Sagan won't necessarily win, but we now know there are two options on this type of stage.
1. Sagan wins.
2. A break gets away by a large margin with nobody willing to chase. I'd love to see Sagan get in the break just for the LOL factor...

 

[theyoungest]

The finish is about 500 m at 6 %... that's even better for Sagan than the other stages we've had. Now he doesn't even have to be positioned well.

 

[Bushman]

the finish could suit valverde very well too. but if it comes down to a sprint end the end, they are all racing for 2nd. (well except from sagan)

 

[Der Effe]

What a surprise, another boring stage!

 

[Mellow Velo]

What a surprise, another boring stage!

+1

Still, at least today's commentary should deliver some action!

 

[DominicDecoco]

What a surprise, another boring stage!

Down to riders then.

This is a decent stage profile with quite a few possibilities to do something.

 

[The Barb]

Good chance for the break to stay away again.

I like the chances that Moser will have a good go at getting into it.

 

[Leonardus]

It's funny that once a break gets away today they have better chance to win the stage than someone from the peloton. Guess there will be a lot of action to get in the break.

 

[Azabael]

I was disorientated for a moment. Then I realized you spelled the name incorrect.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

The Cat 3 hill is barely worthy of Cat 4 status

Penalty kick for Sagan. After Oss failed yesterday I'd be surprised if Liquigas doesn't go back to Plan A

 

[wirral]

Gavazzi is at 5 mins. he is the best in the break.

But all over now.

 

[greenedge]

I shall say Sagan again- Valverde will be working for Costa.

He would have won anyways too.

 

[Dedelou]

Do we have any information on the weather today? I heard of several attempt to break by Albasini , each time shut down. So Movistar is not letting him leave

 

[theyoungest]

Do we have any information on the weather today? I heard of several attempt to break by Albasini , each time shut down. So Movistar is not letting him leave

If you look at the live cam the sun is shining.