Tour de Pologne 2.WT 31/07 - 06/08

[jens_attacks]

he said he will go for overall victory so yes he will win.he climbed very well in sardegna and this time he will be even more motivated,poland being so close to his country.and he has a solid team to protect him.

 

[virenque216]

Sagan devoted his victory to the late Robert Bakalar who died this morning at 4am after a long illness. He was the Czech cycling commentator of eurosport and who was commenting the last 15 years Tour de France editions.
All of Sagans family was present at the finish including his coach from early junior years, tomorrows stage will be only handful of kilometers from Slovak border, it is unique opportunity for every Slovak to see the Terminator live on the pro tour event. I know that there are a lot of Dutch and western europeans present on this forum, so I just wanted to add a few interesting details about this Sagan issue, I dont want to sound like a one sided Sagan maniac.lol

 

[Havetts]

I know that there are a lot of Dutch and western europeans present on this forum, so I just wanted to add a few interesting details about this Sagan issue, I dont want to sound like a one sided Sagan maniac.lol

"'We've" seen worse fanboyism about Sagan, dont worry about it!

 

[luckyboy]

Pretty dominant stuff from Sagan today. Wonder what he'll be like in April next year.

 

[jobiwan]

I think I'll go with Danny Martin for Stage 5. He finished 2nd of course, and he's looking good to defend his title, if he can get rid of Sagan of course!!

 

[Mambo95]

This trend in national champions jersey is awful, but look what they've done to Grega Bole. They gave him a kit with wrong colours order, and it didn't look like a Slovenia's flag... Correct me if I'm wrong, but Cofidis didn't allow Taramae to even start in national champs road race. It's so stupid.

Liquigas, Cofidis etc pay a lot of money to the team so the star names carry their branding and their colours. The Slovak and Estonian federations don't spend a single cent. I'm with the teams on this one. A subtle band is sufficient.

Sponsors generally hate national jerseys. The idea of star riders deliberately not entering or not trying to win the nationals has been around as long as national jerseys themselves..

 

[Kopuliak]

Sagan devoted his victory to the late Robert Bakalar who died this morning at 4am after a long illness. He was the Czech cycling commentator of eurosport and who was commenting the last 15 years Tour de France editions.
All of Sagans family was present at the finish including his coach from early junior years, tomorrows stage will be only handful of kilometers from Slovak border, it is unique opportunity for every Slovak to see the Terminator live on the pro tour event. I know that there are a lot of Dutch and western europeans present on this forum, so I just wanted to add a few interesting details about this Sagan issue, I dont want to sound like a one sided Sagan maniac.lol

this is a very sad thing for me.He was 'Voice of Tour' and probably one of the most important reason I started watch cycling races few years ago (in hockey/football/tennis country), he was friend of riders incl. 'Petko' Sagan and fans here in cz/sk.
Well, I wish Terminator wins something (stage or point class.) on Vuelta this season.

 

[Kopuliak]

this is a very sad thing for me.He was 'Voice of Tour' and probably one of the most important reason I even started watch cycling races (in hockey /football/tennis country) few years ago.
Well, I wish Terminator wins something on Vuelta this season.

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[auscyclefan94]

Surely some of the climbers will get rid of Sagan?

I have a feeling he might hang in there and not lose too much time at all.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Was kinda hard to make accurate numbers with the climbs, but none of them look too steep to be honest.

but yeah he might, might not survive. we'll see.

 

[Kwibus]

Peter Sagan is able to climb really well if he wants too.
I haven't really looked at the profiles, but he should be able to survive the shorter climbs and the longer not very steep climbs.

Allthough following an in form Scarponi will be hard ofcourse. I doubt Scarponi is at his form peak though

 

[Swabian Lass]

I think Sagan might just hang on, his climbing is not at all bad, and if none of the climbs are too steep he might just do it. Should be interesting whatever happens.

 

[katkotom]

Peter is a fighter, I hope he hangs on to the jersey, but stage 6 profile looks really tough...

 

[theyoungest]

Was kinda hard to make accurate numbers with the climbs, but none of them look too steep to be honest.

but yeah he might, might not survive. we'll see.

I think EBH won once on today's finish, so that seems doable for Sagan. Tomorrow's is where Mollema won last year, not the hardest climb in the world either. This race is Sagan's for the taking.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Ooh, the 1 year aniversary of the Great One's arising, TGBM, BAUKE MOLLEMA!!!!!!

 

[greenedge]

It won't be that hard for him i don't think. Liquigas have rallied behind him and they are probably the strongest team there. He should get on the podium or he might surprise us all to go well. Martin looks strong but i don't want him to tire himself out before the Vuelta. Its good for Nibali as he can test himself as a super-domestique here whilst Scarponi would have no real incentive to do so much work if he thinks of the Vuelta.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ooh, the 1 year aniversary of the Great One's arising, TGBM, BAUKE MOLLEMA!!!!!!

No, that's stage 6.
(the profile posted just above)

In stage 5 last year, Daniel Martin won

 

[Wigry3]

Peter Sagan is able to climb really well if he wants too.
I haven't really looked at the profiles, but he should be able to survive the shorter climbs and the longer not very steep climbs.

Allthough following an in form Scarponi will be hard ofcourse. I doubt Scarponi is at his form peak though

http://www.genetyk.com/podjazdy/cyrhla1.html

This is an accurate profile of the ascent. Short fragments with 20% but actually it isn't hard one.

 

[Dedelou]

go Sagan

There is something so special with a young rider's hopes to hang on against the seasoned guys. Go Sagan .

 

[theyoungest]

There is something so special with a young rider's hopes to hang on against the seasoned guys. Go Sagan .

Seasoned guys like Dan Martin

 

[Anonymous]

streams are up. coverage starts in just over an hour, Eurosport showing yesterdays stage in about 10 minutes
http://www.teamskyfans.com/live.html

 

[Ferminal]

Stage 6 is around 3500-4000m of vertical gain. Up and down all day will be hard to control.

 

[Fuxior]

They've just started 3rd lap of todays stage.

theres a breakaway with ~6 minutes gap:

Mateusz Taciak
Miguel Alaya
Wasyl Kiryjenka
Albert Timmer
Ruslan Pidgornyj

Liquigas leading peleton.

 

[Fetisoff]

They've just started 3rd lap of todays stage.

theres a breakaway with ~4 minutes gap:

Mateusz Taciak
Miguel Alaya
Wasyl Kiryjenka
Albert Timmer
Ruslan Pidgornyj

Liquigas leading peleton.

Actually Podgornyi has a small gap over other escapees, and the gap to the peloton is more like 7 minutes.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://tdp.magazynrowerowy.pl/&sl=pl&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

 

[Fuxior]

Yea, i was reading another site.

finish will be close to 7pm cet, according to time schedule posted on tdp site (it says 18:52 with 41km/h, but they are late already)