Tour de Suisse 2012: Stage 5;Trimbach/Olten → Gansingen 193 km

[DominicDecoco]

Stage 4 Results
1 SAGAN, Peter (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) 4:36:55
2 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOVISTAR)
3 ALBASINI, Michael (ORICA - GREENEDGE)
4 HAUSSLER, Heinrich (GARMIN-BARRACUDA)
5 GAVAZZI, Francesco (ASTANA)
6 GUSEV, Vladimir (KATUSHA)
7 MONTAGUTI, Matteo (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
8 POELS, Wouter (VACANSOLEIL-DCM)
9 FREIRE GOMEZ, Oscar (KATUSHA)
10 CUMMINGS, Stephen (BMC RACING)

General Classification after Stage 4
1 COSTA, Rui (MOVISTAR) 15:43:52
2 SCHLECK, Frank (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 0:08
3 KREUZIGER, Roman (ASTANA) + 0:15
4 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ-BIG MAT) + 0:19
5 ROCHE, Nicolas (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 0:21
6 LÖVKVIST, Thomas (SKY PROCYCLING)
7 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) + 0:23
8 GADRET, John (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 0:24
9 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) + 0:26
10 DANIELSON, Thomas (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:29

Live streams:
http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-suisse/#live

 

[shalgo]

Sagan must be thinking along the lines of this quote from Nourredine Morceli:

"When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?"

 

[Froome19]

Liquigas dont look strong bar Moser and Sagan so it could go to a break if there are no idiots like Cataldo in the break...
And if the other sprinter teams realise its not worth their while to pull back the break.

 

[jens_attacks]

so we're going from trimbach to gansagan....

i go with burghardt with a long range attack if he's in the race

 

[Dedelou]

don't you love these profiles that make a 100 meter high bump look like a huge mountains. This one is for the sprinters as well.. Most of them should be able to pass every rise on the road without troubles

 

[ElChingon]

I'm liking the new title format

Looking at the stage 4 results I'm sure Haussler is left wanting his ToC 2nd's instead of this. Still only 2nd rate sprinters with the aging Freire close behind, makes the upcoming TdF flat stages look all that more exciting for the fans.

 

[taiwan]

@Dominic Decoco well played. The Tour de Sagan must be the only twice yearly stage race on the calendar, no?

 

[El Pistolero]

Another Sagan stage, meh.

 

[stefrees]

I hope someone who's not Sagan wins, and I like Sagan!

Comecon swifty

 

[karlboss]

I don't care if Sagan wins, so long as the others try something new. Here are a few ideas.

1. Get someone in the break and don't chase. Given that this doesn't work and it's coming down to a sprint. 2. Don't lead Sagan out wait and wait and wait (not likely as someone will get twitchy), 3. or start your sprint early, 4. if you're starting really early isn't fabian take a teammate. 5. Put a train on the front and have the last member not sprint so Sagan comes from a little further back.

If it were me I'd go option 1. then if the finish is technical option 5, if it's normal option 2. Go from about 300-350 out from about 10 wheels back, hit the front and go straight past it by as many bike lengths as you can get, hopefully more than 3, and see if Sagan can come back at you.

If you do all of this, Sagan is still at unbackable odds, but we all know waiting for the final 200 coming around him won't work.

 

[wirral]

Is it an uphill finish? The mur de Gansingen?

 

[Ferminal]

False flat.

 

[karlboss]

Without tricky turns.

 

[Marcus135]

Gee, i wonder who will win this stage... :|

 

[dlwssonic]

I don't care I'm gonna support BMC to go on the attack.
At least they don't wait for the sprint, unlike other teams who think they can beat sagan.

 

[Swede1]

I wonder how fast Sagan is compared to Cav? It could get very interesting in the Tour sprints. Although at this point I still think Cav is faster on a flat sprint. Anyway it seems like this stage is perfect for Sagan so i'd expect him to win.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I'm liking the new title format

+1

ten characters

 

[kjetilraknerud]

This is the kind of stage Thor won last year ahead of Sagan and went on to have a great Tour. My bet would be on Sagan winning this stage and then go on to have a great Tour.

 

[greenedge]

Sagan to win. Friere to come 2nd and Haussler 3rd.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Sagan wins. If not, then Moser wins.

 

[PeterB]

Greenedge in top 3 with any rider who just happens to be around

 

[manafana]

for sagan unless the teams cope on and change their tactics, could be interesting stage if they do.

 

[will10]

for sagan unless the teams cope on and change their tactics, could be interesting stage if they do.

We said that every day in California

 

[wirral]

Sky, Greenedge and the French team that isn't in the break to bring back the break (with the other French team) and get the win for Sagan. Sagan will treat them to the Slovakian delicacy of sausage and beetroot as a thank you.

 

[wirral]

The red and yellow lines on the graph seem to indicate the gap but what is the unit, I can't see. Is it metres?

Oh, look at that weather. They have got wet at this year's Tour de Suisse.

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/live/streckenprofil/