Tour de Suisse 2017 (10/06 > 18/06/2017)

[Velolover2]

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It's odd because Pozzo is actually quite "punchy". He has a great acceleration on steeper gradients he can hold for 400-500m and is a great attacker who can easily get away from a group as witnessed yesterday but his sprint his terrible.

Do you use some other muscles/another technique in a sprint and in a punchy late attack? Some punchy riders like Martin, Valverde, Purito and Alaphilippe are also fast in a flat sprint.

I don't really know.
The opposite of Pozzovivo was someone like Basso, he had no punch, but for a gc contender he had a decent sprint.

Yeah, but it's a more typical "prototype". There are plenty of riders like that: Talansky, Thomas, Uran..

The reverse case is more rare. Rebellin maybe?

 

[RedheadDane]

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Pozzovivo once came 5th in a two man sprint.

The video was already posted.

 

[May0maniac]

No idea, that's indeed pretty rare.
About Spilak, I have the feeling that he's past his prime, but I have the feeling that he's still capable to reach at least a top 3 result here.

 

[WheelofGear]

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It's odd because Pozzo is actually quite "punchy". He has a great acceleration on steeper gradients he can hold for 400-500m and is a great attacker who can easily get away from a group as witnessed yesterday but his sprint his terrible.

Do you use some other muscles/another technique in a sprint and in a punchy late attack? Some punchy riders like Martin, Valverde, Purito and Alaphilippe are also fast in a flat sprint.

I don't really know.
The opposite of Pozzovivo was someone like Basso, he had no punch, but for a gc contender he had a decent sprint.

Yeah, but it's a more typical "prototype". There are plenty of riders like that: Talansky, Thomas, Uran..

The reverse case is more rare. Rebellin maybe?

No it's not. Alberto Contador is the prime example.

 

[WheelofGear]

Great punch, great sprint: Valverde
No punch, great sprint: Jungels
Great punch, no sprint: Contador
No punch, no sprint (pure diesel): Nieve, Zubeldia

 

[Ricco']

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Great punch, great sprint: Valverde
No punch, great sprint: Jungels
Great punch, no sprint: Contador
No punch, no sprint (pure diesel): Nieve, Zubeldia

I disagree about Jungels. He is not the punchier guy but he can do some damage on steep sections (see the stage he won at the Giro, when he attacked on the Bergamo Alta climb).

 

[movingtarget]

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Great punch, great sprint: Valverde
No punch, great sprint: Jungels
Great punch, no sprint: Contador
No punch, no sprint (pure diesel): Nieve, Zubeldia

Porte is usually a good example also of having a punch but no sprint then last week in a four man sprint, he decides to win one until his "good mate" puts him into the barriers ! Froome must have thought he was still on a descent as he was all over the road..........

 

[portugal11]

What about vino?

 

[Scarponi]

Though sprints are always at the end of a MTF or a flat road after a climb where his energy is low compared to the punchy attack

 

[klintE]

1 hour of racing, still no breakaway. Silence before the storm?

 

[King Boonen]

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1 hour of racing, still no breakaway. Silence before the storm?

The opposite according to CN feed.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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

Still no rain
Still no breakaway
Still no TV coverage

 

[klintE]

Kamyshev, Jelie Wallays, Ben King, Sam Bewley, LPNordhaug, Jesper Aspelman
6 minutes ahead
Although, I can't see enough horsepower here to make it successful

 

[Laplaz]

Crash by MA Lopez

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Again?

 

[Laplaz]

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Again?

Yeah, i'm afraid...

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

No TV coverage at all? Weird

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Crash by MA Lopez

Has to be one of the worst bike handlers in TdF, thank god he isnt riding GC just yet in TdF, he would get killed.

 

[Escarabajo]

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Crash by MA Lopez

I hope his case will be different to Soler!

I still feel bad about what happened to him.

 

[RedheadDane]

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Crash by MA Lopez

I hope his case will be different to Soler!

Surely it's not that bad...

 

[Lexman]

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Crash by MA Lopez

I hope his case will be different to Soler!

Surely it's not that bad...

heavy crash says sporza and Astana twitter : "Our rider was moved to the hospital for medical checking"

 

[RedheadDane]

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Crash by MA Lopez

I hope his case will be different to Soler!

Surely it's not that bad...

heavy crash says sporza and Astana twitter : "Our rider was moved to the hospital for medical checking"

But is he conscious?

 

[May0maniac]

I feel for the guy and I hope that he's ok after that crash, but he crashes way to often, just like Kelderdam and Gesink.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

French stream
https://www.firstonetv.eu/Live/France/RTS-Deux-25

 

[Escarabajo]

Lopez taken to the hospital!