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De Lie is a third year pro and rode a full TDF. And he will ride another GT next year.
No surprise that Melier as he has been the best performed sprinter this year. His issue is will he ever ride the TDF ? Surely a team must have considered buying him out of his contract.
Saturday's stage 6 from Wadowice to Bukovina Tatsanska 183.2 km. Start 12.00, TV from 12.00 CET. 3,000 m of climbing with a few nasty short climbs.
Preview from https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...tacle-in-the-way-of-jonas-vingegaards-victory
Early in the day however there is also a set of four climbs, each hard enough for strong climbers or classics riders to go up the road. It could be important for the overall classification but also the fight for the stage win.
The riders then climb up Sciana Bukovina (2.6Km; 7.8%) and Sciana Harnas (2.8Km; 6.4%) that summit with 60 and 46 kilometers to go. They will be hard, but taking into consideration the finale, there will likely not be too much action yet on these ascents. Sciana Bukovina is the main climb of the day, the average is not too high but the gradients go over 20% on the climb and the final time up it sees the summit finish with only 12 kilometers to go. It is an ascent where differences can be made, with no doubt.
After the summit there is a small plateau and then a very fast descent into the base of the final climb directly. This is the ascent to the Bukovina Tatsanska which is 4 kilometers at around 5%. The first 2 kilometers average around 7% and it does provide the chance for attacks to still happen. It then flattens out but, if a sprint is to happen, it will still have some uphill gradients to the line in a smooth straightforward road.
(If Vingegaard is going to have nightmares about his previous trip to Poland, then tomorrow's the day as it was in Bukovina, that being race leader got to him)
Preview from https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...tacle-in-the-way-of-jonas-vingegaards-victory
Early in the day however there is also a set of four climbs, each hard enough for strong climbers or classics riders to go up the road. It could be important for the overall classification but also the fight for the stage win.
The riders then climb up Sciana Bukovina (2.6Km; 7.8%) and Sciana Harnas (2.8Km; 6.4%) that summit with 60 and 46 kilometers to go. They will be hard, but taking into consideration the finale, there will likely not be too much action yet on these ascents. Sciana Bukovina is the main climb of the day, the average is not too high but the gradients go over 20% on the climb and the final time up it sees the summit finish with only 12 kilometers to go. It is an ascent where differences can be made, with no doubt.
After the summit there is a small plateau and then a very fast descent into the base of the final climb directly. This is the ascent to the Bukovina Tatsanska which is 4 kilometers at around 5%. The first 2 kilometers average around 7% and it does provide the chance for attacks to still happen. It then flattens out but, if a sprint is to happen, it will still have some uphill gradients to the line in a smooth straightforward road.
(If Vingegaard is going to have nightmares about his previous trip to Poland, then tomorrow's the day as it was in Bukovina, that being race leader got to him)
His previous trip to Poland was quite uneventful.
For him, personally, not for the race...
Just logged on to check on the race. Ryan in that group too. How did this happen? They went on a climb and nobody cared?
Why would they need to care about someone 1'30 back in GC? Easy to keep under control with what's yet to come.
Vingegaard should attack with Keldermerckx on his wheel on the penultimate climb, and then see if Wilco has the legs to win today.
If Vinge can win Tour of Poland, I can see him winning bigger races in the future.
Wilco was at least much stronger than Ulissi on the penultimate climb, but I doubt he wins this bike race 
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